Nevins said that he was indeed trying to keep the series open for renewal for another season but then he realized later that it is better to stick with John Logan’s plan of ending the show with just 27 episodes.
Some critics, however, believe that the statement of the Showtime boss is just for publicity purposes and also to cushion the abrupt ending of the TV series among its loyal viewers and fans.
It is clear from the start that Season 3 of “Penny Dreadful” was suffering from miserable ratings and in the course of its nine-episode run, the network even allowed the eighth as well as the ninth and final episode to air back-to-back on the network.
If indeed the network wanted another run of the show for a possible Season 4, it is just baffling to see why it decided to air the last two episodes back-to-back, because it was clearly implying that Showtime was trying to get rid of the show off the air fast.
The Showtime CEO said that the ending of “Penny Dreadful” after its third season was a conscious decision with John Logan.
He said that what Logan told him is that the story shall be completed with the death of Vanessa Ives and there is no more reason to push forward.