Mary and George
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BetweenMary & GeorgeandThe Serpent Queen, I amquite pleasedwith the web connection.
This show is a delight.
(I love it.)
We begin in 1592!
Mary Villiers (Moore) gives birth, and the servant immediately drops the baby.
We flash to 1612, and George is 19.
This comes off as a regular situation that she takes in stride.
Places that arent banging the maid, because thats mainly what hes doing right now.
Mary tells him, Thats not how it works; thats not how a single thing fucking works.
(I love it so much.)
The fact that Mary can make him do anything except lie in a field of daisies is astonishing.
Should this whole recap just be Mary quotes?
Also, thank God theyre still casting Julianne Moore in things.
Remember whenBette Davis put out an adright afterWhatever Happened to Baby Jane?looking for work?
She was 54 when that movie came out.
Moore is currently 63.
Georges father dies, and no one is sad because he was terrible.
That son, John, islovelyand really likes giraffes.
Again, no one is sad about this man dying.
So her only option is to remarry.
The 1600s, am I right?
But also pretty recently?
Shes at a Jacobean party!
Everyone is wearing animal-related outfits.
I have no idea why Mary is combining a pheasant and a donkey, but Im not complaining.
(It is perfect.)
She introduces herself to Sir Thomas Compton as his next wife.
A bold move, and it works.
Now that Mary has money, George is off to France!
George also learns to fence and dance and bang dudes.
I dont know if hell be showing up again, but I suspect not.
Good for him, he does a great job casually standing there with it all hangin out.
Pure poetry, right there.
HesVincent Van Gogh from thatDoctor Whoepisode!
He and Somerset make out in front of Mary.
Mary finds an ally in Jamess entourage, who will give George an opportunity to be seen by James.
Everyone around George is very confident in his handsomeness.
At Marys house, George sneaks into her room and takes a knife from her drawer.
She goes out and finds George sitting against a tree, threatening to cut his wrist.
She shows him a better way of doing it.
AGAIN, BE AWARE OF ALL THIS.
I wonder how long before she had them cut the cord.
Also, that cord is only so long, so its going to get annoying.
Anyway, she tells George that James saw him, and he stopped Somerset because hes interested.
So now they have to find a way to get George in front of James again.
Yes, it will, because it did in history.
But what a presumably fun journey well have along the way!
