List of Penny Dreadful episodes
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Penny Dreadful is a British-American horror drama television series created and written by John Logan, who serves as executive producer alongside Sam Mendes. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter.
The series draws upon many public-domain characters from 19th-century British and Irish fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker, Abraham Van Helsing, Renfield and Count Dracula from Bram Stoker's Dracula, Victor Frankenstein and his monster from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Dr. Henry Jekyll from Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
The series premiered on Showtime on May 11, 2014.[1] The series was renewed for a nine-episode third season,[2] which premiered on May 1, 2016.[3] As of May 29, 2016,[update] 23 episodes of Penny Dreadful have aired.
Contents
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 8 | May 11, 2014 | June 29, 2014 | |
| 2 | 10 | May 3, 2015 | July 5, 2015 | |
| 3 | 9 | May 1, 2016 | June 19, 2016[4] | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2014)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Night Work" | J. A. Bayona | John Logan | May 11, 2014 | 0.872[5] |
| The episode opens in Victorian England on September 22, 1891, with the brutal abduction of a woman and her daughter who are later found mutilated and dismembered. Meanwhile, the enigmatic Vanessa Ives enlists the skilled marksman/showman Ethan Chandler to do some "night work". She introduces him to Sir Malcolm Murray, father of the recently-abducted Mina Harker. The trio infiltrate a vampire nest in search of Mina. They find and kill a vicious vampire, later enlisting Victor Frankenstein to examine it. The autopsy reveals hieroglyphs etched beneath its skin, which are later found to be from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Ethan, overwhelmed by the new world opening before him, takes his payment and leaves Vanessa and Sir Malcolm's service, but is later tempted to return. In his laboratory, Frankenstein brings life to a dead body. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Séance" | J. A. Bayona | John Logan | May 18, 2014 | 0.722[6] |
| Sir Malcolm offers his assistance with the "Ripper" case, proclaiming that they should be looking for a beast, not a man. Ethan befriends Brona Croft, a sickly prostitute, who later has an erotic encounter with the seductive and charming Dorian Gray. Vanessa and Sir Malcolm attend Ferdinand Lyle's party. There, Vanessa meets Dorian, and the two are deeply drawn to one another. The guests take part in a séance led by a spiritualist known as Madame Kali, where Vanessa is possessed by evil spirits, who accuse Sir Malcolm of leaving his son to die. The next day, Ferdinand studies the other photographed hieroglyphics and discovers that they are a resurrection spell invoking Amunet and Amun-Ra, who will bring about the apocalypse if united. He concludes that Vanessa is being hunted by them. Victor's newly animated creation chooses a name – Proteus. They become close friends, but their time together is cut short when Proteus is murdered by Victor's "firstborn", Caliban, an earlier creation. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Resurrection" | Dearbhla Walsh | John Logan | May 25, 2014 | 0.734[7] |
| Victor is forced to listen to the story of his first creation. He was abandoned by Victor after he was created, and wandered the streets until an actor took pity on him and gave him a job in the Grand Guignol theatre. Lonely, the creature demands that Victor give him a mate. Ethan joins Vanessa and Sir Malcolm's company once again. Vanessa's visions of Mina lead the group to the London Zoo, where they encounter and capture Fenton, a vampire thrall. Sir Malcolm reveals his suspicion that Mina is being used as bait to lure a greater prize—Vanessa. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Demimonde" | Dearbhla Walsh | John Logan | June 1, 2014 | 0.730[8] |
