马兰达(凯特·阿什菲尔德 Kate Ashfield 饰)在机缘巧合之中结识了名为布兰登(大卫·田纳特 David Tennant 饰)的男子,两人迅速坠入了爱河。之后,马兰达意外的发现布兰登竟然偷看自己的日记,感到隐私遭到侵犯的马兰达选择了分手。
分手之后,布兰登并没有从马兰达的生活中消失,正相反,他居然和马兰达的妹妹走到了一起,不仅如此,温文尔雅的布兰登还受到了马兰达家人的热情欢迎,只有马兰达一人始终怀疑,布兰登的所作所为是另有所图。马兰达想方设法的想要在家人面前揭穿布兰登的真面目,却屡次以失败告终,还引起了亲人们对她的反感,单纯的马兰达能否斗得过老奸巨猾的布兰登?
本剧是BBC基于《A Very English Scandal》打造诗选类剧集,考虑到故事背景变化,续作重命名为《A Very British Scandal》。故事将讲述英国上层阶级遭遇的丑闻危机。 新故事背景为苏格兰,聚焦1963年阿盖尔公爵夫人Margaret Campbell的性丑闻事件。在Margaret(Claire Foy饰)与第二任丈夫混乱的离婚过程中,其丈夫阿盖尔公爵(Paul Bettany饰)拿到了她与一名陌生男性发生性行为的照片,Margaret由此被称为肮脏的公爵夫人。
The Girl Before tells the story of Jane (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), who gets the chance to move into a beautiful, ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect (David Oyelowo). There’s just one catch occupants have to abide by his list of exacting rules. Jane starts to feel the house changing her in unexpected ways, but when she makes the shocking discovery that her predecessor Emma died in the house, she’s forced to confront unnerving similarities. As the two women’s timelines interweave, Jane begins to question if her fate will be the same as the girl before…