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And of course, once more, The Tourist Board of Cornwall would like to thank the BBC’s principle photography team for all they do to fill their county’s coffers. Especially as the realities of the extreme conservatism continue to ruin lives in the UK and possibly soon over here as well. Unwin Trevaunance: “That must be the crowd clamouring for me! Will you join me outside?”Ĭaroline: “Why not? I do enjoy a baying mob.”īut these quibbles aside, the joy of returning to the progressive virtues of this male bodice ripping historical fantasy cannot be ignored.
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Had he really offed himself so early in the season? Or would the show honor the books and make his powder too wet to fire? The poor Brits had to wait a whole week for the answer, us Americans had to wait ten minutes. “Please look at the pug, not the way my dress hangs.” (Screenshot image via the BBC)Īlso unfortunately lost in the rush to justice being served, the major cliffhanger that sat at the end of episode 1 on the BBC, as we were left wonder on the State of Francis. For now, let’s just admire her and Doctor Enys meeting cute, shall we? That poor twit Unwin Trevaunance (what a name) doesn’t stand a chance. (Actress Gabriella Wilde was rather obviously pregnant during filming.) Book readers know why orphan Caroline, ward of Ray Penvenen, will be important later down the line. (If he looks familiar, that’s because you last saw him as a minion to General “Bill Weasley” Hux in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.) On the side of good, we’ve added Caroline Penvenen, she of the well placed pug. On the side of evil, we’ve added a character in the form of Tankard, the Wormtail to Warleggan’s ever more evilicious Voldemort of Cornwall. Unfortunately in doing so it rushes the entrances of a pair of new and important characters. Consequence of sitting too long indoors fingering coins.” PBS manages, with the usual, almost unnoticeable slimmings of scenes to make that just a bit less of a wait.Īunt Agatha: “I do not! And neither do you. Having watched it BBC style as two episodes over the course of two weeks, by the middle of hour two, the need to get on with it already was becoming obvious. In PBS’ defense, with the outcome already assured, the choice to smash these episodes together into a grand two hour season premiere a la Downton Abbey makes sense. “Ross, how do we get there if I don’t have a hat?” (Image via BBC) It’s simply a matter of how we get there. But after the BBC delayed the return of Season 2 to the fall, PBS had no choice but to run it almost as soon as humanly possible afterwards, with only enough delay to smash together the first two episodes (and then wait for the Emmys to pass) before it could start airing.įor those who might not remember, when we last left our hero, he was in the middle of a literal cliffhanger on the side of a cliff ( Poldark is nothing if not on the nose with these things.) When we return, Ross is being dragged away to face…Ross Poldark (the 1975 vintage version, natch) who sends his younger self off to be tried and acquitted over the next two hours.Īcquitted? SPOILER ALERT! Except not, since, what with Aidan Turner having the bulk of the lines over the next eight episodes, this outcome is simply a given.
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Poldark returns to the American airwaves with sex, death and the Trial of the 18th Century, and Poldark is tried for last season’s cliffhanger.Īnd we’re back for another round of Snarkin’ on Poldark! It’s been over a year since Aidan Turner smoldered darkly on our screens and doffed his shirt at completely hilarious moments.