Season 3 spoiler question

Brilliant! haha "Soldiering through this mess..." Love it.

The actors really are great and make watching some of the odd plot choices still enjoyable. I especially enjoy Sara Wiseman, as so much of her copious earlier work isn't really available world wide.

I love one of he posters last year who coined "Grumpy Cat" Rene. After he/she wrote that, it just was SO apt, I couldn't stop thinking that and laughing when his scenes arrived.

My other fave a poster came up with was "Dopey" for George--again apt for two reasons, he was taking "dope" and acting, well, dopey!

Poor Climo. Having to portray a guy who went from rather in control and dashing to some kind of skulking idiot who apparently for the sake of his political career ignored every horrific thing about Regina that he actually knew--including not listening to all the smart women in his family whose opinions you'd think he would believe?!

But no. He becomes power hungry and hooks up with Satan-ess herself spouting dopey platitudes about her loyalty. And that was only in series 3! haha

He just turned into an unlikeable selfish man who was using Regina (not that we would feel for her but his intentions were awful) and doing things powerful men do which isn't very flattering.

(And I loved the writers' ham handed Rene resolution. The man survives the Spanish Civil War, the Nazis hunt for Jews in Paris, being arrested for Resistance work, 6 years brain damaged and anonymous in a mental hospital post war but dies....getting out of bed??!!! Mwwwoah!!)

And why was he even getting out of bed in the first place? That made no sense whatsoever. It was very contrived--even the camera resting on the cigarettes of whatever couldn't explain away him rising from major surgery immediately to, what? Go sneak a cheeky ciggie across the room?

Bye Rene. Sorry, mate. But you were surplus to requirements--always.

By Series 4, even at the end The Big Dopey still only saw Regina as "ill" and called doctors--instead of the bloody hangman. He also did the wrong/selfish thing there, as well. He apparently put family reputation above the law, by not letting the law take her and do what they could to convict her of the Milly's poisoning. So, George calls doctors instead for committal, apparently choosing that secret scandal over the public one--for selfish reasons.

So, no justice for Milly. For heaven's sake. George turned into something almost as bad as Regina by then, it seemed. Just selfish to the core, hiding behind the "family" reputation again.

It did seem at the end of 4 they were tying all the threads in some ways that were strung in 1-4. And I read the next one will jump 5 years or so, so it will find our characters probably having moved along quite far in life doing different things (like Olivia and Anna).

It sounds like a welcome reboot. But as you said glad the actors have consistent paychecks from this--that's a good thing. And the scenery is still great.

But how at the end Sarah could even look at George and have any respect for that numptie, his being the dad notwithstanding, is beyond ludicrous.

Bring back Peg! One of the few in the entire series who is pure of heart and action! :-))))))))))))))))