Shape-shifting demon Magda compels 1930s Los Angeles to the brink of war.
After nearly four years,Penny Dreadfulis finally back.
But it looks a whole lot different than what we remember.
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The two series couldn’t look more different, but a stranger might clock the family resemblance.
Even though there are actual monsters stalking the streets, these shows are about the monsters within.
That’s not necessarily a negative.
Yet, attaching the namePenny Dreadfulalso attaches a lot of expectations.
Are you ready?"
The new setting is 1938 at a particular time in the history of Los Angeles.
He’s the first Chicano police detective on the LAPD force and the mentee of Jewish Det.
Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane).
There’s something else about Tiago that has him fated for a greater purpose.
During the blaze, he saw his father’s soul resting in the arms of Santa Muerte.
He raced to his side but the angel tossed him backward with her hand, forever marking Tiago.
witch), suggests he might need her down the line.
This paints the Mexican community as the instant targets, but Tiago isn’t convinced.
They also learn the father was working for a company in charge of building the parkway.
Lurking in the periphery is Magda, doing exactly what she promised to do.
(Where have we heard that one recently?)
Elsa brings her son a demon child that Magda magically oozes forth from like clay in for a checkup.
She presents herself as a battered wife whose American husband also beats on their son.
As Alex, Magda’s other target for manipulation is Councilman Charlton Townsend (Michael Gladis).
you’ve got the option to probably guess his political views by just his Hitler ‘stache.
Is it a coincidence, then, that Charlton sounds an awful lot like charlatan?
He wants to make Charlton mayor and use his influence to build even more motorways.
As he ponders this, Maria, praying at her altar for Santa Muerte, awakens the angel.
Maria senses Magda’s presence and asks Santa Muerte for help with her “bitch of a sister.”
On Monday morning, the standoff begins and Tiago is there amongst the crowd of his fellow officers.
He walks out in an effort to get his neighbors to disperse.
She finds an officer with shaky hands and compels him to fire the first shot into the crowd.
The bullet kills one of the Mexican workers and sparks a riot.
She whispers in Raul’s ear to pick up a gun and shoot as many cops as he can.
Almost mindlessly, as if by some hypnotic trance, he goes to kill Lewis.
Now is the time when nation battles nation, when race devours race, and when brother kills brother.
