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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>I never really thought about Dunk Fatigue until I saw Hasan Minhaj, on his new Netflix show \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8080054/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>Patriot Act\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, masterfully working around it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is Dunk Fatigue? Well, let us take as a baseline that public life currently is full of people who are pretty easy to dunk on. And let us define \"dunk\" as a satisfying joke or barrage of jokes mixed with truths, cathartic and merciless, ostentatious and totally sincere, done in front of an audience eager to cheer. Any time you see a headline that says \"[SO-AND-SO] DESTROYS [SUCH-AND-SUCH] OVER [TOPIC],\" where said destruction takes place in a video you can watch that's just someone talking, that's probably a good old dunk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the challenges of a show that involves a lot of dunks, like \u003cem>Last Week Tonight \u003c/em>or \u003cem>Full Frontal with Samantha Bee\u003c/em>, is that after a while, it can find itself dunking on the same people over the same things. The same target who made things up last week made similar things up this week; the same monstrous and dangerous things kept happening because of the same weakness and cravenness, and how many times can you make the same dunk? (That is not to say either of those shows do this exclusively; only that it's part of the late-night post-\u003cem>Daily Show \u003c/em>format, as it was certainly part of \u003cem>The Daily Show \u003c/em>from the beginning.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minhaj's \u003cem>Patriot Act \u003c/em>has, on the one hand, a host who is as good a dunker as anyone you will ever see. In his 2017 special \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6900644/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>Homecoming King\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, one of the best comedy hours Netflix has released during its time in the business, Minhaj tells a winding story about a girl he knew in high school. Quite unexpectedly, it involves, at one point, his recollection of a moment in which he dunked on this girl so beautifully, and so justly, that once he tells of it, and the audience roars, he has to run a victory lap of sorts across the stage, up and down risers, just to burn off the energy. If Minhaj, himself a \u003cem>Daily Show \u003c/em>graduate, just wanted to dunk on people for a half-hour at a time, he could do it. It would probably keep people who like him happy for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he doesn't. The show finds him not behind a desk but standing in front of a crowd, just like in stand-up. The show looks filmed rather than videotaped, and Minhaj simply addresses the crowd—yes, a little like a funny Ted Talk—and then the show is over. It could be nothing but great dunks. It just isn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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That may well change in the future, but for the moment, it demonstrates early that whatever he has to say about the president, Minhaj has a lot of other things on his mind that he wants to talk about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first episode is about the current \u003ca href=\"http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/10/17/harvard-trial-discrimination-affirmative-action\">lawsuit against Harvard\u003c/a> claiming that its affirmative action policy discriminates against Asian-American students. It's a complicated topic that Minhaj has a clear position on and a lot of convictions about. What winds up being most interesting, though, is his shifting focus. He does spend a good part of the segment talking about \u003ca href=\"https://www.bostonglobe.com/2018/06/15/meet-man-behind-harvard-admissions-lawsuit/Y3ANrpg5aP5191ZTutoiRK/story.html\">Ed Blum\u003c/a>, a white man who has provided support for this lawsuit as well as others — a man the WNYC podcast \u003cem>More Perfect\u003c/em> did \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/imperfect-plaintiff\">an episode\u003c/a> about in 2016. But Minhaj eventually broadens the scope to be not just about Blum, but about the thorny question of the involvement of Asian-Americans in the lawsuit and the entanglement of the interests of black families, the interests of other families of color, the interests of Blum and his ilk, and other questions. In other words: It's all well and good to make fun of one guy, but in the end, it's almost never all about one guy.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/zm5QVcTI2I8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/zm5QVcTI2I8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The second episode of \u003cem>Patriot Act \u003c/em>is about Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, also called MBS, and the relationship Saudi Arabia has had with the world, and specifically the United States, both before and after the killing of \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em> contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The segment is one you might only get in quite this way from Minhaj, out of all the similar hosts out there making nightly or weekly shows. He approaches the story in part as an Indian-American Muslim, explaining the centrality of Saudi Arabia—of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina—to his faith. What follows is not just a blistering critique of the reception MBS has sometimes received around the world or a cry of frustration, although it is both. It's a sophisticated argument that ultimately involves everyone from Oprah to the dog-walking app Wag. (Really.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What \u003cem>Patriot Act \u003c/em>is doing very well in these early episodes is balancing the desire to tell cathartic jokes with the need to think, in a way that incorporates ideas about ethics and morality, about how most stories involve a lot of people and a lot of people's choices. That's what makes some of the jokes feel genuinely daring. (It's sort of funny that out of all the potentially \"oooooooh\"-worthy jokes, the first to get a real \"ooooooh\" out of the audience is a dig at UC Santa Cruz.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Patriot Act \u003c/em>feels a lot like Minhaj's comedy: So far, there are no taped pieces or correspondents. There is him, on a stage, walking around, with some visual aids projected behind him, quite like the setup of his comedy special. His arrival in this space feels emphatic, welcome and exciting. He is a charismatic, undeniably cool, young comic who talks about being Muslim, about being raised by immigrant parents, about racism he's faced and about what he thinks is right and wrong, in clear and sometimes startlingly earnest terms. He's a star; that's been clear at least since \u003cem>Homecoming King\u003c/em>. But out of the gate, he's a star who has also decided to make a good show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105803/poldark-season-4-episode-4-recap-cry-me-a-river\">the previous episode of \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the show obliterated our emotions by killing off Baby Sara. That watching experience looked a little something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106903\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/depressed-poldark-sara-death-die.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You'd think the writers would dial it down a few notches this week to let us catch our breath, dry our tears and experience a bit of joy again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nope! Not gonna happen! Take a seat, happiness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106826\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/smiley-face-fall-down-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children and their parents are dropping dead from hunger and fever, Ross' fellow politicians don't want to do anything about it, and Malfoy's stupid punchable face is back in the House of Commons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106827\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/boy-am-i-depressed-i-need-a-cookie-golden-girls-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"381\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, thank goddess! Blondie is on the scene to distract us from all the bleakness with a shiny fashion moment! Would you look at that hat?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106831\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie-160x86.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie-768x414.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie-240x129.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie-375x202.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie-520x280.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blondie wears it well, but let's give credit where credit is due.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106832\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/0f9a87d90bd8ca822498778ffe7ac8d2-strawberry-shortcake-cartoon-cartoon-picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/0f9a87d90bd8ca822498778ffe7ac8d2-strawberry-shortcake-cartoon-cartoon-picture.jpg 236w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/0f9a87d90bd8ca822498778ffe7ac8d2-strawberry-shortcake-cartoon-cartoon-picture-160x195.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I hope you enjoyed that very brief comedic detour because it's time to travel back to Bleakville. Doc asks Morwenna why she threatened to murder her kid that one time. She explains that the empty threat is the only ammo she has against Gross Goblin's \"attentions.\" #FreeMorwennasToes!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Drake's bachelor pad (okay, fine, the barn he lives in), Demelza is still on her mission to turn Drake and Rosina into an item worthy of a portmanteau couple name. Drosina? Rake?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See? They don't belong together! Team Drakenna / Morwennake 4 Life! As the president of their official fan club, I vow to make a line of merchandise if they ever find a way to murder Gross Goblin and be together. You would buy a tea set with their faces on it, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106868\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark.jpg 620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark-160x136.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark-240x204.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark-375x318.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark-520x441.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake confesses that he thinks Rosina's habit of constantly following him around and waving is cute and all, but it's not love. Demelza tries to reassure him that you don't need to love the person you're going to spend all of eternity with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44499\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/publizity-wait-whet-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Oh, don't worry about actually loving the person you marry! Ross didn't love me at first; he only married me to make his ex jealous! And look at us now! Not living in the same house and barely recovering after two love affairs and a secret love child! Don't you want a piece of that?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake is too nice to actually say:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/no-thank-you-please-liz-lemon-tina-fey-30-rock-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Jennifer Lawrence is still wiggling her toes in Gross Goblin's face for money. Is anyone else beyond tired of this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102176\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/britney-yawn-bored.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a parent forcing a child to eat broccoli, it's time for the \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers to force me to swallow even more of this Rosina storyline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106870\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-rosina-no.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"353\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106833\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/eat-it.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"294\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake approaches Rosina and says, \"Ye must know that I have a liking for thee.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PLEASE SAY \"BUT...\"! Here's how to say it in American Sign Language. I don't care how you get the message across; just shut this down!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-106848\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/but-asl.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phew! He tells her about how he'll always love Morwenna. That's right, Rosina! Go wave at someone else!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106896\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/push-rosina-poldark-out-of-car.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, gosh, he's still talking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106838\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/stop-talking-emily-blunt-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"361\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I like ye, take pleasure in your company, I can offer you a \u003cdel>barn\u003c/del> home, a hearth, a quiet, yet comfortable living.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106847\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/dont-say-it-dont-think-it-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"359\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He then tells her she can take some time to think his proposal over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/make-it-stop-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosina replies, \"No, Drake.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-96487\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/meryl-j-lo-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, brother, I celebrated too soon. She's not done!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I need no time. You're a brave and honest man, and I believe our life together will be good.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106840\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/why-slam-head-on-desk-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"308\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106842\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/spock-star-trek-sad-watching-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/upset-star-trek-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can't believe I gifted her a congratulatory Meryl Streep gif! I'm taking it back! I'm reversing it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106839\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/reverse-meryl-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over in London, Blondie pretends she isn't as depressed as I am over Baby Sara by throwing a rager. Everyone is there, even Malfoy and Elizabeth. Why didn't the fiery hail I wished on them last week ever come?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106660\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1020x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1020x520.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-160x82.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-800x408.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-768x392.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1200x612.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1920x979.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1180x602.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-960x489.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-240x122.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-375x191.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-520x265.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sending Liz down to hell also turned out to be ineffective!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106667\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/going-to-hell-gif-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"304\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wait a minute. Could it be possible that the weird memes I make have no real power or influence over what happens on this show?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106849\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/winona-math-emmys-weird-faces-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"230\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyway, enough about Malfoy and Elizabeth and more about Blondie's new piece of headwear!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106843\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-160x314.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-768x1509.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-611x1200.png 611w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-240x472.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-375x737.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-520x1022.