I love it. When I first saw I just bought b/c Michael Fassbender and Christina Cole were in it (different episodes tho.) I love that Julian Fellowes is doing a Hitchcock but he comes in and out of each episode. I loved the first episode but I don't totally agree with Felloews' analysis of how Bravo died.
If Charles Bravo was slowly poisoning Florence why did she have a miscarriage before she met him? Anyways.
As I recall, Florence's pregnancy before she met Charles Bravo was aborted, not miscarried.
I agree with you, I think the series is fantastic, and hope that more episodes will be produced. I had expected a great series from Julian Fellowes, having absolutely loved "Gosford Park". I was not at all disappointed.
Your're right, it was Dr. Gully's child she was carrying before she met Charles, and Dr. Gully performed the abortion himself. The abortion could have damaged her, so that she couldn't carry her later pregnancies to term, but there's no way to tell. She never succeeded in having a child, so we don't know if her problems were the result of the abortion, or because of poisoning, or just because her health was failing. She certainly didn't seem to have any trouble conceiving.
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This was the pilot episode for Julian Fellowes Investigates. In the interviews he said his wife and son both disagreed with his conclusion, and also disagreed with each other. I think he got this one right. His explanations make a lot of sense. It's a great irony that Charles was trying to kill his wealthy wife and then killed himself by accident. Never keep poison around the house! It never says whether Florence's health improved after Charles's death, but then she shortly succumbed to her alcoholism anyway.
I agree, and it provides an explanation for why Charles wouldn't say just what had happened until it was too late. He was hoping he'd survive. If he admitted he'd taken the poison himself accidentally, it would lead to questions, like why did he have such a poison in his room anyway? He might have feared that people would start putting the pieces together, and accuse him of trying to poison Florence.
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