The truth-telling side of Arthur worked well, whereas in the past he's mainly been depicted as a sister-contorlled fool.

There's certainly hope for Esher/Babbington. For one thing, he can only shine in comparison with her aunt.

Fair enough, I was harsh on Clara.

ITV could have embraced a tropetastic Regency romp, or had it stuck to relistic, Austenish mores...well, there should have been social comeback for Charlotte spendin most of a night unchaperoned in a coach with Sidney. And visitng a brothel.