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, it's important to give credit where credit is due.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106844\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in Cornwall, Demelza and Doc are starting to resent their spouses for abandoning them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \"Do you picture them ever, Ross and Blondie together in a world of which we have no part?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Do you not sometimes wonder...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \"...if they met each other before they met us...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"...they'd be better matched?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \"Would we?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ooooo, this is an episode of \u003cem>Wife Swap\u003c/em> I would watch! When the cats are away, the mice will play (with each other's naked bodies on a sand dune)!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ugh, before I have a chance to fully picture it, Sam bursts in with news: Rosina said yes!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know, Sam! Must you remind me?! Can I not have a single moment of joy in imagining Doc and Demelza swapping spit and horny poetry?!?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Blondie's party, Elizabeth ignores Ross for no reason, which backfires spectacularly when Sir Scam-A-Lot points out to Malfoy that Liz wasn't so cold to Ross the other night outside her house. Oops, was that supposed to be a secret?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106850\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/oops-teehee.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"318\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malfoy boils up inside and updates one of his mental lists:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Reasons Why I've Dedicated My Life to Destroying Ross Poldark: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>He put a frog in my pants that one time.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>If Herbal Essences existed and wanted to cast someone with gorgeous hair for a shampoo commercial, they would pick Ross over me.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Everyone gets binoculars out when Ross swims or scythes half-naked. Everyone runs in fear when I simply undo my top button.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Lil Ross is probably bigger than Lil Malfoy.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>He spoke to Elizabeth without my permission.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Across the room, an entirely unbothered Ross gives Blondie a hard time for being a party animal and having a bunch of new, fake friends. Let the woman live, Ross! Carpe diem! Furantur vestimenta ex fragum parvulus laganum! (Yep, I cobbled together a very rough Latin translation of \"Steal clothes from Strawberry Shortcake.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106851\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/tyra-typing.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, at yet another Blondie rager, Geoffrey Charles is about to get his drunk butt kicked by some rich dudes. Ever the savior, Ross steps in... and promptly gets sucker-punched in the nose! Not his face! There goes his future modeling career!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/marcia-nose.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"254\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As if Geoffrey Charles hasn't made enough of a mess of this party, he goes and does this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106853\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/geoffrey-charles-poldark-puke-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A person whose job is to clean up rich people puke appears. Never one to miss the opportunity to talk to a poor person, Ross engages Puke Cleaner-Upper in conversation and finds out this gig was the only way he could make ends meet. PCU's eagerness to scrub vomit out of a fancy carpet renews Ross' drive to pass a bill or something.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in Cornwall, Gross Goblin puts on a repulsive striptease for a terrified Morwenna. He announces: \"Let us say a little prayer and then you will submit to me.\" I hope that Puke Cleaner-Upper is still around 'cause I think I'm gonna...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106894\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/puke.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How about we say a little prayer that Gross Goblin chokes on a foot and dies?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106873\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/titus-kimmy-schmidt-praying-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"474\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candles in Morwenna's bedroom go out, which I assume means she's getting raped again. This show is... a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Jennifer Lawrence smiles to herself while she polishes and admires a new candlestick she bought with her toe jam money. Hope it was worth eternal damnation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106874\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/welcome-to-hell-poldark.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Jennifer Lawrence's husband returns home earlier than expected, peeks through a window and gets an eyeful of all the kinky foot stuff his trifling wife and Gross Goblin have been up to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/oh-my-eyes.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"226\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106855\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/bleach-eyes-simpsons-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pass the eye bleach 'cause I need it to sear the image of all these baby and kid-sized caskets in the next scene. Geez, we get it, \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers! The 19th-century was bleak! Message received! Like Ariana Grande, I've got no tears left to cry!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, good! Something nice to look at! Another fancy hat!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106858\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM.png 678w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM-160x191.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM-240x287.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM-375x448.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM-520x621.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snatched right from Strawberry Shortcake's closet!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106876\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline.jpg 873w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-160x206.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-800x1028.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-768x987.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-240x308.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-375x482.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-520x668.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross gives Blondie a TED Talk about confronting the pain of losing a kid. \"We are taught to be strong, to portray no weakness, but the night [Julia died] I learned to be strong\u003cem> is\u003c/em> weakness. Pain should not be avoided. Tears must fall.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Didn't I just say that Blondie, Ariana Grande and I don't have any tears left to cry? Stop traumatizing us!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, great! More trauma in the form of Gross Goblin rolling off of a Morwenna. And to make matters worse, Morwenna's one true love is about to get married to Rosina!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106859\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/her.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza helps Drake set up his bed for the wedding sex that'll take place there the following day. She again tries to brainwash him into believing that marrying someone you don't like that much is a good idea: \"In time, like Ross and me, love will grow.\" Mmhm, riiiight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106860\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/keep-telling-yourself-that-romy-michele-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"257\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that Gross Goblin is raping Morwenna again, he decides to cut off his quid-pro-toe-suck arrangement with Jennifer Lawrence. On his way home from her house, a masked man confronts him in the woods. It's Mr. Jennifer Lawrence! And he has a weapon! Lumiere, the fancy candlestick!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/lumiere-gif-beauty-beast.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"274\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mr. Jennifer Lawrence uses Lumiere to beat Gross Goblin off his horse! Gross Goblin's foot gets caught in one of the stirrups and the horse, whom we'll call Phillipe to stick with the \u003cem>Beauty and the Beast\u003c/em> theme, runs off and drags Gross Goblin through the woods and bangs his skull against a bunch of trees!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106878\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/kristen-bell-crying.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"233\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106879\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/waiting-for-this-moment.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"215\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What a beautiful sight. A foot-gobbling monster gets taken down by his own foot. Poetic justice is alive and well!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106877\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/so-used-to-giving-get-to-receive-cry-gif-big-brothere.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Gross Goblin is discovered DEAD!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106882\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/celebrating.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"252\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tell Blondie and her friends to make some room at their party 'cause we're celebrating tonight!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106883\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/pour-drinks-drunk-party.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"294\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106880\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/troll-dance-party.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"254\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OMG, this means that Morwenna is single again, just in time to speak or forever hold her peace at Drake's wedding!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cut to Drake putting flowers on what he thinks will be Rosina's pillow!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106881\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/NOT-ON-MY-WATCH-iyanla-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake, check Twitter! Your ex's dead husband is trending!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But who needs Twitter when Demelza is here to spread the news (bless her!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake isn't as stoked as I'd thought he'd be, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Why tell me, sister? Why not keep me in the dark and let me wed that sweet, sweet girl?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106884\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sorry-not-sorry-jennifer-lawrence.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"150\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would feel bad for Rosina if I wasn't so busy mass-producing Drakenna / Morwennake merchandise. Why stop at tea sets?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106886\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit.png 742w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit-160x146.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit-240x219.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit-375x343.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit-520x475.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106899\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sheets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sheets.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sheets-160x193.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sheets-240x289.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106900\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-1020x1020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because he's a good, compassionate person, Drake finds Rosina skipping around with her bridesmaids and breaks up with her in person, instead of ditching her at the altar. I imagine he tells her he can't marry her like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106862\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/i-wish-i-could-but-i-dont-want-to-gif-phoebe-friends.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone is horrified by the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone except for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38941\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/giphy-11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Doc has a hallucination of Blondie holding Baby Sara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106887\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/not-gonna-cry-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"249\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza disrupts his vision with the news that Drake has run away. She breaks down in Doc's embrace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"I just wish somebody would take care of me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \"Yes, Ross should be here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"And Caroline.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they're not, so maybe kiss? (Sorry, I live for the drama.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106888\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/shrug.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in London, Ross tries to convince Blondie to return to Cornwall with him. She's not wearing a hat this time, which I assume means that she received a cease and desist letter from Strawberry Shortcake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blondie explains to Ross that she couldn't weep for Baby Sara and that the experience of having her dead baby taken from her arms could only be numbed by getting hammered every night in London. She's gonna stay and do some more of that but wants Ross to know that his TED Talk helped and she has begun to weep again. Me too, girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19941\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/1361.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Gross Goblin's funeral (wow, I really enjoyed typing that!), Gross Goblin's Mama loudly announces that Morwenna is a bad mom and that she plans to adopt her child. Morwenna faints on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After she's resuscitated, Elizabeth and Malfoy walk over and pretend to be empathetic, but, after years of torture, Morwenna is not in the mood for fake @ssholes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Malfoy:\u003c/strong> \"You must feel the loss keenly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morwenna:\u003c/strong> \"I feel nothing but relief. I loathed him with every bone in my body. He sought to have me committed. He took away my son. He violated me...again...and again...and again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth pretends to be shocked: \"I did not know! We could not have possibly known, cousin!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Malfoy:\u003c/strong> \"Our only thought was to provide you with an advantageous...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morwenna:\u003c/strong> \"ADVANTAGEOUS TO WHOM?!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yaaaas, queen, tell them!!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106889\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/speak-on-it-sis-preach.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Athlete's Foot Locker, Jennifer Lawrence and her husband agree to keep Lumiere a secret. Mr. Lawrence also agrees to pretend he doesn't now know how evil his wife really is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza and company are all worried about where Drake is, but his whereabouts are obvious! He's where everyone goes when they're being drama queens: the crashing waves! Before you get too excited, he's fully clothed, so no gifs for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next morning, Drake wakes up outside of Morwenna's house. As luck would have it, she comes outside! He approaches her, but she can't even.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morwenna:\u003c/strong> \"I cannot bear it! I'm sick! Tainted! It's done with! Ended! Please leave me now and never come back.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106897\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/push-drake-out-of-car-poldark.