rebecca dewinter

I assume he's just gonna be like George from the last 2 episodes re: Elizabeth. Just leave town and ignore her so you don't have to deal with this issue.

I just mean if I'm Demelza and one of the reasons I slept with One Direction kid is because my husband wasn't paying me enough attention and was still seeing his ex behind my back (who btw is the woman who aroused such strong passion in him that he went and did something incredibly stupid), and his reaction to this affair is just.. meh ok, I would probably feel worse? like wow good to know you don't care!

The idea that ross would just not even confront her about it is kind of weird and ooc for a man of his time (also his hot headed personality). Maybe that's just the story's way of letting demelza off the hook, but if that were me, I would get the impression my husband just doesn't give a shit about it. Not to mention, just like 1-2 year ago he was so enraged at the idea of Elizabeth marrying George that he did some very questionable things..

Demelza's character in a bit of a mess right now. I'm not sure how we're supposed to root for this marriage, like I guess this is why most period dramas end with a wedding or with someone dying. The marriage stuff is not fun lol.

I don't know if I'd call George and Elizabeth content. It's all still based on a lie and there's still a seam of doubt running through George at the end when he meets Ross at the beach.

I almost got the sense that maybe Demelza was trying to get a rise out of Ross with that speech, kind of a continuation of her last week when she mentioned Armitage paying her attention. Especially since she's seen Ross fly into a jealous rage when it comes to Elizabeth, I think she expected a little more reaction from him.

I don't mind her being ahead of her time in her attitudes, but she was completely unrealistic about what was legally possible for her at the time (taking their son).

I feel like it's the actor's fault for making googly eyes at each other still in that scene.

Granted I feel like everyone last season was acting like divorce was an actual possibility for them. When Elizabeth's all like "what are we gonna do" to Ross, I was like ummm nothing? Cause there's nothing you CAN do without ruining your life, Geoffrey Charle's future and just basically being viewed as societal demons.

Her speech last season about going back to her father was WTF, I was like gurrrrl do you remember your father???? I think I'd rather stay with a cheating husband who left me alone and didn't beat me/assert his legal rights to my bed than the dad who whipped me every day and now won't stop talking about Jesus.

Often times, I feel like Demelza is a woman from 2017 who accidentally time traveled to the 1780s a la Outlander. She feels terribly out of sync with the period. In terms of 18th century marriages, she literally hit the jackpot considering where she came from and how few rights women had in those days. I feel like she is looking at her marriage from a 21st century perspective and it throws me off on this show.

Yeah, I wouldn't blame Demelza for having enough of Ross and his Elizabeth fixation. To me his scene with Elizabeth in the church felt more genuine and loving than his interactions with Demelza have in a while. Maybe it's just how the actors played it though.

I agree they're doing a terrible job of presenting Hugh as a viable temptation here. Not only because in that era, a wife would be punished severely for any infidelity but it just doesn't seem like this dude has any purpose or character arc in this show other than to be a wedge between Ross and Demelza. The conversation at the end of the episode felt like Demelza was playing on Ross's guilt over Elizabeth to let her have a freebie, which is super out of character for her, but whatever. This side show never made much sense to me.

Yeah, she has moved on from it, but you can never really forget that feeling. And while Captain McNeil was there last season, he wasn't exactly wooing her, he basically just said I'm here for the sex that's all! I think Demelza is a woman who felt more betrayed by the fact that Ross cheated with a woman he loved for 10 years, and she probably would've reacted differently had he just banged that hooker friend of his from Season 1. At the end of the day, the romantic wooing is something she never got from Ross. When he married her, he didn't even love her although she loved him. And while he did eventually fall in love with her months into the marriage, she always had to contend with Elizabeth, knowing that Ross probably would always see her as his greatest love. At a certain point, a girl's just had enough.

Valentine is definitely Ross's child. lol. I don't think the show could be telegraphing this more obviously. Not to mentions, kids tend to grow much darker as they get older. I guess I could understand Demelza's dilemma had they not made Hugh into such a ridiculous lovesick puppy who has no real emotional depth beyond clichéd pick up lines. I mean, some people find that attractive but I just find it annoying like get a life! Come back when you finish college, kid. Maybe it's just something that's helping restore her pride after Ross's infidelity last season. After years of fearing she was Ross's second choice, now at least she gets to be someone's first choice even if that someone is a bit silly. Personally, I never saw Ross/Demelza as some big epic romance. I think it just came out of familiarity and in some ways convenience and it did develop into love but it never felt like a "Love Story", which is why I was taken aback at how Demelza was so aghast at the idea of being "second best" last season (like umm, didn't you kind of know that when you married him???). So I'm not at all surprised they're continuing to have loads of marital issues.