Dracula episode 3's big twist draws a mostly negative response from BBC viewers
Most were turned off by the Count's modern-day revival **CONTAINS SPOILERS**
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- Morgan Jeffery
Published: Saturday, 4 January 2020 at 10:35 am
Dracula's well-received second episode ended with a game-changing twist that saw Claes Bang's Count transported to the modern day, but it seems the BBC drama's 21st century finale didn't click with viewers.
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Going by responses on Twitter, it seems many missed the show's period trappings and were unconvinced by the sudden relocation to contemporary England.
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The concluding episode of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's series saw Dracula pursue Lucy Westenra (Lydia West) and engage in a final confrontation with his foe Zoe/Agatha Van Helsing (Dolly Wells) – and managed to fit in a cameo for Gatiss as lawyer Renfield.
Though many weren't happy with the show's climax, the concluding episode – titled The Dark Compass – did have its staunch supporters.
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It's currently unclear if Dracula will return for a second series, with the first ending with the deaths of both Agatha and Dracula himself.
However, Gatiss has hinted that a continuation is possible, telling RadioTimes.com, "It’s very hard to kill a vampire. What they do is resurrect.”
The first three-part series drew overnight ratings of 3.6 million for episode one and 2.9 million for episode two.
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All three episodes are now available to watch on BBC iPlayer in the UK and Netflix internationally.
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Morgan Jeffery
Morgan Jeffery is as a TV and Film expert and has appeared on BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky Atlantic.
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