Sanditon
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Season two ofSanditonforever!!
The writers have just thrown everything from season one overboard, and I love it so very much.
This episode was particularly satisfying because there was KISSING.
There were LONG LINGERING LOOKS.
And it just gets better from there.
Minus the Esther parts, but I am choosing to deftly compartmentalize those.
The Event of the Week in Sanditon is a ball (a ball!!!).
The initial drama is that the shopkeepers are refusing to supply it since the soldiers havent paid their debts.
Tom says the ball must be canceled (no!!!).
Arthur determines to fix things because Arthur is the best brother of all brothers.
He plans to make Lady Denham believe she is mad and have her committed.
I hate it so much.
She isnt hearing from Babington because Edward is still hiding his letters.
But Babington will come!
I told my friend.
The actor who plays himleft the show, she replied.
I was as plunged into despair as Miss Hankins not finding the yarn she needs to complete her woolens.
They can be like theLadies of Llangollen, but with a baby.
Since Alison has dumped Captain Carter, the field is clear for Fraser.
However, Alison says shes just going to leave and go back to the farm.
Then she talks about how she knows Charlottes heart is basically healed because ofColonel Lennox.
In this episode, Charlottes friends show terrible judgment, except in their personal romantic choices.
Alison and Georgiana are all in on Lennox when Alex isright there.
Again, I knowJane Eyrehasnt been written, but the parallels are so clear!!
And he doesnt even have a wife locked in his attic!
That we know of!
Anyway, Alison agrees to go the ball (the ball!!).
Speaking of Georgiana, she tricks Arthur into leaving her and Charles Lockhart chaperoneless for her portrait session.
He paints her while they sit on a garden path (nice) with her hair down.
Charles tells her he is not painting her for money but for love.
They kiss on the garden path!!
Then he stormed off.
Therefore, when she walks to work and sees him coming, Charlotte hides behind a tree.
I hope she tells him about this ten years into their marriage.
Ugh, I love this town/show.
He again tells her to stay away from that man.
Youre being really Sidneyish right now, Alex.
He now says he regretshowhe spoke to her, but not the intention behind it.
She asks if thats an apology (lol) and when he says yes, she accepts it.
This is a decent compromise!
Meanwhile, Alison and Captain Fraser walk together on a very British, windy, cold-looking beach.
Shes still upset with him because she thinks he was laughing at her while being aware of Carters lies.
And no one can get the law after them because theyre war heroes.
This is the worst!!
Colonel Lennox is the worst!!
Mary tells Tom, and when he admits he is in debt, she is understandably very frustrated.
Tom feels overwhelmingly guilty.
Its time for the ball!!!
Lennox tells Fraser he will propose to Charlotte (what??
At the ball, Georgiana and Charles make eyes at each other.
Tom tells Charlotte he knows Sidney would want to see her dancing again.
Aw, Tom is trying!
I love everyone in this bar.
And maybe Carter, but I dunno, he just seems kind of dumb.
You are a gem among this terrible bunch of soldiers.
Charles and Georgiana dance and then go outside to talk.
They hold hands in the dark (gasp!).
Charles tells her hes leaving tomorrow after her portrait is finished.
Get right outta here with that, Charles.
Look, I like them, but no.
First of all, you seem to control your own schedule, so you could wait longer.
You cant be all live and take a chance!
when youre taking basically no chances yourself in that situation.
Only Charlottes not saying much because she doesnt give afigfor Colonel Lennox.
Charlotte loves deeply pained and complicated men, Lennox!
Youre just an asshole.
Doesnt meet the mark.
When he asks if shes thought about her future, she excuses herself.
Okay, so then Alex and Augusta walk in, and Charlotte and Alex dointense across-the-room eye contact.
Like, the best that Jane Austen adaptations have to offer.
Slow violin music plays.
They smile softly at each other.
I kid you not when I say that even writing this, I paused and watched it again.
There isso much sustained eye contact, ten out of ten.
Charlotte excuses herself due to the hotness of the situation.
A MR. COLLINS PROPOSAL.
I was watching this whole episode silently, but Igaspedat this.
And that he was saving her from her squalid existence.
This isthat guyon a dating app just after hes been rejected.
Alex sees Charlotte as shes leaving and asks what Lennox said to her.
He is finally going to tell her!
But, scandalously, at his house (at night!).
COLONEL LENNOX (dun dun dun!).
So Leo is Lucy and Lennoxs child.
Shegrabs his hand, and I die.
They just full-on go for it!
This is the penultimate episode, and there is a lot to wrap up!
We know theres another season coming, so there will likely bedangling plot threads, which: noooo.
But honestly, wow, hasSanditonever redeemed itself this season.
