In fact, Phryne, more than perhaps any woman on American television, calls to mind the moment in Singin' In the Rain in which a despairing young woman says of silent film star Lina Lamont, "She's so refined, I think I'll kill myself. And as long as they don't try and rule her, she'll enjoy every bit of them. She speaks several languages. On Monday, Acorn releases the second-series finale. And that so many people who, on the Jezebel site, were like, 'Right, well, if that's what everyone's saying about it, I'm watching it.