And now it’s time to say goodbye to Penny Dreadful. I came into this season with high hopes, and I’m happy to say that it has surpassed those raised expectations. It wasn’t perfect, but it was pretty close. It looked fantastic, and the cast was tremendous. In the past, I had mentioned that I wanted […]
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Penny Dreadful, S1E7, “Possession”
The episode opens with Vanessa lying on a couch, uttering the line, “To be beautiful is to be almost dead, isn’t it?” Before long, she’s talking to Malcolm in her creepy Mina voice and hurling things around the room with her mind. It’s clear that this episode will be The Eva Green Show. And that’s […]
I apologize on the tardiness of this. I was out of town for the past week-and-a-half and had no way to watch this until yesterday. I’ll have my episode 7 recap up tomorrow. Between the flashback episode and being gone for a week, I had almost forgotten about Ethan and Dorian’s night on the town. […]
Much like the Caliban-centric “Resurrection”, this episode is very heavy on flashbacks. And by “very heavy” I mean the only non-flashback moments are Vanessa writing a letter to Mina. The contents of that letter are what we see on the screen, which means we get the occasional voiceover from Vanessa. After the last couple episodes, […]
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Penny Dreadful S1E4, “Demimonde”
Look. We all knew it was only a matter of time before an episode opened with a Dorian Gray orgy. And it didn’t disappoint. You know what they say: ain’t no orgy like a Dorian Gray orgy cuz a Dorian Gray orgy don’t stop. Except, eventually it does, and Dorian is able to grab a […]
Before I get started on this allow me to proclaim my undying love for Eva Green. There. I said it. 1. -I was wrong – I mentioned last week that this is going to be a hit or miss show from episode to episode and if the quality keeps up, I’m going to look like a […]
We start this episode with more Wordsworth. There’s nothing quite like hearing quotes from “Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” while watching a child find his dead dog, then have his mother cough up blood all over him. Frankenstein’s devastating childhood gives us a window into why he loves the flowery language of […]
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Penny Dreadful S1E2, “Seance”
“Pay attention to me!” Like the first episode, this one moved along pretty slowly, revealing just enough to keep interest up. A slow start does not mean a disappointing start. I loved this episode every bit as much as the first one. These first two episodes feel like the set-up of bigger things to come. […]
Before we get to the fun stuff, let’s talk a little history. A penny dreadful was a 19th century British pulp magazine, filled with serial fiction, often of the violent crime or adventure variety. A handful of recognizable characters originated in penny dreadfuls, the most famous being Sweeny Todd. (It’s also worth noting that “Varney […]