Miss Scarlet & the Duke (TV Series) The Black Witch Moth (2022) User Reviews

Imaginative and well made.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 21 January 2024]

A clerk from an insurance company engaged Eliza to track down a valuable sketch by Charles Darwin, which has been stolen from a museum, a museum with financial worries. Eliza requests Hattie to assist with her enquiries.

Another interesting and engaging story, I've always been fascinated by Charles Darwin, and I loved the references to him here.

Fitzroy continues to give The Duke many problems, he's very privileged, there through nepotism, but will there be a point where he comes good, time will tell.

Another great looking episode, the night time illuminated streets looked terrific.

I'm enjoying seeing Hattie having a more prominent role here, Jessie Cave is always suitable zany. Nice also to see Dan Starkey not dressed as a Sontaran, or some such Alien.

8/10.

The resolution is weak

[ushasiesmeimdb · 7/10 · 19 November 2022]

I love all episodes of this series uptil now but the resolution of this episode is lacking.

If the sketch of the moth was stolen that night itself, how did Mrs Dashwood have time to put it inside the bust of Darwin? Was the bust hollow to begin with? Did it have a slot through which the sketch could be inserted? Or was a duplicate bust made with the paper sealed inside? Again, that begs the question: how did they have so much time on their hands?

Also, how does a theft stir interest in the general populace to visit the museum, if they never visited before even though the famous sketch by Darwin was prominently displayed?