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or be a beautiful young straight woman with romantic possibilities with the Doctor...

How long are they going to stretch out the Dwight is lost in France storyline? not my favorite and I like Dwight.

Honestly I think that what is missing is a dynamic Doctor--in the nuWho universe the Doctors have been extremely dynamic IMO and Capaldi is professorial (as was Hartnell and others I understand, but still.) I am ready for the next Doctor and hope that the casting goes in a different direction.

Of course Ross keeps making bone head moves that will bite him in the ass eventually--not accepting the magistrate position leaving the people of the area vulnerable to the "tender mercies" of George. I understand that the character of Elizabeth represents that urge in some men to protect a woman, BUT was she written this bland in the books? I think that Reed is a slight improvement over the '70's Elizabeth who was an even blander cypher, it is still hard to wrap my head around the fact that Ross was passionately in love with her at one time.

I really enjoyed this episode, for one thing I am probably the only person in the world who actually loved the movie "King Arthur" from about a decade ago, LOL--the Picts were a big part of that movie (the meme so to speak is that Arthur was a Legionnaire.) Anyhoo, I love anything to do with Roman period Britain, the historical fact is also that that Rome was racially mixed and that race was not a big deal in that period, and the attitude about sexual orientation was legitimately more relaxed then than in our own time, so all that was good. I'm still sort of wondering where they are going with this Missy-doctor dynamic, but the scenes from next week's episode seems to suggest that it is going "somewhere" (John, mothereffing, Simm!!) Some funny lines, did Nardole say that indigenous Scottish music is worse "than jazz?" bwahaha.

To be clear, this is an old fashioned "bodice ripper" with a bit of Cornish history thrown in. I adore this sort of British series, I am also really into Versailles which also takes a camp gloss on History. Yes having Ross eavesdrop on the Warleggan's and have a possible clue to Valentine's true parentage was cheesy-->but I LOVE cheese! (pun intended.) Also I still think that the best chemistry in the show is between the Actors playing Dwight and Caroline.

Every season I think to myself do I really want to see George try to ruin Ross in every conceivable way, and every season this show pulls me in again. Good start--Demelza has hot brothers, LOL.

Not much to say about this week's episode except that the writer must be having a field day writing the series with all the hallucinatory discourse between Louis and William. I actually dig the way that they have turned this into a "mystery" detective show.

A total mess IMO. Still loving Bill and Nardole though. Please, no more showing Capaldi's big white rictus smile!

well that sucked, LOL. I am very glad that Fabien (my new TV boyfriend) is still around, LOL I also love the how the actor is camping up the Chevalier--he is wonderfully bitchy. Also, anyone who has seen portraits of the real William of Orange (with his huge hook nose)-- will think, boy did they cast a pretty boy to play him, LOL.

damn I went back and watched that scene but I can't make out what he said and iplayer's subtitles don't work!

maybe I'll look at that scene again--a new episode tomorrow--oh joy, LOL!

well I came to see what is up at the start of the new season of FNS--I don't make a habit of hanging out here Snarkle, LOL. but yeah, for whatever reason, Melissa (a perfectly nice woman IRL I'm sure) gives me a hair up the rear--ha!

Melissa is a "trained cook" where did you hear that? Her bio was explicitly that she was a former beauty pageant contestant/ turned Disney Exec business woman/turned stay at home mom and "talented" amateur home chef who went to some religious based TV bootcamp. I hated her.

after being fired by Louis, He showed up at her house--she went out to buy some herbs and he asked if she wanted him to be there when she returned--I think that was the gist of it.

I have decided that Tygh Runyan (Marchelle, Louis' now fired head of security) is majorly hot. This show does explicit scenes but that scene between Marchelle and Claudine (the "doctor") just rolling around kissing was the sexiest thing that I have seen in quite awhile.

Oh joy a few more people watching too! and a season 3! (Versailles is never on bbc's iplayer list of most popular so I was worried, LOL.) I don't watch much episodic television but this is must see TV for me.

since I refuse to try and make sense of any Dr Who storyline, I just go with the flow pretty much, I enjoyed this episode which reminded me in some ways of "Inception" crossed with Harry Potter (the Dementors!) Loving Bill, Loving Nardol, tolerating Capaldi (who I never much liked as the Doctor.) I am a River Fan so I liked that tidbit. As for the Master, frack it, just admit that the Master and the Doctor have always been secretly in love and be done with it, LOL.

Season 2 is deliciously campy I am enjoying it immensely, I don't know if there will be a season 3 (I hope so.)

I too have been to the Tenement museum--considering the current rent and size of NYC apartments, those Tenement flats didn't look half bad, LOL!

I got a laugh out of the whole "he is my grandfather" schtick ("why not Father?") LOL it worked on 2 levels: as a call back to original WHO and a tip to we grumblers (yes me) that insist that Capaldi is too damn old haha! As for the story, I never put much store by Dr Who plots, I thought that the episode was sufficiently creepy and for me, that is good enough.

so you can buy the completed season 2 already? I am watching it episode by episode so I can't read the rest of your comment since I don't want to be spoiled, but damn I love how CAMPY the show is--just saw the episode 3or 4 where greta scacchi stabs Louis' security guy. I so admire British actresses, fuck getting old and fat, the work goes on!

I guess that no one else is watching season 2? Anyhoo, as wonderfully over the top as last season.

Bill is still great (I honestly think that removing ALL possibility of "romance" with the Doctor is the key.) Lucky that the Doctor didn't brake a bone throwing that punch, LOL, Capaldi looks so damned frail, he is still not my favorite Doctor BUT with better writing this season he is growing on me some. When I pointed out why I thought Capaldi was too old to be the new Doctor to my partner, he brought up Tom Baker--who was only 39 when he took on the role, LOL (partner was shocked.)