Season 1 of "Penny Dreadful" saw numerous characters discover and accept their terrible fates. By season's end, Ethan (Josh Hartnett) had transformed into a werewolf to avoid returning to America, while Vanessa (Eva Green) examined whether she truly wanted to be normal, even after Malcolm (Timothy Dalton) sacrificed his own daughter to save her.
Perhaps the most heartrending moment of all came when an already deathly ill Brona (Billie Piper) died at the hands of Victor Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway) so that his creation Caliban (Rory Kinnear) could finally have a mate.
And things are only going to get worse this season for all parties involved. Last season, Vanessa and the rest of the key players did as they pleased, season two will find them on the run. According to Executive Producer John Logan at the TCA Press Tour (via The Wrap), "Last season, our heroes were hunters. This season, they're hunted." And if you watch the new trailer below, you'll get what Logan is driving at.
Merely a recurring character in season one, Helen McCrory's dark witch Evelyn Poole (a.k.a. Madame Kali), who seems to enjoy bathing in a tub of blood, will become the main antagonist this season. Like many other villains before her, Poole of course believes she's doing the right thing.
"She has a noble calling even though it runs counter to Sir Malcolm's," said Logan. "She might think she's on the side of the angels, even though she's on the side of the devils."
And joining her this season will be Sarah Greene as Poole's powerful daughter, Hecate. Together the two characters will bring a proper human villain to "Penny Dreadful" after the vampires of the first season. They'll not only become major antagonists for Vanessa but for all the characters.
Logan also said to critics, "We sort of unleash hell in this season. It's our make or break season."
The second season of "Penny Dreadful" will hit Showtime on April 26, 2015.
