O rascunho final do roteiro do filme indica que Batman não deixou Jack intencionalmente. Ele simplesmente não tinha um bom entendimento sobre ele.
[Batman reaches, gets a poor grip. He stares, perplexed. at the stricken expression in Jack's eyes.]
CUT TO: ON CATWALK - SAME MOMENT
[Jack is sliding out of Batman's grasp. A long BEAT -- Jack looks up at him in terror and SLIPS AWAY to plunge the TWO STORIES DOWN into the CATCH BASIN of BUBBLING, TOXIC WASTE, SCREAMING ALL THE WAY.]
Isto é espelhado de perto pela novela oficial do filme, baseada no quarto roteiro.
Jack lost the pipe, but the Batman held him. His grip wasn’t firm; Jack could feel the bat’s cloth-covered fingers slipping away. He tried to reach his own hand up to grip the other’s wrist, but there was no strength left. Even through his burning nostrils, he could smell the fumes below. There was nothing left. Was this the end of the joke?
He felt his wrist slide again, felt the bat’s grasp slip by his fingers.
Jack fell.