As is normally the case for a penultimate episode, “And Hell Itself My Only Foe” was a bit intense. Although a beautiful episode with the continued characterization that has been the focus of season two, I am still reeling from the ending. Of course, I shouldn’t be surprised by anything with this show, but the […]

“Memento Mori” is one of those types of episodes that can either make or break a fanbase for a particular program. It was a slow burn with a lot of payoff…if you could stick around for it. Aside from the pacing issues and some very slow scenes, this was a solid episode where we got […]

As predicted, the lightness of episodes past in this season are over and the darkness is back. Although we still have three episodes left in Season Two, “Little Scorpion” definitely felt like a proper setup to the climax. I loved seeing Eva Green’s smile, albeit briefly because goodness, was she absolutely terrifying or what? Vanessa […]

This week’s episode of Penny Dreadful was leaps and bounds lighter than even the other episodes of Season Two have been so far. I am really enjoying this lilt because it truly feels like the calm before the inevitable storm. After everyone got lucky last week, we got to see some of the fallout from […]

Penny Dreadful this week was a slow and intense burn. We didn’t get a ton of momentum in each storyline, but we learned a little more about each of the characters and got some new interactions among our night crew. Indeed, this episode was all about connections, or as I like to call it, the […]

Hopeful and lightweight are not usually words that I would use to describe Penny Dreadful, but “Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places”, as the name implies, held that dichotomy of lilt and melancholy. It was an action-packed episode with a lot of forward movement, and we spent time with every single main character. Last week we […]

“The Nightcomers” was an extremely uncomfortable and sometimes violent episode, and I absolutely hated it at first. It felt as though the writers were trying too hard to be edgy and it just came across as strange and overdone. The more I watched, however, the more I took it as an allegory between the powerful […]

One of the aspects of Penny Dreadful that made it so unique in Season One was its portrayal of sexuality. Whereas last season was quite graphic and open with sex scenes and nudity, this season, so far, seems focused on intimacy. The first touch between Caliban and Brona, the embrace between Lily and Victor — […]

Our favorite horror drama is back! I am relatively new to this show, but as a History major in college and an avid lover of the horror genre, Penny Dreadful has quickly become one of my favorites. Although it is not the most historically accurate in consideration of the literature it tries to mirror, it […]

Obviously the most important news of the day is that NBC’s Hannibal will be returning to our screens on Thursday, June 4. That’s a shift from Friday nights to Thursday (via Variety). There’s other stuff to talk about as well but let’s face it, none of us are going to concentrate until we know when […]