The Buccaneers
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Weve all been doing New Years Eve wrong.
No, it should be a night celebrated with maximum drama.
Now,The Buccaneersdoes New Years Eve right.
Remember, kids, this is the 1870s!
Theres no group chat to spread the hot gossip!
Can you even imagine the amount of telegrams and hand-delivered letters flying around the English countryside following that lunch?
They are all anyone wants to talk about, or, rather, not talk about.
Most people cant believe Nans showing her face or that Theo still wants to marry her.
It must be love, one person notes.
It could definitely be witchcraft.
Or, hey, maybe an unplanned pregnancy to bring the whole situation full circle.
Nan cant stand it and she runs off.
You have to feel a little for Theo here.
People have cried in bathrooms during parties for much less (you know who you are).
Things really only spiral from here.
He is her escape now and forever, it seems.
Guy and Nan always find their way to one another.
And so, the good Duke decides to confront his friend just moments before the clock strikes midnight.
Truly, no notes.
Nan has some thoughts, though!
Go to this man!
Oh, she is livid.
Outside, among the New Years fireworks display, Nan reams Theo out.
I have been terrified of you finding out, consumed by it, she tells him.
She tells Theo that this isnt about Guy or him; its about her.
Oh, baby, I love when these hot dummies start to get petty with each other.
Nans follow-up conversation with Guy isnt great, either.
This poor woman is left heartbroken and confused on the side of a carousel.
Hasnt she been through enough?
And what about that third little line in this wildly messy love triangle?
Best buddies Guy and Theo need to talk things out, too.
They share a warm moment on the stairs as Theo nurses his wounds.
How else can it be, really?
The two men hug it out one last time.
Theirs is not the only truth revealed in this episode, though.
We get some major movement on Richards past and the depths of horribleness to which his parents descend.
You thought they couldnt get any lower, and yet!
Honoria, this shows secret MVP, lets be honest (Mia Threapleton is great, no?
), has been subtly changing before our eyes thanks to her time with Mabel.
Could you even imagine the Honoria we first met having the conversation she does with Richard in this episode?
He deserves to be free of it.
I gasped at the pure heartlessness in this conversation.
This woman is a witch, and I hope she accidentally falls out of a window or something.
They suffocate you with their silence, he says.
Conchita holds him close and reminds him that shes his family now.
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Oh yes, babes!
Even in a party full of people talking about his scandalous affair, Tracy is hitting on younger women.
She tries to make an escape during the party, but chickens out in the end.
Her situation is even more complicated than we thought: Shes secretly pregnant.
(This episode was written by Roanne Bardsley.)
