By Slanted Light

we were told who'd almost certainly done it fairly quickly, and then it was all about proving her guilty... Now there's a frightening thought! There wasn't any effort made (on the show) to investigate anyone else at all, or to suggest that anyone else might have dunnit...
See, now that in itself could have been a really interesting angle to explore! It's an angle that Garrow's Law, for example, touches on from time to time - the limitations and restrictions of the relationship between early policing and the law. But although the show presented Whicher as completely in the right, he actually wasn't shown to be any more open-minded than the local police superintendant: both made up their minds early on about who was guilty and then set about proving their case, rather than exploring any other options.

We weren't allowed to do any of that fun stuff in the show...
No, we weren't, were we. :( We were told what had happened, told who to believe had done it, and then shown how Whicher failed to prove his case. What's to enjoy in that?

I meant to watch The Crimson Petal and the White but then what with one thing and another it passed me by completely. It's worth catching up with at some point, then?