![]() ![]() With only Mags to protect Greek Street, the Wells women are at a stark disadvantage in the coming battle for autonomy. In Pincher, we see Alfie Allen‘s return to television after Game of Thrones and his chemistry and antagonism with Findlay’s Charlotte is phenomenal. Her cleverness works to win small while it also causes her to lose big, giving a jump start to Harlots season three.Īs the series has done in other seasons, it’s all about survival as Charlotte must protect her girls from the men who want to take over her business and aren’t afraid of taking their lives as well. After Pincher, a pimp looking to build an empire from existing bawdy houses, attacks Greek Street, Charlotte Wells fights back with disastrous consequences. But where one male force that aimed to take their agency away dispatched at the end of season two, another has risen to take its place: pimps. With Charlotte Wells ( Jessica Brown Findlay), the bawd of Greek Street, the women are thriving. The synopsis of season three, episode one is simple. ![]() And with episode one, they sure have come into their own. With Margaret Wells sent off to the colonies, Lydia Quigley ( Lesley Manville) imprisoned in Bedlam, and the Spartans quelled with the death of Lord Fallon, season three is the younger women’s story, one for them to grow in. With an all-female creative team, Harlots has presented us with a “whore’s eye view” of 18th Century London and in season two, the showrunners left fans with mountains of uncertainty and a clean slate to start the next chapter in the story by removing the chess pieces from the board. Now, season three is in episode one, and there is a lot to unpack. While Hulu’s other property, The Handmaid’s Tale, has gotten all of the attention, Harlots has presented a period piece that centers around women of the working class struggling to get by and survive with a system that not only puts them at a disadvantage but also actively harms them. If you haven’t heard by now, Harlots, a Hulu Original period piece, is the most feminist television programming out there. ![]()
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