Well, like I said in the
review of the previous episode, lots of things happened, all of them could be
reversed. Almost all of them.
So, Scotland
is off the table, though at some point during this episode I actually thought
they would go. Francis lived, but honestly at some point I thought he would die.
It made watching this episode a rather distinct experience, because they
really could have easily gone either way.
This was a delightful mess! Mary and Conde planning on sending French
troops and the private army to Scotland. Catherine and Narcisse plotting and scheming
against them. Despite threats and her guilt, Mary was the one with the real authority and she used her power to make a
choice in favor of Scotland,
where the situation has gotten much much worse.
My favorite part of the episode was Francis, who finally woke up and made
an honorable decision to protect Scotland
as he once promised. Wow, that was a choice worthy of a King. His cold response
to Mary was also worthy of a King. He isn’t begging her anymore. To make
things worse he doesn’t trust her anymore. He is most definitively letting her go.
That was painful to watch.
To some extent it was painful watching Conde realizing that he has lost.
What a morning after! While Mary is still willing to continue the affair, it is
no longer enough for Conde. Did she just push him back to Elizabeth’s arms?
Greer is now officially a Madame with her own brothel! How very peculiar,
that she isn’t a tad bit worried about her choice of profession. And now that
she makes money, she is no longer a damsel in distress. Leith,
the knight in shining armor, you’re a bit too late with your plans to make an honest woman of
her.
Now, moving on to less fantastic or rather more conflicting parts of the episode.
Lets start with Bash. They
just dropped the character from the 20-storey building. How is he supposed to
survive this? Not in a million years did I ever think Bash would kill an
innocent person just like that. Killing himself would have been more in the character. Of
course one might argue, Clarissa is not all that innocent. True, but poor girl
had a nightmare of a life: abandoned and mutilated, she was forced
to live inside castle walls [literally], then she was almost killed and based
on her story she lived in a basement in awful conditions. The girl deserved
some slack.
While Francis was resting for the major part of the episode, I was
wondering about this mind-wrenching puzzle. So, basically we are supposed to
believe that killing Clarissa made Francis miraculously recover from an
infection? Come on!
If I remember correctly the prophecy, Nostradamus said to Catherine “Mary
will cost you your firstborn” or something to that extent. So, Mary wasn’t
supposed to be the cause of Francis’ sickness/death in the first place. The
way I understand it, Mary had nothing to do with what happened here. It was Bash,
who “traded” his life for his brother’s and then in an attempt to course
correct killed Catherine’s firstborn, thus saving Francis. That is the only
explanation for the existence of Delphine-healing-people sub-plot.
If we do accept that the prophecy was in play, then Bash should not have been a part of this equation. Yet he killed
Clarissa, not Mary. Or are we supposed to believe that Mary’s choices and betrayal made
Francis sick, leading to Bash killing Clarissa, leading to Francis waking up? In
this scenario Mary sort of kind of caused Clarissa’s death. If you really try
you can believe it. But then why we had Delphine-healing-people sub-plot?
Now, my head hurts.
Historical bits
If there were any, I totally missed them.
Some observations
The traveling in this one took split seconds.
Bash was at Delphine’s and a second later he was in the castle, then few seconds later he was back
at the cabin. Kenna was in the forest and next scene she was in the castle.
Same with Mary moving between the castle and Conde’s quarters in the matter of
seconds. I know, that it could all be explained as one scene after another, with some time in between, but it was very noticeable and felt odd.
Catherine to Narcisse: “This is just a bet to
see which queen you think will win.”
Like I said, she’ll eat him alive.
Could
someone please explain to me what is the purpose of Claude except for taking precious
screen time?
I
didn’t like Bash’s actions and I equally disliked Leith being an enforcer for the Cardinal.
Wardrobe department
The “Best Dress of the week”
Award goes to Catherine.
The “Worst Dress of the
week” Award goes to Mary.
Sorry, it looked like two parts of two very different dresses.
Memorable Quotes:
Catherine:
“Oh, I'm sorry. Am I upsetting you? Should I not have suggested that you did
this to him? Because you make no mistake... this is on your head. Nostradamus
always said that you would be the cause of my son's death. I never imagined
that you would kill him by breaking his heart.”
Sol’s rating: It left me so confused, I give it a 3.
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