Mary and George
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If you were around for the2016 queer-character decimation, then you willunderstand my paincaused by this episode.
Its not like were drowning in women over here in Jamesian England, either.
So if youre saying we now have two women among our hordes of men, yes.
Dont kill queer characters!
Okay, moving on to the other events of the episode.
Everyone in England is also mad about the killing of fictional queer women.
Theyre super mad about Sir Walter Raleighs execution and the part Spain played in it.
James is meanwhile in his palace, being like, Well.
To be fair, I dont know how Id react to that either.
It seems like a waste of a pig.
Theyre not even sexy tableaux; theyre just silly.
Get it together, James (he will not).
To be fair, Parliament does seem very annoying, especially with the rise of the Puritans.
But the king needs Parliament to levy taxes, and it hasnt been called for six years.
James is in a pickle about burying the queen, not that hes really thinking about that.
He hasnt even gone to pay his respects to Queen Anne (again, see avoidant behavior).
James is also avoiding George, it seems, who now has long hair.
I dont know how I feel about the long hair!
Its Nicholas Galitzine, so he can pull it off, but its not my favorite.
Have none of you noticed what she is capable of?
Or how quickly reversals of fortune happen at court?
And now youve removed the thing she cares about the most, so what does she have to lose?
I imagine someone saying, Susan, and Mary saying, Who?
I had to look up her name because shes almost never mentioned.
I hope she got to marry that guy.
Mary asks Sir Edward to release Sandie, and he basically tells her to fuck off.
So Sandie might hang and Mary is feeling desperate, but also she currently has very little leverage.
Sir Edward comes for George and Kit (I love Kit).
They escape out the back while Georges very pregnant wife, Katherine (I looked it up!
), tries to seduce Sir Edward into letting George off the hook.
Katherine really is a team player.
Mary makes both of them apologize, but especially George.
As sheshould; he has been terrible.
She says shell fix it if George can get a pardon for Miss Brooks (Sandie).
The plan is to sacrifice Bacon by getting evidence from Diego that Diego paid him.
This act, of course, is to murder Sandie.
JUST NOT COOL, SHOW.
We have one episode left and not much time remaining in Jamess reign.
But Ill settle for her tearing everything else down in the wake of her icy fury.
That sounds pretty good, too.
