As 2014 draws to a close, Showtime slipped in a little extra holiday treat on Wednesday by releasing the second official teaser for season 2 of its hit show, Penny Dreadful.

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The 43-second trailer (featured below) from the program's upcoming episode, reveals brief clips of the leading characters as they move forward within the story.

"The time came when I learned that a curse was also something of a blessing," notes Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) in the voiceover. "I learned to make use of the gifts I had been given. You do the same."

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The brief clips show Vanessa standing in a darkly lit window and Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) staring across the bar, which he had destroyed at the end of season one when he transformed into a werewolf. This suggests that the new season will pick up immediately where the previous one had left off.

Another clip shows Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney) gazing at a photograph of Vanessa, meaning that he still has not accepted her rejection of him.

One particularly striking image shows Vanessa falling to her knees before reaching her hand out in a sharp and determined motion, suggesting something supernatural that occurs. Is she posted again? Has she come to embrace the demon?

Add in an angry Sir Malcom (Timothy Dalton) and busy Victor Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway) and it looks like the new episodes will have plenty of drama when the show returns in 2015.