
Miss Scarlet and the Duke
Taste attributes: crimedramamysterymafia/gangsterdetectivehistoricalslowunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilsolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeExpect a heavy, intricate crime series, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: very intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.5 /10
TMDB · 41 votes
Where to watch
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Season
Season 1
· 2020 · 6 episodesEpisodes (6)
1Inheritance31 Mar 2020
When Eliza Scarlett's father dies suddenly, she's faced with a stark choice. Accept the fact she is now penniless or take on and run her dad's detective business, but can she succeed against all the odds in this male-dominated world?
2The Woman in Red7 Apr 2020
As London's only female detective, Eliza is struggling to get work. Desperate for money, she takes a seemingly impossible case; proving the innocence of a man found at a murder scene with a bloodied knife in his hand who has pleaded guilty.
3Deeds Not Words14 Apr 2020
Times are turbulent in 1880s London with social unrest rife across the city. Scotland Yard have their eye on many potentially disruptive gangs and political groups and Eliza is hired by Duke to go undercover and infiltrate one such organisation - a women's suffrage group campaigning for the vote.
4Memento Mori21 Apr 2020
The Victorians were obsessed with death and the afterlife and one curious custom had people paying a photographer to capture the image of a relative who had recently passed away. Eliza finds herself contacted by one such 'Death Photographer', James Henderson, who is receiving bizarre and threatening messages from…
5Cell 9928 Apr 2020
When recently investigating a mystery rooted in Victorian London's fascination with the dead, Eliza Scarlet had discovered her own recently deceased father's lost casebook. With Henry Scarlet's book throwing up some puzzling questions, Eliza looks more closely into how he died. Was it really natural causes as was…
6The Case of Henry Scarlet5 May 2020
Eliza is desperately trying to get to the bottom of the death of her detective father, Henry. Presumed to have died from a heart attack, Eliza has discovered things aren't what they seem and, with time running out, she has to piece together a perplexing puzzle. Adding to the mystery is the fact that Moses, the…
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What lines up
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Originality: Balanced originality, where this profile leans fresh / original
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Synopsis
When Eliza Scarlet’s father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner... step forward a detective known as the Duke. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Crime
- Year
- 2020
- Episode length
- 45 min
- Status
- Returning
- Studio
- A+E Networks
- Taste scores
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