
The families severed ties after this, the strain of which caused Vanessa's clairvoyance and mediumship to manifest. 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. As a young girl, Vanessa caught Malcolm and her mother having an affair. 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. Vanessa, through a letter to Mina, relates their backstory. They become close friends, but their time together is cut short when Proteus is murdered by Victor's "firstborn", an earlier creation.

Victor's newly animated creation chooses a name – Proteus. He concludes that Vanessa is being hunted by them. 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. The guests take part in a séance, where Vanessa is possessed by evil spirits, who accuse Malcolm of leaving his son to die. There, Vanessa meets Dorian, and the two are deeply drawn to one another. Vanessa and Malcolm attend Ferdinand Lyle's party. Ethan befriends Brona Croft, a sickly prostitute, who later has an erotic encounter with the seductive and charming Dorian Gray. Sir Malcolm offers his assistance with the "Ripper" case, proclaiming that they should be looking for a beast, not a man. David Warner as Abraham Van Helsing (2/8).Helen McCrory as Evelyn Poole / Madame Kali (2/8).Simon Russell Beale as Ferdinand Lyle (2/8).Rory Kinnear as Caliban / The Creature (6/8).Harry Treadaway as Victor Frankenstein (7/8).Timothy Dalton as Sir Malcolm Murray (8/8).Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.

Meanwhile, Dorian Gray (a confident, entrancing, yet lonely, self-isolating man who cannot die.), the Creature (a reanimated corpse brought to life and abandoned by Frankenstein who tracks down his creator and demands that Frankenstein create a mate for him.) and Brona Croft (an Irish immigrant seeking to escape her brutal past.) hover on the periphery of the core group.
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This series contains some of literature's most terrifying characters, Vanessa Ives (an enigmatic, composed, driven heroine who ignores zeitgeist and proves herself a force to be reckoned with.) and Sir Malcolm Murray (a hardened explorer of the African continent, on a deeply personal quest to find his kidnapped daughter Mina.) form a deeper bond as the group, including Ethan Chandler (a charming, brash, daring American man of action with uncanny marksmanship, who detests violence and is more complicated than he likes to admit.), Victor Frankenstein (an arrogant young man whose whole life revolves around his research.), and Sembene (a long-time ally of Sir Malcolm with a mysterious persona.), unite together to find Sir Malcolm Murray's missing daughter and banish the evil forces that threaten to destroy them.
