The Crown recap, season 1, episode 7: “Scientia Potentia Est”
In which Elizabeth finally grows a spine.
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The War So, basically, I just liked this shot -- the planes! The blimps! The Windsor Castle tower! This is also as good a point as any to note that the entire world of The Crown is hazy. Inside. Outside. Everywhere is vaguely smoky. It nearly makes ME want to take
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The Child In keeping with the idea of this show being about The Crown, we continue to get a fair amount of flashbacks to Elizabeth and her father -- here, he's practicing for his coronation, and she is playing the archbishop -- and they've very affecting. Jared Harris&
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