I suspect Beale (and probably Logan) never realized how popular the character would become. Beale worked a lot on the stage with Sam Mendes, who is a producer on PD so may have even first signed on as a favour to him—unlike so many UK actors who often divide their time between theatre and tv series regular roles,…

Could Sir Malcolm or someone been sneaking him nourishment? I guess not…. but…

Yeah, that secubus/waitch look is the one design choice for this show that I do not like.

In one of the youtube clips from Showtime—the one about Green's "crew" (she has her own team for costumes, makeup, etc) the costume designer says that Green begged to have her costumes not remain all black.

There also is the fact that a number of (as you say wealthy and privileged) white men would go to such places back then and live much more openly with other wealthy, white men than they could under the prying eye of Victorian society. The 1890s was when Victorian England suddenly became pretty obsessed with the…

Less than Rome, I am pretty sure. Nearly everything films on locations and soundstages in Dublin—except this year's American stuff which films in Spain (which may be why only 9 episodes this year). I don't know how it compares to other current Showtime series—numbers wise—but they are pretty low and the show still…

Logan couldn't use Dr Moreau because Wells' isn't out of copyright until next year in the UK—using his own newly named time traveller from The Time Machine gets around that?

As others have said, I think for Dorian it's just that this no longer is much fun.

You're missing some classic top ten cheezy brit pop dance music :P I think she had two hit albums—when I briefly lived in London after high school, her singles were everywhere (well, OK, afternoon music video shows for kids and gay clubs…) So I was actually pretty surprised when she then popped up on Dr Who. https:/…

Yeah specifically mentioning men who like to photograph the prostitutes seemed a bit too on the nose.

He was in several major productions (theatre) while this season was shooting—at least two. Of course actors have done tv and theatre at the same time before—particularly in the UK (and Penny Dreadful films in Dublin primarily—not far from London) but I am pretty certain that was the reason he is only a guest star…

The hair would be right for many "New Women" of the 1890s, though I can't comment on the makeup…

Yeah, another episode not scripted by Logan—Andrew Hinderaker (who wrote last year) & Krysty Wilson-Cairns wrote it—I guess now I know why their names always were in the end credits this year as "staff writers" (they also are the two writers, I believe, of the new prequel comic book that I haven't checked out yet.) I…

Yeah, I agree. I figured with Dracula finally showing up maybe this was the end he had planned, but… Either way I hope for a new season.

He should have said he was committed to going on a dig in Egypt… OK that still might not make much sense—maybe to figure out a way to help Miss Ives. (I have no good ideas, obviously)

LOL Fair enough—I find much of the actual dialogue writing both beautiful, suitably over the top but also insightful to the characters—if we didn't get Vanessa's key episodes each season and instead had the stories condensed to 10 mins I would miss a lot of character development and enrichment. But your mileage can…

(Funny, I just saw Brian Cox in the then-controversial BBC movie The Lost Language of Cranes from the early 90s where he's the not out gay father of an out gay son who cruises London for… well, cock. He is very good though of course. I mean in the movie)

Wasn't he drunk all the time though? That can help cover up some of those feelings—for a few months anyway :P

As well as some drunken "experimenting" if you get my drift, right??

He's credited with writing the rest of the season which makes me wonder—I'm sure it was a time thing, but why would he give up such a pivotal episode? He still has final edit—but couldn't have re-written some of the pivotal speeches which mostly felt heavy handed compared to his work (of course who knows—writing…