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Showtime’s Penny Dreadful ended after the third season. The ending of the series
came as a shock to fans but Showtime made it clear the show was over. Showtime
president Gary Levine told people attending the Television Critics Association
press tour that it was always what was planned: “We could have announced it was
the final season before the final season, and we decided not to. In creator John
Logan’s mind it was always three and out. From early on, we were trying to keep
it open for possibility of more, but it became clear that trying to continue the
show past the life of Vanessa Ives would be a lesser show. And John didn’t
really want to continue beyond that character. The death of Vanessa Ives was
plotted, and in John’s mind he slowly came around to the idea that for him there
wasn’t a show beyond that. We thought the series would lose its authenticity
without them.” |
