Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (TV Series)
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| Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | ||
| Genre | Drama Horror Thriller Dark fantasy Historical fantasy | |
| Created by | John Logan | |
| Starring | Natalie Dormer Daniel Zovatto Kerry Bishé Adriana Barraza Jessica Garza Michael Gladis Johnathan Nieves Rory Kinnear Nathan Lane | |
| Composer | John Paesano | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| Original language(s) | English | |
| No. of seasons | 1 | |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) | |
| Production | ||
| Executive producer(s) | John Logan Michael Aguilar Pippa Harris Sam Mendes | |
| Producer(s) | Paco Cabezas | |
| Production location(s) | Los Angeles, California | |
| Production location(s) | Single-camera | |
| Cinematography | John Conroy Pedro Luque | |
| Editor(s) | Victor Dubois Tad Dennis Iain Erskine | |
| Running time | 53–68 minutes | |
| Production company(s) | Desert Wolf Productions Aguilar Entertainment Neal Street Productions | |
| Budget | $99+ million[a] | |
| Release | ||
| Original network | Showtime | |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i | |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 | |
| Original release | April 26 – June 28, 2020 | |
| Chronology | ||
| Related shows | Penny Dreadful | |
| External links | ||
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is an American dark fantasy television series created by John Logan for Showtime. The series, a spin-off of Penny Dreadful, was ordered in November 2018 and is set in Los Angeles during 1938. City of Angels premiered on April 26, 2020. The series received mixed reviews and was canceled after one season.
Contents |
Premise
Cast
Main
- Natalie Dormer as Magda, a demon who can take various forms. Magda's personas include:
- Alex Malone (born Mahler), City Councilman Townsend's political aide with an alleged secret past as a German Jew who pushes him to collaborate with the Nazis.
- Elsa Branson, a German housewife who seduces Peter Craft. Her son Frank is also one of Magda's personas.
- Rio, an influential member of the pachuco gang in Los Angeles who begins a polyamorous relationship with Fly Rico and Mateo.
- Daniel Zovatto as Tiago Vega, the first Mexican-American detective of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Guest actor Evan Whitten portrays Tiago as a child.
- Kerry Bishé as Molly Finnister, a charismatic radio evangelist who is known as "Sister Molly"
- Adriana Barraza as Maria Vega, the matriarch of the Vega family
- Jessica Garza as Josefina Vega, the youngest child of the Vega famil
- Michael Gladis as Charlton Townsend, a councilman and head of the Los Angeles City Council's Transportation Committee
- Johnathan Nieves as Mateo Vega, Tiago's younger brother
- Rory Kinnear as Peter Craft (born Krupp), a German pediatrician and the head of the local German-American Bund. Craft's true background is the German family Krupp, famous for their production of weapons.
