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Recap / Penny Dreadful S 2 E 8 Memento Mori

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Caliban lets loose his anger on Dr. Frankenstein over events involving Brona; Rusk puts together a connection between Sir Malcolm and Ethan Chandler; Sir Malcolm is put under a spell when he goes to meet Evelyn.

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  • Accent Relapse: During a particularly heated moment in Lily's monologue, she lapses into Brona's Irish accent.
  • Black Eyes of Evil: Malcolm when Evelyn takes control of him.
  • Cliffhanger: The episode ends with Sir Malcolm trapped in Evelyn's house, locked in a room with the reanimated corpses of his family.
  • Evil Is Petty: Evelyn demands that Lyle kisses her before he leaves. When he moves to kiss her hand, she stops him and kisses him on the lips and tells him that he tastes "like a fat little man."
  • Faking Amnesia: Lily remembers a lot more about being Brona than she's been letting on, but doesn't clarify if the memories came back last episode or earlier.
  • "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: Sembene vs. a possessed Malcolm.
    Sembene: Know who you are!
  • Meaningful Echo: Inspector Rusk specifically brings up Malcolm's advice to his predecessor to "stop hunting for a man, and start hunting for a beast" from "Séance."
  • The Reveal:
    • Dorian's portrait is finally revealed. It's as horrific as you'd expect, a twisted and wretched figure, skin grey and covered with scars, wrapped in chains...and then it looks right out at Dorian and the viewer.
    • Lucifer was not an only child. He was joined by a sibling in his rebellion, and both were cast out of Heaven by God; Lucifer was sent to Hell while his brother was sent to Earth, where he became the Vampire Master.
    • Sir Malcolm notes that Lyle has been mistranslating "Hound of God;" it's actually "Wolf of God."
  • Title Drop: Delivered by Evelyn:
    Evelyn: Memory. It is such a potent force in our lives. All of these memento mori for one sobering message, "Remember that you will die."
  • Who Wants to Live Forever?: Surprisingly, Evelyn has a case of this. She expresses to Sir Malcolm that she's very lonely, while tempting him to join her.
  • Xanatos Gambit: Even though Evelyn's Plan A of having a possessed Malcolm attack the group fails because he breaks the spell on himself, she knows things will still work to her advantage because Malcolm will surely come looking for revenge and be captured as bait for Vanessa.

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