If you know the meaning of Harlot, it is no surprise this is not really family viewing content. Set in 1763 London, England we have the wealthy and the poor working women trying to work their way up into nobility. Of course the work is physical and calls for much foreplay. We have the feud between Quigley and Welles. Even though they are battling, they are also connected by strong life long ties, bound together with love and hate for one another.
There's lots of evil things happening with the feud and then when you add to it the corruption of the judges and the corruption of the rich, it makes for quite a pot boiling brew. Many characters have things going on much beyond the sexual business moments which actually a relief from the plotting, murder and mayhem. The cast is all powerful in their roles almost everyone gets to shine here.
This show really is good at drawing the stark lines between the classes in London in this era. The period costumes and sets are amazing. The plots draw you in at once and as for humor, while there is some broad strokes at it,, there really is very little. Times and circumstances are so serious. Deaths are running rampant and murders are often heinous. Times this era is set in also show the mysteries of life which do not have solutions.
This is an era of piss pots, harlots, kinky governors, lords, and the poor. The Madams of both Wells and Quigley are powerful, but their power is shaky and often threatened by circumstance. Dead people get lost in a maze of misplaced ineffective government bureaucrats when their bodies are found at all. One top dog basically tries to procure young virgin women in order to kill them.
If you start to binge this be sure your ready for an adult experience but not exactly the one you'd expect. There is flesh here and kinky relationships but all of them take the back seat to scandals which pile on on top of another until there are so many people involved there is danger when they encounter each other. Good stuff for sure and each season finale is quite good at closing some doors and opening other ones.
The tradition of the English being more accepting of race is shown here. There is also the noble who is kidnapping blacks to send them to slavery in America. The sex trade has it's own legs spread for all to see. Cheeky
There's lots of evil things happening with the feud and then when you add to it the corruption of the judges and the corruption of the rich, it makes for quite a pot boiling brew. Many characters have things going on much beyond the sexual business moments which actually a relief from the plotting, murder and mayhem. The cast is all powerful in their roles almost everyone gets to shine here.
This show really is good at drawing the stark lines between the classes in London in this era. The period costumes and sets are amazing. The plots draw you in at once and as for humor, while there is some broad strokes at it,, there really is very little. Times and circumstances are so serious. Deaths are running rampant and murders are often heinous. Times this era is set in also show the mysteries of life which do not have solutions.
This is an era of piss pots, harlots, kinky governors, lords, and the poor. The Madams of both Wells and Quigley are powerful, but their power is shaky and often threatened by circumstance. Dead people get lost in a maze of misplaced ineffective government bureaucrats when their bodies are found at all. One top dog basically tries to procure young virgin women in order to kill them.
If you start to binge this be sure your ready for an adult experience but not exactly the one you'd expect. There is flesh here and kinky relationships but all of them take the back seat to scandals which pile on on top of another until there are so many people involved there is danger when they encounter each other. Good stuff for sure and each season finale is quite good at closing some doors and opening other ones.
The tradition of the English being more accepting of race is shown here. There is also the noble who is kidnapping blacks to send them to slavery in America. The sex trade has it's own legs spread for all to see. Cheeky