![]() I notice that Rusk’s missing arm is pointed out rather obviously when Sir Malcolm goes to shake the inspector’s hand, so I wonder if the circumstances surrounding the missing limb will come into play soon. He is examining pictures of his deceased family when he is interrupted by Inspector Rusk. ![]() Hecate is also very keen to learn about Ethan, taking the threat of Lupis Dei more seriously.īack at Sir Malcolm’s home, the explorer seems more himself. This is something that has been hinted at again and again in Penny Dreadful episodes, but in “Memento Mori” it becomes most evident that Hecate believes she is better at the craft and more powerful than her mother. Lyle is dismissed he is not out of the woods, for Hecate sidelines him, blatantly making a power play against her mother. Evelyn decides that in order to proceed with her plans she must lure Vanessa out of hiding. If Vanessa is the scorpion, Evelyn is the adder waiting to strike. One of the things I love about Evelyn is that she can go from affable to deadly in a matter of seconds and then snap back to smiles and coyness as we see in this scene. Lyle is not forthcoming with any information regarding Ethan, Vanessa, or their whereabouts which displeases Evelyn, to put it lightly, and she threatens the linguist with one of her deadly rings. I think he is just trying to survive at this point. Lyle cares for Sir Malcolm and his team but Mr. We are seeing more and more of Evelyn’s obsession with staying young and I wonder if by the end of the season her age will catch up to her and the witch will shrivel into an old crone as she is defeated. Lyle does slyly point out the futility in such efforts towards bottling one’s youth. Evelyn is indulging a massage, though Mr. Based on this evidence, Rusk decides to call on the explorer. This is the first of many call backs to the first season and I appreciate how much this episode goes back to show our characters’ past deeds, particularly Sir Malcolm’s, coming back to haunt them. He’s come across his predecessor’s appointment book and discovered that Sir Malcolm came to Scotland Yard, an unusual event. We jump to a calmer but no less menacing scene as the dutiful Inspector Rusk is still obsessed with unraveling the mysteries surrounding the Mariner’s Inn Massacre. Caliban vows that after he and Brona are settled in their idyllic life, he will return and show Frankenstein “the monster he has made”. Also the level of ownership Caliban thinks he has on Brona is disturbing, insisting that the woman is “his”. It’s fitting that the method that brought Caliban into the world would be the one he threatens to use to take Frankenstein out of it. Gone are the pretty lyrical words, they are replaced with shouting as Caliban smashes and tears apart the lab before ripping a wire out of the wall and threatening to electrocute his creator with it. When Frankenstein doesn’t provide a satisfactory response, we see Caliban lose his temper completely for the very first time. Caliban, who had observed Brona the night before with Dorian Gray, wakes his creator hastily and forcefully demands to know where Brona is. Speaking of Frankenstein, it seems he took Brona’s night out rather poorly as we see the good doctor collapsed in a drug-induced stupor on the floor. Was the catalyst her introduction to the greater world and life outside the safety of Frankenstein’s walls? Or are her memories finally bubbling to the surface? And change has taken over Brona, though where this stems from one isn’t quite sure. ![]() She is speaking to and caressing the corpse as if he is still alive, lamenting that boys eventual grow into men, before leaving the apartment humming to herself. ![]() We see Brona in bed with the man she killed just the other night. The episode begins with a disturbing scene. If the remaining two episodes in this season of Penny Dreadful follow along with the trend “Memento Mori” sets we are sure to be in for an emotional and action packed finale. We are now seeing just how this immortal earned the scars that adorn his portrait. I enjoy that Brona is owning her resurrection story line, as opposed to being a character that is there to motivate others like Frankenstein and his creature. I’m also pleased that so many of our Penny Dreadful characters were showcased, though the hour belonged to Sir Malcolm which is refreshing as he tends not to be the focus of many episodes. The pacing, for the most part, was nice and tight and it gave a quite a few shocking twists and turns. This is my kind of Penny Dreadful episode.
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