Penny Dreadful Season 3
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3 Finale (Episode 8 and 9)
June 22, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
“It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human.”
The creatures of the night. What music they make. And what music they have made for three seasons during the course of Penny Dreadful … Read More
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 7 (Ebb Tide)
June 20, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
Who’s the better boyfriend: Dr. Frankenstein or Dracula? Any TV show based around that question deserves to win all the awards. As Penny Dreadful Season 3 nears its conclusion, that dilemma has never been more keenly … Read More
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 6
June 13, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
“There is only one defence against isolation: be with those you love.” That’s one of Penny Dreadful’s underlying themes right there – the strength of outsiders who would normally be alienated and alone uniting and supporting … Read More
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 5 (This World Is Our Hell)
June 7, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
Snakes, horses, and werewolves, oh my. After Episode 4’s astonishing solo outing for Eva Green and Rory Kinnear, Episode 5 of Penny Dreadful’s Season 3 initially looks like we’re back on a wider playing field, but … Read More
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 4 (A Blade of Grass)
May 24, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
All of the great shows have episodes that stand alone as perfect pieces of television. And make no mistake: Penny Dreadful is one of the great modern shows. It may not have won awards, not even … Read More
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 3 (Good and Evil Braided Be)
May 18, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
“It’s not the like the music hall acts,” Dr Seward tells Vanessa Ives, after she begs the therapist to hypnotise her in Episode 3 of Penny Dreadful Season 3. “You will still have your free will,” … Read More
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 2
May 16, 2016 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains spoilers.
Penny Dreadful is one of TV’s most literary shows – but every now and then, it’s also one of the most predictable. John Logan’s series trades in novels and legends, twisting them together into unfamiliar shapes … Read More
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 1 (The Day Tennyson Died)
May 7, 2016 | David Farnor
“The old monsters have gone,” declares Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) at the start of Penny Dreadful’s third season. And well she might, after battling through two seasons of torment and inner turmoil. Green has been astonishing at every turn, physically … Read More
