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Penny Dreadful: City of Angels premiere recap: Day of the Dead, indeed

), a demon of discord and the sister of Santa Muerte , the Holy Angel of Death and ferry-woman of human souls to the afterlife. Magda believes humanity is inherently evil, that "all mankind needs to be the monster he truly is is being told he can." She plans to prove her point not by attacking her victims directly, but by "whispering to them" and "letting them be who they are.

The new setting is 1938 at a particular time in the history of Los Angeles. The city is planning for the construction of the Arroyo Seco Motorway, a major step that will inevitably transform the city into a metropolis. But the parkway will displace many Mexican immigrant homes, including that of the Vega family, which places Tiago Vega in a precarious situation. He's the first Chicano police detective on the LAPD force and the mentee of Jewish Det. Lewis Michener .

On his first day on the job, Tiago and Lewis are charged by police chief Ned Vanderhoff with investigating "butchery down the river": four members of a rich Beverly Hills family were found with their hearts cut out in the empty L.A. river, each of their faces carved and painted with skeletal Día de Muertos makeup. A message in Spanish is inked in blood nearby: "You take our heart, we take yours.

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