Penny Dreadful / Episode List
This episode list contains all episodes of the US thriller series Penny Dreadful , sorted according to the US first broadcast . Between 2014 and 2016, a total of 27 episodes were created in three seasons, each around 54 minutes in length.
Overview
| Season | Number of episodes | First broadcast in the USA | German-language first broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Season premiere | Season finale | ||
| 1 | 8th | May 11, 2014 | June 29, 2014 | 16th September 2014 | 16th September 2014 |
| 2 | 10 | May 3, 2015 | 5th July 2015 | May 8, 2015 | July 10, 2015 |
| 3 | 9 | May 1, 2016 | 19th June 2016 | May 2, 2016 | 20th June 2016 |
season 1
The first broadcast of the first season was from May 11 to June 29, 2014 on the US cable channel Showtime . In German-speaking countries, the series has been available on Netflix since September 16, 2014 .
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (A / CH) | Director | script | Odds (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Night work | Night work | May 11, 2014 | 16 Sep 2014 | YES Bayona | John Logan | 0.872 million |
| The episode begins in Victorian England, 1891, and shows the brutal kidnapping of a woman and her daughter, and later the discovery of their dismembered bodies. In the meantime, the mysterious Vanessa Ives recruits the skilled marksman Ethan Chandler for some "night work". She introduces him to Sir Malcolm Murray, the father of the recently kidnapped Mina Murray. The trio infiltrates a vampire nest in search of Mina. They find and kill a vicious vampire and eventually recruit Victor Frankenstein to have him investigated. The autopsy found hieroglyphs on the vampire's skin, which it turns out to be from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Ethan is overwhelmed by the new world that opens up for him, takes his pay and withdraws from the employment relationship with Vanessa and Malcolm. Later he is tempted to return again. Frankenstein uses electricity to bring a dead body to life in his laboratory. | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | The seance | Seance | May 18, 2014 | 16 Sep 2014 | YES Bayona | John Logan | 0.722 million |
| Sir Malcolm offers police support in the Ripper case, advising that they should look for a beast rather than a man. Ethan befriends Brona Croft, a sickly woman who later has an intense erotic encounter with the seductive and charming Dorian Gray. Vanessa and Malcolm attend Ferdinand Lyle's party. Vanessa and Dorian meet there and are immediately drawn to each other. Ferdinand has a clairvoyant brought in to hold a séance with the party guests. There is a disturbing turnaround when Vanessa is possessed by an evil being. The next day, Ferdinand studies the rest of the hieroglyphs that were photographed and makes a disturbing discovery. Victor spends a carefree day with his creation, but this is prematurely interrupted by an uninvited visitor. | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | The resurrection | Resurrection | May 25, 2014 | 16 Sep 2014 | Dearbhla Walsh | John Logan | 0.734 million |
| Victor is forced to talk to his guest, who makes a strange request. Ethan meets Vanessas and Malcolm again and later reveals an extraordinary talent. Vanessa's visions of Mina lead the group to the London Zoo, where they encounter a serf vampire. Malcolm then suspects that Mina is being used as bait to attract more valuable prey - Vanessa. | ||||||||
| 4th | 4th | The half-world | Demimonde | June 1, 2014 | 16 Sep 2014 | Dearbhla Walsh | John Logan | 0.730 million |
| Vanessa is more and more infatuated with Dorian. Victor and Professor Van Helsing study Fenton's blood in the hope of finding a cure. Brona and Ethan's burgeoning relationship is ruined by an uncomfortable meeting with Dorian and Vanessa. Malcolm and Victor meet the master vampire face to face. Heartbroken and torn, Ethan falls for Dorian's charms. After discovering that they have been manipulated, Malcolm and Vanessa discuss the possibility that Mina may be too far away to be saved by now. | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Two women | Closer Than Sisters | June 8, 2014 | 16 Sep 2014 | Coky Giedroyc | John Logan | 0.797 million |
| A letter to Mina tells her and Vanessa's story. The Ives and Murray families were neighbors and friends. Vanessa and Mina were closer than sisters. It was a foregone conclusion that Vanessa would marry Mina's frail brother, Peter. As a young girl, Vanessa caught Malcolm and her mother cheating. Even if she kept it a secret, this experience led more and more to Vanessa's dark side gaining power over her. This ultimately led to Vanessa seducing Mina's fiancé the night before their wedding. Mina finally caught the two of them inflagranti. The families immediately cut off all contact with each other after this incident. This exposure led to Vanessa's clairvoyance and she became a medium. She was sent to the madhouse, which left her largely catatonic . Vanessa recovered with the assistance of an evil spirit in the form of Malcolm. Some time later, Vanessa met Mina, who forgave her. But Mina revealed that she was kidnapped by the master vampire. This led Vanessa to track down Malcolm to look for Mina together. | ||||||||
| 6th | 6th | What death has put together ... | What Death Can Join Together | 15th June 2014 | 16 Sep 2014 | Coky Giedroyc | John Logan | 0.681 million |
| Malcolm, Ethan and Sembene track down the vampires in a quarantined ship and are closer to Mina than they think. Due to distrust of Vanessa, Malcolm encourages her to spend the evening with Dorian, but she has to break off the get-together when the ghost haunts her. Brona makes up with Ethan, but her condition is getting worse. Van Helsing tries to impart his knowledge of vampires to Frankenstein, but is killed by Caliban, Frankenstein's monster. He intends to kill everyone who is close to his Creator. | ||||||||
