US: Penny Dreadful.

Tombstone · 21 Jun 2016 at 07:37

Torquar said:
Van Helsing was killed by John Clare in season one.

I'll miss Penny Dreadful, they could probably have gotten another season out of it, but I suppose not every loose end needs to be tied off.

Was he? Blimey I either completely missed that or totally forgot about it lol

Ahhhhh yes , having googled it I remember now, had indeed totally forgotten about it

Midlife Crisis · 21 Jun 2016 at 08:27

That was a bit sudden, shame

Richeh · 21 Jun 2016 at 15:43

It was an alright ending but as mentioned lots of loose ends, the whole forshadowed Wolf vs Dracula fight didn't actually happen and in retrospect seems completely unnecessary to bring Dr Jekyll into this season to not actually use what the character is known for.

It wasn't bad but certain a poor series finale in terms of tying everything up. Dracula just legged it lol

rids57 · 21 Jun 2016 at 16:24

After sleeping on it, I think it more likely that Showtime decided to cancel the show half way through filming the season and gave the showrunner notice to wind it down. Why else was Dr.Jekyll and Catriona brought in? Lyle going off to Egypt only really makes sense if he was coming back with "the mummy" and possibly a way of exorcising the mother of evil from Vanessa. Also, the whole Dorian story just seemed to just fizzle out, we never really even got any back story about him.

Midlife Crisis · 21 Jun 2016 at 17:26

yes this must have been cancelled at very short notice, a waste of potential, I am very annoyed

rids57 · 21 Jun 2016 at 18:43

At least we got to see such gems as "Blade of Grass" which is one of the greatest hour's of TV I have ever seen.

DisrupTor75 · 21 Jun 2016 at 20:20

Fantastic show. Will be missed.

Eva Green is an amazing actress, I don't tthink iv seen performances as good as her's in years.

Hope they do a spin off of sorts, plenty of potential there.

rids57 · 21 Jun 2016 at 21:38

Ok, I may have been wrong....

Here's John Logan's reasoning for finishing PD...

http://tvline.com/2016/06/20/penny-dreadful-cancelled-season-4-john-logan-interview/

Malevolence · 22 Jun 2016 at 06:21

It'll be back, and my guess it'll involve Mr Lyle rushing back from his Egyptian 'banishment' to bring tales of woe regarding that pesky Imhotep guy, whose tomb he said he was going to visit a few episodes back. Here's hoping they'll go down the Karloff, rather than the Vosloo, route.

NexusK · 22 Jun 2016 at 10:35

I think it would be hard to get those actors back together after some time of it being off air so i wouldn't count on it. The lead 3 in particular are in high demand for movies never mind TV and it won't be long before they start new projects again.

R3X · 22 Jun 2016 at 12:59

Yup great shame its ended so quickly was a great show, no doubt the actors are in higher demand now.

something daft already!! · 22 Jun 2016 at 13:02

Penny Dreadful could have been renamed to Pretty Dreadful for the first couple of series. This last series however, has really picked up and got a lot better, so this is quite a shame.

rids57 · 22 Jun 2016 at 17:49

"Pretty Dreadful"? Sounds like the show is not for you then because the critics and most viewers would strongly disagree.

Edinho · 22 Jun 2016 at 19:43

rids57 said:
"Pretty Dreadful"? Sounds like the show is not for you then because the critics and most viewers would strongly disagree.

It was slow. There was too much backstory and character building for a series that was only going to last for 25 or so episodes. Never really got going until mid season 2.

rids57 · 22 Jun 2016 at 22:14

Season 1 was slow because the first six episodes were pretty much all back story and character building but I didn't find it in the least bit slow after that.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 23 Jun 2016 at 09:59

rids57 said:
Ok, I may have been wrong....

Here's John Logan's reasoning for finishing PD...

http://tvline.com/2016/06/20/penny-dreadful-cancelled-season-4-john-logan-interview/

I think he's full of it and basically saying what he's been told to say given he has other Showtime projects.

As mentioned the show was clearly setting up the next story lines with Lord Hyde and Lyle's trip to Egypt.

Real shame but nothing new these days sadly.

Tombstone · 24 Jun 2016 at 18:04

=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
I think he's full of it and basically saying what he's been told to say given he has other Showtime projects.

As mentioned the show was clearly setting up the next story lines with Lord Hyde and Lyle's trip to Egypt.

Real shame but nothing new these days sadly.

I agree entirely with you on that. You do not bring in Dr Jekyll (and then not have him turn into Hyde) at the start of the season if you are planning to end the show at the season end. You do not blatantly set up The Mummy storyline if you are planning to end the show at the season end. You do not leave the characters storylines up in the air (Vanessa apart) if you are planning to end it this season. It really does all sound much more like the decision was made part way through the season that it was going to be canned and he is just playing it safe for future work.

Glanza · 24 Jun 2016 at 19:28

Shame it's ended as it was one of my favourite shows to watch.

I do hope in the future someone else picks it up and we get to see more of the people hinted at.

Washout · 5 Jul 2016 at 12:41

Painfully obvious it was cancelled mid shoot and they had to rework. New characters being introduced for later plots, talk of the devil coming for Vanessa again etc.

Mark A · 13 Jul 2016 at 23:44

I couldn't believe it when i went to check what the latest episode was on epguides and saw the cancelled/ended at the top

. Seemed like a great show that had loads more left in it.