nearly two days later
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shallownessThe Musketeers 3.6 Fool’s Gold
Well, we had this series’s guerrilla nuns equivalent, terrible situational awareness from Athos (who was injured and then poisoned but then was fine to fight, and a bit obsessed with getting Grimauld, but he should know that desperate women will lie and cheat) and Louis making up but not really with Anne. Apparently the Musketeers believe absolutely in a women’s sovereignty over herself or something. Pfffff.
A good opening gag with the cadet, and then no gratitude at all from anyone to Sylvie for giving them a more specific clue about Grimauld’s location than ‘east’. Despite being crushed by a building, D’Artagnan and Porthos were fine after the last episode, Athos not so much.
Near to Grimauld’s village of origin, in Not!tingham Forest, was an encampment of mainly women and girls with excellent traps that the cocky Musketeers walked into. One took one’s fun where one could, as Juliette, their leader, was obviously traumatised by having been a child sex slave, Elodie was heavily pregnant with her probably dead soldier husband’s baby, and they were being harried by soldiers (actually ex-convicts) who were desperate enough to kill old women. Basically, they had little cause to trust men, even our charming foursome. Not that Athos was being charming.
The others got waylaid from their mission by the encampment’s problems, he had a battle of wills with Meera Syal and let Grimauld (and Gaston) get away. D’Artagnan felt sympathy for another soldier, but this one was an ex-convict who wasn’t violently mentally ill and so could be left with thenunsencampment safely at the end. This was after they’d all been betrayed by another soldier/convict. Aramis had to deal the most with hostile Juliette (I’d thought she’d given the gold to Grimaud, but she’d spent it on the most barricaded woman’s refuge in a historical adventure drama), while Porthos got to show some finer feelings. Elodie was a nice mix of feisty and vulnerable, a pregnant archer and part-time healer. As a soldier, Porthos could tell her the truth or comforting lies about what likely happened to her husband. She was great until she went into labour and tried to ignore it for the big climactic fight. Instead of going into the caves...she pulled Porthos away from the fighting to play midwife.
Let’s concentrate on the excellent traps and skills of the not-so-merry women.
Or move to the palace, where everyone was in sumptuous clothes while the country suffered the ravages of war, and Treville and Anne were trying to get Louis to set up a sensible Regency for after his death. He was mainly self-involved and hurting from his betrayal, even after Treville alluded to the cavorting with Milady – Louis seemed determined to erase that, blame Anne for wanting love (respect would have been nice) and then, instead of forgiving her and yes, ceding power to someone he doesn’t trust, punished her. Politically, I get that she’s Spanish and thus a difficult sell as Regent, but the fact that he was still considering Gaston! The Dauphin is so not safe under his protection. Anne is always going to put the child first. Stupid, petty Louis.
I was a little worried about Athos's survival, but he seemed to get over the poison fine, and his fevered dreams have emphasised what Sylvie means to him. Besides, he has to face off with Grimauld...
Entertaining enough in the moment.
Well, we had this series’s guerrilla nuns equivalent, terrible situational awareness from Athos (who was injured and then poisoned but then was fine to fight, and a bit obsessed with getting Grimauld, but he should know that desperate women will lie and cheat) and Louis making up but not really with Anne. Apparently the Musketeers believe absolutely in a women’s sovereignty over herself or something. Pfffff.
A good opening gag with the cadet, and then no gratitude at all from anyone to Sylvie for giving them a more specific clue about Grimauld’s location than ‘east’. Despite being crushed by a building, D’Artagnan and Porthos were fine after the last episode, Athos not so much.
Near to Grimauld’s village of origin, in Not!tingham Forest, was an encampment of mainly women and girls with excellent traps that the cocky Musketeers walked into. One took one’s fun where one could, as Juliette, their leader, was obviously traumatised by having been a child sex slave, Elodie was heavily pregnant with her probably dead soldier husband’s baby, and they were being harried by soldiers (actually ex-convicts) who were desperate enough to kill old women. Basically, they had little cause to trust men, even our charming foursome. Not that Athos was being charming.
The others got waylaid from their mission by the encampment’s problems, he had a battle of wills with Meera Syal and let Grimauld (and Gaston) get away. D’Artagnan felt sympathy for another soldier, but this one was an ex-convict who wasn’t violently mentally ill and so could be left with the
Let’s concentrate on the excellent traps and skills of the not-so-merry women.
Or move to the palace, where everyone was in sumptuous clothes while the country suffered the ravages of war, and Treville and Anne were trying to get Louis to set up a sensible Regency for after his death. He was mainly self-involved and hurting from his betrayal, even after Treville alluded to the cavorting with Milady – Louis seemed determined to erase that, blame Anne for wanting love (respect would have been nice) and then, instead of forgiving her and yes, ceding power to someone he doesn’t trust, punished her. Politically, I get that she’s Spanish and thus a difficult sell as Regent, but the fact that he was still considering Gaston! The Dauphin is so not safe under his protection. Anne is always going to put the child first. Stupid, petty Louis.
I was a little worried about Athos's survival, but he seemed to get over the poison fine, and his fevered dreams have emphasised what Sylvie means to him. Besides, he has to face off with Grimauld...
Entertaining enough in the moment.
