Harlots often has enough squeezed into one episode than some shows do in entire seasons. A slow burn this series is not, but it has the kind of punchy relevance it’s become fashionable to court, yet as difficult as ever…
Harlots 3×07 Review: Women Try to Become Saviors, With Mixed Results
“I don’t need a rescuer. I am the rescuer,” Kate Quigley tells the well-meaning magistrate who’s trying to save her from a life of luxury as the Prince’s mistress. This is generally where a woman would be punished for her…
Harlots 3×06 Review: Suspense Remains Strong as Subplots Flourish
The women of Harlots have had many a morning after some truly wild and fraught nights. In the latest episode, however, it’s murder that’s giving them a hangover—or, at least, its emotional equivalent. Not that some of them aren’t familiar…
Harlots 3×05 Review: Subplots, Subplots Everywhere
Dull moments have never been a thing on Harlots, but the latest outing is so overstuffed that nearly every main character not only gets a subplot, but a new threat. It’s the classic case of too much of a good…
Harlots 3×04 Review: Lydia Quigley Continues to Satisfy as the New Wild Card
Unsurprisingly, the latest Harlots is all about mourning. Charlotte’s family is still trying to get justice, but the lies around the events that led to her death are already piling up. Hal Pincher is blaming his brother Isaac, and Emily…
Harlots 3×03 Review: A Long-Awaited Return Coincides With the Most Shocking Development Yet
Lydia Quigley is out, but she’s not being too secretive about it in the latest Harlots episode. You think she’d be more discreet, but she’s going to all her old haunts, and so is quickly spotted and recognized, since she’s…
Harlots 3×02 Review: Fascination or Frustration Await as Old and New Tensions Build
Harlots opens with the Wells women tearfully mourning the loss of their home and the money they had stashed within, but it’s not the crushing blow it would’ve been in seasons past. They’ve made enough friends and connections to find…