List of Penny Dreadful episodes

Penny Dreadful is a British–American horror drama television series created and written by John Logan, who serves as executive producer along with Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century cheap British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter.

The series draws upon many public-domain characters from 19th-century Irish and British fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mina Harker, Abraham Van Helsing, Renfield and Count Dracula from Bram Stoker's Dracula, Victor Frankenstein and his monster from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Dr. Henry Jekyll from Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

The series premiered on Showtime on May 11, 2014.^[1] As of May 1, 2016, 19 episodes of Penny Dreadful have aired. The series was renewed for a nine-episode third season,^[2] which premiered on May 1, 2016.^[3]

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	8	May 11, 2014	June 29, 2014
	2	10	May 3, 2015	July 5, 2015
	3	9	May 1, 2016	June 19, 2016[4]

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Night Work"	J. A. Bayona	John Logan	May 11, 2014	0.872[5]
The episode opens in Victorian England on September 22, 1891, with the brutal abduction of a woman and her daughter who are later found mutilated and dismembered. Meanwhile, the enigmatic Vanessa Ives enlists the skilled marksman/showman Ethan Chandler to do some "night work". She introduces him to Sir Malcolm Murray, father of the recently-abducted Mina Harker. The trio infiltrate a vampire nest in search of Mina. They find and kill a vicious vampire, later enlisting Victor Frankenstein to examine it. The autopsy reveals hieroglyphs etched beneath its skin, which are later found to be from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Ethan, overwhelmed by the new world opening before him, takes his payment and leaves Vanessa and Sir Malcolm's service, but is later tempted to return. In his laboratory, Frankenstein brings life to a dead body.
2	2	"Séance"	J. A. Bayona	John Logan	May 18, 2014	0.722[6]
Sir Malcolm offers his assistance with the "Ripper" case, proclaiming that they should be looking for a beast, not a man. Ethan befriends Brona Croft, a sickly prostitute, who later has an erotic encounter with the seductive and charming Dorian Gray. Vanessa and Sir Malcolm attend Ferdinand Lyle's party. There, Vanessa meets Dorian, and the two are deeply drawn to one another. The guests take part in a séance led by a spiritualist named Madame Kali, where Vanessa is possessed by evil spirits, who accuse Sir Malcolm of leaving his son to die. The next day, Ferdinand studies the other photographed hieroglyphics and discovers that they are a resurrection spell invoking Amunet and Amun-Ra, who will bring about the apocalypse if united. He concludes that Vanessa is being hunted by them. Victor's newly animated creation chooses a name – Proteus. They become close friends, but their time together is cut short when Proteus is murdered by Victor's "firstborn", Caliban, an earlier creation.
3	3	"Resurrection"	Dearbhla Walsh	John Logan	May 25, 2014	0.734[7]
Victor is forced to listen to the story of his first creation. He was abandoned by Victor after he was created, and wandered the streets until an actor took pity on him and gave him a job in the Grand Guignol theatre. Lonely, the creature demands that Victor give him a mate. Ethan joins Vanessa and Sir Malcolm's company once again. Vanessa's visions of Mina lead the group to the London Zoo, where they encounter and capture Fenton, a vampire thrall. Sir Malcolm reveals his suspicion that Mina is being used as bait to lure a greater prize—Vanessa.
4	4	"Demimonde"	Dearbhla Walsh	John Logan	June 1, 2014	0.730[8]
Vanessa grows increasingly infatuated with Dorian. Victor and Professor Van Helsing study Fenton's blood, hoping to manufacture a cure. Sir Malcolm and Victor come face to face with a vampire; Fenton is killed in the ensuing conflict. Concluding that he allowed himself to be captured, Sir Malcolm and Vanessa discuss the probability that Mina is too far gone to save. Unnerved at seeing Ethan so comfortable around Dorian and Vanessa, Brona ends her relationship with him, citing her terminal illness. Heartbroken, Ethan drowns his sorrows with Dorian, culminating in a sexual encounter.
5	5	"Closer Than Sisters"	Coky Giedroyc	John Logan	June 8, 2014	0.797[9]
Vanessa, through a letter to Mina, relates their backstory. The Ives and Murray families were neighbors and friends, to the point where Vanessa and Mina were considered closer than sisters, and it was accepted as a foregone conclusion that Vanessa would marry Mina's frail brother Peter. As a young girl, Vanessa caught Sir Malcolm and her mother having an affair. Although she kept it a secret, she says the experience led her to embrace her dark side, culminating in seducing Mina's fiancé the night before their wedding. The families severed ties after this, the strain of which caused Vanessa's clairvoyance and mediumship to manifest. She was committed to an asylum, an experience which left her mostly catatonic. Vanessa recovered with the assistance of an evil spirit that took Sir Malcolm's form. Some time later, Vanessa encountered Mina, who forgave her for her transgression, but revealed that she had already been kidnapped by the master vampire. This inspired Vanessa to seek out Sir Malcolm and begin their search.
6	6	"What Death Can Join Together"	Coky Giedroyc	John Logan	June 15, 2014	0.681[10]
Sir Malcolm, Ethan and Sembene track the vampires to a quarantined ship and learn that Mina is closer than they thought. Not trusting Vanessa, Sir Malcolm encourages her to spend the evening with Dorian, but she cuts it short when the spirit haunting her rears its head. Brona reconciles with Ethan, but her condition worsens. Van Helsing attempts to pass on to Frankenstein what he knows of vampires, but is murdered by Caliban, who intends to continue killing those close to his creator.
7	7	"Possession"	James Hawes	John Logan	June 22, 2014	0.799[11]
Vanessa's evening with Dorian allows a demon to possess her. Sir Malcolm engages the help of Ethan, Victor and Sembene to restrain her, but her condition worsens as time passes. Sir Malcolm finally allows a Catholic priest into the house to administer last rites, but when Vanessa attacks the priest as he begins, Ethan manages to perform an exorcism on Vanessa by himself. Vanessa collapses, but emerges from her room later. She informs Sir Malcolm that she now knows where Mina is.
8	8	"Grand Guignol"	James Hawes	John Logan	June 29, 2014	0.856[12]
Vanessa rejects Dorian's further advances, noting that he is not good for her. Caliban's first love ends poorly, and he is forced to leave the theatre, returning to Victor's lodgings. Victor initially tries to kill his creation, but takes pity on him instead. Brona's consumption nears its end. Unbeknownst to Ethan, Victor smothers her and uses her body to create a mate for Caliban. When Sir Malcolm's team finds Mina in the Grand Guignol theatre, she captures Vanessa, intending to make Vanessa her master's bride. Sir Malcolm kills Mina to save Vanessa. While mourning over Brona's death, Ethan is approached by two Pinkerton detectives determined to return him to America and to his father. He transforms into a werewolf and kills them. Vanessa requests an exorcism from a priest, who asks her if she truly wants to be normal.

