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Penny Dreadful Says Goodbye 

At the risk of sounding like an ungrateful, petulant child, I have basic trust expectations of the shows I wholly embrace. I’ve been burned so often that the list of shows I’m all-in with has grown shorter and shorter. With most shows, I try to be a casual viewer as…

Penny Dreadful “Little Scorpion” 

Apparently, to know Vanessa Ives is to want to protect her from harm and evil. She’s got her cadre of protectors — although Sir Malcolm isn’t doing the best job right now, because he’s under the influence of Evelyn Poole. Lyle, while still technically beholden to Ms. Poole as well,…

Penny Dreadful “Glorious Horrors” 

Is it weird that I like Rusk? Like, really like him? He’s a serious threat to Ethan, but I feel like his interest in what happened at the Mariner’s Inn and whatever he thinks about Ethan’s role in that massacre, it makes Ethan all the more motivated to remember what…

Penny Dreadful “Verbis Diablo” 

Ferdinand Lyle has always been a funny little man, but he’s wealthy and a wealth of information, so his strangeness is tolerated. His job at the British Museum, as well as his connections through marriage, make him valuable. Society seems to put up with his eccentricities because he’s harmless, but…

Penny Dreadful Season 2 Premiere Preview: “Fresh Hell” 

[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Penny Dreadful roars back tonight, and it pulls no punches with a balls-out introduction (or re-introduction) to our new villain, who’s gunning for Vanessa (again) because last season’s efforts failed. I’m not going to lie, that part is a little disappointing. On the upside, the gang’s all…