Join or Sign In
Sign in to customize your TV listings
By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.
Harlots Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Wed, Mar 29, 201746 mins
Brothel owner Margaret Wells takes care of her girls and aspires to move to more genteel quarters, but is challenged by her former employer, Lydia Quigley, who runs a more high-class establishment. Subplots introduced in first episode involve Wells's older daughter Charlotte, mistress to a nobleman; a virtuous reformer who Quigley lures into her world; one of Wells's girls who absconds to Quigley; Wells's younger daughter whose innocence is up for highest bidder; and a cheeky Irishman considering becoming a male prostitute, who flirts with Charlotte.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
46 mins
An old friend's return could be a godsend if Margaret can tempt him to invest in her brothel.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
46 mins
The brothel move is on, but when the Wells family is met by a baying mob outside their new home, Margaret fears she might be reaping the rewards of her public attack on Lydia Quigley.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
46 mins
Lucy has always imagined she'll follow in the footsteps of her thriving and successful older sister. But she is finding her new profession more of a struggle than she ever imagined.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
46 mins
Emily is desperate to escape Lydia's house, but when Lydia catches her, Emily is brutally punished. All her hopes rest with Charles, but should she risk his life in order to spare her own?
Episode 6
Episode #1.6
45 mins
When Howard offers to be Lucy's keeper, Margaret is delighted. Charlotte and Howard's arrangement is over. But when Lucy discovers the deal has been done, her reaction will plunge all three Wells women into terrible danger.
Episode 7
Episode #1.7
45 mins
Jacob and North have gone missing, and after the events of the previous night, Margaret is desperate to find them. But, when her friends discover her betrayal of Emily, Margaret will have to search alone.
Episode 8
Episode #1.8
46 mins
Emily's escape pits Lydia and Cunliffe against one another - which of them can earn the Spartans' trust? Margaret is in trouble, but to preserve her own life might cause another's death. She is faced with a terrible choice.
