PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS
Showtime, 10:00 p.m. ET
This anthology series, in its current City of Angels season, has developed a drama built around a social movement and cultural uprising. On one side are the politicians and police; on the other, a minority group totally fed up at being abused and brutalized by the authorities, especially the street cops. Is there any way to watch this series without drawing some topical parallels? No. And not even the supernatural element, with Natalie Dormer playing a demon who instigates the tensions and rebellions and reactions, distracts from the core of the story being told here, and its uncanny echoes to ongoing headlines.