- Nathan Lane as Lewis Michener, a veteran LAPD officer and Vega's partner
Recurring
- Santino Barnard as Frank Branson, Elsa's son who is also one of Magda's personas
- Sebastian Chacon as Fly Rico, a dashing pachuco and a friend of Mateo's
- Christine Estabrook as Beverly Beck, a member of the Los Angeles City Council who despises Townsend
- Julian Hilliard as Tom Craft, Peter's son
- Lorenza Izzo as Santa Muerte,> a deity associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife by her devotees
- Rod McLachlan as Jimmy Reilly, a racist, sadistic LAPD officer who routinely assaults Mexican-American citizens
- Ethan Peck as Hermann Ackermann, second-in-command of the German-American Bund
- Piper Perabo as Linda Craft, Peter's wife
- Adan Rocha as Diego Lopez, a pachuco
- Adam Rodriguez as Raul Vega, Tiago's older brother
- Dominic Sherwood as Kurt, Richard Goss's chauffeur who starts dating Townsend on Goss's orders
- Brent Spiner as Ned Vanderhoff, an LAPD captain and Vega and Michener's boss
- Hudson West as Trevor Craft, Peter's son
- Thomas Kretschmann as Richard Goss, a German architect and an operative of the Third Reich
- Stephanie Arcila as Bernadette Romero, a pachuco
- Scott Beehner as Frank Murphy, a detective
- Kyle McArthur as Brian Koenig, an intelligent student working for the Nazis to design a better V2 rocket engine
- Lin Shaye as Dottie Minter, a friend to Michener
- Amy Madigan as Adelaide Finnister, Molly's mother and manager>
- Brad Garrett as Benny Berman, a Jewish mobster from New York City who works with Meyer Lansky
Guest
- Holger Moncada Jr. as Jose Vega, Tiago's father
- Richard Kind as Sam Bloom, a friend of Lewis's
- Bill Smitrovich as Anton Chevic, a friend of Lewis's
- Patti LuPone as a vocalist, singing at a secret gay club
- Brian Dennehy as Jerome Townsend, Charlton's father
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Santa Muerte" | Paco Cabezas | John Logan | April 26, 2020[b] | 0.448 |
| Tiago Vega is the LAPD's first Chicano detective. With his partner, Jewish veteran cop Lewis Michener, they investigate a grisly murder that seems to implicate Mexicans. Tiago's activist brother Raul battles ambitious Councilman Charlton Townsend over the construction of California's first freeway. Meanwhile, physician Peter Craft becomes more disillusioned with American life and devotes himself to his activities as the head of the local German American Bund. Tiago and Raul find themselves on opposite sides of a protest for Belvedere Heights which turns deadly thanks to Magda's machinations. | |||||
| 2 | "Dead People Lie Down" | Paco Cabezas | John Logan | May 3, 2020 | 0.318 |
| Vega and Michener deal with the fallout of the expressway riot and continue their investigation into the deaths of the Hazlett family. Magda continues to spin her web, convincing Townsend to use the death of a young police officer as a political tool to advance his agenda, and also manipulating Craft in her Elsa form. Vega and Michener attempt to gain information about James Hazlett and the Joyful Voices Ministry he worked for, but are stonewalled by Adelaide Finnister, the mother of the church's primary attraction. Michener and his friends Dottie, Sam, and Anton trail the Nazis, with deadly consequences. Mateo receives an invitation to join a pachuco gang, while Maria's prayers to Santa Muerte produce eerie results. | |||||
| 3 | "Wicked Old World" | Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | John Logan | May 10, 2020 | 0.352 |
| Michener mourns his lost friends Sam and Anton and begins an investigation into their murders. Raul wakes in the hospital, confesses he has no recollection of the riot, and consoles Mateo, who is angry about Tiago. Councilman Townsend has wrenches thrown into his plan to build the expressway, which culminates in a disastrous meeting with the Germans. Michener interrogates the young boy seen dining with the Nazis, while Tiago and Molly talk and strike up a romance at Santa Monica Pier. Craft begins an affair with Elsa, inviting her to join his circle of German friends. Mateo goes to the Crimson Cat and meets up with Rico and Rio, another of Magda's personalities. The police crash the dance due to a racially-restrictive curfew, and Mateo witnesses Rico and Rio arguing about how best to fight back. Tiago meets Michener at a bar, where he learns that Hazlett was sexually involved with Molly. Tiago does not believe Michener, who instructs him to take his case files and look at them himself. In an ending montage, Michener looks at a picture of his dead friends, Molly cowers in her locked room while her mother yells outside, Townsend has a sexual encounter with a man, Mateo gets his pachuco tattoo, while a teary Tiago sits in front of the Hazlett files, gazing at the Popeye doll he won for Molly. | |||||
Production
Reception
Critical response
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notes
- a. ^ This amount represents the total qualified expenditures for the California Film & Television Tax Credit and excludes other non-qualifying costs.
- b. ^ "Santa Muerte" was first released online and on demand by Showtime on April 23, 2020, ahead of its broadcast on television.
