Penny Dreadful kicks off season 2 with dark romance and magic and explores a Fresh Hell.
Last season, Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) was backhanded by God.
This season it looks like shes getting slapped down by the left hand of the darker father.
She is pursued by demon harpies and witches are stalking her every winter stroll.
She wants to bringPenny Dreadfuls cursed heroine to her knees.
It seems our Wolfman is a mass murderer.
But it wasnt just a drunken prowl, he was provoked.
Hartnett lets the memory of come to the audience through his own discovery.
He does it all with his eyes.
The audience can almost see him adding up the bar-tab, plus damages, in his head.
He doesnt even have to mouth the words holy shit for us to hear it in his head.
Larry Talbot rears his whining head as soon as Ethan hits Vanessas coach.
I dont want to hurt you.
Im a bad, bad wolf.
Curl up my tail and sit in the corner I will.
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Regrets?
He has a few but not too few that he wont mention: Blackouts, theres usually blood.
Vanessa is more tight-lipped even as she intones a forgotten language that she never studied.
Miss Ives would make a good gangster.
Blood looks so pretty in the snow.
Did I see a poster for The Who at the Isle of Wight?
SPOILER ALERT:Frankies monster is gonna be jealous.
Dr. Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway) is a budding necrophiliac.
He really should get out more.
The creature is the most well-adjusted character on the show.
A lunch-pail working man with an artistic heart, he has a knack for gainful off-the-grid employment.
Now he stumbles into the other horror movie cliche that will never die, the wax museum.
He also finds another sympathetic soul, the blind daughter of the proprietor.
I predict the Creature will find love among the wicks and Dr. Frankenstein will suggest a little bride-swapping.
All the actors onPenny Dreadfulare nuanced.
The overall style is stylish, with British reserve and a stiff upper lip.
Every little knob and tube in Dr. Frankensteins lab appears to have some scientific sense behind it.
Everything I know about science, I learned from H.G.
The Penny Dreadfuls were the comic books of their time.
London is so picturesque on Showtime.
Even the fetid sewers that the monster passes have a sheen about them.
The broken furniture in the bar looks old, but clean.
The constable sees concrete replacing wood as a crime against the ages.
Wood holds its history.
Blood can be cleaned and stained over, but the essence remains in the grain.
A Fresh Hell is an atmospheric start for the new season.
The pieces are in play.
Rating:
4 out of 5
