Penny Dreadful comics covers revealed for first issue

The new series based on the supernatural drama will be released this May. WhenPenny Dreadfulreturns this spring, it wont only be capturing our hearts on screen. Penny Dreadfulreturns to television Sunday, May 1 at 10 p.m. Credit: Titan Comics Titan Comics / Louie De Martinis Titan Comics / Guillem March Titan Comics / Ben Templesmith Titan Comics

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 57 words · Andrew Jordan

Penny Dreadful finale: 7 unanswered questions

Whats next for Lily? She could go anywhere from here. Will she lend a hand to the suffragette movement? Credit: Jonathan Hession/SHOWTIME Champion the rights of Victorian sex workers? Find the one man who showed her kindness in life? Were still pulling for a Lily-Ethan reunion. When will Victors friends find out that he brought people back from the dead? Feels like that would put a crimp in a few relationships....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · Danielle Park

Penny Dreadful recap: A Blade of Grass

There’s no rush to get every series regular into every hour. There isn’t even a rush to make Vanessa leave her chair. What’s happening now is only part of the story. Credit: Jonathan Hession/Showtime There is no forward movement here beyond her revelations. From her perspective, the action never leaves a different room: her padded cell at the Banning Clinic. Within those walls, Vanessa’s only interaction was with the orderly who would become the Creature....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 664 words · Patricia Valdez

Penny Dreadful recap: Ebb Tide

Has anyone ever taught him how tides work? Lilys mission like this season ofPenny Dreadful is anything but on the ebb. What were moving toward feels more like high tide. Credit: Patrick Redmond/Showtime Vanessa, for instance, knows that Sweet is Dracula. She waits, but none of the Creatures memories include his time at the Banning Clinic. The tragedy of their lonely relationship continues. People are better than we think, she says....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 498 words · Stephanie Hicks

Penny Dreadful recap: Good and Evil Braided Be

The debt it owes classic literature grows by the week. To groom her young acolyte for the war ahead, Lily takes Justine out for some tea. How do you accomplish anything in this life? Credit: Jonathan Hession/SHOWTIME By the careful and silent accumulation of power. As soon as they have that power, theyre going to war. Now that Justine knows what theyre about, Lily and Dorian need her to make a choice....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 526 words · David Beasley

Penny Dreadful recap: No Beast So Fierce

Vanessa finds an ally in her fight against Dracula Lets say youre an ancient, bloodsucking fiend. Say youve got a reputation. If youre smart, you use it you play against punch in. Credit: Jonathan Hession/Showtime History reports that you strike when your victims are isolated, so you become someone your prey can trust. Dracula is a genius. But while hes away, Catriona should do quite nicely. Every decision reduced to back and forth, thrust or parry, Catriona says....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 530 words · Phyllis Silva DDS

Penny Dreadful recap: Predators Far and Near

Secrets and manipulation put our heroes in danger Join me in a quick, cathartic NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, wont you? Im not sure what surprises me more the reveal or the fact that it came so soon. How quickly new love loses its shine in the face of unchecked bloodlust. Credit: Jonathan Hession/SHOWTIME Victor doesnt know the feeling. Lily contemplated killing him to his face, and hes still in love with her. How do you solve a problem like Lily?...

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 471 words · Cheryl Phillips

Penny Dreadful recap: This World Is Our Hell

He might not go over the edge, but hes not coming back the same. Ethan and Hecate have barely started into the desert before shes begun tempting him to the dark side. His reply: Forgiveness. Credit: Jonathan Hession/SHOWTIME Their sins, she argues, come from the same place. Hers was the devil; his was the American army. But in Ethans opinion, theyve got something else in common: They could have deserted....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Anthony Jones

Penny Dreadful season 3 finale recap: Perpetual Night and The Blessed Dark

It was an apocalyptic battle that ended with a prayer. So was Vanessas life. Theyre all still standing; she isnt. Credit: Jonathan Hession/Showtime I expected this to go the other way. Thats the point, really: Vanessa dies so thateveryone elsecan live. Vanessas death is the culmination of an internal struggle. In her words, Let it end. Is that what THE END means? Could this show go on without Vanessa? Is there life after her death?...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 774 words · Douglas Rich

Penny Dreadful season 3 premiere recap: The Day Tennyson Died

One would like a cup of tea, though is back. London is still another world at night. The score is still haunting. Credit: Jonathan Hession/Showtime Our literary heritage still informs everything. Is it possible for a fleeting experience to echo past its end? Tis better to have loved and lost, Tennyson argued, than never to have loved at all. Vanessa is testing that theory. Ill be needing one Patti LuPone pep talk per episode, kindly....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Michael Collins

Penny Dreadful season 3: Eva Green, Josh Hartnett in new sneak peek

The end is nigh in the latest sneak peek ofPenny Dreadfuls third season. Says Wes Studis Kaetenay, one of the new faces on the scene, The beast will feed. The darkness will overcome the Earth. Credit: Showtime A terrible end awaits us all of us. Season 3 debuts Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on Showtime, and Hartnett discussed his characterin a recent interviewonEntertainment WeeklyRadio. Weve seen that a million times....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 94 words · Jacob Mack

Penny Dreadful season 3: Showrunner John Logan previews what's to come

In the first episode, were in London, Africa, America, and the Arctic. Thatll tell you about season 3, Logan says with a laugh. Lets start with Vanessa. Credit: Jonathan Hession/ SHOWTIME Whats her journey going to look like this season? Vanessa was sort of shattered at the end of last season. People will ask me, What isPenny Dreadfulabout? And Ill say, Its about a womans journey to faith. Its about Vanessas relationship with God thats the most important relationship in the piece....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 663 words · William Mccormick

Penny Dreadful will not return for season 4

The end of Vanessa Ives story will also serve as the end ofPenny Dreadful. I realized thats where the third season was going to head, Logan tells EW. It was going to head to Vanessa sacrificing herself and reuniting with God. Credit: Patrick Redmond/SHOWTIME ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did the decision come about to endPenny Dreadfulnow? I know exactly how I want to end it. And when Vanessa Ives, when that character, is done, I think the show is done....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 623 words · Eric Lowe