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As if this wasn't upsetting enough, Gross Goblin's Mama interrupts the reunion and orders her servants to horsewhip Drake and remove him from the premises! *adds Gross Goblin's Mama to my hit list*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, great. Malfoy is running around, spreading a rumor that Drake killed Gross Goblin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106890\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/not-today-satan.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"281\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will the kid ever catch a break?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Elizabeth catches wind of Malfoy's new evil plan, she doesn't go along with it for once: \"The man was a monster and we forced her to wed him. If you value my love, do not pursue Drake.\" Plus one point for her, which means she's now only at negative 92,371 points in my book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malfoy calls off the search, but has an evil Plan B. Recruit Rosina's upset dad and burn Drake's barn to the ground. If all of this insanity is going on in episode 5, I'm scared to think of what the writers are saving for the season finale!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, in front of the barn's ashes, Rosina tells Demelza she wishes Drake found out the truth right after they were married so he would be trapped in his vows to her forever. \"I know he would have never left me.\" Wow. Rosina sucks as much as I thought she did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106891\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/youre-that-girl-i-knew-you-were-gif-alyssa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She doesn't deserve Drake's love or a cool couple name!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a cliff's edge, which is the second most popular place to be dramatic in Cornwall, Morwenna throws Drake's friendship (with very minor benefits) bracelet into the ocean. Are we really going to have to wait until the season finale to break out the Morwennake merch?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106892\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/were-waiting.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In London, Ross finally passes a bill to help poor people. That's great news! But the even better news is that his nose is healing quite nicely. Teen modeling career is back on!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106856\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/marcia-nose-better-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"153\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: Gross Goblin. \u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19742\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2dkpmzid11rfduvxo1_250.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: The Mine. \u003c/strong>For not being in this episode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Puke Cleaner-Upper. \u003c/strong>Hopefully, the passage of the welfare bill means he won't have to spend his nights scooping up trust fund kids' half-digested corn.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Drake and Morwenna. \u003c/strong>These two deserve a medal for all they've been through. They also deserve some of the profits from my soon-to-be very successful merchandise line. *gives self manicure with the official Morwennake nail clipper*\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Lumiere\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>Great work! Be our guest for however many episodes it takes to kill off all these evil jerks.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until next week! If you miss my thoughts on \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> or pop culture in general, follow me on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/xcusemybeauty\">@xcusemybeauty\u003c/a>, listen to my podcast \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\">\u003cem>The Cooler\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, or read all my \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/recaps/\">other \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> recaps\u003c/a> below!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More recaps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105803/poldark-season-4-episode-4-recap-cry-me-a-river\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 4 Recap: Cry Me A River\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105795/poldark-season-4-episode-3-recap-homeward-bound\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 3 Recap: Homeward Bound\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105791/poldark-season-4-episode-2-recap-ready-to-run\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 2 Recap: Ready to Run\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105789/poldark-season-4-premiere-recap-you-keep-me-hangin-on\">'Poldark' Season 4 Premiere Recap: You Keep Me Hangin' On\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/96601/poldark-season-3-finale-recap-look-what-you-made-me-do\">'Poldark' Season 3 Finale Recap: Look What You Made Me Do\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/13/poldark-season-3-episode-7-recap-i-wanna-sex-you-up/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: I Wanna Sex You Up\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/05/poldark-season-3-episode-6-recap-you-give-love-a-bad-name/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: You Give Love A Bad Name\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/29/poldark-season-3-episode-5-recap-the-one-that-got-away/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: The One That Got Away\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/24/poldark-season-3-episode-4-recap-break-free/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: Break Free\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/15/poldark-season-3-episode-3-recap-kiss-the-girl/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: Kiss the Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/08/poldark-season-3-episode-2-recap-voulez-vous-coucher-avec-moi/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Voulez-vous Coucher Avec Moi?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/02/poldark-season-3-premiere-recap-same-old-mistakes/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Premiere Recap: Same Old Mistakes\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/27/poldark-season-2-finale-recap-burn-baby-burn/\">‘Poldark’ Season 2 Finale Recap: Burn Baby Burn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/20/poldark-season-2-episode-8-recap-man-i-feel-like-a-woman/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Man! I Feel Like A Woman!\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/13/poldark-season-2-episode-7-recap-im-in-love-with-a-monster/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: I'm In Love With A Monster\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/06/poldark-season-2-episode-6-recap-informer/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: Informer\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/30/poldark-season-2-episode-5-recap-before-he-cheats/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 5 Recap: Before He Cheats\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/24/poldark-season-2-episode-4-recap-sink-or-swim/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 4 Recap: Sink or Swim\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/17/poldark-season-2-episode-3-recap-miss-independent/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: Miss Independent\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/02/poldark-season-2-episode-2-recap-you-dont-bring-me-flowers/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: You Don't Bring Me Flowers\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/27/poldark-season-2-premiere-recap-court-and-spark/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 1 Recap: Court and Spark\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/23/poldark-season-1-episode-4-recap-send-my-love-to-your-new-lover/\"> 'Poldark' Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Send My Love to Your New Lover\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/21/poldark-season-1-episode-3-recap-oops-there-goes-my-shirt/\">‘Poldark’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: Oops, There Goes My Shirt\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/20/poldark-season-1-episode-2-recap-guns-and-ships-bang-bang/\">‘Poldark’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: Bang Bang\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/19/poldark-season-1-premiere-recap-stayin-alive/\">‘Poldark’ Season 1 Premiere Recap: Stayin’ Alive\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children and their parents are dropping dead from hunger and fever, Ross' fellow politicians don't want to do anything about it, and Malfoy's stupid punchable face is back in the House of Commons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106827\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/boy-am-i-depressed-i-need-a-cookie-golden-girls-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"381\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, thank goddess! Blondie is on the scene to distract us from all the bleakness with a shiny fashion moment! Would you look at that hat?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106831\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie-160x86.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie-768x414.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie-240x129.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie-375x202.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/werk-blondie-520x280.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blondie wears it well, but let's give credit where credit is due.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106832\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/0f9a87d90bd8ca822498778ffe7ac8d2-strawberry-shortcake-cartoon-cartoon-picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/0f9a87d90bd8ca822498778ffe7ac8d2-strawberry-shortcake-cartoon-cartoon-picture.jpg 236w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/0f9a87d90bd8ca822498778ffe7ac8d2-strawberry-shortcake-cartoon-cartoon-picture-160x195.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I hope you enjoyed that very brief comedic detour because it's time to travel back to Bleakville. Doc asks Morwenna why she threatened to murder her kid that one time. She explains that the empty threat is the only ammo she has against Gross Goblin's \"attentions.\" #FreeMorwennasToes!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Drake's bachelor pad (okay, fine, the barn he lives in), Demelza is still on her mission to turn Drake and Rosina into an item worthy of a portmanteau couple name. Drosina? Rake?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See? They don't belong together! Team Drakenna / Morwennake 4 Life! As the president of their official fan club, I vow to make a line of merchandise if they ever find a way to murder Gross Goblin and be together. You would buy a tea set with their faces on it, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106868\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark.jpg 620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark-160x136.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark-240x204.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark-375x318.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/drake-tea-set-poldark-520x441.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake confesses that he thinks Rosina's habit of constantly following him around and waving is cute and all, but it's not love. Demelza tries to reassure him that you don't need to love the person you're going to spend all of eternity with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44499\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/publizity-wait-whet-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Oh, don't worry about actually loving the person you marry! Ross didn't love me at first; he only married me to make his ex jealous! And look at us now! Not living in the same house and barely recovering after two love affairs and a secret love child! Don't you want a piece of that?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake is too nice to actually say:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/no-thank-you-please-liz-lemon-tina-fey-30-rock-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Jennifer Lawrence is still wiggling her toes in Gross Goblin's face for money. Is anyone else beyond tired of this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102176\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/britney-yawn-bored.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a parent forcing a child to eat broccoli, it's time for the \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers to force me to swallow even more of this Rosina storyline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106870\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-rosina-no.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"353\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106833\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/eat-it.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"294\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake approaches Rosina and says, \"Ye must know that I have a liking for thee.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PLEASE SAY \"BUT...\"! Here's how to say it in American Sign Language. I don't care how you get the message across; just shut this down!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-small wp-image-106848\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/but-asl.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phew! He tells her about how he'll always love Morwenna. That's right, Rosina! Go wave at someone else!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106896\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/push-rosina-poldark-out-of-car.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, gosh, he's still talking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106838\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/stop-talking-emily-blunt-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"361\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I like ye, take pleasure in your company, I can offer you a \u003cdel>barn\u003c/del> home, a hearth, a quiet, yet comfortable living.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106847\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/dont-say-it-dont-think-it-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"359\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He then tells her she can take some time to think his proposal over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/make-it-stop-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosina replies, \"No, Drake.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-96487\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/meryl-j-lo-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, brother, I celebrated too soon. She's not done!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I need no time. You're a brave and honest man, and I believe our life together will be good.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106840\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/why-slam-head-on-desk-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"308\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106842\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/spock-star-trek-sad-watching-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/upset-star-trek-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can't believe I gifted her a congratulatory Meryl Streep gif! I'm taking it back! I'm reversing it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106839\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/reverse-meryl-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over in London, Blondie pretends she isn't as depressed as I am over Baby Sara by throwing a rager. Everyone is there, even Malfoy and Elizabeth. Why didn't the fiery hail I wished on them last week ever come?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106660\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1020x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1020x520.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-160x82.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-800x408.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-768x392.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1200x612.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1920x979.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1180x602.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-960x489.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-240x122.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-375x191.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-520x265.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sending Liz down to hell also turned out to be ineffective!