The Buccaneers
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Oh, baby, the boys are brooding this week.
Its not just a little brooding, either.
Someone needs to give these English men a serotonin boost or something because they are very sad.
Is that part of their allure?
Things are a bit off from the get-go.
Nan has no idea it exists.
Instead, Theo chooses cruel passive aggressiveness, which by the end of things seems mostly like aggressive aggressiveness.
Jean almost immediately realizes she wasnt actually invited by Guy and Nan.
Its better than nothing.
They were equals and best friends, and thats what he wanted for himself.
Its everything Nan wants, too.
Its a charged moment that is left unresolved.
Dont worry; it doesnt take too long for them to rehash it.
Theres so much drama packed into those impeccably trimmed bushes.
One, he does not want to marry Jean.
Two, how dare she have any opinion about it after completely ignoring everything he wrote in his telegram.
She turns to Conchita for help.
Conchitas own life may be a disaster, but the girl is the perfect get-a-grip friend.
She can cut through the bullshit.
With that in mind, Nan decides to go find Guy and tell him HOW DARE HE.
How dare he love her!
How dare he put her in this awful position!
How dare he say all the right things and make her fall in love with him!
Upon realizing what shes done, Nan takes off, and Guy rushes after her.
They, of course, run into Theo, who is not havinganyof it.
which Theo mostly uses as an excuse to make fun of Guy for being poorer than him.
She wins the poker game but as she so dramatically points out, she feels like shes lost everything.
Later, during the actual bonfire of Bonfire Night, Nan really gives it to Guy.
She feels so betrayed twice shes trusted him, and hes proved it to be a mistake.
She wants nothing to do with him.
Guy doesnt fight back; he believes he has lost.
But you know who does fight to win back Nans good favor?
So, theres that.
She starts kissing this boy, too!
), but something tells me he isnt to be fully counted out just yet.
Nan St. Georges love life remains, as ever, quite complicated.
Nans not the only one!
Bonfires get people hot and bothered; its science.
Back in each others presence, Honoria and Mabel pick up right where they left off.
When Honoria tries to cheer her up by playing the game of pretend again, Mabel lashes out.
Her whole life is pretend.
The game is ridiculous and thinking they could have anything together is ridiculous.
Shes tired of it.
She walks off, leaving Honoria sobbing alone.
Mabels mothers disgust really did a number on our girl.
We still have several episodes to go, so most likely these two will figure things out.
Still, it turns out its not just the boys who are sad beyond repair on this show.
The days of pink poodles and spinning on lawns just for funsies are long gone.
She doesnt know how to change that.
And hes right the shame doesnt belong to Lizzy, it belongs to Seadown.
Lizzy decides to fight a little harder for her friendship with Jinny.
During the maze, she convinces her to ditch Seadown and hang out with her, like old times.
Of course, when Jinny returns, she faces consequences from her husband.
Jinnys situation is getting much, much worse.
I used to think that [the Americans] needed to be taught how to behave.
I wonder if its us who need to learn how to live, Honoria says.
Conchita and Dickie are secretly separated but still very into each other.
Whos going to give up what to make this relationship work?
Can you even imagine?
Do you think he was crying the whole time he was doing it?
The answer is yes, that man is like 85 percent angst.
(I cherish him.)