| 7th | 7th | Obsessed | Possession | June 22, 2014 | 16 Sep 2014 | James Hawes | John Logan | 0.799 million |
| During Vanessa's evening with Dorian, a demon takes hold of her. Sir Malcolm, along with Ethan, Victor, and Sembene, overpowers her, but her condition continues to deteriorate. Sir Malcolm then hires a priest for an exorcism, who is attacked by Vanessa in the middle of the ritual. Ethan then ends the ritual. Vanessa collapses, but later emerges from her room. She informs Sir Malcolm that she now knows the whereabouts of Mina. | ||||||||
| 8th | 8th | Grand Guignol | Grand Guignol | June 29, 2014 | 16 Sep 2014 | James Hawes | John Logan | 0.856 million |
| Vanessa rejects Dorian's further advances on the pretext that he is not good for her. Caliban's first love ends painfully and he is forced to leave the theater and return to Victor's quarters. Victor initially planned to kill his creation, Caliban, but then feels sorry for him. Bronas tuberculosis is in the terminal stages. Without Ethan's knowledge, Victor suffocates her and uses her body to create a partner for Caliban. When Malcolm's team finds Mina in the Grand Guignol Theater, she takes Vanessa prisoner in order to make her her master's bride. Malcolm kills Mina to save Vanessa. While Ethan tries to use alcohol to forget Brona's death, he is tracked down by bounty hunters who are supposed to bring him back to America and his father. He turns into a werewolf and kills her. Vanessa requests an exorcism from a priest; however, he asks her if she really wants to be normal. | ||||||||
season 2
The first broadcast of the second season was from May 3 to July 5, 2015 on the US cable channel Showtime . In German-speaking countries, the second season can also be accessed via Netflix .
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Odds (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | Fresh hell | Fresh Hell | May 3, 2015 | May 8, 2015 | James Hawes | John Logan | 0.575 million |
| 10 | 2 | Verbis Diablo | Verbis Diablo | May 10, 2015 | May 15, 2015 | James Hawes | John Logan | 0.536 million |
| 11 | 3 | The night walkers | The nightcomers | 17th May 2015 | May 22, 2015 | Brian Kirk | John Logan | 0.639 million |
| 12 | 4th | Evil spirits in the heavenly world | Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places | May 24, 2015 | May 29, 2015 | Damon Thomas | John Logan | 0.640 million |
| 13 | 5 | The sky covers me | Above the Vaulted Sky | May 31, 2015 | 5th June 2015 | Damon Thomas | John Logan | 0.712 million |
| 14th | 6th | Comfortable showers | Glorious horrors | June 7, 2015 | June 12, 2015 | James Hawes | John Logan | 0.566 million |
| 15th | 7th | Little scorpion | Little Scorpion | June 14, 2015 | 19th June 2015 | Brian Kirk | John Logan | 0.572 million |
| 16 | 8th | Memento Mori | Memento Mori | June 21, 2015 | June 26, 2015 | Kari Skogland | John Logan | 0.523 million |
| 17th | 9 | The wolf of God | And Hell Itself My Only Foe | June 28, 2015 | 3rd July 2015 | Brian Kirk | John Logan | 0.604 million |
| 18th | 10 | They were enemies | And They Were Enemies | 5th July 2015 | July 10, 2015 | Brian Kirk | John Logan | 0.746 million |
season 3
The first broadcast of the third season was from May 1 to June 19, 2016 on the US cable channel Showtime . In German-speaking countries on Netflix from May 2, 2016 , also weekly.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast ( D ) | Director | script | Odds (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th | 1 | The day Tennyson died | The Day Tennyson Died | May 1, 2016 | May 2, 2016 | Damon Thomas | John Logan | 0.540 million |
| 20th | 2 | flesh and blood | Predators Far and Near | May 8, 2016 | May 9, 2016 | Damon Thomas | John Logan | 0.554 million |
| 21st | 3 | No day and no night | Good and Evil Braided Be | May 15, 2016 | May 16, 2016 | Damon Thomas | John Logan | 0.599 million |
| 22nd | 4th | The fallen angel | A blade of grass | May 22, 2016 | May 23, 2016 | Toa Fraser | John Logan | 0.482 million |
| 23 | 5 | This world is our hell | This World Is Our Hell | May 29, 2016 | May 30, 2016 | Paco Cabezas | Andrew Hinderaker | 0.656 million |
| 24 | 6th | Dracula's kiss | No Beast So Fierce | 5th June 2016 | June 6, 2016 | Paco Cabezas | Andrew Hinderaker & Krysty Wilson-Cairns | 0.722 million |
| 25th | 7th | World in darkness | Ebb tide | June 12, 2016 | June 13, 2016 | Paco Cabezas | John Logan | 0.651 million |
| 26th | 8th | Eternal night | Perpetual Night | 19th June 2016 | 20th June 2016 | Damon Thomas | Krysty Wilson-Cairns | 0.448 million |
| 27 | 9 | The blessed darkness | The Blessed Dark | 19th June 2016 | 20th June 2016 | Paco Cabezas | John Logan | 0.551 million |
Web links
- Episode list in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Episode list at TheFutonCritic.com
- List of episodes at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Penny Dreadful: Season 1 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ Penny Dreadful: Season One Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . July 3, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ Penny Dreadful: Season 2 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ Penny Dreadful: Season Two Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . June 9, 2015. Accessed June 16, 2015.
- ^ Penny Dreadful: Season Three Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . June 21, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.