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106667\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/going-to-hell-gif-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"304\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wait a minute. Could it be possible that the weird memes I make have no real power or influence over what happens on this show?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106849\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/winona-math-emmys-weird-faces-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"230\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyway, enough about Malfoy and Elizabeth and more about Blondie's new piece of headwear!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106843\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-160x314.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-768x1509.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-611x1200.png 611w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-240x472.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-375x737.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/blondie-cool-hat-poldark-520x1022.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, it's important to give credit where credit is due.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106844\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/strawberry-shortcake-hat.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in Cornwall, Demelza and Doc are starting to resent their spouses for abandoning them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \"Do you picture them ever, Ross and Blondie together in a world of which we have no part?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Do you not sometimes wonder...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \"...if they met each other before they met us...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"...they'd be better matched?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \"Would we?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ooooo, this is an episode of \u003cem>Wife Swap\u003c/em> I would watch! When the cats are away, the mice will play (with each other's naked bodies on a sand dune)!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ugh, before I have a chance to fully picture it, Sam bursts in with news: Rosina said yes!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know, Sam! Must you remind me?! Can I not have a single moment of joy in imagining Doc and Demelza swapping spit and horny poetry?!?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Blondie's party, Elizabeth ignores Ross for no reason, which backfires spectacularly when Sir Scam-A-Lot points out to Malfoy that Liz wasn't so cold to Ross the other night outside her house. Oops, was that supposed to be a secret?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106850\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/oops-teehee.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"318\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malfoy boils up inside and updates one of his mental lists:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Reasons Why I've Dedicated My Life to Destroying Ross Poldark: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>He put a frog in my pants that one time.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>If Herbal Essences existed and wanted to cast someone with gorgeous hair for a shampoo commercial, they would pick Ross over me.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Everyone gets binoculars out when Ross swims or scythes half-naked. Everyone runs in fear when I simply undo my top button.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Lil Ross is probably bigger than Lil Malfoy.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>He spoke to Elizabeth without my permission.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Across the room, an entirely unbothered Ross gives Blondie a hard time for being a party animal and having a bunch of new, fake friends. Let the woman live, Ross! Carpe diem! Furantur vestimenta ex fragum parvulus laganum! (Yep, I cobbled together a very rough Latin translation of \"Steal clothes from Strawberry Shortcake.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106851\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/tyra-typing.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, at yet another Blondie rager, Geoffrey Charles is about to get his drunk butt kicked by some rich dudes. Ever the savior, Ross steps in... and promptly gets sucker-punched in the nose! Not his face! There goes his future modeling career!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/marcia-nose.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"254\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As if Geoffrey Charles hasn't made enough of a mess of this party, he goes and does this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106853\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/geoffrey-charles-poldark-puke-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A person whose job is to clean up rich people puke appears. Never one to miss the opportunity to talk to a poor person, Ross engages Puke Cleaner-Upper in conversation and finds out this gig was the only way he could make ends meet. PCU's eagerness to scrub vomit out of a fancy carpet renews Ross' drive to pass a bill or something.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in Cornwall, Gross Goblin puts on a repulsive striptease for a terrified Morwenna. He announces: \"Let us say a little prayer and then you will submit to me.\" I hope that Puke Cleaner-Upper is still around 'cause I think I'm gonna...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106894\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/puke.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How about we say a little prayer that Gross Goblin chokes on a foot and dies?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106873\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/titus-kimmy-schmidt-praying-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"474\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candles in Morwenna's bedroom go out, which I assume means she's getting raped again. This show is... a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Jennifer Lawrence smiles to herself while she polishes and admires a new candlestick she bought with her toe jam money. Hope it was worth eternal damnation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106874\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/welcome-to-hell-poldark.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Jennifer Lawrence's husband returns home earlier than expected, peeks through a window and gets an eyeful of all the kinky foot stuff his trifling wife and Gross Goblin have been up to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/oh-my-eyes.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"226\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106855\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/bleach-eyes-simpsons-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pass the eye bleach 'cause I need it to sear the image of all these baby and kid-sized caskets in the next scene. Geez, we get it, \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers! The 19th-century was bleak! Message received! Like Ariana Grande, I've got no tears left to cry!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, good! Something nice to look at! Another fancy hat!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106858\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM.png 678w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM-160x191.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM-240x287.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM-375x448.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-27-at-7.57.26-PM-520x621.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snatched right from Strawberry Shortcake's closet!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106876\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline.jpg 873w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-160x206.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-800x1028.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-768x987.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-240x308.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-375x482.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-strawberry-enys-caroline-520x668.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross gives Blondie a TED Talk about confronting the pain of losing a kid. \"We are taught to be strong, to portray no weakness, but the night [Julia died] I learned to be strong\u003cem> is\u003c/em> weakness. Pain should not be avoided. Tears must fall.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Didn't I just say that Blondie, Ariana Grande and I don't have any tears left to cry? Stop traumatizing us!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, great! More trauma in the form of Gross Goblin rolling off of a Morwenna. And to make matters worse, Morwenna's one true love is about to get married to Rosina!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106859\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/her.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza helps Drake set up his bed for the wedding sex that'll take place there the following day. She again tries to brainwash him into believing that marrying someone you don't like that much is a good idea: \"In time, like Ross and me, love will grow.\" Mmhm, riiiight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106860\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/keep-telling-yourself-that-romy-michele-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"257\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that Gross Goblin is raping Morwenna again, he decides to cut off his quid-pro-toe-suck arrangement with Jennifer Lawrence. On his way home from her house, a masked man confronts him in the woods. It's Mr. Jennifer Lawrence! And he has a weapon! Lumiere, the fancy candlestick!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/lumiere-gif-beauty-beast.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"274\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mr. Jennifer Lawrence uses Lumiere to beat Gross Goblin off his horse! Gross Goblin's foot gets caught in one of the stirrups and the horse, whom we'll call Phillipe to stick with the \u003cem>Beauty and the Beast\u003c/em> theme, runs off and drags Gross Goblin through the woods and bangs his skull against a bunch of trees!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106878\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/kristen-bell-crying.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"233\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106879\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/waiting-for-this-moment.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"215\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What a beautiful sight. A foot-gobbling monster gets taken down by his own foot. Poetic justice is alive and well!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106877\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/so-used-to-giving-get-to-receive-cry-gif-big-brothere.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Gross Goblin is discovered DEAD!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106882\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/celebrating.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"252\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tell Blondie and her friends to make some room at their party 'cause we're celebrating tonight!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106883\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/pour-drinks-drunk-party.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"294\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106880\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/troll-dance-party.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"254\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OMG, this means that Morwenna is single again, just in time to speak or forever hold her peace at Drake's wedding!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cut to Drake putting flowers on what he thinks will be Rosina's pillow!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106881\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/NOT-ON-MY-WATCH-iyanla-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake, check Twitter! Your ex's dead husband is trending!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But who needs Twitter when Demelza is here to spread the news (bless her!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake isn't as stoked as I'd thought he'd be, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Why tell me, sister? Why not keep me in the dark and let me wed that sweet, sweet girl?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106884\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sorry-not-sorry-jennifer-lawrence.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"150\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would feel bad for Rosina if I wasn't so busy mass-producing Drakenna / Morwennake merchandise. Why stop at tea sets?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106886\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit.png 742w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit-160x146.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit-240x219.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit-375x343.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swimsuit-520x475.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106899\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sheets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sheets.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sheets-160x193.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sheets-240x289.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106900\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-1020x1020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/053_Pro-Performance-Nail-Clipper-Detail-Image-2-copy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because he's a good, compassionate person, Drake finds Rosina skipping around with her bridesmaids and breaks up with her in person, instead of ditching her at the altar. I imagine he tells her he can't marry her like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106862\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/i-wish-i-could-but-i-dont-want-to-gif-phoebe-friends.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone is horrified by the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone except for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38941\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/giphy-11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Doc has a hallucination of Blondie holding Baby Sara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106887\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/not-gonna-cry-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"249\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza disrupts his vision with the news that Drake has run away. She breaks down in Doc's embrace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"I just wish somebody would take care of me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \"Yes, Ross should be here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"And Caroline.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they're not, so maybe kiss? (Sorry, I live for the drama.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106888\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/shrug.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in London, Ross tries to convince Blondie to return to Cornwall with him. She's not wearing a hat this time, which I assume means that she received a cease and desist letter from Strawberry Shortcake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blondie explains to Ross that she couldn't weep for Baby Sara and that the experience of having her dead baby taken from her arms could only be numbed by getting hammered every night in London. She's gonna stay and do some more of that but wants Ross to know that his TED Talk helped and she has begun to weep again. Me too, girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19941\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/1361.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Gross Goblin's funeral (wow, I really enjoyed typing that!), Gross Goblin's Mama loudly announces that Morwenna is a bad mom and that she plans to adopt her child. Morwenna faints on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After she's resuscitated, Elizabeth and Malfoy walk over and pretend to be empathetic, but, after years of torture, Morwenna is not in the mood for fake @ssholes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Malfoy:\u003c/strong> \"You must feel the loss keenly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morwenna:\u003c/strong> \"I feel nothing but relief. I loathed him with every bone in my body. He sought to have me committed. He took away my son. He violated me...again...and again...and again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth pretends to be shocked: \"I did not know! We could not have possibly known, cousin!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Malfoy:\u003c/strong> \"Our only thought was to provide you with an advantageous...