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Through the excitement of that drama that follows the destruction emerges in Los Angeles after the epic homicide that compromises the life inside the country, so Tiago Vega, a gallant criminologist, who joins with his partner Lewis Michener, as together, they end up scrutinizing the past of the nation.
Had the series pared down its plotlines the characters could shine more, their motivations crystallize, instead of feeling like they're 20 characters in search of an exit.
[Natalie Dormer's] four performances are a real tour de force... But they're undone by Executive Producer John Logan and his writers' room, whose favorite direction is over the top.
This sprawling canvas, with its Chinatown vibes, violent ethnic conflicts and snarling cartoon villains, hardly needs Magda and her doppelgängers' obvious supernatural tricks to muddy the waters.
City of Angels should appeal equally to fans who loved Penny Dreadful for its moody theatricality (me) and people whose favorite musical is Guys and Dolls with a dash of West Side Story (coincidentally, also me).
Nobody is going to criticize you for not taking the mythology of Dracula seriously enough, but there's a wealth of Mexican-American religion and folklore that's being treated with an uncomfortable superficiality here.
It's unclear if, and how, the show can recollect the Pandora's box of horrors it's released. But Penny Dreadful: City of Angels so far offers an entertaining promise to figure it out.