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.
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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.
You were very kind to me once, and I loved you for it.
The man I knew deserves to be loved.
Anyway, hes already lonely, so hes got nothing to lose.
It looks like his conscience has returned with his memories.
He robbed the Creature of his.
Its all nature and nurture: Does the world instill us with kindness or rob us of it?
In Lilys case, both.
Brona had a daughter who didnt live more than a year.
Lily is all for singing from the gallows.
We must be bloody or nothing else, she declares.
Dorian is going to regret this betrayal for the rest of his very, very long life.
As I was before what?
Lily doesnt want to be anyone other than the person she is now.
She dives ferociously at the man who brought her to life, but the chains pull her back.
Forget monsters the worst nightmare onPenny Dreadfulis forced conformity.
My hopes for Vanessa are pretty much the same; just replace the lab with the museum.
That boat back to London had better hurry.
You cant get the right answers unless you ask the right questions.
Cat takes Vanessa back to square one, walking her through what they already know to be true.
When Cat says that Dracula dwells in the house of the night creatures, it all clicks.
Thats exactly the name Sweet chose for his exhibit at the museum.
Did he want Vanessa to figure it out?
How dare you speak of love?
Vanessa snaps, citing what he did to Mina.
She raises her gun.
But Dracula doesnt quit.
You have tried for so long to be what everyone wants you to be, Dracula urges.
What you thought you ought to be.
What your church and your family and your doctor said you must be.
Why not be who you are instead?
He asks Vanessa if shell accept him.
I accept myself, she says and offers him her neck.
Dracula feeds as the fog from Kaeteneys vision rolls over London.
Would this all have gone differently if Cat tagged along?
According to our newest ally, This is not the work of a soldier.
Its the work of a spy.
You must get close enough to look into his damned eyes and then have the grit to do it.
In this season for lost souls, what does it mean to be found?
Do you have to find yourself?
Even Ethan had to decide on his own to walk away from his father.
He had no control over what Malcolm did.
