Life is hard in 18th-century Cornwall, Elizabeth! Marry him and then put a pillow over his face in the night, if he proves too arduous a mate. The fact that some of that destitution is the result of conscious choices by George designed to trap her into marriage aside, I am very unconvinced that she would be worse off with George than with Francis, who was a nice enough, well-meaning man, but also an idiot. The old lady delivers what is really an A-plus biblical speech about how the Devil also took Jesus up to the mountain and promised to give him furs and dresses and phaetons and trips to Bath and London in exchange for his soul, and I totally respect that game, old lady, but you are 90 years old and Elizabeth is the mother of a young child and faces destitution. Ross is married to someone else, and could never provide for her or her HORRIBLE now-bedridden mother. I have looked at this in many possible ways, and I hate to tell you this, and I expect to be rightly judged for it, but I think she should accept his offer of marriage. I’d like to state this for the record: If Verity dies in childbirth, I will burn this mother down.Īs we wait for Demelza and Elizabeth to reach their invariable showdown, the crux of this particular episode brings the question of Elizabeth and George to the conclusion for which he has been working. Oh also: Verity, who never gets to talk about her own stuff, is pregnant. Worrying merely about his affections being forever split? That’s altogether more reasonable. She later speaks rather touchingly of her fears to Verity, but if she thinks that Ross would leave her for the now-single Elizabeth, she’s bananas. Why not, I say!įlush with success from having dodged the logical consequences of his actions once more, Ross decides to tell Demelza about the fast one he pulled to infuse Elizabeth with cash. He’s thinking about taking to the sea, which is SUCH a thing. I think it’s for the best, personally, but I’m sure she’ll be back. Enys gets a 50-pound fine for his bonfire and a Dear John letter from Pug Lady, who has heard his explanations and moved on with her life. Jud’s hair is a flaxen sort of blond! Who knew? Ross dodges responsibility, while Dr. Ross is flanked by a shockingly clean Jud and Prudie to vouch for his whereabouts. The court, where we spend so much of our time these days, has been roused to try Ross and Dr. Enys had Snapchatted Pug Lady last week to say, “Sorry, something came up, have to resched, here is a pic of me wearing a halo,” the mood around these parts would be very different.
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Of course Poldark's obsession with Elizabeth is going to make the series more interesting but I am happily hooked and I vaguely remember the 70's series I have a feeling this is going to be superior in most respects.I often suspect the reason why so many period dramas are produced - despite their extraordinary cost and niche appeal - is that the constant improvement in smartphone technology renders so many tried-and-true plot devices null and void. You already sense with her mining background and her willingness to work hard for very little, she is going to be of great use to Ross Poldark. Of course Demelza is not the child the series would have us believe, but children grew up much quicker in those far off days, and Demelza's poverty and problems with her family would force her to grow up faster than most. Apart from the cameraman's preoccupation of showing us the Cornish coast from the saddle of Poldark's horse, it is visually stunning and the period enhances the feel of a young man returning from war to an uncertain future and trying to resurrect the family fortune in a disused mine. Poldark is a most promising series with a lively young cast and strong storyline - who can resist an eternal triangle = against the dramatic backdrop of the Cornish coast, and Aidan Turner is a likable hero whose rugged looks create a hit with the local ladies.