| Vanessa grows increasingly infatuated with Dorian. Victor and Professor Van Helsing study Fenton's blood, hoping to manufacture a cure. Sir Malcolm and Victor come face to face with a vampire; Fenton is killed in the ensuing conflict. Concluding that he allowed himself to be captured, Sir Malcolm and Vanessa discuss the probability that Mina is too far gone to save. Unnerved at seeing Ethan so comfortable around Dorian and Vanessa, Brona ends her relationship with him, citing her terminal illness. Heartbroken, Ethan drowns his sorrows with Dorian, culminating in a sexual encounter. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Closer Than Sisters" | Coky Giedroyc | John Logan | June 8, 2014 | 0.797[9] |
| Vanessa, through a letter to Mina, relates their backstory. The Ives and Murray families were neighbors and friends, to the point where Vanessa and Mina were considered closer than sisters, and it was accepted as a foregone conclusion that Vanessa would marry Mina's frail brother Peter. As a young girl, Vanessa caught Sir Malcolm and her mother having an affair. Although she kept it a secret, she says the experience led her to embrace her dark side, culminating in seducing Mina's fiancé the night before their wedding. The families severed ties after this, the strain of which caused Vanessa's clairvoyance and mediumship to manifest. She was committed to an asylum, an experience which left her mostly catatonic. Vanessa recovered with the assistance of an evil spirit that took Sir Malcolm's form. Some time later, Vanessa encountered Mina, who forgave her for her transgression, but revealed that she had already been kidnapped by the master vampire. This inspired Vanessa to seek out Sir Malcolm and begin their search. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "What Death Can Join Together" | Coky Giedroyc | John Logan | June 15, 2014 | 0.681[10] |
| Sir Malcolm, Ethan and Sembene track the vampires to a quarantined ship and learn that Mina is closer than they thought. Not trusting Vanessa, Sir Malcolm encourages her to spend the evening with Dorian, but she cuts it short when the spirit haunting her rears its head. Brona reconciles with Ethan, but her condition worsens. Van Helsing attempts to pass on to Frankenstein what he knows of vampires, but is murdered by Caliban, who intends to continue killing those close to his creator. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Possession" | James Hawes | John Logan | June 22, 2014 | 0.799[11] |
| Vanessa's evening with Dorian allows a demon to possess her. Sir Malcolm engages the help of Ethan, Victor and Sembene to restrain her, but her condition worsens as time passes. Sir Malcolm finally allows a Catholic priest into the house to administer last rites, but when Vanessa attacks the priest as he begins, Ethan manages to perform an exorcism on Vanessa by himself. Vanessa collapses, but emerges from her room later. She informs Sir Malcolm that she now knows where Mina is. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Grand Guignol" | James Hawes | John Logan | June 29, 2014 | 0.856[12] |
| Vanessa rejects Dorian's further advances, noting that he is not good for her. Caliban's first love ends poorly, and he is forced to leave the theatre, returning to Victor's lodgings. Victor initially tries to kill his creation, but takes pity on him instead. Brona's consumption nears its end. Unbeknownst to Ethan, Victor smothers her and uses her body to create a mate for Caliban. When Sir Malcolm's team finds Mina in the Grand Guignol theatre, she captures Vanessa, intending to make Vanessa her master's bride. Sir Malcolm kills Mina to save Vanessa. While mourning over Brona's death, Ethan is approached by two Pinkerton detectives determined to return him to America and to his father. He transforms into a werewolf and kills them. Vanessa requests an exorcism from a priest, who asks her if she truly wants to be normal. | ||||||
Season 2 (2015)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "Fresh Hell" | James Hawes | John Logan | April 19, 2015 (online) May 3, 2015 (Showtime) |
0.575[13] |
