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In the books Francesca is a year younger than Eloise and they're the closest in age of all the siblings. She should be presented next season. However the actress practically being an extra is probably a good thing if they decide to recast her.

I just hope they include all the brothers showing up. So many humorous parts in that bit of the book.

I think the best thing would be to combine the a few books in the next seasons. Season 3 start with Francesca (possibly recasted) making her debut and combine her first marriage with Benedict's story. Add some Colin and Penelope to this season. Season 4 see LW revealed along with Eloise's and Francesca's books.

I was wondering how did nobody notice they were gone for what must have been a long time for Kate. Did Lady Danbury, Mary and Edwina just leave without her? How did she manage to put herself back together in such a way that nobody guessed anything. Also did he use the Simon method or something? Kate seemed to have no concerns about possibly being pregnant.

I really hope Benedict is next. That will also give them a season to restore Penelope and Eloise's relationships. I was disappointed that Francesca vanished again. I feel like if they can't have the actress around next season they should recast. So far she's pretty much just been an extra. Having read the book there were things I wished had been included but overall I enjoyed this season.

She definitely did comedy in Sex Education.

Seeing the casting for Kate I'm curious how they can make her not the more stunning of the two sisters.

What year did this episode end? I was thinking 1990 or 1991 but I felt like all the children looked fairly old and wouldn't Eugenie have been a baby or a toddler? I liked the season overall. I feel like they managed to cover a lot in a very short period of time.

Also their father seemed to be a very involved parent and available during the day. It seemed like except for short periods there was always a parent taking care of the children. Plus once they're asleep there is little point of being there.

Everyone keeps saying that they don't normally charge for false reporting and it's making me wonder if the rapist works for that department.

I agree he's being set up to have a larger role. However he wasn't even mentioned for almost half a season. And Anne was even younger last season but they introduced her sooner (not that I'm complaining about her being introduced early).

I really wish they'd introduced Charles sooner. The actor did a great job. I really enjoyed seeing him and Anne relate to each other.

I always assumed that he was her first crush and she never really considered other options because she was so sheltered. Then once they were married she had to make it work because divorce wasn't an option. I loved Charles Dance! Perfect casting.

I feel like they could have had them in the background or mentioned occasionally. Similarly if Charles is away somewhere why not at least mention him. I'm assuming that the "kids" drama is going to take center stage soon so it feels weird that we wouldn't even realize they exist so far this season.

This episode was so moving. This article says they used townspeople as extras https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/17/television-drama-the-crown-portrays-aberfan-disaster. I'm sure that helped them get such strong performances even from extras.