The Musketeers 2.04: Cheeks flushed with the night

[redscharlach]

After a swashfree week due to the BBC showing men in shorts instead of men in leather, I'm pleased to say that this Friday, buckling was back, back, back. Here are some thoughts on The Musketeers 2.04:

Comments

[redscharlach]

It was a classic Athos thing to say, definitely!

[pontisbright]

'Your visions are from soup, not God' was already the best bit, too. I'm enjoying it SO much more this year.

Not all the fishtail plaits though. Behave.

[redscharlach]

Yeah, the on-set hairdressers have definitely got a bit plait-happy this series. All the ladies with up-dos seem to have little plaits weaving in and out of them too. If you sit too still between scenes, someone probably pounces on you and starts doing fancy braiding. We'll know they're REALLY bored if they start doing the blokes as well...

[carolina200]

That's an episode I do want to see. Plaited Muskeboys! Bring it on!

[redscharlach]

I'm picturing D'Artagnan having the most obvious plaits and then the other three pulling off their hats to reveal they've got them too...

[bigtitch]

You have surpassed yourself today, my dear. Although I think it was a particularly rich field to pick from.

There is something unthreatening about soup, no matter how many shrooms you put in it. If Emilie has been having visions since she was a child, has her mother been giving her mushroom soup *every day*? And Emilie has never questioned this?

[redscharlach]

I am guessing that Emilie's mum started the visions slowly, so maybe when she was young, she would only have one vision a week or something, which wouldn't create any dietary suspicions. Probably not the same day every week, though... "If it's Tuesday, it must be apocalyptic nightmares night!"

Alternatively, the peasant diet in those days was probably pretty dull, so you could maybe get away with sticking a little bit of mushroom in almost anything else you were cooking, and hope she wouldn't notice...

[carolina200]

Another excellent review. Not sure you can blame Athos for not spotting his evil ex wife from two feet away. After all she was wearing an almost transparent veil to almost cover her face at the time!!!

[redscharlach]

Maybe Athos thinks he's so traumatized by their miserable relationship that he sees Milady's face everywhere he looks, but he hasn't yet twigged that it's because she frequently IS right in front of him...

[carolina200]

I like your theory.

[san_valentine]

Great commentary, as always. I love the suggestion of Outfits of Ambiguity.

[redscharlach]

My wardrobe could definitely do with more Outfits of Ambiguity. At the moment it's mainly Cardigans of Certitude.