The Crimson Petal and the White

65
Metascore
2011-2011
1 season
Drama
TV-MA

Set in 1870s London, a young prostitute finds potential power and status after becoming the mistress of a powerful patriarch.

65
Metascore
2011-2011
1 season
Drama
TV-MA

Set in 1870s London, a young prostitute finds potential power and status after becoming the mistress of a powerful patriarch.

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Episode #1.1

Tue, Sep 11, 2012 62 mins

In the violent world of 1874 London Sugar is a spirited prostitute in the brothel of grasping Mrs. Castaway. After her friend Elizabeth dies from injuries inflicted by two drunken clients Sugar starts writing a book to expose Mrs. Castaway's customers. Another would-be writer is William Rackham, an accountant for his father's soap factory and in debt to Dr. Curlew for the care of his unstable wife Agnes. He visits the brothel on the recommendation of friends and is impressed by Sugar's literary erudition as well as her bedside manner. She even encourages him to do more in the family business and he becomes her regular patron. Ironically, his brother Henry is smitten by Dr. Curlew's widowed sister, philanthropic Mrs. Fox, who is trying to help prostitutes to better lives. Out of interest Sugar comes to look at William's house and waves to Agnes whom she sees at a window.