I absolutely adore this show. When I first saw previews I thought it looked awesome, watched the first few episodes and loved the way that they interwove all of the various classical horror tales, but I was a little put off by the rampant nudity and excessive language and gore at some parts. Well, perhaps put off isn't the best wording for it, but it seemed like it was just put in for shock value at first, until it dawned on me that this show is supposed to be in the spirit of classic "Penny Dreadfuls", essentially the exploitation films of the day. When I had that realization it all just contributed to the experience. It's a great story that has plenty of delightfully over-stated gore and sex and so far has had absolutely fantastic acting. I'm also not at all minding the recent development with Dorian and Ethan. It was wonderfully built up in that episode and I'm looking forward to seeing what the aftermath is.
As for Brona becoming the Bride, I hadn't thought of that but it does seem very likely now, and I really want to see where that can go. I knew she'd have to have some significance at one point or another being played by Billy Piper, and seeing as the show doesn't seem to introduce a character with that much screen time if they don't have some sort of important role to play, but that thought makes it seem even more exciting. I'm also extremely curious about Sembene and who/what he is. I'm putting money on some kind of Voodoo Priest/Witchdoctor or perhaps even some sort of minor African tribal deity of some sort.
As for Ethan, there seems to be a lot of "speculation" floating around on entertainment sites debating whether he is a werewolf or not. Did anyone seriously NOT see this coming from episode one when he woke up outside and confused and then went to go see the murder scene? They've practically beat us over the head with the "hints", which are more like giant flashing neon signs (Aforementioned, on the run from the American police, seeing a play ABOUT a werewolf, calming a wild wolf, the dog fighting pit, etc. etc.), and I'm genuinely curious if anyone was seriously not getting that.
