Victoria
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Theres no getting around it, this episode was a giant dud.
reconciliation by making Victoria tell her emotionally abusive husband how wrong she was.
So what happened in the third seasons penultimate turn around Buckingham Palace?
He wants them to run away to the gold mines of California.
Maybe they can open a general store and sell supplies to hapless miners.
), wanting him to do some spying.
He gives Penge what looks like a withered-up walnut but is in fact a leather purse.
The purse is later revealed to have what one can only assume is quite a lot of money inside.
Penge has a moral crisis as he weighs ruining the lives of two people versus making bank.
Three seasons of a show set in the Victorian era and no madhouse?
Two men grab her at home; the duke says shes going to the asylum.
Meanwhile, a new Historical Personage is introduced: Henry Cole.
In this episode, he is helping the prince plan the Great Exhibition of 1851.
The primary conflict here is where to house the Exhibition riveting content.
Albert faces frequent ridicule from the papers and doubt from his family on whether anything can even be built.
He summons Feodora and asks if she thinks he should give it up.
Why is he talking to Feodora about this?
Theres a subplot involving the Don Pacifico affair, an extremely racist historical event in Greece.
His home was robbed, and when he appealed for damages, they were denied.
Eventually Greece capitulated and the blockade ended.
Victoria first tries to distract Albert from the Exhibition with an offer to become commander-in-chief of the British Army.
This sounds insane, as Albert has no military experience, and he fortunately declines the position.
They end the episode seeming to reconcile, with Albert saying maybe their love has changed over ten years.
I refuse to accept this reconciliation on the grounds that Albert sucks.
Lets hope its better constructed than this episode was.
