Recap: Victoria Ends With A Bang and a Whimper
Not much suspense, not that much story... just not that much.
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Not much suspense, not that much story... just not that much.
View GalleryVictoria is super bored of being pregnant, and let me tell you, nothing makes for thrilling TV viewing like a show about how its main character is all YAAAAWN. She also refers to her spawn at one point as "Wrigglepants," which I'm sure is 100% authentic
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The two are not related.
View GalleryPoor Victoria's firstborn spawn makes its presence known when she gets queasy during a command performance of chamber music. She has to get up and dash out, which screeches the proceedings to a halt. "I AM BILIOUS!" she yelps at Lehzen, and you had better believe
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View the gallery Why am I always watching so many shows about men whinging that having a powerful wife is no fun for them and they need something of their own? I mean, I get it: This is a natural point of conflict in a marriage when one spouse is
View GalleryIn case you were wondering, this episode involved a lot A LOT of Victoria and Albert kissing before the screen chastely cut to black. At least The Crown gave us some butts! Baroness Lehzen, however, very nearly DID get some butts, as she burst into Victoria's room to
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Get ready for some dead-eyed declarations of longing.
View GalleryI don't pretend to know the details of where they shot everything, and how, but: That is meant to be the house in the distance. And yet even shows that I know for a FACT use painted backdrops look LESS like painted backdrops than this one. Like, in
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FINALLY we get some making out.
View GalleryAs this dog, Dash, is a bit of a plot point this week, this seems like a good moment to note that he's a VERY cute dog. This is correct, on Albert's part. If you own a Leonardo, you should be aware of it. This also
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In which Victoria must put to bed -- and not in a sexy way -- her yen for Lord M.
View GalleryWe begin on another of what Jess pointed out are EXTREMELY loving shots of Jenna Coleman as Queen Vic. She's in her carriage riding through streets where some people are waving and others yelling; we keep cutting back to very long shots of her staring directly at us.
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View the gallery Yay, Victoria! First, as ever, some housekeeping: Because Americans can't ever air a British costume drama without doing wacky things to the scheduling, this week's premiere is actually the two episodes bundled together. I understand why they paired these instead of running them
View GalleryVictoria Sleeps Guess who has a cute dog and sleeps in her mother's bedroom and whose uncle died and made her the Queen? Victoria Receives The Prime Minister I'm not going to get HUGELY into plot here -- in short, Victoria's the Queen; Rufus Sewell
Read moreWe covered Jenna Coleman at TCA promoting this already -- remember when everyone thought she was dating Prince Harry for like two weeks last summer? That was fun -- but I thought Fug Nation might want to see the actual trailer for Victoria, which is going to be on Masterpiece in 2017
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