spoilers for the first season of Miss Scarlet & the Duke, including its finale.
The finale of Masterpiece Victorian-era mystery series Miss Scarlet & the Duke hits close to home for tenacious sleuth Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips) who discovers that her father s untimely death wasn t the result of a heart attack after all but foul play at the hands of corrupt police. Nevertheless, solving the case marks a turn in her fledgling career as a private detective because it could finally keep her solvent. You did your job and you did it well, she imagines her father Henry (Kevin Doyle) saying. Word will spread that you were involved in this high-profile case and your reputation will grow.