Tiago scours Sister Molly’s beach house for clues, leading to disquieting revelations and Councilwoman Beck proposes an alternate route for the Arroyo-Seco motorway.

John Logan’s in-universe (but different time/location) follow-up to his Penny Dreadful is following the structure of the Victorian publications on which the show’s premise is based. Unfolding like a long-form novel, the episodic nature of the story lends itself to short chapters as we spool between each of the characters. Tiago and Lewis might be the leads, but this is very much an ensemble piece with each cast member getting their turn in the spotlight.

As if to hammer home what we’re witnessing every week, the greatest horror is again not supernatural, but the appalling treatment of the Latinos by the LAPD, and in one horrific scene Josefina Vega is sexually assaulted under the guise of a frisking. Santa Muerte opens the episode, mournfully cradling the body of a dead child, silently despairing at the carnage on the streets. Much of this is being stirred up by Natalie Dormer’s Magda in her many guises, and this week her Elsa incarnation bewitches Peter Craft at his son’s party. His wife warns her to keep her distance, but it’s not long before the Nazi is having sex with her in an upstairs bedroom. She has him now – hook, line and sinker.

Lewis continues to track down the killers of his friends, rather unwisely calling in the favours of big time gangster Benny Berman. This creates results, but what price will he have to pay? As racial tensions continue to rise, Magda’s power play is beginning to yield bloody results.

Verdict: Another hour of quality period chills, it feels like we’re on the cusp of the tipping point as each party is ready to rise up. 8/10

Nick Joy