Where was Batman this entire time?

The Batman director Matt Reeves told us from the start that Batman wouldn’t been swooping in to save the day in The Penguin because the show was meant to focus solely on telling the story of Gotham’s underworld, not how Batman fights their crimes. That’s all well and good, but we’re going to need to know what this man was doing while another bomb was set off in Crown Point and the entire Falcone family’s murder was plastered all over the news only weeks after he couldn’t stop The Riddler from blowing up the sea wall and flooding the city. How much prep time does this man need?!

It’s going to ultimately be amazing when Batman returns into this expanded underworld in The Batman Part II, but it would really insult our intelligence if there aren’t parts of the movie where Batman at least acknowledges he was aware of the events that transpired in The Penguin and let’s us in on what the world’s greatest detective was doing with his time. It wouldn’t just satiate fans, it would further solidify The Batman universe being built in front of our eyes.

Now that the bat signal has been shined in the sky, it’s time to go to work. We, and our questions, will be waiting.