Season 2 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
9	1	"Fresh Hell"	James Hawes	John Logan	April 19, 2015 (online) May 3, 2015 (Showtime)	0.575[13]
Vanessa is barraged by an onslaught of disturbing occult images brought on by the mysterious Evelyn Poole. Following the massacre in the Mariner’s Inn, Ethan believes he needs to leave London. Dr. Frankenstein works to bring Brona back to life while under the pressure from Caliban, who, in search of work after being let go at the Grand Guignol, applies at a wax museum. After Mina's funeral, Sir Malcolm returns to London to discover that a whole new evil is hunting Vanessa.
10	2	"Verbis Diablo"	James Hawes	John Logan	May 10, 2015	0.536[14]
Sir Malcolm seeking to comfort a distressed Vanessa, takes her to a underground care facility for people suffering from cholera where she meets The Creature. Dr. Frankenstein begins his work with Brona now known as Lily; a heart-broken Dorian meets a charismatic strange woman named Angelique; a Scotland Yard inspector begins his investigation on the Mariner's Inn massacre; Ferdinand Lyle helps the group translate the ancient Verbis Diablo, while being a spy for Evelyn Poole. Poole and her daughters, a coven of witches put their plan in motion, and they build a life-size voodoo doll of Vanessa Ives.
11	3	"The Nightcomers"	Brian Kirk	John Logan	May 17, 2015	0.639[15]
A young Vanessa harnesses her fledgling powers as a witch from the Cut-Wife, a trainer and master of the dark arts, but as she sees the extent of Vanessa's powers, the Cut-Wife warns her of the dangers that lie ahead and the evil that will chase her until the end of her days.
12	4	"Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places"	Damon Thomas	John Logan	May 24, 2015	0.640[16]
Lyle divulges how the grim and disconcerting history behind the Verbis Diablo relics affects Vanessa; Bartholomew Rusk speaks with a survivor of the Mariner's Inn Massacre; Hecate does her best to get close to Ethan.
13	5	"Above the Vaulted Sky"	Damon Thomas	John Logan	May 31, 2015	0.712[17]
Vanessa, Ethan, and Sir Malcolm strive to work together as a team to defend the old mansion from another attack; Caliban becomes increasingly impatient with Frankenstein; Hecate returns from her travels with a gift for her mother.
14	6	"Glorious Horrors"	James Hawes	John Logan	June 7, 2015	0.566[18]
Dorian throws an elaborate ball to introduce Angelique to high society, but the evening turns into a scarring experience for a helpless Vanessa; Lavinia Putney is troubled by a frightening encounter with Caliban; Sembene makes a shocking discovery about Ethan.
15	7	"Little Scorpion"	Brian Kirk	John Logan	June 14, 2015	0.572[19]
Vanessa and Ethan retreat to the Cut-Wife's cottage on the moors, where they become accustomed to the surroundings until a figure from Vanessa's past resurfaces; Lyle and Dr. Frankenstein learn more about the Verbis Diablo relics.
16	8	"Memento Mori"	Kari Skogland	John Logan	June 21, 2015	0.523[20]
Caliban lets loose his anger on Dr. Frankenstein over events involving Lily; Angelique discovers Dorian's secret room; Rusk puts together a connection between Sir Malcolm and Ethan Chandler; Sir Malcolm is put under a spell when he goes to meet Evelyn.
17	9	"And Hell Itself My Only Foe"	Brian Kirk	John Logan	June 28, 2015	0.604[21]
Vanessa and Ethan discover that Sir Malcolm is in jeopardy; an enraged Vanessa goes to do battle with Evelyn while Ethan journeys to her mansion, and Dr. Frankenstein, Sembene and Lyle join him; Lily exposes her true self to Dorian.
18	10	"And They Were Enemies"	Brian Kirk	John Logan	July 5, 2015	0.746[22]
Vanessa ventures to London to come to Sir Malcolm's rescue against the hold of the witches and rely on her strength of soul and mind to defeat the Demon; a troubled Ethan leaves behind a heart-breaking trail of blood; Caliban escapes his captors and sets off for an icy wasteland; Lily joins with Dorian which leaves Victor broken and alone as he begins his descent into madness.

