Penny Dreadful (TV Series)

Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places (2015)

Eva Green: Vanessa Ives

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• [Vanessa and Mr. Chandler discuss the witch Hecate] 

  Vanessa Ives : Hecate wasn't a sea goddess. She was a moon goddess, and bringer of magic. And also a character in Macbeth, the Protector of Witches.

  Ethan Chandler : She didn't look like a witch.

  Vanessa Ives : And would an old crone have attracted your eye? No, Mr. Chandler, they can assume many guises, like a chameleon on a leaf. In their natural state, they're more... memorable.

  Ethan Chandler : She was some chameleon then.

• [Sir Malcolm believes the artifacts and Vanessa are related] 

  Sir Malcolm Murray : A prophecy. Give it a thought. Lucifer tells a past tense narrative to a monk. Why? Just so his history can be recorded? No. If we accept the Devil walks amongst us today... we must consider this is meant to be part of an ongoing story. That it has relevance now. It's possible he wasn't just recounting the past but foretelling the future.

  Vanessa Ives : Whose future?

  Sir Malcolm Murray : I think most likely yours.

  Vanessa Ives : You don't know that.

  Sir Malcolm Murray : Vanessa...

  Vanessa Ives : You don't know that! Are there any references to a woman? To any one like me?

  Sir Malcolm Murray : We're not done yet.

  Vanessa Ives : You'll understand I find it difficult to accept I'm the object of a eternal Satanic quest that's so far only demonstrated in something that's half-poetry, half-gibberish. I'm sorry. No!

• [Vanessa announces that she's going to bed in front of both Mr. Chandler and Sembene] 

  Ethan Chandler : [Mr. Chandler replies before noticing Sembene's cooking]  Don't tell me you're going to miss Sembene's... what is that?

  Sembene : Buttercream torte.

  Ethan Chandler : Two words I thought I'd never hear come out of your mouth.

  Vanessa Ives : Save me some for breakfast. Good night.

  Ethan Chandler : [Vanessa walks off as Mr. Chandler whispers to Sembene]  Does she really eat dessert for breakfast?

  Sembene : Always.

• [Victor and Vanessa talk over the horror behind the ancient artifacts] 

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : You know, once I would have thought all of this impossible.

  Vanessa Ives : And now?

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : I know nothing's impossible. Whatever we can imagine, far worse is true.

  Vanessa Ives : And for better.

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : You think so?

  Vanessa Ives : [Vanessa smiles]  I choose to.

• Dr. Victor Frankenstein : You know, once I would have thought all of this impossible.

  Vanessa Ives : And now?

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : I know nothing's impossible. Whatever we can imagine, far worse is true.

  Vanessa Ives : And far better.

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : You think so?

  Vanessa Ives : I choose to.

• [first lines] 

  Sir Malcolm Murray : [Vanessa concludes the story of Joan Clayton and the witches to Sir Malcolm, Victor Frankenstein, and Mr. Chandler]  And then?

  Vanessa Ives : They burned her alive. When I left the moors, I thought I would never hear that wicked language again. Or confront that evil. Mr. Chandler felt you needed to know.

  Ethan Chandler : For thee are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies... but against mighty powers of this dark realm.

  Vanessa Ives : And against evil spirits of heavenly places.

• [Vanessa makes a joke to Victor Frankenstein] 

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : This is all giving me a headache.

  Vanessa Ives : You should talk to a doctor.

  [Frankenstein sighs to himself] 

• [Victor Frankenstein has Vanessa accompany him to buy a dress for Lily] 

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : [Victor nervously explains the situation to Vanessa]  It's my cousin, you see, she's coming to visit me and she's a simple girl, not slow, you understand, not retarded in any way... just from the country, you know?

  Vanessa Ives : Your cousin, how lovely.

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : Yes. My cousin. Second cousin. Lily is her name. Lily Frankenstein. Yes, that's her name.

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : [Victor bumps into a mannequin]  Excuse me. Oh! Not a real woman at all. The mannequin, I mean, not my cousin. She's a real woman.

  Vanessa Ives : So your second cousin Lily is coming to visit you?

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : Yes. That's it entirely, yes.

• [Victor Frankenstein and Vanessa are mistaken for a couple by the dress shop owner] 

  Dress Shop Owner : Mr. and Mrs. Ives.

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : Oh, God, no. No, we're not married.

  Dress Shop Owner : Oh, I see.

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : No, it's not like that either.

  Dress Shop Owner : I assure you, sir, discretion is the watch-cry of my trade.

  Vanessa Ives : We'll look around for a bit if we may, my non-husband and I.

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : This is worse than I knew it was going to be.