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Jun 13, 2016 · Over dinner, Lily rouses her new army with an impassioned speech (look at Billie Piper go) about Irish women who were sentenced to death by the Catholic church when they refused to stop keening.
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Jun 12, 2016 · We open in a graveyard, where Lily consoles a grieving mother by cryptically promising, “We will rise,” and that her daughter “rests in good company.”. Before walking away, Lily places a ...
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Recap. Create Subpage. Kaetenay is left deeply disturbed and visibly shaken when he experiences a vision of imminent destruction that could have dire consequences for the people he trusts; Vanessa is confronted with an unsettling truth that will affect her future. Tropes :
- Vampire's kiss.
- Penny Dreadful: "Ebb Tide" Photos
- Verdict
By Matt Fowler
Updated: Jun 13, 2016 7:07 am
Posted: Jun 13, 2016 6:00 am
Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
The ominously but appropriately titled "Ebb Tide" saw Vanessa fall to Dracula's charms. Or, better put, his undying devotion to her in, perhaps, her truest form. Not many shows can manage the tricky transition from "I'm going to kill you" to "I love you" but Penny Dreadful's handling of Vanessa and Dr. Sweet's relationship was delicate and nuanced enough that you could buy her giving into his obsession at the end. With him, she would never have to pretend to be someone she was not like she tried to do back in the asylum and, in fact, she'd be revered for that.
Which is, basically, he opposite offer/piece of advice she received from the Orderly, who also loved her. Though he was so scared for her well-being that he just wanted to see her safe, even if it came at the expense of her genuineness. It's funny to note here too how Vanessa, before she joined the darkness, pushed John Clare into the light and back to his family. And even still, her decision to not kill Dracula and then let him bite her was born out of her desire to not be alone. I just like how both choices came from the same "join the dance" loneliness and despair, and that Vanessa's surrender could also perversely be seen as a happy moment.
One thing we did find out this week though was that there were two distinct roads to the End of Days. One involved Ethan and Hecate (who was Satan's rep here, and still left the show too soon, I felt) and the other, now, Vanessa and Dracula. So Kaetenay, who I still have snake venom questions about, actually got on board with Ethan's mission to return to Vanessa because he got to see her in a "great fertile bitch of evil" vision and realized the same fog-filled enteral night future awaited everyone if she fell to dark forces.
Dorian actually made his biggest proactive move on the series to date this week when he enlisted Victor into kidnapping Lily. Now an outsider in his own manor, Dorian had grown "bored" of Lily's revolution (his word, though "jealous" is also appropriate) and decided it was time to cut off the head. It's an interesting storyline since everyone's truly a broken monster. Yes, you could see that Lily's call for blood was too extreme (in fact, Justine's now so fanatical that she's taken some of the heat off Lily) but the moment when Lily sat on the ground, chained, below three men who wished to turn her into an obedient pet was also very chilling and icky.
"Ebb Tide" drove our American team back to London just as Vanessa decided to give in and become the "Mother of Evil" for Dracula. So they'll have arrived too late, basically, and assumedly face a very different Vanessa. Can we handle a show where Vanessa is the villain? It's an interesting prospect. Also, how far will Penny Dreadful go into End Tim...
Jun 13, 2016 · In our 'Penny Dreadful' recap of Season 3, Episode 7, 'Ebb Tide,' Dracula bites Vanessa, Dorian betrays Lily, and the Creature takes a risk.
- Charlie Mason
Penny Dreadful Season 3 Episode 7: Ebb Tide Summary: Kaetenay returns to London with Ethan and Malcolm to prevent the darkness that he has foreseen. Meanwhile, Vanessa realizes who Sweet really is, while Caliban is reunited with his family.
Jun 14, 2016 · An ebb tide is when sea levels fall over several hours, slowly churning backwards to reveal the intertidal zones hiding beneath the cerulean waters. It’s an apt metaphor for the revelations of truths, unveiling the realities that had always existed but were thinly veiled by…
