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# Fug the Show: Wolf Hall recap, "Master of Phantoms"
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fug-the-show-wolf-hall-recap-master-of-phantoms-05-2015/
- Published: 2015-05-14T16:00:41.000Z
- Updated: 2015-05-15T16:12:13.000Z
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: Fug The Show, fugs, Wolf Hall, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:44

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Well, this escalated quickly. Additionally: although this final episode was, I thought, VERY strong and easily the most compelling of the series, I also felt like we were missing some connective tissue in the story. I know that *Masterpiece* has a way of trimming scenes between the original and the US airings -- which drives me bonkers -- but I rather felt like this particular episode was counting on the viewer's knowledge of basic history to fill in the blanks. Obviously, everyone who wasn't in a coma throughout history class knows that Anne Boleyn loses her head -- there is no historical tale used more often to wake up high school students after lunch than Henry VIII and his many wives, and for extremely good reason -- but it seemed weird to me from a narrative perspective that we never got a scene where Anne was specifically told it was OVER, for example. That doesn't take away from how great this episode was, but: LET'S DISCUSS.