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shallownessVictoria 2.4 The Sins of the Father
Spent most of the first part of the episode going ‘Well, that’s not helpful,’ because even if they hadn’t worked out it was post-partum depression, or certainly not come up with the label, a lot of people made deeply unhelpful comments to ‘out of sorts’ V.
The cross-dressing urchin had a name, and his story getting public set the cat among the pigeons. (But off he went, never to be mentioned again.) Although it was interesting to see Penge behaving a bit more as a butler ought, detective Liesen wasn’t going to threaten Miss Marple, I couldn’t bring myself to care overmuch about the big mystery of who tattled, until Skerrit finally came clean to Victoria about everything and was lucky because of the theme of the episode.
Sad Albert and grimmer Ernst would have been speaking German to each other, surely, but on ‘Victoria’, apparently German is only to be sung in.
Aaaand Leopold dropped quite the bombshell to give us full on angsty Albert. For contrast, we had to consider how unsuited Ernst was for the straitlaced whinger he was being set up with.
Meanwhile, Victoria was still low, but Peel dragged her to a hospital, and had to give a ‘you did your duty’ speech, but I couldn’t see why she couldn’t plead ‘just gave birth’ still. However, Duchess Diana Rigg (of all people) gave her some informed sympathy and later a puppy. I ought to have been more touched that it made V laugh, but all I could think was that she wasn’t the one who would be laundering the wee out.
Drunk Albert was predictably intense. Ernst confided he wasn’t going to marry a thistle.
I realised Wilhelmina is the Edith of the show. Why yes, I was more engaged by Wilhelmina being transparent about her feelings than the denied sekrit gay love. Until I’m given a reason not to (perhaps it is an ambitious marriage to an up-and-coming politician and no more on her part), I feel sorry for the fiancée.
Leopold deserved all the side-eyeing – it was predictable Albert wouldn’t take kindly to the information that he might be a bastard, and Leopold was as much thinking about himself as really wanting to offer Albert solace. In other news, I really liked Albert and Ernst’s braces.
Albert came home with his cloud of gloom, Victoria had got a little better and so they could talk about how this episode was brought to you by I for imposter.
2.5 Entente Cordiale
Albert was distrait, and given the content of the ‘previously’ it was only a question of whether he’d confide in his sister or (half-)brother first.
Victoria decided to go to France, and we heard more French spoken than German. She thought Drummond was being sent to keep an eye on her. Oh, Vicki, no, it was to have UST with your private secretary. Also, I am sure that her telling the French king/’king’ that his son wasn’t to take a Spanish child-bride because she didn’t want it to happen would totally go over fine.
I learned that the Victoria and Albert was a boat/ship before a museum. Victoria loving to travel any way she can continued.
Lots of chateau and period drama detail on lavish display.
ERNST!
French-speaking Wilhelmina blossomed in France, especially without the Duchess.
Apart from not knowing what was specifically upsetting Albert, Victoria didn’t seem to get the issue about the make-up or that there’s no point competing with Frenchwomen on looks and style.
I enjoyed her cousin adroitly fobbing her off, and she was confusing the issue – she wasn’t supporting a love match (or waiting till the Queen of Spain was old enough to make her own choices, at least), she was trying to spoil an alliance that wouldn’t have suited her country’s purposes. I couldn’t let the historic revisionism go, because yes, Victoria fell in love with her husband, but it was a political alliance before that. For once, there was enough in the script that they didn’t let Victoria and her relatability block that.
Wilhelmina (and Albert) got to see Ernst behaving very badly.
And then we had Albert, who’d been all Wagnerian, start the skinny dipping. What with the unrelated dunking/not keeping their hands off each other and Victoria and the other two ladies getting an eyeful it was all ‘female gaze, feel free to bask’. I judge, but I made an inelegant squeal at Ernst diving in mostly clothed.
My feelings about Victoria’s historical revisionism marred my feelings about her being the strong one for Albert.
But once he focused, he could give a speech about grapes and there were some puns, and it was all great. Not. I’d noticed they didn’t offer something for the son or Louis-Phillipe’s stability, so it was no surprise that the royal diplomatic mission came to naught. And Victoria and Albert being tight (and pregnant again) is not the same as having an army ready to fight, Vickster.
