Given the commissioning cycle of modern television, writers have to be elastic in their approach to world-building new episodes of a show may be ordered as soon as viewing figures are in, or else a series may be unceremoniously cancelled and wound up quickly. David Nevins, the CEO of Showtime, the channel that broadcast Penny Dreadful, has already asserted that the show ‘is going to have an incredibly rich afterlife’ through repeats and streaming, and it’s an almost irresistible parlour game to guess which characters might be candidates for a spin-off series. I say ’ending’, but there’s a strong sense in which a series made up of new beginnings from classic literary characters can’t really end. I want to try to make sense of this unexpected ending, and where it leaves these other characters. It was surprising news because the series has enough viewers and fans to make further seasons viable, and also because the characters still have so many potential stories to tell. Instead, the show would conclude with the death of central character Vanessa Ives. In a surprising move, just as season 3 of Penny Dreadful was finishing, it was announced that the series would not be renewed for a fourth season. Eva Green as Vanessa Ives and Samuel Barnett as Renfield in Penny Dreadful (season 3, episode 7). SPOILERS: This post contains plot details for seasons 1-3 of Penny Dreadful, so please read on at your own discretion.
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