Santa Muerte

Episode aired Apr 23, 2020
TV-MA
1h 8m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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Nathan Lane and Daniel Zovatto in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)

Crime Drama Fantasy History Horror Mystery Thriller

Los Angeles, 1938. Detectives Tiago Vega and Lewis Michener investigate a murder. Tiago's brother Raul battles Councilman Charlton Townsend over California's first freeway. Tiago's mother Ma... Read allLos Angeles, 1938. Detectives Tiago Vega and Lewis Michener investigate a murder. Tiago's brother Raul battles Councilman Charlton Townsend over California's first freeway. Tiago's mother Maria pleads with Santa Muerte.Los Angeles, 1938. Detectives Tiago Vega and Lewis Michener investigate a murder. Tiago's brother Raul battles Councilman Charlton Townsend over California's first freeway. Tiago's mother Maria pleads with Santa Muerte.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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Trivia
The Los Angeles River flooded so badly in early 1938, the paving of the road began later that year.

Goofs
At the beginning sequence, young Tiago is listening to a record player to La Llorona, a popular Mexican folk song, and even says it is his favorite. Since the episode is set in the late 1920's and 1930's, and although the song was composed in 1850, the particular version that Tiago is listening to is the one sung by Chavela Vargas (the trademark tone of Vargas' voice is very clear), created in 1961.

Quotes
Magda: There will come a time when the world is ready for me. When nation will battle nation. When race will devour race, when brother will kill brother, until not a soul is left. Are you ready? And on that day a leader will arise and set all the kingdoms to war, and all the races on against another. A day when the dark powers are coming into alignment, and the world is ready to burn. And all it will take is one final spark.

Soundtracks
La Llorona
Performed by Chavela Vargas

User reviews14

Featured review

9/10

Not related to Original Series, but good.

The expression,Penny Dreadful, is American and came into use in the late 19th century as a pejorative term for the numerous cheap crime magazines that purveyed poorly written and hackneyed storylines. I'm excited to see how this storyline develops. Lots of fun possibilities