Eliza begins to express her need for equality, but William stops her. Shippers, brace yourself: It seems that the angst portion of the proceedings has commenced. However, by the end of the episode, a significant moment has arrived. As Miss Scarlet and the Duke 2×01 begins, they still have not explicitly labeled their relationship. The final shot of the first season showed them off to share dinner together. More than that, romantic tension underlies so many interactions between these two that it’s almost obscene. To work together (sometimes grudgingly on his part) and to support each other. Even during the first season, when Eliza was mourning her father and discovering what really happened to him, William was there.
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This series isn’t just about each of them - it’s about them TOGETHER. The parallel between the two title characters in this episode is brilliant.Įliza and William have always been presented as the central relationship on this show. His abilities are contrasted with the incompetency of a young new addition to the detective ranks of Scotland Yard, a bit like Eliza with Miss Parker. He is not a nobleman, but he is skilled at his job, as this episode makes clear. Though he is the “Duke” half of Miss Scarlet and the Duke, that’s just a nickname. Kate Phillips as Eliza Scarlet and Stuart Martin as William Wellington (Image: PBS Masterpiece) “These things have to be done from time to time…”īy the same token, no one could describe William (played by Stuart Martin) as meek either. She seems meek so far, which Eliza most definitely is not. Hattie envies Eliza’s independence, and her personality is a foil for Eliza’s as well. She’s the cousin of Eliza’s gay BFF Rupert from season one. The high-end department store where the girl worked turns out to be a front for an escort service.ĭuring this time, Eliza also meets Hattie Parker (played by Jessie Cave, who Harry Potter fans will recognize as Lavender Brown). Eliza is not the only woman working for herself, but she has more personal agency than the missing shopgirl she is searching for. In fact, Eliza’s case in “Pandora’s Box” serves to illustrate the ways her situation is unique and the ways it is not. Miss Scarlet and the Duke 2×01 begins in classic Eliza fashion when she sets a client’s birds loose in his gentleman’s club because he refuses to pay her on time. Eliza’s nature is sometimes reckless, and so she chafes against this treatment even more. She still struggles to gain respect from almost all of the men she comes into contact with and occasionally, from women as well. But she’s also still a woman in a time when our rights were minimal at best. Picture shows: Kate Phillips as Eliza Scarlet (Image: PBS Masterpiece) “You have such freedom.”Įliza Scarlet, played by Kate Phillips, now has plenty of experience as an investigator after taking over her late father’s business. Especially if there are strong lead characters, engaging plotting, and a sense of fun supporting it all. But this show proves that fresh interest can be found in that time and place.
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Since it’s been used as a setting so often, the streets of Victorian London should be almost too familiar to film and TV audiences by now. Now, more than two and a half years later, the second season has begun. met fledgling private investigator Eliza Scarlet and detective inspector William Wellington (or “the Duke”) in March 2020. The pandemic caused delays for a lot of productions, but the PBS Mystery series Miss Scarlet and the Duke had a particularly long one. Let’s dive right back into all the crime-solving with a dash of romance. Miss Scarlet and the Duke 2×01 kicks off the series’ second season without missing a beat.
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