Fingersmith
Two young women, one passion.
Created by Aisling Walsh
On BBC One
A taut Victorian con-artist thriller that pivots from calculated deception into genuine intimacy between two women, sustained across three episodes of escalating betrayal and emotional revelation.
A young woman is hired as a maid to an heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a gentleman to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.
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