Warning: This article contains spoilers about the show's finale.

Yes, Penny Dreadful has ended.

It wasn't axed by Showtime. This was creator John Logan's decision, as he felt the gothic horror series's time should come to a natural end.

In an interview with Variety, Logan explained the path that he took.

"This is a show about Vanessa Ives and her struggle with faith - how one woman grapples with God and the devil," he said.

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"Midway through the second season, when we were filming it - so about two years ago - I realised where we were heading. A woman who loses her faith in the second season, she has to grasp her way back.

"What that would take? To me, that was an apotheosis - she would find peace finally with God. I realised that's where the show was heading, and so I talked to Eva about it and then I talked to [Showtime president David Nevins]."

Nevins added that Showtime would have been happy to pick the show up for another season - but at the same time respects the creative decision taken.

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"I have a little bit of heartbreak over it," he said. "But ultimately every show I think has the right trajectory, and John convinced me that this was the right way to handle this show.

"It's painful to me, but after a little bit of kicking and screaming, in a relatively short amount of time, I got it."

The series finale of Penny Dreadful saw Eva Green's Vanessa meet her end, shot dead by the man who loved her, Ethan (Josh Hartnett). Her demise thwarted Dracula's (Christian Camargo) plans.

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