Sanditon
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Season two ofSanditoncontinues to surprise me by being extremely fun.
The gloom is taken away from everything!
Theres no scowling Sidney or Im in tremendous debt Tom or darkly scheming Edward and Esther!
Georgiana and Alison are walking around having a grand old time, so Im glad we solved that mystery.
Who did Charlotte play when the Bronte children acted out theirfantasy world of Glass Town?
The same Wellington who fought Napoleon.
Whom does Colonel Lennox hate?
My evidence stuns the courtroom, case closed.
Bring Charlotte Bronte back and make her rewrite it.
The term mess dinner seems to merely indicate that the army is hosting it.
Colonel Lennox invites anyone worth knowing, i.e., all our friends.
Which is one reason I lovedthe finale ofThe Gilded Age!
The mess dinner serves this excellent purpose.
Charlotte is mopey about Sidney, but not too mopey since she has a job now.
A vote of confidence!
So heres the thing!
Leo wants to be called Leo.
Leo wants to be a pirate.
Leo wants to wear short britches.
Charlotte takes Colbournes cue and tries teaching Leo and Augusta embroidery.
Its just not very creative.
Leo says its like a pirate thats never gutted a man.
Thats a good observation, Leo.
I love that Augusta is 18 and still being classified as a youth who needs a governess.
Normalize 18-year-olds still being very young!
Captain Carter is the soldier who checked on Alison after she was flung onto the beach.
Alison decides she is now in love with him.
Youknowthat Alison will end up with Captain Carters friend, Captain Fraser.
But it is the journey, not the destination, and the journey looks to be immensely fun.
What if Captain Fraser pulls a Cyrano de Bergerac in this situation!
I cannot explain my love for the pious Hankinses except in saying that they seem so well intentioned.
Beatrice Hankins follows Esther out, telling Mr. Hankins she needs to remind Esther of something.
But then Beatrice tells her that she has heard of a midwife who can help women who are struggling.
Ladies looking after ladies.
More kind characters doing kind things!
Back at the Colbourne house, Charlotte is making Leo and Augusta collect snails.
Obviously, only Leo is following this instruction, as Augusta is busy thinking of new spinster jabs.
Charlotte tells Leo they will study their specimens like malacologists (those who study mollusks).
Brooding about his deceased wife?
It is unclear if he has a job and what that job might be if he does.
Everything is dusty and abandoned.
Charlotte just goes along with this plan because she does not know about the west wingorMrs.
Charlotte thinks shell be fired, but as usual, Colbourne is all I am impressed by your audacity.
He loses the bet to the housekeeper, and Charlotte keeps governessing.
But lets talk about the mess dinner!
What if the red herrings had tiny red flags?).
The Byronic artist Mr. Lockhart is interested in Georgiana and goes through Arthur to get to her.
I hope he also likes Arthur.
Arthur is the cutest cinnamon roll of a person, and he deserves everything.
Napoleon fought the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815!
Lennox almost calls Lockhart out, but Lady Denham tells Lennox to ignore him because hes just an artist.
Georgiana later comes outside and chats with Lockhart.
Lockhart currently merits a B-minus in my book.
Georgiana replies that she forgot Lady Denham lived a life of such deprivation.
It is a nice gesture!
What a stellar party.
The next day (I think), a footman tells Lady Denham and Esther they have a visitor.
And who is it??
Well, shes back.
Back, seemingly impoverished, AND PREGNANT.
She says its Edwards, and Lady Denhams eyes burn with demonic fury.
What a delightful soap opera of a show.
