![]() All while Amelia believes that she should be with who she loves. Florence repeatedly yells that Violet will pull Amelia down but Hunt will save her. During this confrontation, we see that Justice Hunt not only proposed to Amelia but also brought it to her mother. Amelia tells her mother that Jesus says, “to walk amongst the sinners.” Her mother affirms this and then says, but not to become one. This revelation leads to a confrontation between the Scanwell women and a battle between their interpretation of scripture. In Harlots Episode 5 the audience sees the secret that Rasselas ( Josef Altin) sold to Lydia Quigley come to light, when Dame Death threatens Florence to release the information of Amelia’s relationship to Justice Hunt and ruin any future that her daughter may have in the world and as Rasselas makes the audience aware, Hunt is hanging their kind in his crusade to bring “justice” to the city. As much as Amelia has feared to lose her love, the show highlights the danger of being LGBTQ+ in 1800s London. ![]() Their love has been growing but as Violet notices Hunt showing affection towards her girlfriend, the tension builds. Having worked out an arrangement with Hunt, Amelia is Violet’s teacher. Up until this point, Violet and Amelia have been stealing kisses and time while Violet has been Justice Hunt’s ( Sebastian Armesto) maid. We see more of the elder Scanwell acting as a mother and we get to see how Amelia progresses her relationship with Violet while dealing with issues of hiding her love and the hellfire and brimstone preached by her mother. We learned that Florence is a reformed harlot and that Amelia is in love with a harlot, Violet Cross ( Rosalind Eleazar). In season one of Harlots, the Scanwells were highlighted in the background. ![]() Throughout this season the Scanwells, Amelia, and her mother, Florence ( Dorothy Atkinson), have been emerging as characters with their own stories to tell. And Amelia Scanwell ( Jordon Stevens) must make a choice that might destroy her relationship. All of this happens while Lucy Wells ( Eloise Smyth) finds herself growing closer to Lord Fallon ( Ben Lambert) and exciting the Spartan in him and herself. But as things intensify Charlotte becomes closer to compromising herself in the hope of sending Dame Death to the gallows. In Harlots Episode 5 we see Lydia Quigley ( Lesley Manville) brings Charlotte Wells ( Jessica Brown Findlay) deeper into her life and leaves her with guilty hands. Stories develop, moves are made, and danger is around every corner. ![]()
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