The Artful Dodger

16 episodes · 2 seasons 8 no vietnamese 6 has vietnamese 2 generated

Season 1 8 episodes · 8/8 with Vietnamese

E01 The Yankee Dodge	Has Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E02 Blessings of St. Coccyx	Generated	Embedded EN	done
E03 Dead Men's Secrets	Generated	Embedded EN	done
E04 The Stitch Up	Has Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E05 The Duel	Has Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E06 Bully in the Alley	Has Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E07 Wet Lettuce	Has Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E08 Untapped Potential	Has Vietnamese	Embedded EN

Season 2 8 episodes · 0/8 with Vietnamese

E01 Hangman	No Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E02 Entry Level Toff	No Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E03 Belle of the Ball	No Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E04 Platinum	No Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E05 Ice Melts	No Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E06 Bellybutton	No Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E07 Salt Peter	No Vietnamese	Embedded EN
E08 Change of Heart	No Vietnamese	Embedded EN

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## Summary
1850s Port Victory, Australia: Jack Dawkins, once the London pickpocket “Artful Dodger”, is now a young surgeon. He owes gambler/criminal Darius Cracksworth £26 by Wednesday, or Darius will take his hand. Fagin resurfaces, steals rubies and cons a church by posing as a priest with a fake relic of “Saint Coccyx”. Belle Fox, the governor’s daughter, blackmails Jack into teaching her surgery and forces hygiene reforms at the hospital. Jack and Belle perform an unprecedented bowel operation, saving Tinkler, and grow closer. Fagin plans to rob Captain Gaines’s strongroom while Gaines is away; Jack reluctantly helps, but the safe is empty. Jack bluffs Darius in a card game and escapes losing his hand, then rejects Fagin’s criminal path. Tone: darkly comic historical crime drama, bawdy and fast, with medical horror and con-artist comedy.

## Characters
- Jack Dawkins — male, 20s–30s; former pickpocket “Dodge/Artful Dodger”, now surgeon; torn between Fagin’s underworld and Belle/medicine.
- Norbert Fagin — male, older; Jack’s former mentor/father figure, thief and conman; manipulative but genuinely attached to Jack.
- Belle Fox — female, young adult; governor’s daughter, aspiring surgeon; blackmails Jack into teaching her, becomes his ally/romantic interest(?).
- Darius Cracksworth — male, older; gambler/creditor and showman(?); threatens Jack’s hand, card-game antagonist.
- Hetty Baggett — female, nurse; practical, assists Jack/Belle and supports Belle’s hospital reforms.
- Professor Alistair McGregor — male, older; pompous head surgeon; resists Belle, hygiene and Jack’s methods.
- Captain Gaines (Lucien Gaines?) — male, military officer; Peggy’s jealous, feared husband; away for three days (guess).
- Peggy Gaines — female; Gaines’s wife, mentioned as object of his violent jealousy.
- Aputi Savea — male, large enforcer; Darius’s axe-man/backup(?).
- Tim Billiberllary — male; inventor/assistant; makes artificial hand and the card-game bluff apparatus.
- Tinkler Duckett — male; patient with strangulated hernia; saved by Jack and Belle.
- Father Cruikshanks — male, older; drunken, ambitious priest; conned by Fagin with the fake relic.

## Pronouns (xưng hô)
- Jack → Fagin: Jack calls himself “tôi”, calls Fagin “ông” normally; switches to “tao – mày” in angry rupture — guarded respect toward old mentor. Fagin → Jack: “ta – con” for paternal manipulation; “tao – mày” when scolding/threatening.
- Jack → Belle: early “tôi – cô/Lady Belle” (irritated, professional); shift to “anh – em” as trust/romance grows. Belle → Jack: early “tôi – anh” (imperious, blackmailing); later “em – anh”.
- Belle → McGregor: “tôi – ông” / “cháu – ông”; he calls her “cô/Lady Belle”, self “tôi” or pompous “ta” — professional/status conflict.
- Jack → Darius: “tôi – ông” in sardonic public talk; “tao – mày” when bluffing/confronting. Darius → Jack: “ta/tao – mày”, “boy” = “thằng nhóc” — creditor/debtor threat.
- Fagin → Father Cruikshanks: “con – cha” (fake devout); Cruikshanks → Fagin: “con – ta” or “ông – tôi” — conman/priest role-play.
- Hetty → Belle: “tôi – cô” initially; “em – chị” once allied — nurse to lady, then colleague.
- Jack → Hetty: “tôi – cô” in hospital hierarchy; “anh – em” in close surgical teamwork.
- Gaines → Peggy: “anh – em” (husband/wife); he uses “vợ yêu/ngựa hoang của anh”, she uses “anh – em”.

## Names and terms
Keep as-is: Jack Dawkins, Dodge, Fagin, Belle/Lady Belle, Darius Cracksworth, Hetty, McGregor, Tinkler, Aputi, Tim, Port Victory, Newgate, Leicester Square, Durack Jensen. “Artful Dodger” can stay or be glossed “Kẻ Láu Cá”; no official Vietnamese title known — use “The Artful Dodger — Kẻ Láu Cá (?)”. “guv” → “ông chủ/sếp”; “boy” → “thằng nhóc”; “meat-hooks” → “bàn tay”; “scratch/dosh/bees and honey” → “tiền”; “boke” → “nôn”; “micks” → “bọn Ireland” (derogatory slur, keep tone). “Saint Coccyx” → “Thánh Coccyx” (pun on “xương cụt”; optionally “Thánh Xương Cụt”). Currency: keep sovereign/pound/shilling/pence; “£26” = “26 bảng”. “tableaux” = “hoạt cảnh”; “strongroom” = “kho tiền/két sắt”; “Benjamin” = “áo khoác” (slang).

The Artful Dodger

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