| Vanessa is barraged by an onslaught of disturbing occult images brought on by the mysterious Evelyn Poole. Following the massacre in the Mariner's Inn, Ethan believes he needs to leave London. Dr. Frankenstein works to bring Brona back to life while under the pressure from Caliban, who, in search of work after being let go at the Grand Guignol, applies at a wax museum. After Mina's funeral, Sir Malcolm returns to London to discover that a whole new evil is hunting Vanessa. | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | "Verbis Diablo" | James Hawes | John Logan | May 10, 2015 | 0.536[14] |
| A distressed Vanessa looks for comfort from Sir Malcolm, who takes her to a underground care facility for people suffering from cholera. Dr. Frankenstein begins his work with Brona, now known as Lily. A Scotland Yard inspector tracks down the sole survivor of the Mariner's Inn Massacre. Evelyn begins her manipulation of Sir Malcolm. Dorian Gray meets Angelique, a mysterious woman. Ferdinand Lyle reveals the secrets of the Verbis Diablo. Hecate Poole murders a family and takes their infant. Ferdinand is revealed to be being blackmailed by Evelyn and her coven into spying on the group, before Hecate returns with a bag containing the lifeless body of the infant. Evelyn takes the bag in a chamber room filled with voodoo dolls. She removes the organs of the infant and sews them into a life-size doll of Vanessa. | ||||||
| 11 | 3 | "The Nightcomers" | Brian Kirk | John Logan | May 17, 2015 | 0.639[15] |
| A young Vanessa harnesses her fledgling powers as a witch from the Cut-Wife (real name Joan Clayton), a trainer and master of the dark arts, but as she sees the extent of Vanessa's powers, the Cut-Wife warns her of the dangers that lie ahead and the evil that will chase her until the end of her days. | ||||||
| 12 | 4 | "Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places" | Damon Thomas | John Logan | May 24, 2015 | 0.640[16] |
| Lyle divulges how the grim and disconcerting history behind the Verbis Diablo relics affects Vanessa; Bartholomew Rusk speaks with a survivor of the Mariner's Inn Massacre; Hecate does her best to get close to Ethan. | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | "Above the Vaulted Sky" | Damon Thomas | John Logan | May 31, 2015 | 0.712[17] |
| Vanessa, Ethan, and Sir Malcolm strive to work together as a team to defend the old mansion from another attack; Caliban becomes increasingly impatient with Frankenstein; Hecate returns from her travels with a gift for her mother. | ||||||
| 14 | 6 | "Glorious Horrors" | James Hawes | John Logan | June 7, 2015 | 0.566[18] |
| Dorian throws an elaborate ball to introduce Angelique to high society, but the evening turns into a scarring experience for a helpless Vanessa; Lavinia Putney is troubled by a frightening encounter with Caliban; Sembene makes a shocking discovery about Ethan. | ||||||
| 15 | 7 | "Little Scorpion" | Brian Kirk | John Logan | June 14, 2015 | 0.572[19] |
| Vanessa and Ethan retreat to the Cut-Wife's cottage on the moors, where they become accustomed to the surroundings until a figure from Vanessa's past resurfaces; Lyle and Dr. Frankenstein learn more about the Verbis Diablo relics. | ||||||
| 16 | 8 | "Memento Mori" | Kari Skogland | John Logan | June 21, 2015 | 0.523[20] |
| Caliban lets loose his anger on Dr. Frankenstein over events involving Lily; Angelique discovers Dorian's secret room; Rusk puts together a connection between Sir Malcolm and Ethan Chandler; Sir Malcolm is put under a spell when he goes to meet Evelyn. | ||||||
| 17 | 9 | "And Hell Itself My Only Foe" | Brian Kirk | John Logan | June 28, 2015 | 0.604[21] |
| Vanessa and Ethan discover that Sir Malcolm is in jeopardy; an enraged Vanessa goes to do battle with Evelyn while Ethan journeys to her mansion, and Dr. Frankenstein, Sembene and Lyle join him; Lily exposes her true self to Dorian. | ||||||
| 18 | 10 | "And They Were Enemies" | Brian Kirk | John Logan | July 5, 2015 | 0.746[22] |
| Vanessa ventures to London to come to Sir Malcolm's rescue against the hold of the witches and rely on her strength of soul and mind to defeat the Demon; a troubled Ethan leaves behind a heart-breaking trail of blood; Caliban escapes his captors and sets off for an icy wasteland; Lily joins with Dorian which leaves Victor broken and alone as he begins his descent into madness. | ||||||
