Dexter's Christian Camargo was ferociously fun as Dracula - and his meek alter ego Dr. ![]() Overall, at the time, it felt like Hecate had more to contribute to the series and was taken out too soon, but that was before we knew there'd be no room more for her, as the show was coming to a close. And, naturally, Brian Cox was terrific as land baron Jared Talbot. ![]() I loved the terrain and how much it stood in contrast to London, and Ethan's story turned out to be even more tragic than imagined. The Victor/Lily arc - and all the characters that story held within it - may have dragged until the final few episodes, but the New Mexico wild west storyline involving Ethan and Hecate being hunted by various parties, both friendly and other, was great. That all being said, Penny Dreadful's Season 3 had some amazing material in it. The doomed nucleus who was, in the end, the very reason everyone returned to London and banded together. Granted, I think we can all agree that she was the beating heart of the show. So ultimately, I believe that Logan had a three-year tragic arc for Vanessa, but that perhaps other elements were inserted into the story just in case the show returned without her. The Henry Jekyll character never paid off despite the show focusing on him a lot - even going so far as to show the day/night transformation his serum could create - and then there was a nice plump Mummy hint within Ferdinand Lyle's trip to Cairo. ![]() Only Vanessa perished in the end, leaving the other regulars (plus a few new faces - played by Patti LuPone, Wes Studi, and Perdita Weeks) to form a new monster hunting team. So then why make us wonder throughout the run if this was the end? I can't tell you the reason, though I also have to say that there were definitely elements to this season that felt designed to springboard into a potential fourth season. That, plus the fact that we fully learned Ethan's backstory while Sir Malcolm's retribution began to firmly take hold.
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