| Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy |
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In the final years of Queen Victoria's reign, London is rocked by a supernatural event that gives certain people--mostly women--abnormal abilities. But no matter their particular "turns," all who belong to this new underclass are in grave danger.
It falls to quick-fisted widow Amalia True and brilliant young inventor Penance Adair to protect and shelter these gifted "orphans."
Series premiere. London, 1899. Three years after an inexplicable event suddenly equips them with extraordinary abilities, Amalia True and Penance Adair work to protect their kind from widespread, deepening antipathy. Meanwhile, police inspector Frank Mundi investigates a string of murders at the hands of a reportedly Touched and highly dangerous serial killer named Maladie.
With the city reeling from Maladie's opera debut, Mundi takes a personal stake in tracking her down, while Amalia launches an investigation of her own. Meanwhile, the charitable Lavinia Bidlow seeks to destigmatize the Touched at a society event, Hugo Swann enlists Lavinia's younger brother Augie to help monetize his illicit enterprise.
