Los Angeles, 1938. LAPD detective Tiago Vega and his partner, Lewis Michener, investigate a cuddle. While at City Hall, Tiago's activist brother Raul Vega battles with the fiery Councilman Charlton Townsend over the construction of California's first freeway. Meanwhile, Peter Craft, the head of the German-American Bun, meets Elsa, the mysterious mother of one of his patients. Sensing danger, Tiago's mother Maria pleads with Santa Muerte to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode.

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Santa Muerte
• s01e02 - Dead People Lie Down
• s01e03 - Wicked Old World
• s01e04 - Josephina and the Holy Spirit
• s01e05 - Children of the Royal Sun
• s01e06 - How It Is With Brothers
• s01e07 - Maria and the Beast
• s01e08 - Hide and Seek
• s01e09 - Sing, Sing, Sing
• s01e10 - Day of the Dead

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Show Summary

Set nearly 40 years after the original series, during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930s. It takes place in 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension. The characters are connected in conflict to the deity, Santa Muerte, while others are allied with the Devil.

Detective Tiago Vega is tasked with a gruesome cuddle case and soon becomes embroiled in LA's history. From the building of the city's first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism. Tiago and his family struggle with powerful forces that threaten to tear them apart.