Penny Dreadful: Night Work/Appearances

Characters

 * Beautiful young woman: A young blonde-haired British woman attended Colonel Brewster's Wild West Show and Emporium of American Curiosities and was entertained at the showmanship of sharpshooter Ethan Chandler. At the close of the performance, Ethan made it a point to shoot an object right behind the woman's head, signaling his interest in her. After the show, Ethan and the young woman had sex outside his trailer in broad daylight.


 * Ethan Chandler: Ethan Chandler was a gunslinger who turned his talents towards the entertainment industry by starring in Colonel Brewster's Wild West Show and Emporium of American Curiosities. Her performed during a tour in London, England which is where Vanessa Ives first caught sight of him and recruited his talents for some night work. Ethan accompanied Vanessa and Sir Malcolm Murray to an opium den where they fought up against a horde of vampires. The following evening, Vanessa explained to him about the demimonde - a place where the real world meets the spirit world, and invited him to continue working with them. She had him pick a card from her tarot deck and he picked The Lovers.


 * Malcolm Murray: Malcolm Murray had Vanessa Ives recruit Ethan Chandler. They fought vampires in an opium den and killed their leader. He brought the body to Victor Frankenstein for inspection. He visited Ferdinand Lyle to have him translate hieroglyphs found on the corpse. He then invited Victor Frankenstein to the Explorer's Club and asked him to join his group in helping him search for his missing daughter, Mina.


 * Mother: The mother was an unidentified vegetable trader with a 7-year-old daughter named Charlotte who lived in an upstairs flat. She got up in the middle of the night to use the toilet when some unseen force yanked her through the window. Her dismembered remains were discovered the following day.


 * Mortuary boss: Malcolm, Ethan and Vanessa brought the body of a dead vampire to the Resurrection men. The mortuary boss asked if they found it in the river, as it would be no use to him once the fishes got to it. The man then directed them to Victor Frankenstein.


 * Police photographer: The police photographer was a portly man with a bowler hat. He took photographs of the dismembered remains of the mother.


 * Vanessa Ives: Vanessa Ives attended Ethan Chandler's performance at Colonel Brewster's Wild West Show and Emporium of American Curiosities. She later met him at a pub and gave him a comprehensive profile of the sort of man she believed him to be. She then offered him a job doing some night work that also included the possibility of murder. Vanessa met with Ethan again that evening, along with Sir Malcolm Murray, and they traveled to an opium den where they fought up against a horde of vampires. Vanessa stood in the way of the lead vampire, giving Sir Malcolm the chance to impale from behind with his sword. She then accompanied Malcolm and Ethan to a underground mortuary where a young doctor named Victor Frankenstein performed an autopsy on the body. Vanessa journeyed with Malcolm to the British Museum where they consulted with Ferdinand Lyle, who agreed to translate Egyptian hieroglyphs they found carved on the monster's corpse. She met with Ethan Chandler a second time and did a Tarot card reading.


 * Woman : This unnamed woman was part of a throng of people gathered at the murder site of a young woman and her daughter. Along with her friend, she posited the notion that Jack the Ripper had returned and was murdering once again.


 * Woman : This unnamed woman was also a member of the group of people gathered at the crime scene. She stood next to woman #1 and observed the London police gathering body parts from the scene of the gruesome murder of a mother and her daughter.

Locations

 * England
 * London
 * Westminster
 * 8 Grandage Place: This is where Malcolm Murray lives along with Vanessa Ives and Murray's manservant, Sembene. Ethan Chandler visited here and Vanessa invited him to continue working with Sir Malcolm. She had him pick a card from the Tarot deck and he picked the lovers.
 * 4 Pall Mall: This is the street address of the Explorer's Club, which is where Malcolm Murray has his meeting with Victor Frankenstein to invite him to join his cause.
 * British Museum: Ferdinand Lyle worked at the British Museum and was the head of the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities. He had a butler on hand named Felix, whom Ferdinand believed had poor posture. On September 23rd, 1891, Sir Malcolm Murray and Vanessa Ives visited his office with a sample of Egyptian hieroglyphs that required translating. He correctly deduced that the writings originated with the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The source of these particular hieroglyphs though were taken from carvings upon the skin of a dead vampire.
 * Spitalfields: This was where the mother lived with her daughter. It is the sight of her murder. The London police came to her flat to collect her remains.

Items

 * Crucifix: There is a cross on the wall in Vanessa's prayer room.
 * Opium: Several individuals partake of opium at the opium den.
 * Six-shooter: Ethan brandishes a six-shooter at his wild west show and also uses it to fight off vampires that evening.
 * Sword-cane: Sir Malcolm brandishes one to fight off the vampires and impales at least one vampire with it.
 * Tarot cards

Races/Creatures

 * Humans: All of the named, and most of the unnamed characters presented in this series are human.
 * Reanimates: There is one reanimate in this episode, revealed at the very end as the creation of Victor Frankenstein. He is later given the name Proteus.
 * Vampires: There are several vampires seen in this episode, including the lead vampire, who appears more monstrous than the rest. The vampire familiars have the traditional fangs of a vampire, whereas the lead vampire has a row of sharpened teeth. Female vampires are presented as albinos with white hair.

Animals

 * Birds: There are two birds in a cage in Ferdinand Lyle's office. Vanessa Ives peers closely at them, which causes them to become startled and fly about in a state of agitation.
 * Carrion beetles: Ferdinand Lyle of the British Museum uses carrion beetles to eat the flesh off of some human remains, leaving the skull and bones intact. Lyle's breed of carrion beetles originate from Suffolk.
 * Horses: Several horses are seen pulling carriages through the streets of London.
 * Scorpions: The likeness of a scorpion upon a person's chin is depicted in The Lovers tarot card.
 * Spiders: During her prayers, Vanessa sees spiders crawling all over her body.

Organizations

 * Colonel Brewster's Wild West Show and Emporium of American Curiosities: This was the traveling wild west troupe that Ethan Chandler worked for while touring Europe. He left the show after accepting Vanessa Ives' offer to work for her.


 * Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities: The Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities is a department of the British Museum in London, England. Ferdinand Lyle worked at the British Museum as the head of the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, though by his own account, held little approval or regard for the Assyrians.


 * Explorer's Club: The Explorer's Club is an exclusive gentleman's club for travelers and explorers and enthusiasts thereof. It was founded by Major-General Robert Clive and is located at 4 Pall Mall. This is where Malcolm Murray met with Victor Frankenstein to invite him to become part of his crusade to rescue his daughter.


 * Metropolitan Police Service:

Explicit content

 * Dismemberment: The main vampire was hiding beneath a pile of body parts. The remains of the mother were found in pieces on the floor of her home.
 * Gunshot victims
 * Impalement: Sir Malcolm impales the lead vampire through the back with his sword cane. He impales several female vampires through the chest in short order.
 * Male rear nudity
 * Profanity
 * Smoking
 * Throat injuries

Miscellaneous

 * American
 * Autopsy
 * Clairvoyance
 * Corpse
 * Fangs
 * Medium
 * Mortuary
 * Necropsy
 * Opium den
 * Orangutan
 * Resurrection men
 * Surgeon