RE: Margaret, that was pure fiction from Netflix. After her visit, the US actually asked the UK to never send her back to the states b/c she was such a ***** to everyone. Also, Johnson never turned down a visit to the Queen (I read this yesterday but now can't find the link).Max Power said:I watched episode 7 last night, wow, that was the best episode of this show in 3 seasons so far. And this season has been so good...and I'm not done yet.israeliag said:
I'd watched the first two, maybe three eps of the season, but then my wife continued without me and we just watched ep 7 together. Holy ****, that is one of the best hours of TV I've watched. A master class in script writing, and the best and surprisingly profound portrayals of mid-life crisis. An episode about mid-life crisis has no reason whatsoever to be even thought of as a good subject for an hour of fiction, much less to be one of the best hours of fiction.
An utterly transfixing and, I can't believe otherwise, a universally relatable look at a person's reflection and disappointment in their life's achievement, layered in with a complete and satisfying heroes journey.
Plus, Tobias Menzies deserves every award for his work in that episode.
I've been pretty dismissive so far this entire series of Philip, just seemed like that's what they wanted, a man in the background. Menzies has been good this season, but last night he had me almost emotional. When he sat down with the priests at the end and asked for help, I was genuinely moved. As a man who reached a personal point where I had to ask for help, it rang true with me. It's humbling experience to say the least and that moment was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, to ask for help (I can't stress how difficult it is if it hasn't happened to you), I'm a better man for it now. That's why that episode in particular floored me, it felt real.
Other high points this season:
-Margaret thinking she should have more stately duties because she got lucky in acting in a way that isn't royal. Her role was important in securing a much needed financial assist from the US, but she really doesn't want to be queen. She wants to be queen and not deal with the difficult aspects.
-Aberfan, Elizabeth admitting she basically doesn't have emotions, makes a lot of sense. But also that's probably a good characteristic for a monarch.
-Coup, this was my favorite episode, just in terms of how fun it was. A group of old men getting mad at what's happening and having a genuine discussion about overthrowing the government. And while the queen is in the US learning about being a better race horse owner. The whole fact she was getting a call at dinner from her husband's uncle wanting to ask permission to overthrow the government...hysterical.
-Learned a lot about the Charles/Elizabeth relationship in episode 6. He is definitely cut from a different cloth than either of his parents. Makes total sense he ended up marrying someone like Diana, his mother's absolute opposite in every way.
I love this show, anyone that hasn't seen it should really give it a shot. And this isn't the type of show I would have thought I'd enjoy.
on the Coup: That's not what happened in the show. It was the PM Wilson calling her to let her know what was going on and she said she'd take care of it. She didn't see Mountbatten until she returned to the UK.
I thought Ep 7 was going to be more about Phillip seeing the US rise to become such a world power and the UK was just failing left and right and sinking from their once dominant position in the world.
While I liked some episodes, I can't say that I liked this season as much as #1 and #2. The episodes just didn't seem to flow together.
