'Miss Scarlet's Relationship Journeys via "Trafalgar Spring"
Relationship drama is the name of the game in 'Miss Scarlet' Season 6’s second episode, as Blake and Eliza continue to navigate the ins and outs of a relationship they’re not telling anyone they’re having.
It’s odd how often Miss Scarlet comes off as a show at war with itself. Despite an initial premise revolving around the sexual tension between Eliza and William, the show often seemed reluctant to do anything that would move the romance forward. That hasn’t really changed in Season 6, even though it brought on a new leading man who’s basically been assembled in a lab to tick all the boxes necessary to be Eliza’s partner. It put them in a relationship after a single season, but Miss Scarlet somehow still seems incapable of showing us the facets of their lives that aren’t related to crime.
(Thirty seconds of him getting gooey over Eliza falling asleep in his daughter’s bedroom doesn’t count, no matter how genuinely sweet it was.)
Eliza and Blake keeping quiet about their dating doesn’t erase the difficulties that come with being in a romantic relationship with someone you work alongside. Blake, to his credit, seems mostly fine with the status quo of his and Eliza’s relationship. His hackles go up when he (incorrectly) assumes that poor dumb Detective Willows has figured out the truth, a fascinating and all too brief moment that’s literally our only glimpse into the fact that he might be touchier about it all than he lets on. (Or not, of course. God forbid Blake have a flaw.)
