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Penny Dreadful
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The Blessed Dark

  • Episode aired Jun 19, 2016
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  • 56m
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8.3/10
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Rory Kinnear in Penny Dreadful (2014)
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Sir Malcolm and his allies battle the fiend laying claim to Vanessa, the Creature faces a baleful demand, and Ethan makes a heartrending choice.Sir Malcolm and his allies battle the fiend laying claim to Vanessa, the Creature faces a baleful demand, and Ethan makes a heartrending choice.Sir Malcolm and his allies battle the fiend laying claim to Vanessa, the Creature faces a baleful demand, and Ethan makes a heartrending choice.
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    • Paco Cabezas
    • John Logan
    • Andrew Hinderaker(staff writer)
    • Krysty Wilson-Cairns(staff writer)
  • Stars
    • Reeve Carney
    • Timothy Dalton
    • Eva Green
    • Paco Cabezas
    • John Logan
    • Andrew Hinderaker(staff writer)
    • Krysty Wilson-Cairns(staff writer)
  • Stars
    • Reeve Carney
    • Timothy Dalton
    • Eva Green
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    • 12User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Harry Treadaway and Shazad Latif in Penny Dreadful (2014)
    Harry Treadaway and Shazad Latif in Penny Dreadful (2014)
    Timothy Dalton, Josh Hartnett, and Harry Treadaway in Penny Dreadful (2014)
    Eva Green in Penny Dreadful (2014)
    Reeve Carney and Billie Piper in Penny Dreadful (2014)
    Timothy Dalton, Patti LuPone, and Perdita Weeks in Penny Dreadful (2014)
    Josh Hartnett in Penny Dreadful (2014)
    Josh Hartnett in Penny Dreadful (2014)

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    Reeve Carney
    Reeve Carney
    • Dorian Gray
    Timothy Dalton
    Timothy Dalton
    • Sir Malcolm Murray
    Eva Green
    Eva Green
    • Vanessa Ives
    Rory Kinnear
    Rory Kinnear
    • John Clare
    Patti LuPone
    Patti LuPone
    • Dr. Seward
    Billie Piper
    Billie Piper
    • Lily
    Wes Studi
    Wes Studi
    • Kaetenay
    Harry Treadaway
    Harry Treadaway
    • Dr. Victor Frankenstein
    Josh Hartnett
    Josh Hartnett
    • Ethan Chandler
    Christian Camargo
    Christian Camargo
    • Dr. Alexander Sweet
    Shazad Latif
    Shazad Latif
    • Dr. Henry Jekyll
    Samuel Barnett
    Samuel Barnett
    • Renfield
    Jessica Barden
    Jessica Barden
    • Justine
    Perdita Weeks
    Perdita Weeks
    • Catriona Hartdegen
    Sophie Meade
    • Teenage Singing Girl
    Casper Allpress
    • Jack
    Kieron Duffy
    • Boy Familiar #2
    Pandora Colin
    Pandora Colin
    • Marjorie
      • Paco Cabezas
      • John Logan
      • Andrew Hinderaker(staff writer)
      • Krysty Wilson-Cairns(staff writer)
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    • Trivia
      The poem The Creature/John Clare recites at the end of the episode is called "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" by the English poet William Wordsworth. In his poem, Wordsworth laments his lost connection to nature as he grew older and humanity's failure to recognize the value of the natural world.
    • Goofs
      Vanessa Ives had renounced her Roman Catholic faith. At the moment of her death she reclaimed it but when she said the Lord's Prayer, she used the protestant version.
    • Quotes

      Vanessa Ives: Fear not old prophecies. We defy them. We make our own heaven and our own hell.

    • Crazy credits
      "The Blessed Dark" had a different opening title sequence and used a somber theme song to match the mood of the finale.
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      Demimonde
      Written by Abel Korzeniowski

    User reviews12

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    10/10
    A Fitting End
    Penny Dreadful is masterful television and I expected no less from it than to end without getting all hackneyed. This is exactly what has happened. The showrunners have beautifully, albeit a little abruptly, wrapped up the series while it was still going strong. That being said, we all would have loved for PD to continue, and it could easily have been drawn out to at least a couple more seasons but it would have lost much of its creative punch by then. Something a show of PD's caliber doesn't deserve.

    Coming to the episode, it was perfectly paced. The penultimate episode was brilliant in itself and set up a great stage for the finale to shine through. There is action, heartbreak and singular pathos. And like the rest of the series the acting is top notch, the writing is pristine and the music impeccably adds to each scene.

    Conclusively, I admire John Logan for running a series that was always better than it had to be, while not quite garnering the attention it deserved. It was rich and alluring, poignant and artistic, dark and mysterious - all at the same time, a truly nonpareil show. I would be very surprised if it doesn't win at least a couple of Emmys this year.
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    • Jun 20, 2016

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    • Release date
      • June 19, 2016 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
      • Ardmore Studios, Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Showtime Networks
      • Sky
      • Desert Wolf Productions
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    • 56 minutes
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