Spent most of the first part of the episode going ‘Well, that’s not helpful,’ because even if they hadn’t worked out it was post-partum depression, or certainly not come up with the label, a lot of people made deeply unhelpful comments to ‘out of sorts’ V.
The cross-dressing urchin had a name, and his story getting public set the cat among the pigeons. (But off he went, never to be mentioned again.) Although it was interesting to see Penge behaving a bit more as a butler ought, detective Liesen wasn’t going to threaten Miss Marple, I couldn’t bring myself to care overmuch about the big mystery of who tattled, until Skerrit finally came clean to Victoria about everything and was lucky because of the theme of the episode.
Sad Albert and grimmer Ernst would have been speaking German to each other, surely, but on ‘Victoria’, apparently German is only to be sung in.
Aaaand Leopold dropped quite the bombshell to give us full on angsty Albert. For contrast, we had to consider how unsuited Ernst was for the straitlaced whinger he was being set up with.
Meanwhile, Victoria was still low, but Peel dragged her to a hospital, and had to give a ‘you did your duty’ speech, but I couldn’t see why she couldn’t plead ‘just gave birth’ still. However, Duchess Diana Rigg (of all people) gave her some informed sympathy and later a puppy. I ought to have been more touched that it made V laugh, but all I could think was that she wasn’t the one who would be laundering the wee out.
Drunk Albert was predictably intense. Ernst confided he wasn’t going to marry a thistle.
I realised Wilhelmina is the Edith of the show. Why yes, I was more engaged by Wilhelmina being transparent about her feelings than the denied sekrit gay love. Until I’m given a reason not to (perhaps it is an ambitious marriage to an up-and-coming politician and no more on her part), I feel sorry for the fiancée.
Leopold deserved all the side-eyeing – it was predictable Albert wouldn’t take kindly to the information that he might be a bastard, and Leopold was as much thinking about himself as really wanting to offer Albert solace. In other news, I really liked Albert and Ernst’s braces.
Albert came home with his cloud of gloom, Victoria had got a little better and so they could talk about how this episode was brought to you by I for imposter.
2.5 Entente Cordiale
Albert was distrait, and given the content of the ‘previously’ it was only a question of whether he’d confide in his sister or (half-)brother first.
Victoria decided to go to France, and we heard more French spoken than German. She thought Drummond was being sent to keep an eye on her. Oh, Vicki, no, it was to have UST with your private secretary. Also, I am sure that her telling the French king/’king’ that his son wasn’t to take a Spanish child-bride because she didn’t want it to happen would totally go over fine.
I learned that the Victoria and Albert was a boat/ship before a museum. Victoria loving to travel any way she can continued.
Lots of chateau and period drama detail on lavish display.
ERNST!
French-speaking Wilhelmina blossomed in France, especially without the Duchess.
Apart from not knowing what was specifically upsetting Albert, Victoria didn’t seem to get the issue about the make-up or that there’s no point competing with Frenchwomen on looks and style.
I enjoyed her cousin adroitly fobbing her off, and she was confusing the issue – she wasn’t supporting a love match (or waiting till the Queen of Spain was old enough to make her own choices, at least), she was trying to spoil an alliance that wouldn’t have suited her country’s purposes. I couldn’t let the historic revisionism go, because yes, Victoria fell in love with her husband, but it was a political alliance before that. For once, there was enough in the script that they didn’t let Victoria and her relatability block that.
Wilhelmina (and Albert) got to see Ernst behaving very badly.
And then we had Albert, who’d been all Wagnerian, start the skinny dipping. What with the unrelated dunking/not keeping their hands off each other and Victoria and the other two ladies getting an eyeful it was all ‘female gaze, feel free to bask’. I judge, but I made an inelegant squeal at Ernst diving in mostly clothed.
My feelings about Victoria’s historical revisionism marred my feelings about her being the strong one for Albert.
But once he focused, he could give a speech about grapes and there were some puns, and it was all great. Not. I’d noticed they didn’t offer something for the son or Louis-Phillipe’s stability, so it was no surprise that the royal diplomatic mission came to naught. And Victoria and Albert being tight (and pregnant again) is not the same as having an army ready to fight, Vickster.
