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scottishlass October 21 2012, 15:03:21 UTC
I always thought that one of the reasons why he did not divorce Sylvia was his misunderstood pride.His whole life wiht her would be made public and I don't think he would stand having ppl know that they lived like that, that he lived like that (which seemed very unmanly in Edwardian times). Additionally, he is so damn filial and he doesn't want his family to suffer, esp. not his brother.

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dangermousie October 21 2012, 17:39:55 UTC
Yes - I am sure it would be all over the papers and he couldn't bear that, for his family or himself. Of course, ultimately he seems to have decided to hell with it, in terms of at least living in sin, even if not divorcing her, and that's good. There is such a thing as too much principle.

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cleobulle October 21 2012, 16:45:06 UTC
I found it jarring that Christopher was so eager to have sex with Sylvia after we'd just seen him clinging to the memory of Valentine's face amidst all the chaos. And he was sniffing her nightgown as if he longed for her as well. Somehow, I don't see it as something only brought on by the horrors of war and the celibacy thing. He seemed to genuinely care for Sylvia.

I wasn't particularly annoyed because Parade's End is not a romance and thus I was not as invested in the fate of the Christopher/Valentine couple as I could have been. But I still found it kind of weird.

On another note, I found the first few minutes of episode 5 hilarious. It's the aftermath of The Event in episode 4 and the way the scene played out was just genius. I'm laughing just writing about it :o)

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dangermousie October 21 2012, 17:34:25 UTC
Well, the dude has been without a woman for a good long while and we have been given no evidence he has anything wrong with his libido so it made perfect sense to me. Heee, if it was me, I'd totally be hopping in the sack with the first hottie that came along, let alone one's lawful spouse ;) MMV though.

I think the scarf thing goes to that too -longing for a woman - though I told tor Mr Mousie that for a second I thought that his deep dark secret was that he was the Edwardian version of Glen or Glenda.

I cannot wait to watch ep 5 ;)

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dangermousie October 23 2012, 19:21:06 UTC
I agree it was self-punishment. The thing is, the war fits in with his patriotism but is there any doubt that the fact that his personal life is that awful and hopeless plays a reason for him to join (and let's face it - if he was married to Valentine, even if he volunteered, he wouldn't have Drake's enmity and could do intelligence work at home and not be in the trenches. And he'd want to, as opposed to in the story as it is, wanting to get away and possibly get killed).

He doesn't have many friends (none, if you exclude McMarster who proved awful) but I think even if he had a friend who kep harping about divorce etc it would not do much good - he is very stubborn - it takes the trauma of the war and accumulation of Sylvia's horribleness to finally bring him out of his "glass cabinet" enough to be happy.

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anonymous October 26 2012, 01:16:14 UTC
where are you watching this? I searched around but couldn't find a free version :(

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