Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (Season 1)

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020) is a Showtime supernatural drama series you can watch online on iFILM. Los Angeles, 1938: detective Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto), the first Mexican-American on the LAPD, catches a case that looks like a ritual killing — four bodies on the city's edge, hearts removed, faces made up like Santa Muerte. His partner Lewis Michener, played by Nathan Lane, thinks it smells like a Nazi conspiracy.

Tiago is caught in the middle everywhere he turns. His own community sees him as a sellout for wearing the badge; the police force sees him as a token. Meanwhile the city is fracturing over a freeway construction that will tear through Mexican neighborhoods, and Michener's instincts about the Third Reich's reach into LA prove uncomfortably accurate. Natalie Dormer plays Magda — a shape-shifting demon who slides between identities, pulling strings on all sides of the conflict.

The series stands entirely on its own, separate from the original Penny Dreadful. It roots its horror in Mexican folklore, pre-war racial politics, and the idea that evil finds its best cover in legitimate power. Stream all episodes of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020) online on iFILM.