Even a queen has bad hair days
Victoria 3.4 Foreign Bodies
Victoria continued to be in a snit at the start of the ep (although yes, Albert, she did think everyone was abandoning her at some level).
I rolled my eyes at having to follow the Francatellis into their new lives, as Charlie thought a cholera outbreak was the perfect backdrop for opening their new hotel. He may be able to cook, but I’m not convinced he’s a great businessman.
Albert’s attitude towards changing Cambridge University to do a little science tied in well with the deeply unscientific ‘um, it might be miasma causing the cholera’ nonsense. If we hadn’t been primed to think John Snow was a good doctor, collecting data points to base his theories on, the eyeroll at that was a winner.
I rather liked Victoria’s approach to the cholera, actually, after being mostly annoyed with her for the past few epsiodes. It showed depth of feeling and humanity - Lord P totally bolted, but she did not. And yes, they tied it into her being a mother, but not exclusively, in the sisterhood with the nurse. Before that, I’d been quite eyerolly myself towards the little madam - don’t blame anyone for talking loudly about cholera and disturbing the guests at a private concert when you started the conversation.
Famous people bingo with bonus bird connections in Anna Lind - wonder if The Greatest Showman truly influenced them, or they’d have likely gone there anyway - and Florence Nightingale, giving the sense she’d rolled her eyes at ‘doctors’ over the years.
Nancy was pleased to be pregnant, but oh noes, she drank the poison. Er tonic.
Meanwhile we saw the Duke of Monmouth’s possessive streak - to which surely her rich father bestowed some of those possessions to you as part of the dowry. Cue the besotted footman trying to be chivalrous. Emma watched on, not given nearly enough to do. Penge has more definite suspicions.
Feodora stirred, but the cholera and losing Skerrit made Victoria turn to her husband. As she should. And in fairness, Albert’s failings aren’t gambling, though his ‘Why you should vote for me’ speech was so terrible it wasn’t a surprise that he incited the racist stick-in-the-muds (is that the appropriate reading, show?) to put up a candidate against him. Palmerston did have the decency to see the point of science but it was based on observation, not Albert’s persuasive skills.
They killed off Little Nell!!! I couldn’t but make the joke as Nancy Skerrit-Francatelli was played by Nell Husdon. Abigail now replaces her as The Voice of The Common People in Victoria’s ear.
Next week: Lady Palmerston makes and appearance! I am agog!!
Suddenly, there's a lot of TV I want to watch on, so I'm going to be busy with the catch-up, e.g. there is no way I'm starting to watch Berlin Station at 10.45.
This entry was originally posted at https://shallowness.dreamwidth.org/376730.html.
Victoria continued to be in a snit at the start of the ep (although yes, Albert, she did think everyone was abandoning her at some level).
I rolled my eyes at having to follow the Francatellis into their new lives, as Charlie thought a cholera outbreak was the perfect backdrop for opening their new hotel. He may be able to cook, but I’m not convinced he’s a great businessman.
Albert’s attitude towards changing Cambridge University to do a little science tied in well with the deeply unscientific ‘um, it might be miasma causing the cholera’ nonsense. If we hadn’t been primed to think John Snow was a good doctor, collecting data points to base his theories on, the eyeroll at that was a winner.
I rather liked Victoria’s approach to the cholera, actually, after being mostly annoyed with her for the past few epsiodes. It showed depth of feeling and humanity - Lord P totally bolted, but she did not. And yes, they tied it into her being a mother, but not exclusively, in the sisterhood with the nurse. Before that, I’d been quite eyerolly myself towards the little madam - don’t blame anyone for talking loudly about cholera and disturbing the guests at a private concert when you started the conversation.
Famous people bingo with bonus bird connections in Anna Lind - wonder if The Greatest Showman truly influenced them, or they’d have likely gone there anyway - and Florence Nightingale, giving the sense she’d rolled her eyes at ‘doctors’ over the years.
Nancy was pleased to be pregnant, but oh noes, she drank the poison. Er tonic.
Meanwhile we saw the Duke of Monmouth’s possessive streak - to which surely her rich father bestowed some of those possessions to you as part of the dowry. Cue the besotted footman trying to be chivalrous. Emma watched on, not given nearly enough to do. Penge has more definite suspicions.
Feodora stirred, but the cholera and losing Skerrit made Victoria turn to her husband. As she should. And in fairness, Albert’s failings aren’t gambling, though his ‘Why you should vote for me’ speech was so terrible it wasn’t a surprise that he incited the racist stick-in-the-muds (is that the appropriate reading, show?) to put up a candidate against him. Palmerston did have the decency to see the point of science but it was based on observation, not Albert’s persuasive skills.
They killed off Little Nell!!! I couldn’t but make the joke as Nancy Skerrit-Francatelli was played by Nell Husdon. Abigail now replaces her as The Voice of The Common People in Victoria’s ear.
Next week: Lady Palmerston makes and appearance! I am agog!!
Suddenly, there's a lot of TV I want to watch on, so I'm going to be busy with the catch-up, e.g. there is no way I'm starting to watch Berlin Station at 10.45.
This entry was originally posted at https://shallowness.dreamwidth.org/376730.html.