Kenna: “We were forced to be together anyway.
What a surprising journey that was.”
You can judge by the
lateness of this review how very unimpressed I was with this episode.
The theme of this one was people forcing themselves to do things they
didn’t want. That usually isn’t pretty.
Mary was forced to accept Lola’s child, to have her own happiness on the
background and shadowed, to participate in the festivities, to put aside her
pride and even her health.
So I was wrong, when I suggested that Catherine had something to do with
Mary not being able to conceive. She wasn’t. They just needed time. And Mary
should have probably kept it a secret a bit longer. It was obvious she’d loose
a child, but they could have given her an episode or two to enjoy it. Instead
she got pregnant and lost a child all in the same episode. Was there too much
pressure? Was it her drinking? Was it that it was never meant to happen? Either
way we are back to square one.
What was the point then? Were they trying to balance
Mary’s proneness to revenge and justified homicides executions? After a
series of doom and gloom hours where our heroine had to make tough decisions
that led to people losing their lives, we had an episode of Mary being a
martyr. Only I think they overdid it. Not only did she agree to be a godmother
to her husband’s child with another woman, she went to the ceremony while
having a miscarriage.
Lola is also a prisoner of her choices and actions,
forced to live the life she neither wanted nor deserved. Lola is a woman who is so much
ahead of her time, always very strongly defending her freedom and rights. Not a
coincidence that she is also the one who wore the most modern dress.
Leith is back at court with yet to be announced
position. Him and Greer managed to stay away from each other right up until that
dance. God, there it was, so much sparks and tension they could set the castle
on fire and invent electricity. Kenna has given Greer a very good advice (when
did Kenna become that smart?) and Greer rushed to Lord Castleroy, stayed after he
gave her the way out and then seduced him. Her reasoning was to explore what
it is (if anything) between them. But I wasn’t sold on passion during that
scene I kept thinking, now Lord Castleroy will definitely have to marry her and
she can sleep with Leith. Judging how quickly they
[the writers] throw people together and tore them apart, I bet this new consummated
union is not long for this world.
Moving on to another girl who was forced to do things she didn't want. As it turned out the girl in the cage was not means for future benefit for Lord Narcisse,
but a bride material. Awful destiny for a young woman, or was it?
Narcisse said he took her in to be his wife so she could keep the land and because she didn't have anyone and he needed an heir. Knowing what we know about him, of course I assumed the worst. And then that talk happened. Narcisse’s semi-confession to Lola proved
that there are always two sides to every story. Could we imagine that cruel
killer would behave any different with a woman? Did we judge him to fast on
that front? Did something happen there between Lola and him? There was
definitely something in the air, or maybe something was in my air and I keep imagining
things.
Estelle was the first victim fallen at the hands of undead, not to count poor shepherd who had been marked
and had his soul taken, and then he slaughtered his entire family. Sorry if I
don’t sound more enthusiastic, it’s just that I’m yet to like this sub-plot.
The worst dress of the week
award goes to Mary
What were they thinking?
And while I'm on the wardrobe note, Bash being King’s brother and deputy is dressed very poorly,
I never noticed that until he and Conde shared a scene.
Historical bits
None, except the obvious: Mary and Francis did not
have children in real life and as far as history goes she had never been pregnant
with his child.
Some observations
Catherine
can be obnoxious, invasive, rude and right - all at the same time.
Memorable Quotes:
Catherine:
“Your figure's gonna go to hell anyway, so you might as well eat up.”
Sol’s
rating: Judging by the amount of fashion related remarks in the review and lack on observations and quotes, I didn't find the episode spectacular or even good. 2 out of 5.
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