Sparks fly in debate of faith versus reason
Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston star in The Essex Serpent, a period romance with a philosophical bent
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It is a case of boy meets girl, they argue about science and religion, then they fall in love.
Set in England in the 1890s, drama series The Essex Serpent follows an intellectually curious widow, Cora (Claire Danes), as she moves to a small village to investigate sightings of a mythical snake.