Mystery

'Miss Scarlet & The Duke' Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: "The Woman in Red"

Ani Bundel

24 Jan 2021 — 5 min read

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In the Miss Scarlet & The Duke premiere, Eliza did all the things a lead character does in shows like this. She managed to solve a case with her own ingenuity, and then she managed to correct her rookie mistake in solving that case by sheer nerve and a little laudanum. By the end, the show seemed ready to settle into the standard-issue period mystery drama tropes the same way Eliza was settling behind her late father's desk of her brand new agency.

But as "The Woman in Red" clarifies, unlike other female-led mysteries, this one isn't interested in making it easy for Miss Scarlet to start solving crimes every week.

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