William and Eliza are on Opposite Sides in the Search for "The Black Witch Moth"
The second episode of Miss Scarlet & the Duke Season 2 has a little bit of everything: Eliza telling a group of judgy society women about themselves, Hattie getting the chance to help out on a case, a dash of Victorian-era history, and a satisfying mystery that's not actually about the item that goes missing but the larger purpose behind its theft.
The disappearance of a Charles Darwin sketch of a creature known as the Black Witch Moth made during his time on the Galapagos Islands gives this episode its title and focus. Eliza is hired by an insurance company that claims to represent the niche museum from which it was stolen. At the same time, William and Scotland Yard are brought in by Ms. Garrett, the woman who serves as its curator and owner.
Intriguingly, Ms. Garrett is actually Mrs. Dashwood, the wife of a famed naturalist named Thomas, who wasn't too keen on having a spouse whose passion for science turned into a career that could surpass his own. The two are separated because of the vast economic and social expense of divorce. (It's a throwaway line that nevertheless helps firmly establish the unfair stakes women in this period are forced to navigate.)
