It was a very enjoyable, emotional episode on it's own.
Unfortunately, in the end the writers chose to mislead us to sell their narrative. They cherry pick statements from Charles to make it appears as if to an adult looking back it was a brutish experience where he was bullied and scared.
The reality is that real life, adult Charles claims that his experiences were formative and challenging in precisely the stereotypical way that was are led to believe motivated Philip to send him there.
The episode was so compelling that it made me want to study the history around this situation more, unfortunately on doing so, I found that I was intentionally misled and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
If you want to fully enjoy the episode, don't look into the history behind it. And don't read this review.
Unfortunately, in the end the writers chose to mislead us to sell their narrative. They cherry pick statements from Charles to make it appears as if to an adult looking back it was a brutish experience where he was bullied and scared.
The reality is that real life, adult Charles claims that his experiences were formative and challenging in precisely the stereotypical way that was are led to believe motivated Philip to send him there.
The episode was so compelling that it made me want to study the history around this situation more, unfortunately on doing so, I found that I was intentionally misled and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
If you want to fully enjoy the episode, don't look into the history behind it. And don't read this review.