Season 3 (2016)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 1 | "The Day Tennyson Died" | Damon Thomas | John Logan | April 24, 2016 (online) May 1, 2016 (Showtime) |
0.540[23] |
| As London grieves the death of "the last great poet" Alfred Tennyson, all the characters are scattered around the world. A distraught Vanessa fights a severe depression with the help of an alienist; Frankenstein seeks redemption with the aid of Dr. Henry Jekyll; Sir Malcolm meets a mysterious man in Zanzibar; Ethan Chandler is escorted home to his father, with Hecate in tow; and the Creature stranded in the Arctic sets on a journey after his past memories re-appear. A new threat hangs over London in the form of Count Dracula. | ||||||
| 20 | 2 | "Predators Far and Near" | Damon Thomas | John Logan | May 8, 2016 | 0.554[24] |
| Dorian and Lily rescue a girl named Justine from a torture house. Rusk refuses to hand the matter of Ethan's execution to the Americans due to his snatching. Vanessa begins her regular sessions with Dr. Seward; Renfield begins gathering information for his new master. Jekyll shows Frankenstein his lab. They agree to test on a subject before attempting anything on Lily. Sir Malcolm and Kaetenay embark on a ship to the American West to rescue Ethan. After a session, Vanessa attends a lecture given by Dr. Sweet and later invites him accompany her for a night out. Lily promises Justine that she will have revenge against those who hurt her. Frankenstein and Jekyll test on their subject, which is successful. Ethan transforms and murders his escorts with the help of Hecate. Frankenstein has a tender moment with Lily, who advises him not to see her again. Renfield visits his master's lair with the information; Dr. Sweet is revealed to be Count Dracula. | ||||||
| 21 | 3 | "Good and Evil Braided Be" | Damon Thomas | John Logan | May 15, 2016 | 0.599[25] |
| As Vanessa continually struggles with the mysterious forces tracking her every move, the beleaguered witch meets a familiar face who divulges details and clues to her past as a child of a wealthy family who was later possessed. | ||||||
| 22 | 4 | "A Blade of Grass" | Toa Fraser | John Logan | May 22, 2016 | 0.482[26] |
| In order to better understand the plight that she has been given to deal with, Vanessa uses her intelligence and cunning to convince the skilled Dr. Seward into using an unconventional approach in therapy to send her back in time. | ||||||
| 23 | 5 | "This World Is Our Hell" | Paco Cabezas | Andrew Hinderaker | May 29, 2016 | TBD |
| Ethan and Hecate, Sir Malcolm and Kaetenay, and Rusk and the rangers all continue the trek across the western landscape. Frankenstein and Jekyll test their modified serum on their subject with miraculous results. Hecate encourages Ethan to embrace his dark side; they also reveal secrets to one another, bringing them closer. With Ethan's agreement, she summons rattlesnakes to kill the rangers; Rusk and the head ranger survive although Kaetenay is bitten. Ethan appears to accept his darkness more and more, and makes love to Hecate. In the desert, Ethan's horse collapses, then later Hecate's, forcing them to continue on foot. Hecate later collapses from the heat and is barely alive when Sir Malcolm arrives with Kaetenay, also barely alive. Sir Malcolm attempts to murder Hecate, but Ethan won't allow it. Riders summoned by Ethan's father, Jared Talbot, arrive and take them to the household, leaving Kaetenay to die at the request of Ethan; Sir Malcolm is unhappy with this. Talbot requests Sir Malcolm's assistance in dealing with Ethan. He shows Ethan the room where their family died at the hands of Native Americans, saying that he will pay for his hand in it, aiming his pistol at him, and demanding he repent then and there on pain of death and damnation. | ||||||
| 24 | 6 | "No Beast So Fierce"[27] | TBA | John Logan | June 5, 2016 | TBD |
| 25 | 7 | "Ebb Tide"[28] | TBA | John Logan | June 12, 2016 | TBD |
| 26 | 8 | "Perpetual Night"[29] | TBA | John Logan | June 19, 2016 | TBD |
| 27 | 9 | "The Blessed Dark"[30] | TBA | John Logan | June 19, 2016 | TBD |
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