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Dangerous Liaisons is an American period drama television series, based upon the novel of the same name by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. It premiered on Starz on November 6, 2022.[1] Ahead of its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season.[2]

Dangerous Liaisons
Genre	Period drama
Created by	Harriet Warner
Based on	Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Starring	Alice Englert Nicholas Denton Lesley Manville Carice van Houten Paloma Faith Michael McElhatton Kosar Ali Nathanael Saleh Hakeem Kae-Kazim Hilton Pelser Mia Threapleton Colette Dalal Tchantcho Lucy Cohu Fisayo Akinade Maria Friedman Clare Higgins Dimitri Gripari
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1
Production
Executive producers	Harriet Warner Colin Callender Tony Krantz Bethan Jones Scott Huff Christopher Hampton
Producer	Barney Reisz
Production companies	Playground Entertainment To Be Continued Flame Ventures Lionsgate Television
Release
Original network	Starz
Original release	November 6, 2022 (2022-11-06) – present (present)

Cast and characters

• Alice Englert as Camille
• Nicholas Denton as Pascal Valmont
• Lesley Manville as Geneviève de Merteuil
• Carice van Houten as Jacqueline de Montrachet
• Paloma Faith as Florence de Régnier
• Michael McElhatton as Jean de Merteuil
• Kosar Ali as Victoire
• Nathanael Saleh as Azolan
• Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Majordome
• Hilton Pelser as Gabriel Carrè
• Mia Threapleton as Rose
• Colette Dalal Tchantcho as Ondine de Valmont
• Lucy Cohu as Christine de Sevigny
• Fisayo Akinade as Chevalier de Saint-Jacques
• Maria Friedman as Berthe
• Clare Higgins as Madame Jericho
• Dimitri Gripari as Danceny
• Richard Earl as Duc de Lanvin
• Sarah E Bentley as Duchesse de Lanvin

Episodes

No.	Title [3]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [3]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Love or War"	Leonora Lonsdale	Harriet Warner	November 6, 2022 (2022-11-06)	0.088[4]
In 1783 Paris, young lovers Pascal Valmont (an impoverished mapmaker cut off from his inheritance and rightful title by his evil stepmother Ondine) and Camille (a prostitute indebted to Madame Jericho) share a tryst on a vast map of the city. Pascal proposes marriage, assuring her of his plan to better their fortunes; Camille's friend and maid Victoire voices her contempt and mistrust of Pascal. Unbeknownst to Camille, Pascal leads a secret life as a libertine servicing lonely aristocratic women in lavish borrowed apartments. Madame Geneviève de Merteuil, Valmont's foremost client, demands her explicit letters be returned, which he refuses, keeping the letters as insurance until Merteuil awards him with a title. Camille learns of Pascal's indiscretions when she finds one of Merteuil's letters in his bag. Having overheard their conversation, Victoire disguises herself as a boy and steals the cache of letters from the mapmakers' vault. Anti-vice official Gabriel Carrè saves Camille from a violent john outside the Opéra and later attempts to procure her services, which she violently refuses on her way to elope with Pascal. Pascal is late to their meeting because he detours to meet with a client who promises him a gift. After having read the letters of Valmont's numerous conquests, a heartbroken Camille demands to see Madame de Merteuil and blackmails her into welcoming her into society, complete with a new wardrobe, identity, and training. Back at the Opéra, Merteuil calls Valmont out as a blackmailer and threatens to expose him before she and Camille enjoy Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail.
2	"Conquer or Die"	TBA	TBA	November 13, 2022 (2022-11-13)	TBD
3	"Even God Does Not Forgive"	TBA	TBA	November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)	TBD
4	"You Don’t Know Me"	TBA	TBA	November 27, 2022 (2022-11-27)	TBD
5	"The World Should Be Afraid of Us"	TBA	TBA	December 4, 2022 (2022-12-04)	TBD
6	"You Are Not My Equal"	TBA	TBA	December 11, 2022 (2022-12-11)	TBD

Production

Development

In November 2013, it was announced Christopher Hampton would adapt Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, with Colin Callender and Tony Krantz set to serve as executive producers, with BBC set to distribute in the United Kingdom.[5] In July 2019, it was announced Starz had ordered and greenlit the series, with Harriet Warner set to serve as showrunner and writer, with BBC no longer attached, and Hampton no longer attached as writer, and only as executive producer.[6] In November 2022, Starz renewed the series for a second season.[2]

Casting

In May 2021, Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton joined the cast of the series.[7] In June 2021, Lesley Manville, Carice van Houten, Paloma Faith, Michael McElhatton, Kosar Ali, Nathanael Saleh, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Hilton Pelser, Mia Therapleton, Colette Dalal Tchantcho, Lucy Cohu, Fisayo Akinade, Maria Friedman and Clare Higgins joined the cast of the series.[8]

Filming

Principal photography began in the Czech Republic in May 2021.[9]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 58% approval rating with an average rating of 6.7/10, based on 12 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "While Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton make for a convincingly dangerous duo, this prequel to the esteemed novel feels too calculated to stir up a ton of heat."[10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 58 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[11]

References

External links

• Dangerous Liaisons at IMDb 

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