what will he do next? Sell insurance? Become a private I? Any thoughts?
shareI am curious to see what happens.
I have not read the books but from what I understand Amanda is not the one he ends up with. I know a movie or series often divert from the book but this is sounds so far from the books there is no telling what direction this takes the show
Do you think her husband will ever consent to a divorce....and if he did would he name Sidney as a co respondent ??? Won,t the bishop be thrilled with that!!!a d is she goi g to move into the vicarage???this is still early 50,s England...this will never fly...guy will come to collect his wayward wife.
shareAgreed. I'm afraid "Grantchester" is becoming another series with 2016 sensibilities that is just being set in an earlier time period (1950s).
No priests from this period (whether they're AC, RCC, or others), especially those who are concerned with his upward career mobility, would ever consider starting a relationship with a married woman who's pregnant with a baby she bears with her husband. Come to think of it, no priests would've frequented a bar every night and got so drunk, they almost shagged the barmaid.
I thought "Downton Abbey" was the only show guilty of this "politically correct" behaviors (esp. in the latter series), but I guess it now affects other British period dramas as well :-(.
An alternate ending for me would've been the end of S2E5 where Sidney told Amanda to get loss, after saying "Why are you here? What’s the point??” And she leaves Sidney for good, never to appear on screen again.
Alas, we don't get that ending :-(.
I could see them together under different circumstances but not with Sidney a vicar in a small village. Not in the 1950's.
shareI think the charge of 2016 sensibilities only comes to play if people get away with behaviours which we consider innocuous.
Vicars and Preachers did sometimes get drunk and fumble barmaids in the 1950s (and in the 1650s - I'm reading some very funny 17th Century satirical ballads and pamphlets about misbehaving Priests and Preachers right now!).
What was different in each era were the consequences - and Grantchester so far hasn't ducked the harder facts about the risks that the characters are facing.
(For example - it shows the Dean preparing to sack Sidney for all the public drinking, barmaid fumbling for bringing the church into disrepute etc, while going out of his why to protect a child molester.)
DebauchedSloth:
Did you find those satirical 17th century ballads and pamphlets online? I'm interested in reading them.
There's a sample of some of the ballads and broadsides online here:
http://www.lukehistory.com/resources/index.html
One of my favourite ballads is The Saint Turned Sinner, or the Dissenting Parson's Text
Under the Quaker's Petticoats, which includes a woodcut of the Quaker boxing the Parson's ears:
http://www.lukehistory.com/ballads/stsinner.html
I managed to find a recording of the Saint Turned Sinner on Spotify:
https://play.spotify.com/album/0a7nZ0UlndbVl8RKWQkekk
Thank you!!! I saw your links earlier but didn't have a chance to spend more than a few minutes on lukehistory.com. I'm not very skilled at Old English and don't get all of the references but planned to spend time reading them later.
I tried to listen to the recording just now but am having a problem with Adobe Flash. (I have a new computer so may have to install it.) When I get it figured out and listen to it I'll let you know.
I've been wondering since the first season if Sidney is going to end his career as a vicar. I sense he isn't thinking much about upward career mobility. I don't doubt that vicars drank and frequented bars in the 1950s in England and I've heard jokes on other shows about drunk vicars. (Downton Abbey for example.) I'm waiting to see if Sidney decides he would be happier with and better suited for a different career.
shareThere's a difference between 1950s
real world and 1950s idyllic
television portrayals. It's called
censorship.
The entertainment industry would do well to heed that censorship and revisionism is as contemptible coming from the left as it is coming from the right. These are the same folks who ban some authors from college campuses and primary grade schools (e.g., Mark Twain).
In the case of Grantchester, I don't know who their history consultants are, but the show often bears little resemblance of the social mores, customs, and language of the 1950s ( both UK & US). There is more to authenticate a period in history than the "right" dress and phonograph record.
The entertainment industry would do well to heed that censorship and revisionism is as contemptible coming from the left as it is coming from the right. . . . Grantchester . . . often bears little resemblance of the social mores, customs, and language of the 1950s ( both UK & US).Well said.
Unless they differ from the books, myndchanger, he ends up with another woman.
shareIn the books Amanda didn't marry Guy and wasn't pregnant. And in the books Sidney marries the German woman. So I'm sure they won't allow Amanda and Sidney a happy ending, rest assured!! After all it British TV!!
shareWell, who knows. Mr. Runcie is listed as a writer for the show (12 episodes) so maybe he's using this as a way to explore storylines he didn't get to in the books. I watch The Walking Dead and the writer of the graphic novels on which the show is based also writes for the show, and while they still do follow certain plots he has also deviated from others, i.e. some characters that are still alive in the graphic novels are dead in the show and vice versa, some romantic relationships are changed. One of the most popular characters on the show doesn't even exist in the source material.
So perhaps Mr. Runcie is also enjoying being able to explore the path not taken in the books. It's rather like those Choose Your Adventure books I recall from my childhood where the story would change based on choices the readers made. This way he gave Sidney one life partner in the books (a totally boring and safe choice IMO) and maybe he wants to give him another one in the show. It's hard for me to see how it could happen too, given the pregnancy, but ultimately these are Mr. Runcie's characters so he can do with them what he pleases. I'll continue to watch either way.
I'm disappointed as well.
shareLOL i do not see them ending up together at all. As some posters have said this is 1950's Britain. If they do end up together you can expect a nasty divorce, Amanda losing custody of her child, Sidney named in the case when Amanda is accused of adultery and the couple having to leave the village.
Its sad but I think Season 3 will see the conclusion of their friendship. Its Amanda I feel more sorry for, she's trapped with no real way out.
Good point about the 50s, and yes Amanda is stuck. But she knew she was stuck going in. As did Sidney.
Especially as you say in 1950s Britain.