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Fug the Show: Wolf Hall recap, “Master of Phantoms”

Jessica — Thu, 14 May 2015 16:00:41 -0700

Well, this escalated quickly. Additionally: although this final episode was, I thought, VERY strong and easily the most compelling of the series, I also felt like we were missing some connective tissue in the story. I know that Masterpiece has a way of trimming scenes between the original and the US airings -- which drives…

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Fug The Show: Wolf Hall, “Crows”

Jessica — Sat, 09 May 2015 01:30:02 -0700

Anne is basically the worst human being in the world, and very ungracious in victory, so it's hard to feel bad when someone tries to burn her whilst she sleeps. In other news, Henry VIII suffers that infamous jousting accident that makes him into a total nightmare, Queen Katherine finally shuffles off this mortal coil,…

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Fug the Show: Wolf Hall recap, “The Devil’s Spit”

Jessica — Fri, 01 May 2015 17:00:49 -0700

In which Anne Boleyn is just THE WORST.

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Fug The Show: Wolf Hall Recap, “Anna Regina”

Jessica — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:00:51 -0700

In which I realize I cannot TOTALLY follow the passage of time on this show; one of the great lady villains of Tudor-related Historical Fiction appears; there's a Protestent flash mob; a dude gets tossed into the Tower and burned at the stake; and Call-Me-Risley makes a brief but very well-accessorized appearance.

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Fug the Show: Wolf Hall, episode 2, “Entirely Beloved”

Jessica — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:00:22 -0700

In which Cromwell wins over Henry VIII to land himself a spot on the privy council, Wolsey kicks the bucket, and we all learn that life at Sir Thomas More's house is really, really weird.…

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Fug the Show: Wolf Hall, “Three Card Trick”

Jessica — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 00:46:41 -0700

First of all, apologies for how long it took me to get to this! The recap of Sunday's episode will hopefully come to you in a more timely fashion, now that I'm not on walkabout for The Royal We. Second: this show is extremely interesting. This episode, at least, feels quite internal, which is apt…

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