I kid in the title. Obviously, as with Bridgerton, there's a suspension of disbelief surrounding the historic aspects. Overall I did enjoy this show, but I also found some issues with it that bothered me. I'll start with the good: I was very interested to see the portrayal of George as deeply sympathetic because he is so villainized in other media. Not to say that there is nothing to be said for that portrayal, but it often relies so heavily on villianizing not the man but the madness, which certainly could not have been easy to deal with in that time, even as king. It was very interesting to see that struggle portrayed, especially with an overall happy outcome. I quite enjoyed his and Charlotte's story, and especially the end of the last episode.
I also quite enjoyed the Lady Danbury story, as she is one of my favorites in the original show, but this is where we enter the bad. The pacing of this show was... off. And I think that is due in large part to the lady Danbury storyline. The way episodes cut between them felt forced, and the episode dedicated almost entirely to Danbury felt off topic, even if I was interested in the story itself.
My other issue was the way they carried out the story with Brimsley and Reynolds. It's good to have representation, but they haven't actually put much into it. Textually they are together and care a great deal for one another, but they actually have very little story or substance to them, we know very little about either one, and in the end one of them is just vaguely gone and missed by the other, maybe dead but even that much is unclear.
Overall I'm glad I took the time to watch, but it definitely could have been better.
I also quite enjoyed the Lady Danbury story, as she is one of my favorites in the original show, but this is where we enter the bad. The pacing of this show was... off. And I think that is due in large part to the lady Danbury storyline. The way episodes cut between them felt forced, and the episode dedicated almost entirely to Danbury felt off topic, even if I was interested in the story itself.
My other issue was the way they carried out the story with Brimsley and Reynolds. It's good to have representation, but they haven't actually put much into it. Textually they are together and care a great deal for one another, but they actually have very little story or substance to them, we know very little about either one, and in the end one of them is just vaguely gone and missed by the other, maybe dead but even that much is unclear.
Overall I'm glad I took the time to watch, but it definitely could have been better.