Mary and George
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The banging has arrived.
For a sexy-history show there wasnt a lot, and I was gettinganxious.
Does she look terrible on purpose?
Francis Bacon prompts questions.
Also, Francis Bacon is there now!
Makes it slightly more tolerable in retrospect.
And did you know Bacon courted Lady Hatton before she rejected him in favor of Edward Coke?
Mary knows about Georges difficulty in seeing the king, so she goes to court.
We know this because everyone says its bad, including the king.
George, pouting by the fire, asks Mary what happened to Sir David.
She tells him not to worry about it.
If I murdered someone, I also wouldnt tell George.
The Somersets are the worst.
Amidst this, Mary approaches James and mentions how poorly hes being treated by the Somersets.
Again, this seems terrible, but it is maybe all on purpose?
Perhaps the vomit is strategic not because of where it lands but because its happening at all.
Mary is playing 4-D chess, and I am furrowing my brow at Candyland.
This man, the Earl of Essex, visits Mary to warn her not to get in Francess way.
He claims he is only impotent because Frances used a spell.
I would also tell my friend not to marry Frances.
George meets Francis Bacon in a brothel, and Francis encourages George to stand up to Somerset.
This seems like a terrible idea.
George then has sex with a male sex worker and gets smallpox.
The Somersets make fun of him because theyre the worst.
Moms, am I right?
What a strange family.
We see a montage of all the Somersets accomplices being tried, convicted, and hanged.
Francess maid, Miss Turner, is hanged!
I was so surprised!
Also, this all really happened!
This show is shockingly faithful to historical events while maintaining its Starz-required sexiness.
Somerset panics and goes to a still-very-ill Georges bedside to plead with him to intervene with James.
Complete and utter garbage, but he tries it.
Then they bang in front of the fire.
George still has smallpox, but okay!
Frances is found guilty!
Somerset is found guilty!
In jail later, she delivers the baby, and they immediately take it away.
As the parent of a tiny baby, this was very upsetting to watch (maybe also for non-parents?
(kindly exercise caution in clicking that link, which contains historical spoilers.)
Mary comes back to court looking amazing, and everyone is like,wow, what a transformation.
Marys so powerful sheShes All Thatd herself.
We see the aforementioned Gentileschi painting again,Judith Beheading Holofernes, which also features in the opening credits.
Its very much Mary taking control and ending the Somerset reign.
I love that it was painted at the same time as these events!
Mary says she has never acted a day in her life.
They both low-key threaten each other and then sit back and watch George play his undetermined instrument.
So now George is on top!
Again, both literally and figuratively.
Lets just gay up everyone; Pride Month is only, like, a month away.
