?Penny Dreadful Recap: Does Dracula Make a Good Boyfriend?
How often have your friends had to take you aside and tell you that the person you're crushing on is bad news?
The plain truth is that when we're intoxicated with affection for a new person, it's impossible to be talked out of it.
The warning signs could all be there--the multiple pairs of Crocs, the clown makeup, the expensive drug problem--but the world can be a lonely place and love is love!
Vanessa, of course, now remembered that John had been her orderly at the psych ward, but he did not remember this, and they both chalked this memory lapse up to his "accident."
[...] she sorta encouraged him to seek out his previous family or whatever else would make him happy, because he deserved happiness.
Back in the Old West, Ethan (Josh Hartnett) was still recovering from an unusual dinner party in which most of the guests had been murdered, including his girlfriend and father.
The property damage alone was cause for concern -- antique window replacement can get pricey! -- but also the gang realized that maybe Vanessa might get captured by Dracula or whatever, so they needed to hop a steamer ship back to London ASAP.
Back at Dorian (Reeve Carney) and Lily's condo, they were hosting a dinner party to which all the town's hookers were invited.
Lily's recruitment of slattern women was going swimmingly, so it was time for her to walk across the table and rally them into taking back the night (or at least getting revenge on their abusers).
First order of business?
[...] the family was back together!
Despite the female hooker cult army having a successful night overall, tensions were still brewing between Dorian and Justine (Jessica Barden), who had become a tad bloodthirsty ever since she first murdered her former pimp.
Because it's probably really boring to sail across the Atlantic, Wes Studi got out all of his tricks and trinkets and mind-warped himself into Vanessa's study!
Which, as luck would have it, Vanessa