I suppose this would have worked a trifle better for someone who didn't want both Christopher and Valentine to die like pigs in hell. Ugh, them and their separate boringness and chemistry-free excuse for a romance.

Not recommended! Except for Sylvia being awesome. Just fast-forward through all non-Sylvia scenes, if you choose to try Parade's End ( Read more... )

Two episodes in, and not a single fuck do I give about Christopher/Valentine, since pretty much every second that Sylvia isn't onscreen is wasted. It's not a fair fight, really: I'll take a deliciously selfish, Roman Catholic, redheaded bad girl who's a crap mother over an idealistic, sexually naive, blonde suffragette any day. Sylvia is a force of ( Read more... )