Episode #1.5
- Episode aired Feb 7, 2017
- TV-MA
- 56m
A duel at dawn takes a surprising turn, Zilpha is met with darkness, the East India Company is under investigation, and Delaney faces a race against time to keep his plot a secret.A duel at dawn takes a surprising turn, Zilpha is met with darkness, the East India Company is under investigation, and Delaney faces a race against time to keep his plot a secret.A duel at dawn takes a surprising turn, Zilpha is met with darkness, the East India Company is under investigation, and Delaney faces a race against time to keep his plot a secret.
- Robert
- (as Louis Serkis)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Cholmondeley is stirring the cauldron he quotes Falstaff in Shakespeare's Henry IV part 1, act3 scene3.
- GoofsAt the duel, James' pistol is cocked as he points it at Geary's head. After moving it to shoot Geary's second, he cocks it again before shooting.
- Quotes
James Keziah Delaney: And you think she's beautiful?
Cholmondeley: Who?
James Keziah Delaney: The actress.
Cholmondeley: Hm! Not only is she among the large number of women I would sleep with, she's also among the much smaller group of women I would masturbate over.
The plot didn't progress in a broader sense, though it did more subtly: thanks to the 4D chess move of making both sides of the opposition face each other for the time being by James, more time has been bought, except he's now in a race against time because of the third side; however, due to a specific conversation between him and another character, that's a false alarm, concerning what it supposedly was on the surface, as it's still a race against time in a different way.
But there was also the tediously slow process of making a particular substance that I'll refrain from specifying, which achieved some headway, too. Those two aspects stood out the most regarding plot progression.
Besides that, the subplot with Zilpha and Thorne had significant development, especially at the end of the episode. My interpretation is that she's been suppressing herself, her nature, primarily because she was in denial and unaccepting of it, and that's on top of enduring the abuse; for religious reasons and the (religion-fueled) belief that it's deserved because of the 'her' suppressed: but now, that's over, exorcisms are what crosses the line for her, she's untethered and embracing herself, although one might wonder whether the exorcism directly did something regarding that. The supernatural is intentionally ambiguous in this show; it can go both ways: up to individual interpretations.
More subtly, I considered two instances with score cues impactful. The primary instance was during the scene with George Chichester and Solomon Coop, and it came across as the most impactful; the slowness and subtlety of it (both adding to the tension) were sublime. Then, there was the scene with James and Cholmondeley that occurred before that; the silence for most of it, transitioning to the score cue at the end, conveyed an impactful sense of possible impending danger and urgency.
I believe this episode could be the least liked/enjoyed one for some; it did seem the most "uneventful" one yet. But I still had an engaged time with it. I've yet to be bored; quite frankly, I don't see how anyone could.
- LegendaryFang56
- Dec 6, 2022
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- Filming locations
- Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK(served as the headquarters of the East India Company, and some rooms and the facade as the palace of the Prince Regent.)
- Production companies
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