Season 3 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
19	1	"The Day Tennyson Died"	Damon Thomas	John Logan	April 24, 2016 (online) May 1, 2016 (Showtime)	0.540[23]
As London grieves the death of "the last great poet" Alfred Tennyson, all the characters are scattered around the world. A distraught Vanessa fights a severe depression with the help of an alienist; Frankenstein seeks redemption with the aid of Dr. Henry Jekyll; Sir Malcolm meets a mysterious man in Zanzibar; Ethan Chandler is escorted home to his father, with Hecate in tow; and the Creature stranded in the Arctic sets on a journey after his past memories re-appear. A new threat hangs over London in the form of Count Dracula.
20	2	"Predators Far and Near"[24]	TBA	John Logan	May 8, 2016	TBD
21	3	"Good and Evil Braided Be"[24]	TBA	John Logan	May 15, 2016	TBD
22	4	"A Blade of Grass"[24]	TBA	John Logan	May 22, 2016	TBD
23	5	"This World Is Our Hell"[24]	TBA	John Logan	May 29, 2016	TBD
24	6	"No Beast So Fierce"[25]	TBA	John Logan	June 5, 2016	TBD
25	7	"Ebb Tide"[26]	TBA	John Logan	June 12, 2016	TBD
26	8	"Perpetual Night"[27]	TBA	John Logan	June 19, 2016	TBD
27	9	"The Blessed Dark"[28]	TBA	John Logan	June 19, 2016	TBD

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External links

• Official website
• List of Penny Dreadful episodes at the Internet Movie Database