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morwenna:\u003c/strong> \"ADVANTAGEOUS TO WHOM?!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yaaaas, queen, tell them!!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106889\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/speak-on-it-sis-preach.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Athlete's Foot Locker, Jennifer Lawrence and her husband agree to keep Lumiere a secret. Mr. Lawrence also agrees to pretend he doesn't now know how evil his wife really is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza and company are all worried about where Drake is, but his whereabouts are obvious! He's where everyone goes when they're being drama queens: the crashing waves! Before you get too excited, he's fully clothed, so no gifs for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next morning, Drake wakes up outside of Morwenna's house. As luck would have it, she comes outside! He approaches her, but she can't even.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morwenna:\u003c/strong> \"I cannot bear it! I'm sick! Tainted! It's done with! Ended! Please leave me now and never come back.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106897\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/push-drake-out-of-car-poldark.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As if this wasn't upsetting enough, Gross Goblin's Mama interrupts the reunion and orders her servants to horsewhip Drake and remove him from the premises! *adds Gross Goblin's Mama to my hit list*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, great. Malfoy is running around, spreading a rumor that Drake killed Gross Goblin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106890\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/not-today-satan.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"281\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will the kid ever catch a break?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Elizabeth catches wind of Malfoy's new evil plan, she doesn't go along with it for once: \"The man was a monster and we forced her to wed him. If you value my love, do not pursue Drake.\" Plus one point for her, which means she's now only at negative 92,371 points in my book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malfoy calls off the search, but has an evil Plan B. Recruit Rosina's upset dad and burn Drake's barn to the ground. If all of this insanity is going on in episode 5, I'm scared to think of what the writers are saving for the season finale!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, in front of the barn's ashes, Rosina tells Demelza she wishes Drake found out the truth right after they were married so he would be trapped in his vows to her forever. \"I know he would have never left me.\" Wow. Rosina sucks as much as I thought she did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106891\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/youre-that-girl-i-knew-you-were-gif-alyssa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She doesn't deserve Drake's love or a cool couple name!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a cliff's edge, which is the second most popular place to be dramatic in Cornwall, Morwenna throws Drake's friendship (with very minor benefits) bracelet into the ocean. Are we really going to have to wait until the season finale to break out the Morwennake merch?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106892\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/were-waiting.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In London, Ross finally passes a bill to help poor people. That's great news! But the even better news is that his nose is healing quite nicely. Teen modeling career is back on!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106856\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/marcia-nose-better-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"153\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: Gross Goblin. \u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19742\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_n2dkpmzid11rfduvxo1_250.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: The Mine. \u003c/strong>For not being in this episode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Puke Cleaner-Upper. \u003c/strong>Hopefully, the passage of the welfare bill means he won't have to spend his nights scooping up trust fund kids' half-digested corn.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Drake and Morwenna. \u003c/strong>These two deserve a medal for all they've been through. They also deserve some of the profits from my soon-to-be very successful merchandise line. *gives self manicure with the official Morwennake nail clipper*\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Lumiere\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>Great work! Be our guest for however many episodes it takes to kill off all these evil jerks.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until next week! 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Paradoxically, it's running out of narrative steam at a time when interest in shady, power-hungry politicians couldn't be higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without Spacey, the show does have space to focus on a character I always wanted to see more: Robin Wright's Claire Underwood. Wife to Spacey's Frank Underwood, Claire became president last season as her husband resigned the office to engineer a presidential pardon for his crimes. In the final moments of season five, as she ignored calls from Frank, she turned to the camera and said \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxPvRQ-xIXA\">\"my turn\"\u003c/a>—at a time when Wright or the show's producers didn't know just how prophetic those words would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the first five episodes of the final season reveal just how tiresome the show's machinations have become. Frank Underwood is dead; officially, he died of natural causes, but this is \u003cem>House of Cards, \u003c/em>so suspicions abound. As Claire attempts to assert her vision as president, she must contend with all the people—mostly wealthy, middle-aged white men—who now hope to control her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That patriarchy is personified in Greg Kinnear's Bill Shepherd, a hard-nosed, conservative businessman who seems a bit like a telegenic Koch brother. He runs a powerful, family-controlled conglomerate with his sister Annette, played by Diane Lane. Much of this season's first five episodes are devoted to the Shepherds' attempts to force Claire into doing their bidding, in the same way men—and women who have bought into patriarchal thinking—have tried to control her over her entire life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It sounds like a compelling story, but Claire Underwood remains an icy, tough-to-read cipher through much of it, despite flashbacks to her childhood and that fourth-wall-breaking, talking-to-the-viewers thing that Spacey once did so well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1bOPYbBO0o\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Underwood savored his anti-heroic shenanigans so much, there was a voyeuristic thrill in watching him; Claire still keeps the viewer at a distance. And her constant fight to escape Frank Underwood's shadow cedes much of the spotlight to a dead character no longer on the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One problem with \u003cem>House of Cards\u003c/em>' return is its timing. Scheduled to drop Nov. 2, days before a hotly contested midterm election, this show features an array of Washington power brokers working to disguise their shady machinations from the public eye. In real life, however, the dysfunction of the Trump White House seems an open book, with new scandals erupting in the press or from the campaign trail every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When an actual president \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/02/607943366/giuliani-says-trump-did-know-about-stormy-daniels-payment\">admits paying a porn star $130,000\u003c/a>—but denies having an affair with her—and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/10/22/659440282/president-trump-to-campaign-for-former-rival-sen-ted-cruz\">praises a Congressman\u003c/a> who pleaded guilty to assaulting a reporter, it almost seems quaint to focus on a TV president who is threatened with public disclosure of an abortion she had many years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brings up the most unrealistic thing about \u003cem>House of Cards. \u003c/em>(No, it's not the murders and various assaults both Frank and Claire Underwood have \u003cem>personally committed\u003c/em>, though that stuff comes close.) 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But partisanship fuels everything in real-life politics, which has always made \u003cem>House of Cards\u003c/em> feel a bit like a dark fantasy where America's biggest problems are unscrupulous politicians of every stripe—not the tribalism and propagandizing that destroys consensus on the most basic facts across party lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The performances here are wonderful, especially Kinnear as controlling power broker Bill Shepherd and Lane as Annette Shepherd—whose rivalry with Claire is tangible and toxic. I've only seen the season's first five episodes, so it's possible the story may take flight later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a longtime fan, I'm still hoping the show's producers will pull together all the confusing and competing storylines here to give us a portrait of Claire that lives up to \u003cem>House of Cards\u003c/em>' legacy as a once-groundbreaking series. 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In the final moments of season five, as she ignored calls from Frank, she turned to the camera and said \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxPvRQ-xIXA\">\"my turn\"\u003c/a>—at a time when Wright or the show's producers didn't know just how prophetic those words would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the first five episodes of the final season reveal just how tiresome the show's machinations have become. Frank Underwood is dead; officially, he died of natural causes, but this is \u003cem>House of Cards, \u003c/em>so suspicions abound. As Claire attempts to assert her vision as president, she must contend with all the people—mostly wealthy, middle-aged white men—who now hope to control her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That patriarchy is personified in Greg Kinnear's Bill Shepherd, a hard-nosed, conservative businessman who seems a bit like a telegenic Koch brother. He runs a powerful, family-controlled conglomerate with his sister Annette, played by Diane Lane. Much of this season's first five episodes are devoted to the Shepherds' attempts to force Claire into doing their bidding, in the same way men—and women who have bought into patriarchal thinking—have tried to control her over her entire life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It sounds like a compelling story, but Claire Underwood remains an icy, tough-to-read cipher through much of it, despite flashbacks to her childhood and that fourth-wall-breaking, talking-to-the-viewers thing that Spacey once did so well.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/z1bOPYbBO0o'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/z1bOPYbBO0o'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Frank Underwood savored his anti-heroic shenanigans so much, there was a voyeuristic thrill in watching him; Claire still keeps the viewer at a distance. And her constant fight to escape Frank Underwood's shadow cedes much of the spotlight to a dead character no longer on the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One problem with \u003cem>House of Cards\u003c/em>' return is its timing. Scheduled to drop Nov. 2, days before a hotly contested midterm election, this show features an array of Washington power brokers working to disguise their shady machinations from the public eye. In real life, however, the dysfunction of the Trump White House seems an open book, with new scandals erupting in the press or from the campaign trail every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When an actual president \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/02/607943366/giuliani-says-trump-did-know-about-stormy-daniels-payment\">admits paying a porn star $130,000\u003c/a>—but denies having an affair with her—and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/10/22/659440282/president-trump-to-campaign-for-former-rival-sen-ted-cruz\">praises a Congressman\u003c/a> who pleaded guilty to assaulting a reporter, it almost seems quaint to focus on a TV president who is threatened with public disclosure of an abortion she had many years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brings up the most unrealistic thing about \u003cem>House of Cards. \u003c/em>(No, it's not the murders and various assaults both Frank and Claire Underwood have \u003cem>personally committed\u003c/em>, though that stuff comes close.) 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Not only is it a ridiculously huge hit overseas, but its essential structure is also that of beautiful young people, living in a gorgeous villa and trying to find love while perpetually wearing swimwear. What's more American than that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkgs3ib0n3I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A potential problem with adapting this particular show, though, is that you can get away with a lot more on British television than American audiences are used to. Remember \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_Naked\">\u003cem>Dating Naked\u003c/em>?\u003c/a> It was a VH1 show that ran between 2014 and 2016, and was ultimately forced off the air by advertising boycotts prompted by campaigns by conservative groups including \u003ca href=\"https://onemillionmoms.com/current-campaigns/progress-with-dating-n-ked-which-sponsor-will-hear-from-1mm-next/\">One Million Moms\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://w2.parentstv.org/blog/index.php/tag/dating-naked/\">Parents Television Council\u003c/a>. If \u003cem>Dating Naked\u003c/em> didn't work on American TV, there's a good chance \u003cem>Love Island\u003c/em> won't either. The contestants aren't completely nude, but little is left to the imagination, and naked butts are a frequent sight, thanks to a combination of tiny swimsuits and the fact that, like \u003cem>Big Brother,\u003c/em> there are cameras in the bathroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the things most objected to in \u003cem>Dating Naked\u003c/em> was the sexual nature of many of the conversations, but \u003cem>Love Island\u003c/em>'s language is even more graphic. Swearing is uncensored, there are too many penis-related conversations to count and contestants sometimes very casually say things like (brace yourselves): \"I don't like a guy who just wants to have his willy up as many girls as he wants.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most popular American dating shows have always been rather chaste affairs, by comparison, drenching themselves in symbols of traditional romance in an attempt to steer clear of trashiness. Even \u003cem>Bachelor in Paradise—\u003c/em>certainly the least uptight of the primetime looking-for-love shows—has a rose-based system to make all of the hooking up more palatable for viewers. \u003cem>Love Island\u003c/em> offers no such niceties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early stages of each season—and, please note, the last season was a whopping 57 episodes long—\u003cem>Love Island\u003c/em> is about as close to Tinder-swiping as you can manage in real life. It is not a gentle show. People are initially separated up into couples via the medium of a bathing suit line-up. Some of the contestants get sent to a \"subs bench\" if no one chooses them. This process can be so brutal, it makes \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em>'s rose ceremonies look like \u003cem>Sesame Street\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after the couples have paired off, the public can vote on who should go on dates with whom, and new men and women are brought into the house to shake things up all the time. Season 4, for example, started with 11 contestants and, by the end, had seen 38 people come and go. What this means is, partner-dumping happens repeatedly—sometimes to the same people over and over again. To make matters worse, all of the contestants sleep in the same room, couple-by-couple. This means that sometimes, someone who's just been swapped for someone new, then has to sleep alone next to a bed containing the person who just dumped them and their new partner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there are the hosts. There couldn't be a greater contrast to the incredibly serious, dramatic tone of Chris Harrison on all of the\u003cem> Bachelor \u003c/em>franchise shows. \u003cem>Love Island\u003c/em> has a sarcastic voiceover that makes frequent cheeky jokes and actively makes fun of contestants. The host who shows up to handle \"re-coupling\" ceremonies and the finale is Caroline Flack—most famous on this side of the pond for \u003ca href=\"https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/caroline-flack-on-harry-styles-romance-it-was-a-laugh-until-i-started-being-called-paedophile-in-the-street-31599690.html\">dating Harry Styles when he was 17 and she was 31\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason \u003cem>Love Island\u003c/em> gets away with all of this is because of how incredibly nice everyone on the show is to each other. On the women's side, there are no mean girls, no drama and no passive aggression—just women supporting other women and doing each other's hair. Similarly, for the men, there is no macho posturing and peacocking. They may put on brave faces and false bravado in front of the female contestants, but with each other, these dudes aren't afraid to talk about their feelings and comfort each other in times of woe. This supportive environment is basically the antithesis of American reality television. Over here, the more conflict, the better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, there are occasional blips and issues between contestants, but the couples all seem genuinely happy for each other when they find the right partners. By the end, one gets the sense that no one even particularly cares about winning the £50,000 prize; they're all just happy to be happy. American television hasn't produced a reality show with no villains since the first couple of seasons of \u003cem>The Real World\u003c/em>. It's unlikely to start now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite all of this, the end of each season of \u003cem>Love Island\u003c/em> is tailor-made for U.S. TV. The final couples offer romantic declarations to one another as if they're taking vows, they take part in a mini prom, complete with a dance routine, and the public decides who the winning couple should be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The non-sexual conversations in the house also line up with what America already likes about reality television: fluff. Even when there are super-smart contestants taking part (Season 4 had an ER doctor and a nuclear systems design engineer), there is almost nothing of substance spoken about in this show whatsoever. When a passing reference to Brexit recently occurred, one 21-year-old had no idea what it even was. She also thought the English town she lived in was \"a continent.