'Miss Scarlet & The Duke' Season 1, Episode 1 Recap: "Inheritance"
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When someone mentions private detectives in Victorian London, the first things that spring to mind are deerstalker hats, three pipe problems, and all-male casts. Sherlock Holmes has been the British detective default standard for a century.
Perhaps that's why the opening to Miss Scarlet & The Duke is so refreshing. There are no hidden clues or Dr. Watson to impress. Instead, there's a young woman who is paying street urchins to point her towards dead bodies so she can find a mystery to solve. But her most recent one, Delilah (Maria Guiver), turns out to be drunk, not dead.
