![]() Her charming bursts of absurdist deduction push the narrative forward at crazy speed, much like our heroine herself is driven by high doses of adrenaline and occasional consumption of illegal substances.Īlthough the protagonist of the series is the detective Gloria Scott, her adventures are recounted by her loyal companion Mary Lambert, who leads us into each adventure/episode and guides us out of it. However, despite her seemingly insane, immoral and homicidal behavior, Gloria remains a sympathetic figure to viewers. Gloria Scott is pretentious, arrogant, full of vices, socially insensitive, with no sense of responsibility, fails to adhere to conventional detective procedures, she never examines witnesses, she repeatedly administers justice herself… All of this often results in innocent people being killed (in various, often quite creative ways). ![]() Animated series The Adventures of Gloria Scott is based on the eponymous cult short story collection by the Croatian author Mima Simić, who is also one of the scriptwriters.ĭetective Gloria Scott and her companion Mary Lambert run around 19th century London (and other European and world cities/countries), solving mysterious cases applying unusual methods of deduction. ![]()
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