\" This kind of content might beg belief, but it also makes for the kind of absurdly entertaining TV that America has loved ever since \u003ca href=\"http://w2.parentstv.org/blog/index.php/tag/dating-naked/\">Jessica Simpson's \"Chicken of the Sea\" moment.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv8UYwPqH0I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Love Island\u003c/em>, as it stands right now, is a gift. A sunny, vapid, shockingly unfiltered, yet ultimately heartwarming gift. If CBS can figure out a way to keep its current formula without succumbing to pressures from conservative watchdogs and the standards usually adhered to by the networks, it'll be a refreshing alternative to our current batch of dating shows. If its cruder edges get polished away, along with the dominant sense of contestant camaraderie, the heart of the show will be gone. Without it, we might as well just stick with \u003cem>The Bachelor.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"disqusTitle": "Terrifying Things in ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ That Might Be Real",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Warning: This post contains spoilers for the first season of \u003c/em>'The Haunting of Hill House.'\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Netflix's stunning \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6763664/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Haunting of Hill House\u003c/em>\u003c/a> immediately prompted a lot of analysis online. One viewer described it as \"\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/rilaws/status/1051709287779700737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A haunted house series that is really a sprawling family drama\u003c/a>.\" Another very wisely suggested it's “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jeremiahjw/status/1051879986078965760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an allegory about a family of grown-up children dealing with the trauma of an abusive childhood.\u003c/a>” Either way, there hasn't been a house this terrifying on TV since the first season of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1844624/episodes?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>American Horror Story\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eqxXqJDmcY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if \u003cem>The Haunting of Hill House\u003c/em> was based on real events? Unthinkable, right? Except, a lot of elements in the show are real-life documented phenomena. Here are all the terrifying things from \u003cem>Hill House\u003c/em> that might actually be real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Sleep Paralysis Demons\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106546\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 477px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-106546\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/MV5BMjU0MGYwOWQtOGQzNC00NjhkLThjM2ItOGVkMTllZDNiODZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_UX477_CR00477268_AL_.jpg\" alt=\"Nell in the middle of sleep paralysis hell.\" width=\"477\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/MV5BMjU0MGYwOWQtOGQzNC00NjhkLThjM2ItOGVkMTllZDNiODZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_UX477_CR00477268_AL_.jpg 477w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/MV5BMjU0MGYwOWQtOGQzNC00NjhkLThjM2ItOGVkMTllZDNiODZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_UX477_CR00477268_AL_-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/MV5BMjU0MGYwOWQtOGQzNC00NjhkLThjM2ItOGVkMTllZDNiODZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_UX477_CR00477268_AL_-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/MV5BMjU0MGYwOWQtOGQzNC00NjhkLThjM2ItOGVkMTllZDNiODZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_UX477_CR00477268_AL_-375x211.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nell in the middle of sleep paralysis hell. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sleep paralysis is explained in the show by Arthur. \"During the night,\" he tells Nell, \"you cycle through different stages of sleep. In the deepest state, your brain switches off the muscles to stop you from acting out your dreams. Some people just come out of that stage quicker than others.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He goes on to explain that the condition can cause ghostly hallucinations \"because of the disrupted boundary between your dream state and your wakefulness.\" Nice try, Arthur, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/features/sleep-paralysis-demon-in-the-bedroom#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WebMD\u003c/a> confirms that \"people in countries as diverse as China, East Africa, Mexico, Newfoundland, and the United States have long believed that sleep paralysis is caused by demons.\" The Chinese phrase for sleep paralysis means \"ghost pressing on body.\" The Vietnamese call it \"ma đè\" which means \"held down by a ghost.\" In Pakistan, sleep paralysis is literally considered to be a visit from Satan. In Thailand, they believe it's a ghost named Phi Am.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nell is being visited by a ghost and maybe, just maybe, so is everyone else with sleep paralysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Time Moving in Reverse\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106545\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106545\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-800x396.png\" alt='The \"Bent Neck Lady.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-800x396.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-160x79.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-768x380.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-1020x505.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-960x475.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-240x119.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-375x186.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-520x258.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1.png 1042w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The \"Bent Neck Lady.\" \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In childhood, Nell is haunted by a terrifying entity she calls \"Bent Neck Lady.\" When the house eventually tricks her into hanging herself, we see Nell slipping back through time and space in reverse, popping up at various points in her own life. It's clear then that she herself is the Bent Neck Lady. In essence, Nell's future death literally haunts her whole life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the finale, Hugh tells his children: “I thought that time was laid out like a line ... It’s not like that at all. Our moments fall around us like rain.\" Remarkably, some people theorize that this is possible. “The Ancients had an idea of teleological causation,\" author Eric Wargo tells \u003ca href=\"https://jimharold.com/category/the-paranormal-podcast/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Paranormal Podcast with Jim Harold.\u003c/em>\u003c/a> \"That is to say things in the future causing things in the past. Or events in the future drawing them towards us in some way. That idea is perfectly legitimate in the higher echelons of quantum physics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wargo goes on to discuss the pre-cognitive abilities of Philip K. Dick, Normal Mailer and Morgan Robertson. Robertson, for example, wrote a story called \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Wreck-Titan-Morgan-Robertson/dp/151231904X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539727610&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wreck+of+the+titan+by+morgan+robertson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Futility\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which described the sinking of the Titanic (though he called it \"The Titan\") in detail, a full 14 years before it happened. Scared yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Psychic Touch\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-800x400.png\" alt=\"Theo protects her psychic hands with gloves.\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-800x400.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-160x80.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-768x384.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-1020x510.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600.png 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-1180x590.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-960x480.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-240x120.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-375x188.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-520x260.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theo protects her psychic hands with gloves. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Theo's ability to psychically read people and locations by touch disturbs her to such a degree that she wears gloves almost all of the time. In real life, this particular skill—known as Psychometry—has a long and storied history. In 1961, a Dutchman named \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Croiset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerard Croiset\u003c/a>, who assisted in multiple criminal investigations, was able to \u003ca href=\"https://www.toptenz.net/top-10-shocking-disappearances-solved-by-psychic-detectives.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">locate the body\u003c/a> of a kidnapped child in Brooklyn, using a picture, map and clothes. In World War II, a Russian psychic named \u003ca href=\"http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Psychometry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephan Ossowiecki helped people\u003c/a> locate missing loved ones by holding photographs of them. Self-described \"psychic detective\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.noreenrenier.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noreen Renier\u003c/a> has successfully assisted British police on multiple occasions, using objects belonging to missing persons for guidance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Storm-Related Paranormal Activity\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 569px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-106543 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM.png\" alt=\"Storm-related power cut at the Hill House = Not a party.\" width=\"569\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM.png 569w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM-160x101.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM-240x152.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM-375x237.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM-520x329.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Storm-related power cut at the Hill House = Not a party. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">Any time the Hill House finds itself in the center of a storm, the paranormal activity kicks up. Like the night Nell becomes invisible to the rest of her family. Or when the blackout introduces spirits that nobody had met yet. (Who \u003cem>was\u003c/em> that guy in the wheelchair?) And it's not all that far-fetched. Investigators have long held a theory that \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastcoastrip.org/weather-and-the-paranormal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">storms increase paranormal activity\u003c/a>, and there are reports to support it. After Hurricane Katrina, a National Guardsman named Sgt. Robin Hairston \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcclatchydc.com/latest-news/article24451615.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told KPIX he had seen the ghost\u003c/a> of a little girl. Two of his colleagues also reported encountering apparitions. In Joplin, Missouri, so many people reported seeing \u003ca href=\"https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/01/the-butterfly-people-of-joplin-missouri/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Butterfly people\"\u003c/a> during a 2011 tornado, the town now has a mural honoring the ethereal creatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Twin Telepathy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106541\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106541\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Crane twins know what's up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Crane twins know what's up. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In \u003cem>Hill House\u003c/em>, twins Nell and Luke can sense when the other is in danger or pain. Stories about twin telepathy have been in the public psyche for hundreds of years, but tales continue to emerge. In 2009, Gemma Houghton rescued her twin Leanne after the latter had a seizure in the bath and fell under the water, unconscious. Gemma sensed something bad was happening and checked on Leanne in the nick of time. Other \u003ca href=\"https://www.thoughtco.com/twin-telepathy-best-evidence-2593932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documented incidents\u003c/a> include a twin experiencing chest pains as his brother had a heart attack thousands of miles away, and a twin developing swelling in an uninjured ankle after her sister broke hers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Evil Houses\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-106544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018.jpg\" alt=\"Would you want to spend the night in the Hill House? No. No, you wouldn't.\" width=\"768\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Would you want to spend the night in the Hill House? No. No, you wouldn't. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Mom says that a house is like a body and that every house has eyes and bones and skin and a face.\" So says Hugh Crane of the vortex of doom they've moved into. Cursed houses are indeed a rare but documented problem. Paranormal investigator Zac Bagans found the so-called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGbZheZYpLM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Demon House\"\u003c/a> in Gary, Indiana so overwhelming a place, he wound up demolishing it even though he owned it at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://listverse.com/2017/01/13/10-evil-houses-that-no-longer-exist/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summerwind\u003c/a> in Wisconsin also had issues from day one. The original owner once fired a gun at an apparition, thinking it was an intruder. After he left, the house changed hands multiple times, and quickly. One family who stuck it out for six months described it as \u003ca href=\"https://listverse.com/2017/01/13/10-evil-houses-that-no-longer-exist/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"severely haunted.\"\u003c/a> While residing there, the father had a mental breakdown, the mother attempted suicide and their six children were constantly bothered by phantom voices and doors opening and closing. Eventually, in 1986, the house was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Good!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happy Halloween, everybody!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Warning: This post contains spoilers for the first season of \u003c/em>'The Haunting of Hill House.'