Gideon: “I never said I was a good man, but one
can receive good advice from a bad person.”
It occurred to me that we spent an awful amount of time on marriages that
weren’t supposed to happen, unless they were willing to radically rewrite
history.
I must say the transformation of Don Carlos from rather a sweet man into
such a vindictive person shocked me. He had every right to be angry with Mary,
because she was bluntly using him and his condition, but murdering her? Quite
frankly what happened to him wasn’t exactly her fault; he was trying to free
himself and fell, so I’d rather call it an unfortunate accident, and his willingness
to kill her was a bit uncalled for.
The beautiful dog did the job he was supposed to – protected his human
friend, and it was enough for Mary to get suspicious. The enemy she unexpectedly
turned for help was the most interesting aspect of all this marital mess. Elizabeth has sent Gideon
so he would charm Mary and make her fall in love with him. What a mistake to
think that he will not fall in love as well. Of course they are not there yet,
but there were hints of trust and refreshing honesty in their conversations,
that I found quite compelling. Plus there is a decent amount of chemistry
between the actors, so I guess we’ll see where it leads us and them.
Having Catherine’s promise that ‘she would marry whoever she wants’, Claude
finally opened her heart to Leith. Claude who
has been sleeping around since a very young age, was suddenly nervous and
unsure. It is not easy to make this step, when there’s a heart involved. Unfortunately
her morning after came in the form of Narcisse, who decided to marry her off to
some Duke.
I must say, to my surprise, Narcisse sort of works as Regent. He is smart
and sneaky and now, that Lola left, he is solely focused on ruling France. He piggybacked
on Mary’s extortion scheme and quickly found another way to get the gold when
the alliance with Spain
fell though.
After few weeks of ignorance we finally got back to the English court.
The story of Elizabeth’s
love affair with Lord Dudley played out beautifully with an interesting twist.
For those who knew the history there was nothing surprising. Amy full of rage
and jealousy fell to her death, making it impossible for her husband to marry
the Queen. The only thing new was the baby, and judging by the conversation
Robert and Elizabeth
had they were more and more leaning towards terminating the pregnancy.
The episode made me realize that Bash is the most unfortunate in love,
because so many of his ladies have left him one way or another. Or fortunate,
because he loved and was loved so much. And now, Delphine is ready to leave
with the most honorable reason of them all. The murderer passed his curse onto
her and she was scared she would hurt someone. Her decision to go help the
victims of avalanche was strange though. So many people, wouldn’t she feel the
need to kill them the same way as in the castle. She hoped by healing them, she
would heal herself, maybe she was right. But I’m completely confused about what
happened next. She was on fire and the killer was cold like ice. Was it the
same killer? Or was it someone new who she accidentally passed on the curse? It
bugs me that we never see the killer’s face. It makes me think it’s someone we
know.
Historical bits
Apart from Elizabeth’s pregnancy that never happened in
real life, there was nothing.
Some observations
Greer is so
obviously pregnant, how no one sees it, is beyond me.
Catherine
once again backed Mary and kicked Don Carlos out of France with a warning not to
retaliate.
That dog
was absolutely gorgeous.
Wardrobe department
The “Best Dress of the week”
Award goes to Claude. Now, that is the dress for a princess.
The “Worst Dress of the
week” Award goes to this ensemble. Honestly awful.
Memorable Quotes:
Claude: “You
were his great love, after all. His forever love.”
Greer: “No
such love exists unless we make it so, and we did not.”
Sol’s rating: solid 3.5
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