O, how shall summers honey breath hold outAgainst the wreckful siege of battering days,When rocks impregnable are not so stout,Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays?
Today's story is set in 19th century London and tells the story of the respectable gentleman who has a curious relationship with a violent and detestable man.
In terms of trying to make some comparisons with popular culture it seems to me that it's really at the level of Sopranos in terms of things like dismembered bodies and actual violence and assassinations.
There were also two ghosts, a cruel king, and a tall castle made of paper and wood-which unfortunately fell down just as Roderigo and Zara were escaping from it.