'Harlots' season 4 seems a far-fetched dream after Lucy and Quigley get away with murder, Margaret escapes and Nancy finds her happily ever after
Hulu aired the season 3 finale of ‘Harlots’ on Wednesday, August 28, and it ended on a surprisingly high note. We saw most characters on the show get closure, and all major storylines were wrapped up perfectly, and the final moments of season 3 certainly offered a wholesome experience for the fans.
One of the evilest characters on the show, Harcourt (Julian Rhind-Tutt), met a pitiful end, thanks to the guile of Quigley (Lesley Manville) and Lucy (Eloise Smyth), who are also apparently roommates now. Who are we kidding, they will open up the house in Greek Street for business, with Lucy using her share of the profits to get her business partner Elizabeth (Angela Griffin) out of debtors’ jail. We also need to credit three other phenomenal women for Harcourt’s downfall: Nancy (Kate Fleetwood) who showed Isabella (Liv Tyler) that she could stand up to her brother; Isabella who finally found the courage to do it; and Kate (Daisy Head) who used her influence over the prince to show him who Harcourt truly is.
In eliminating Harcourt from their lives, these women gave themselves the opportunity to live without fear. We see that Kate has secured her spot as the prince’s consort, while Nancy and Isabella are possibly starting their life together as a power couple. While we are sad to see Charlotte (Jessica Brown Findlay) so easily replaced, they sure do make a cute couple.
Meanwhile, Margaret is far off in America, trying to forge a life for herself a second time around. This time around though, we wonder if she will come back, given that being away and assumed dead assures her best friend Nancy’s safety.
She may very well put off coming back for decades, if at all, while William (Danny Sapani) seems like he may turn to Elizabeth for some companionship, what with visiting her at debtors’ jail. Emily Lacey (Holli Dempsey) may have gotten the best ending of all, with a tavern to her name and all obstacles out of her way. The ambitious woman that she is, we may very expect her to be one of the biggest businesswomen in all of England in a few more years.
The high of watching our favorite characters get their happy endings, however, was short-lived owing to the fact that Hulu is yet to renew the show for season 4 and this may just be it. Truth be told, all our heroines got what they wanted, and it may very well be the perfect place to end the show, but it is still bittersweet, knowing that we may never see them again.