Ok, so it may be wishful thinking, but on the 103rd time I watched Dr. Horrible something finally struck me like a lightening bolt, a way that Penny MAY be able to come back.

What if Penny is the blog emailer "dead not sleeping" that Dr. Horrible reads from right before the first song?  Hear me out.  Wouldn't it be just like a girl who may be mildly interested in a guy to ask about what "HER" he keeps mentioning in his blog, the writer has to be female even if not Penny.  Now, following the laundromat scene where Billy-Buddy mentions wanting a job Penny breaks into song and sings about (paraphrasing -I know shame on me for not having every word memorized yet) "even in the darkness there are colors all around" and "even the rain can be felt deep underground."  So, what if part of Penny's tortured soul and the ability to have such a seemingly naive outlook is that she is already dead?

Watch her death scene again too, especially when she is put on the stretcher.  She's dead, but someone who didn't know better might think she was sleeping.  Plus, while within the realm of real reactions to dying, her unconcern about her death could be another clue.

What's anyone else think?

Captain Veritas said:

I think you're guilty of wishful thinking here.  Not that I don't appreciate your creative thinking.

But Dr. Horrrible had to commit a murder in order to get into The Evil League of Evil,  and given the seemingly astute intelligence resources of the league, they would have known if the murder was real, or just a hoax to get Billy into the League.  Not to mention the number it does on Hammer.  No, she's dead in my book.   However, we're talking about DOCTOR Horrible here.  Joss & team could try a spin on Frankenstein (after all he has the right labcoat and try to ressurrect her?  Just a thought.

-CV

I thought its pretty obvious how Penny can come back.  I mean what is to stop Dr. Horrible from building a "life ray"

Want to make it clear, I said how they could bring Penny back.  Not that they should or that it would be a good idea.

I quite liked the ending and in fact I'm a little worried that its going to be ruined now with overhype on the 4th act.

I actually find it very irritating that so many movies and TV shows regularly bring people back from the dead.  It's almost impossible to get a true emotional response to a dramatic death any more since everyone's thinking, well, maybe they'll resurrect her, or this will turn out to be a dream, or they'll rewind time and the second time it won't happen etc.

I'd like to see more series have an explicit "nobody comes back" policy.

Z.

I think Horrible should just pull a frankenstein's monster move and revive her.  Maybe professor normal could help.