Harlots

Game of Brothels - Betrayal, Politics, Sex and Revenge in the Struggle to Become Queen of Whores: Surprisingly addicting. Game of Throne-esque betrayal, alliances, bribery, coercion, corruption, politics, sex, and revenge. Harlots inspires empathy for the plights of the heroines - the brothel madam and her youngest daughter. You really root for the madam's struggle to keep her girls from harm and rise up through the ranks of brothels to move up in station and compete with the Queen of Whores. Harlots touches on racial and class issues and even features the occasional gigolo, during a time in which one in five women in old London make their livings as whores. It shows how religious zealots, the law, and the masses can be manipulated as pawns in the political, carnal, racial, and socioeconomic power struggle that is the Game of Brothels...

While a show has the odd episode here or there that is weaker than the others, taken on a while this series kept me completely enthralled from beginning to end. Everyone brought their best acting, but I think the spotlight was stollen by the wardrobe/costume department.