\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Netflix's stunning \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6763664/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Haunting of Hill House\u003c/em>\u003c/a> immediately prompted a lot of analysis online. One viewer described it as \"\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/rilaws/status/1051709287779700737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A haunted house series that is really a sprawling family drama\u003c/a>.\" Another very wisely suggested it's “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jeremiahjw/status/1051879986078965760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an allegory about a family of grown-up children dealing with the trauma of an abusive childhood.\u003c/a>” Either way, there hasn't been a house this terrifying on TV since the first season of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1844624/episodes?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>American Horror Story\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3eqxXqJDmcY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3eqxXqJDmcY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>But what if \u003cem>The Haunting of Hill House\u003c/em> was based on real events? Unthinkable, right? Except, a lot of elements in the show are real-life documented phenomena. Here are all the terrifying things from \u003cem>Hill House\u003c/em> that might actually be real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Sleep Paralysis Demons\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106546\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 477px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-106546\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/MV5BMjU0MGYwOWQtOGQzNC00NjhkLThjM2ItOGVkMTllZDNiODZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_UX477_CR00477268_AL_.jpg\" alt=\"Nell in the middle of sleep paralysis hell.\" width=\"477\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/MV5BMjU0MGYwOWQtOGQzNC00NjhkLThjM2ItOGVkMTllZDNiODZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_UX477_CR00477268_AL_.jpg 477w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/MV5BMjU0MGYwOWQtOGQzNC00NjhkLThjM2ItOGVkMTllZDNiODZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_UX477_CR00477268_AL_-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/MV5BMjU0MGYwOWQtOGQzNC00NjhkLThjM2ItOGVkMTllZDNiODZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_UX477_CR00477268_AL_-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/MV5BMjU0MGYwOWQtOGQzNC00NjhkLThjM2ItOGVkMTllZDNiODZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRodW1ibmFpbC1pbml0aWFsaXplcg@@._V1_UX477_CR00477268_AL_-375x211.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nell in the middle of sleep paralysis hell. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sleep paralysis is explained in the show by Arthur. \"During the night,\" he tells Nell, \"you cycle through different stages of sleep. In the deepest state, your brain switches off the muscles to stop you from acting out your dreams. Some people just come out of that stage quicker than others.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He goes on to explain that the condition can cause ghostly hallucinations \"because of the disrupted boundary between your dream state and your wakefulness.\" Nice try, Arthur, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/features/sleep-paralysis-demon-in-the-bedroom#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WebMD\u003c/a> confirms that \"people in countries as diverse as China, East Africa, Mexico, Newfoundland, and the United States have long believed that sleep paralysis is caused by demons.\" The Chinese phrase for sleep paralysis means \"ghost pressing on body.\" The Vietnamese call it \"ma đè\" which means \"held down by a ghost.\" In Pakistan, sleep paralysis is literally considered to be a visit from Satan. In Thailand, they believe it's a ghost named Phi Am.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nell is being visited by a ghost and maybe, just maybe, so is everyone else with sleep paralysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Time Moving in Reverse\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106545\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106545\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-800x396.png\" alt='The \"Bent Neck Lady.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-800x396.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-160x79.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-768x380.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-1020x505.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-960x475.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-240x119.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-375x186.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1-520x258.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cover1.png 1042w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The \"Bent Neck Lady.\" \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In childhood, Nell is haunted by a terrifying entity she calls \"Bent Neck Lady.\" When the house eventually tricks her into hanging herself, we see Nell slipping back through time and space in reverse, popping up at various points in her own life. It's clear then that she herself is the Bent Neck Lady. In essence, Nell's future death literally haunts her whole life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the finale, Hugh tells his children: “I thought that time was laid out like a line ... It’s not like that at all. Our moments fall around us like rain.\" Remarkably, some people theorize that this is possible. “The Ancients had an idea of teleological causation,\" author Eric Wargo tells \u003ca href=\"https://jimharold.com/category/the-paranormal-podcast/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Paranormal Podcast with Jim Harold.\u003c/em>\u003c/a> \"That is to say things in the future causing things in the past. Or events in the future drawing them towards us in some way. That idea is perfectly legitimate in the higher echelons of quantum physics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wargo goes on to discuss the pre-cognitive abilities of Philip K. Dick, Normal Mailer and Morgan Robertson. Robertson, for example, wrote a story called \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Wreck-Titan-Morgan-Robertson/dp/151231904X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539727610&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wreck+of+the+titan+by+morgan+robertson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Futility\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which described the sinking of the Titanic (though he called it \"The Titan\") in detail, a full 14 years before it happened. Scared yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Psychic Touch\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-800x400.png\" alt=\"Theo protects her psychic hands with gloves.\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-800x400.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-160x80.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-768x384.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-1020x510.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600.png 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-1180x590.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-960x480.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-240x120.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-375x188.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-15-at-12.19.16-PM-1200x600-520x260.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theo protects her psychic hands with gloves. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Theo's ability to psychically read people and locations by touch disturbs her to such a degree that she wears gloves almost all of the time. In real life, this particular skill—known as Psychometry—has a long and storied history. In 1961, a Dutchman named \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Croiset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerard Croiset\u003c/a>, who assisted in multiple criminal investigations, was able to \u003ca href=\"https://www.toptenz.net/top-10-shocking-disappearances-solved-by-psychic-detectives.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">locate the body\u003c/a> of a kidnapped child in Brooklyn, using a picture, map and clothes. In World War II, a Russian psychic named \u003ca href=\"http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Psychometry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephan Ossowiecki helped people\u003c/a> locate missing loved ones by holding photographs of them. Self-described \"psychic detective\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.noreenrenier.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noreen Renier\u003c/a> has successfully assisted British police on multiple occasions, using objects belonging to missing persons for guidance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Storm-Related Paranormal Activity\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 569px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-106543 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM.png\" alt=\"Storm-related power cut at the Hill House = Not a party.\" width=\"569\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM.png 569w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM-160x101.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM-240x152.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM-375x237.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-16-at-1.01.26-PM-520x329.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Storm-related power cut at the Hill House = Not a party. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">Any time the Hill House finds itself in the center of a storm, the paranormal activity kicks up. Like the night Nell becomes invisible to the rest of her family. Or when the blackout introduces spirits that nobody had met yet. (Who \u003cem>was\u003c/em> that guy in the wheelchair?) And it's not all that far-fetched. Investigators have long held a theory that \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastcoastrip.org/weather-and-the-paranormal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">storms increase paranormal activity\u003c/a>, and there are reports to support it. After Hurricane Katrina, a National Guardsman named Sgt. Robin Hairston \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcclatchydc.com/latest-news/article24451615.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told KPIX he had seen the ghost\u003c/a> of a little girl. Two of his colleagues also reported encountering apparitions. In Joplin, Missouri, so many people reported seeing \u003ca href=\"https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/01/the-butterfly-people-of-joplin-missouri/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Butterfly people\"\u003c/a> during a 2011 tornado, the town now has a mural honoring the ethereal creatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Twin Telepathy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106541\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106541\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Crane twins know what's up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/haunting-of-hill-house-2018-800x450-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Crane twins know what's up. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In \u003cem>Hill House\u003c/em>, twins Nell and Luke can sense when the other is in danger or pain. Stories about twin telepathy have been in the public psyche for hundreds of years, but tales continue to emerge. In 2009, Gemma Houghton rescued her twin Leanne after the latter had a seizure in the bath and fell under the water, unconscious. Gemma sensed something bad was happening and checked on Leanne in the nick of time. Other \u003ca href=\"https://www.thoughtco.com/twin-telepathy-best-evidence-2593932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documented incidents\u003c/a> include a twin experiencing chest pains as his brother had a heart attack thousands of miles away, and a twin developing swelling in an uninjured ankle after her sister broke hers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Evil Houses\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-106544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018.jpg\" alt=\"Would you want to spend the night in the Hill House? No. No, you wouldn't.\" width=\"768\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/hohh_105_unit_03033r-h_2018-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Would you want to spend the night in the Hill House? No. No, you wouldn't. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Mom says that a house is like a body and that every house has eyes and bones and skin and a face.\" So says Hugh Crane of the vortex of doom they've moved into. Cursed houses are indeed a rare but documented problem. Paranormal investigator Zac Bagans found the so-called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGbZheZYpLM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"Demon House\"\u003c/a> in Gary, Indiana so overwhelming a place, he wound up demolishing it even though he owned it at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://listverse.com/2017/01/13/10-evil-houses-that-no-longer-exist/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summerwind\u003c/a> in Wisconsin also had issues from day one. The original owner once fired a gun at an apparition, thinking it was an intruder. After he left, the house changed hands multiple times, and quickly. One family who stuck it out for six months described it as \u003ca href=\"https://listverse.com/2017/01/13/10-evil-houses-that-no-longer-exist/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\"severely haunted.\"\u003c/a> While residing there, the father had a mental breakdown, the mother attempted suicide and their six children were constantly bothered by phantom voices and doors opening and closing. Eventually, in 1986, the house was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Good!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Earlier this year, when Roseanne Barr was \u003ca href=\"https://www.etonline.com/roseanne-canceled-by-abc-after-roseanne-barrs-racist-tweet-103151\">forced to exit\u003c/a> the revamped \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> after just one season, questions were raised about how ABC could even consider keeping the show going. How on Earth do you make \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> without Roseanne? We got our answer last week with the premiere episode of \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em>, in which the titular family is in the aftermath of dealing with Roseanne's sudden (off-screen) death. It took only three minutes for the audience and family to simultaneously find out what killed the matriarch: an overdose of prescription opiates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On seeing the episode, real-life Roseanne quickly issued an objection. \"We regret that ABC chose to cancel \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> by killing off the Roseanne Conner character,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/RabbiShmuleyBoteach/posts/10155972880386089?__tn__=K-R-R\">Barr's statement\u003c/a> said. \"That it was done through an opioid overdose lent an unnecessary grim and morbid dimension to an otherwise happy family show.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement smacked of hypocrisy. The pain pill storyline was originally introduced in the rebooted season of \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em>. At the time of that episode, Sara Gilbert (who plays Darlene) said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq5wXBrwa54\">an interview:\u003c/a> \"I know it was really important for Roseanne to tackle the issue of opioids. She has always been in touch with issues that the country is facing and wanted to bring a voice to those, and bring humor to it as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2748wkgiuF4\">Barr confirmed this\u003c/a> on \u003cem>The View\u003c/em>, after the \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> revamp courted controversy for portraying her as a Trump supporter. \"I wanted to show an accurate depiction of our country,\" she said. In one episode, Roseanne tells her Hillary-supporting sister that she voted for Trump because: \"He talked about jobs, Jackie. I mean, he shook things up. This might come as a complete shock to you, but we almost lost our house.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since its 1988 inception, \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> has acted as an important representation of the struggles of certain working-class Americans. Barr was right in her initial stance that the same communities that ultimately swayed the vote in Trump's favor are the same communities that are shouldering the brunt of the opioid crisis. In losing her job, she seems to have lost sight of the whole point entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em> picked up the opioid baton in its premiere is far braver than it is \"grim.