Penny Dreadful
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 10
July 8, 2015 | David Farnor
Already seen the Season 2 finale? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled comments.
“There’s no walking away from what I am,” says Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) in the finale of Penny Dreadful Season 2. It’s exactly the kind … Read More
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 9
July 5, 2015 | David Farnor
Already seen Episode 9? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled comments.
“I’ve tasted success. And it’s a meal I now wish to devour.”
Never has a more apt statement been made by the owner of a waxwork emporium. … Read More
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 8
June 24, 2015 | David Farnor
Already seen Episode 8? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled comments.
“My monster. My beautiful corpse.”
If Penny Dreadful impressed with its command of slow pacing last week, Episode 8 lurches forward at an equally impressive breakneck speed. … Read More
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 7 (Little Scorpion)
June 23, 2015 | David Farnor
Already seen Episode 7? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled comments.
Given last week’s disappointing stumble, the last thing you’d think Penny Dreadful would need is another slow episode with no major events. So it’s a surprise that … Read More
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 6 (Glorious Horrors)
June 16, 2015 | David Farnor
Already seen Episode 6? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled comments.
What a tangled web our Penny Dreadfulites lead, as they wake up the morning after the night before. Now that creator has slept with creature and hunter … Read More
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 5 (Above the Vaulted Sky)
June 3, 2015 | David Farnor
One of Penny Dreadful’s biggest strengths is its ability to treat sex seriously. It’s not just for titillation – although it is certainly for that as well – but it is also used to progress the show’s plot and develop … Read More
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 4
May 28, 2015 | David Farnor
Some women are destined to the be the centre of attention. Others hide away, blending into the shadows like a discreet pattern on a wallpaper. Penny Dreadful explores the gulf between the two in Episode 4 of Season 2.
After … Read More
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 3 (The Nightcomers)
May 19, 2015 | David Farnor
“You have to name a thing to make it come to life,” said Vanessa Ives in Episode 5 of Penny Dreadful Season 1. It was an hour that proved the show wasn’t just about vampires and things that go bump … Read More
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 2 (Verbis Diablo)
May 12, 2015 | David Farnor
Already seen Episode 2 of Season 2? Read on at the bottom for some additional spoiler-filled analysis.
“She held her own against Satan himself,” said Ethan Chandler of Vanessa Ives in the first episode of Penny Dreadful Season 2. “But … Read More
TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 1 (Fresh Hell)
May 5, 2015 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers for Season 1. Already seen Episode 1 of Season 2? Read on at the bottom for some additional spoiler-filled analysis.
“What is Frankenstein without his creature?” questions a red-eyed Rory Kinnear, as Penny Dreadful returns for … Read More
