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Penny Dreadful (Showtime) -- Season 2 Thread -- 5/3/15




Season 2 begins with Vanessa being barraged by an onslaught of disturbing occult images brought on by Evelyn Poole. Meanwhile, Ethan decides to leave London because of the massacre he committed; Dr. Frankenstein tries to bring Brona back to life; and Malcolm returns to London and learns that a new evil is haunting Vanessa.


10 episode 2nd season

Episode 1 was already released on demand.
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E01) -- Season Premiere -- "Fresh Hell" -- 5/3/15

So how much of that nudity was actually Billie Piper? Any of it?
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E01) -- Season Premiere -- "Fresh Hell" -- 5/3/15

I loved, loved the first season. It was possibly one of my favorite horror seasons of all time. Penny Dreadful is literate, edgy and dark. We can hope season two is half as good as season one.
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E01) -- Season Premiere -- "Fresh Hell" -- 5/3/15

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So how much of that nudity was actually Billie Piper? Any of it?
Probably none of it.
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E01) -- Season Premiere -- "Fresh Hell" -- 5/3/15

Fuck yeah! Can't wait!
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E01) -- Season Premiere -- "Fresh Hell" -- 5/3/15

I liked the premiere. The actress playing Evelyn is great at a playing evil. I liked the introduction of the wax museum and it looks like something will happen with Frankenstein creature and the blind girl and possible new triangle could happen as a result.
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E01) -- Season Premiere -- "Fresh Hell" -- 5/3/15

Great show. The evil satanist/witch lady and her crew rule.

I suppose Frankenstein's monster is going to have a love triangle between the blind girl and his new "wife".


Originally Posted by windom
So how much of that nudity was actually Billie Piper? Any of it?
Why? Who is she? She has something about being nude?

EDIT: Oh she was in the Call Girl series. I thought she looked familiar. Why do you believe that wasn't her body?

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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E01) -- Season Premiere -- "Fresh Hell" -- 5/3/15

Billie Piper is best known for playing Rose Tyler on Doctor Who so seeing her completely naked is kind of a big geek score.

I would reckon that all of her nudity in this episode was either a dummy or a body double. The bits where she's not moving were probably a dummy (that could be held underwater for extended periods of time) and the parts where she climbed out of the tank were shot and edited in a way that indicates a body double.
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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
Billie Piper is best known for playing Rose Tyler on Doctor Who so seeing her completely naked is kind of a big geek score.
Isn't there a long-running joke about the Doctor and the companions never getting laid?

I would reckon that all of her nudity in this episode was either a dummy or a body double. The bits where she's not moving were probably a dummy (that could be held underwater for extended periods of time) and the parts where she climbed out of the tank were shot and edited in a way that indicates a body double.
Has to be awkward to shoot that kind of stuff .

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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E01) -- Season Premiere -- "Fresh Hell" -- 5/3/15

I think she did originally do the nudity on Secret Diary of a Call Girl, but I don't think she did any full frontal which would actually make sense for that show. Then, I think she got pregnant and stopped doing any nudity on that show and they just used body doubles from that point on. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, I just find it hard to imagine her now doing the amount of nudity that appeared to happen in this season premiere. I figured the stuff in the tank had to be some sort of dummy and when she got out of the tank they didn't show her face in the same shots as her body.
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Penny Dreadful (S2E02) -- "Verbis Diablo" -- 5/10/15




Vanessa is haunted by the witches and seeks solace with Sir Malcolm; Rusk tries to find the sole survivor of the Mariner's Inn massacre; Dr. Frankenstein gives the reborn Brona a new identity; Dorian meets an intriguing woman with a secret; the Creature gets a new job; Evelyn's daughter hunts down a prize for her mother.

Episode 2 of 10
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E02) -- "Verbis Diablo" -- 5/10/15

More awesomeness. I really hope people are watching this one.
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E02) -- "Verbis Diablo" -- 5/10/15

Great episode. I enjoyed the scene with Frankenstein's creature and Vanessa. Evelyn's daughter is scary and that scene was chilling.

A few predictions
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-Dr. Frankenstein will fall for Lily/Brona or she will fall for him causing more drama
-John Clare aka Frankenstein's creature will ask Vanessa to mentor/help Lilly/Brona and that leads to Ethan finding out
-Dorian's friend Angelique will end up killed by the end of the season
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E02) -- "Verbis Diablo" -- 5/10/15

Intriguing woman with a secret? I'd say a schlong is more than a secret! When that scene happened at the table with Dorian, I was like, that woman is very man-ish. Confirmed!
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E02) -- "Verbis Diablo" -- 5/10/15

WTF. That was one disturbing ending.

Originally Posted by Deftones
Intriguing woman with a secret? I'd say a schlong is more than a secret! When that scene happened at the table with Dorian, I was like, that woman is very man-ish. Confirmed!
Yes, I don't think he/she was fooling anyone. They could have done better.

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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E02) -- "Verbis Diablo" -- 5/10/15

I'm mad I missed out on the first one but watched this episode last night...which proved to be a roller coaster ride of emotion.....

Dr. Frankenstein schooling The Bride.....
Frankenstein reading poetry....
Vanessa listening to poetry and seeing witches....
Sir Malcolm flirting with a witch....
Dorian Gray flirting with anything & anyone that walks...
A Baby, a Witch and a room full of weird Dolls....
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E02) -- "Verbis Diablo" -- 5/10/15

Awesome Mauser. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._AdamsGuns.jpg
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E02) -- "Verbis Diablo" -- 5/10/15

That fancy pants museum guy whose name I'm too lazy to look up right now killed it in this episode. He's hilarious.
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E02) -- "Verbis Diablo" -- 5/10/15

Yeah, he was great. Love how he ignored the rest of the insults to indignantly protest that his hair is real. A man can only take so much offense....

Eva Green has the most expressive eyes. If any director needs to cast a role in which the actor's face is largely obscured by a helmet for long stretches, she can just send in her eyeballs while the rest of her goes to Cannes.
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E02) -- "Verbis Diablo" -- 5/10/15

This series continues to be really good. That last scene with the train and the then the lair with the dolls.....well it was once of the creepiest and disturbing things i have seen in a while. The atmosphere they produce on this show is what gives it real strength, along with the top notch acting. Glad Piper got rid of her terrible Oirish accent.

I hope Dorian Greys character gets a bit more to do. His is the one character that feels is not moving forward very much. Still, early days for this show.
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E02) -- "Verbis Diablo" -- 5/10/15

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This series continues to be really good. That last scene with the train and the then the lair with the dolls.....well it was once of the creepiest and disturbing things i have seen in a while. The atmosphere they produce on this show is what gives it real strength, along with the top notch acting. Glad Piper got rid of her terrible Oirish accent.

I hope Dorian Greys character gets a bit more to do. His is the one character that feels is not moving forward very much. Still, early days for this show.
I hope so. I kept hoping in season 1 that we would see the
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Penny Dreadful (S2E03) -- "The Nightcomers" -- 5/17/15




In a flashback, Vanessa meets the Cut-Wife who teaches her how to harness her powers, and warns her of the danger that lies ahead and the evil that pursues her.

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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E03) -- "The Nightcomers" -- 5/17/15

Why isn't Billie Piper in the promo shots?
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E03) -- "The Nightcomers" -- 5/17/15

Eva Green is flat out amazing. Another awesome episode.
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Re: Penny Dreadful (S2E03) -- "The Nightcomers" -- 5/17/15

Great episode. Patti Lupone was great in her guest role. I liked the mentor/mentee relationship between Patti's character and Vanessa.

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