It turns out that The Penguin's Dr. Julian Rush isn't the Scarecrow of Matt Reeves' Batman franchise, and I'm actually quite glad that showrunner Lauren LeFranc debunked the prevailing DC theory. Julian Rush is introduced in The Penguin as an Arkham State Hospital psychiatrist assigned to Sofia Falcone during her incarceration before developing deeper feelings for her. He plays an emergent role in the series as he moves on from being a lower-level Arkham State Hospital employee to becoming Sofia's romantic partner and de facto adviser as she swiftly ascends to power in Gotham's underworld.

While Julian Rush is ostensibly an original character for Matt Reeves' Batman trilogy, given there is no such character in DC Comics, that hasn't stopped theories aplenty emerging from the fanbase tying his true identity to long-established Batman villains. I don't find this to be surprising, given how he ends the show as a...