Penny Dreadful (TV Series)

Memento Mori (2015)

Simon Russell Beale: Ferdinand Lyle

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• [Ferdinand Lyle concludes the tale to the group, of who is looking for Vanessa Ives] 

  Ferdinand Lyle : 'In the great war for the Heavenly Throne we were vanquished, so God looked down on his defeated angels and found us to be evil angels, so he cast us out. He took us by our winged backs and raised us over His head. Thence did he fling us from His Heavenly Throne and cast us down, to Earth and to Hell. So we were... cleaved apart... two brothers cast out to two realms. One brother to Earth and the other brother to Hell. And thus were we set in eternal enmity. My brother on Earth, to feed on the blood of the living by night. And myself in Hell to feed on the souls of the dead. Both in an eternal quest for the Mother of Evil, who will release us from our bondage and allow one of us to reconquer Heaven and topple God from his bloody throne. And so will the darkness reign, on Earth, in Heaven, everlasting.' And so comes the Apocalypse.

• [Madame Kali asks Ferdinand Lyle if Ethan Chandler loves Vanessa Ives] 

  Madame Kali : Does Mr. Chandler love her?

  Ferdinand Lyle : Do you?

  Madame Kali : [Madame Kali scoffs]  Does she love him?

  Ferdinand Lyle : She's opaque.

• [Sembene asks Ferdinand Lyle why the brother of Lucifer wants Vanessa Ives] 

  Sembene : Why her? Why Vanessa?

  Ferdinand Lyle : There are old prophesies from prehistory that tell of such chosen ministers of evil. Amunet from the Egyptians, Lilith from the Talmud, the Nordic Hella, Celtic Macha. Mara from the Hindus. All variations of deities or demigods who were destined to unleash annihilation on the world.

  Dr. Victor Frankenstein : And all women.

• [Ferdinand Lyle talks with Madame Kali as she gets a massage from the younger witches] 

  Ferdinand Lyle : I gave that up long ago. It was too embarrassing. Forever trying to remain fit with rubdowns and medicine balls and glandular injections, while always around me there were more handsome men who had the thrill of genuine youth. Guardsmen in shining uniforms and stable hands with thicker arms. Yes. I admit to vanity about my complexion and hair color. What harm there, really? So I render myself foolish? Well, hang a man for that and it'll be a very crowded gallows. But then there's you. Quite a different paean to youth we sing there.

  Madame Kali : Well, we will sing it, won't we?

  Ferdinand Lyle : Oh, yes. The sword you dangle over my head would cut deeply.

• [Madame Kali threatens Ferdinand Lyle to know where Miss Ives and Ethan Chandler are] 

  Madame Kali : And you've absolutely no idea where they've run off to?

  Ferdinand Lyle : None.

  Madame Kali : [Madame Kali holds the blades of her ring into Ferdinand's neck]  Are you telling me the truth?

  Ferdinand Lyle : Yes.

  Madame Kali : I can feel your blood pumping. The most minute pressure and the artery is open to me. Your blood would paint this room.

  Madame Kali : [Madame Kali smiles when releasing her hand away from Ferdinand]  I know you're not lying. You always bat your eyelashes most coquettishly when you lie.