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Originally Posted by Iceman57
I was greatly anticipating this premiere and for the most part the pilot didn't disappoint. The first 30 minutes were tremendously suspenseful, wonderfully gory and set up a very interesting story line. Timothy Dalton was such a bad-ass, Eva Green was so creepy and manipulative while Josh Hartnett really surprised me totally holding his own with the others. After the 30 min mark I felt the show lulled just a touch but quickly found its footing while for me the name reveal at the end i sorta made me roll my eyes at but I still am interested to see where it goes from here.
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(Not trying to dump on you here) Why did you roll your eyes? That's the actual story that is being told here. If you are a fan of the Extraordinary Gentleman then you should enjoy this because, while Penny Dreadful is far darker, the characters in the show are familiar and what you should expect. The "dead character" is part of the supernatural world and it isn't cheesy at all to include it here. What I really like is that this isn't a True Blood (If you're not watching it you should be.) style of supernatural story telling. I think I'll really enjoy this show.
Eva Green is creepy as #### as well.