\" And honestly, it's long overdue. Since the opioid crisis turned into a national epidemic, practically the only prescription painkiller addiction we've seen on network television was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFMhLDDgbPQ\">Kevin's in \u003cem>This Is Us\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. His story was that of a wealthy, famous Hollywood actor who injured himself on a film set and spiraled into addiction as a result. It was an important conversation-starter, though not a particularly relatable one. Without \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em> (and yes,\u003cem> Roseanne\u003c/em>), where else would we see an older white woman with a loving family struggling with this particular addiction? Frankly, little space is offered for it to be done at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roseanne Conner's addiction resembles reality a lot more accurately than Kevin Pearson's. \u003ca href=\"https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids/opioid-overdose-crisis\">The National Institute on Drug Abuse notes\u003c/a> that: \"The Midwestern region saw opioid overdoses increase 70 percent from July 2016 through September 2017\"—40 percent more than the national average. And \u003ca href=\"https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/opioid-addiction-is-a-huge-problem-but-pain-prescriptions-are-not-the-cause/\">\u003cem>Scientific American\u003c/em> lists\u003c/a> \"economic insecurity and poverty\" as \"a major risk factor for addiction... It is no coincidence that the collapse of the white middle class has been accompanied by a rise in all types of addictions, but especially addiction to opioids.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> was the perfect place to explore this, and so, consequently, is \u003cem>The Conners. \u003c/em>In the premiere episode, Dan harkened back to previous \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> episodes, when he first found out the cause of death. \"We knew she had a problem,\" he said. \"She was only on pain pills for two days after the surgery, then it was just Ibuprofen.\" He went on: \"It doesn't make any sense. I flushed all her pills.\" It is Becky that finds the deadly medication in her mom's closet, and the family are startled to find it has someone else's name on the label.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106597\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-800x400.jpg\" alt=\"The moment Dan realizes Roseanne was hiding prescription pills from him, in Episode 1 of 'The Conners'.\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-800x400.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-160x80.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-768x384.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-1020x510.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-1200x600.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-1920x960.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-1180x590.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-960x480.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-240x120.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-375x188.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-520x260.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The moment Dan realizes Roseanne was hiding prescription pills from him, in Episode 1 of 'The Conners'. \u003ccite>(ABC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's details like these that demonstrate \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em>' dedication to reflecting the realities of millions of Americans, just as \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> once did. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-DetTabs2014/NSDUH-DetTabs2014.htm#tab6-47b\">2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health\u003c/a> reported that 75 percent of opioid misuse starts with people using medication originally prescribed for others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em> didn't stop there. Through allowing the woman who gave Roseanne the pills to offer her side of the story, the show offered an indictment of the US healthcare system on a broader scale. \"Nobody can afford their meds,\" a remorseful Marcy tells Dan. \"We all help each other... Roseanne called me... She said that she needed those pain pills to get back to work because you guys were running out of money... I never would have given them to her if I knew she had a problem. I know what it's like to have that problem.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By including this scene, \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em> succeeded in painting a vivid picture of what it's like to live paycheck-to-paycheck, without the luxury of insurance. It showed what happens when people self-medicate and mismanage what are supposed to be legal drugs. Most importantly, it explained just how America got itself an opioid crisis in the first place. \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2674671\">A study\u003c/a> published earlier this year, based on 2016 spending, found that, while the cost of American healthcare is nearly double that of other high-income countries, it has \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/13/us-healthcare-costs-causes-drug-prices-salaries\">the worst population health outcomes\u003c/a>.” It was easy to get a sense of that in \u003cem>The Conners'\u003c/em> first episode, in a matter of minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In doing all this in one 22-minute episode, \u003cem>The Conners \u003c/em>actually did\u003cem> Roseanne's \u003c/em>original legacy proud. For Barr to miss the point so entirely isn't surprising exactly, but it is rather frustrating. In the end, it was obvious that Roseanne Conner's opioid-related death wasn't really what the real-life Roseanne was upset about. Rather, it was about being excluded from her own show because of her own mistakes. The end of her statement let slip what was really going on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After repeated and heartfelt apologies,\" Barr said, \"the network was unwilling to look past a regrettable mistake, thereby denying the twin American values of both repentance and forgiveness. The cancellation of \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> is an opportunity squandered due in equal parts to fear, hubris, and a refusal to forgive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opposite is true. \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em> didn't squander a minute of airtime. It transformed a much-anticipated plot necessity into something of national significance. It succeeded in painting a picture of just how hard it is for the poorest people in America to stay afloat. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Earlier this year, when Roseanne Barr was \u003ca href=\"https://www.etonline.com/roseanne-canceled-by-abc-after-roseanne-barrs-racist-tweet-103151\">forced to exit\u003c/a> the revamped \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> after just one season, questions were raised about how ABC could even consider keeping the show going. How on Earth do you make \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> without Roseanne? We got our answer last week with the premiere episode of \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em>, in which the titular family is in the aftermath of dealing with Roseanne's sudden (off-screen) death. It took only three minutes for the audience and family to simultaneously find out what killed the matriarch: an overdose of prescription opiates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On seeing the episode, real-life Roseanne quickly issued an objection. \"We regret that ABC chose to cancel \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> by killing off the Roseanne Conner character,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/RabbiShmuleyBoteach/posts/10155972880386089?__tn__=K-R-R\">Barr's statement\u003c/a> said. \"That it was done through an opioid overdose lent an unnecessary grim and morbid dimension to an otherwise happy family show.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement smacked of hypocrisy. The pain pill storyline was originally introduced in the rebooted season of \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em>. At the time of that episode, Sara Gilbert (who plays Darlene) said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq5wXBrwa54\">an interview:\u003c/a> \"I know it was really important for Roseanne to tackle the issue of opioids. She has always been in touch with issues that the country is facing and wanted to bring a voice to those, and bring humor to it as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2748wkgiuF4\">Barr confirmed this\u003c/a> on \u003cem>The View\u003c/em>, after the \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> revamp courted controversy for portraying her as a Trump supporter. \"I wanted to show an accurate depiction of our country,\" she said. In one episode, Roseanne tells her Hillary-supporting sister that she voted for Trump because: \"He talked about jobs, Jackie. I mean, he shook things up. This might come as a complete shock to you, but we almost lost our house.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since its 1988 inception, \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> has acted as an important representation of the struggles of certain working-class Americans. Barr was right in her initial stance that the same communities that ultimately swayed the vote in Trump's favor are the same communities that are shouldering the brunt of the opioid crisis. In losing her job, she seems to have lost sight of the whole point entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em> picked up the opioid baton in its premiere is far braver than it is \"grim.\" And honestly, it's long overdue. Since the opioid crisis turned into a national epidemic, practically the only prescription painkiller addiction we've seen on network television was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFMhLDDgbPQ\">Kevin's in \u003cem>This Is Us\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. His story was that of a wealthy, famous Hollywood actor who injured himself on a film set and spiraled into addiction as a result. It was an important conversation-starter, though not a particularly relatable one. Without \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em> (and yes,\u003cem> Roseanne\u003c/em>), where else would we see an older white woman with a loving family struggling with this particular addiction? Frankly, little space is offered for it to be done at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roseanne Conner's addiction resembles reality a lot more accurately than Kevin Pearson's. \u003ca href=\"https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids/opioid-overdose-crisis\">The National Institute on Drug Abuse notes\u003c/a> that: \"The Midwestern region saw opioid overdoses increase 70 percent from July 2016 through September 2017\"—40 percent more than the national average. And \u003ca href=\"https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/opioid-addiction-is-a-huge-problem-but-pain-prescriptions-are-not-the-cause/\">\u003cem>Scientific American\u003c/em> lists\u003c/a> \"economic insecurity and poverty\" as \"a major risk factor for addiction... It is no coincidence that the collapse of the white middle class has been accompanied by a rise in all types of addictions, but especially addiction to opioids.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> was the perfect place to explore this, and so, consequently, is \u003cem>The Conners. \u003c/em>In the premiere episode, Dan harkened back to previous \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> episodes, when he first found out the cause of death. \"We knew she had a problem,\" he said. \"She was only on pain pills for two days after the surgery, then it was just Ibuprofen.\" He went on: \"It doesn't make any sense. I flushed all her pills.\" It is Becky that finds the deadly medication in her mom's closet, and the family are startled to find it has someone else's name on the label.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106597\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-800x400.jpg\" alt=\"The moment Dan realizes Roseanne was hiding prescription pills from him, in Episode 1 of 'The Conners'.\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-800x400.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-160x80.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-768x384.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-1020x510.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-1200x600.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-1920x960.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-1180x590.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-960x480.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-240x120.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-375x188.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-conners-today-main-181017_35239bf54f9e31282fb3e51fdf5eaa16-520x260.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The moment Dan realizes Roseanne was hiding prescription pills from him, in Episode 1 of 'The Conners'. \u003ccite>(ABC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's details like these that demonstrate \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em>' dedication to reflecting the realities of millions of Americans, just as \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> once did. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-DetTabs2014/NSDUH-DetTabs2014.htm#tab6-47b\">2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health\u003c/a> reported that 75 percent of opioid misuse starts with people using medication originally prescribed for others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em> didn't stop there. Through allowing the woman who gave Roseanne the pills to offer her side of the story, the show offered an indictment of the US healthcare system on a broader scale. \"Nobody can afford their meds,\" a remorseful Marcy tells Dan. \"We all help each other... Roseanne called me... She said that she needed those pain pills to get back to work because you guys were running out of money... I never would have given them to her if I knew she had a problem. I know what it's like to have that problem.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By including this scene, \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em> succeeded in painting a vivid picture of what it's like to live paycheck-to-paycheck, without the luxury of insurance. It showed what happens when people self-medicate and mismanage what are supposed to be legal drugs. Most importantly, it explained just how America got itself an opioid crisis in the first place. \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2674671\">A study\u003c/a> published earlier this year, based on 2016 spending, found that, while the cost of American healthcare is nearly double that of other high-income countries, it has \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/13/us-healthcare-costs-causes-drug-prices-salaries\">the worst population health outcomes\u003c/a>.” It was easy to get a sense of that in \u003cem>The Conners'\u003c/em> first episode, in a matter of minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In doing all this in one 22-minute episode, \u003cem>The Conners \u003c/em>actually did\u003cem> Roseanne's \u003c/em>original legacy proud. For Barr to miss the point so entirely isn't surprising exactly, but it is rather frustrating. In the end, it was obvious that Roseanne Conner's opioid-related death wasn't really what the real-life Roseanne was upset about. Rather, it was about being excluded from her own show because of her own mistakes. The end of her statement let slip what was really going on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After repeated and heartfelt apologies,\" Barr said, \"the network was unwilling to look past a regrettable mistake, thereby denying the twin American values of both repentance and forgiveness. The cancellation of \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> is an opportunity squandered due in equal parts to fear, hubris, and a refusal to forgive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opposite is true. \u003cem>The Conners\u003c/em> didn't squander a minute of airtime. It transformed a much-anticipated plot necessity into something of national significance. It succeeded in painting a picture of just how hard it is for the poorest people in America to stay afloat. It succeeded in demonstrating the ordinariness of the opioid problem in 2018. And it even gave us one or two laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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And when the series she's shouldering owes as much to \u003cem>Buffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c/em> as this one does (read: just a \u003cem>whole \u003c/em>lot), that absence is felt. (Later-season Buffy Summers was a dour drip, yes, but Sarah Michelle Gellar remained a deft hand with a quip.) The series, undaunted, shunts the much-needed humor off onto actors more at home with it, like \u003cem>The Office (U.K.)\u003c/em>'s Lucy Davis as Sabrina's dithering Aunt Hilda, as well as—especially and wonderfully—onto Sabrina's scheming mentor/secret antagonist Miss Wardwell (\u003cem>Doctor Who\u003c/em>'s Michelle Gomez, who lovingly chews her every line like tender morsels of marbled ribeye).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As in the comics, and the beloved-by-those-of-a-certain-age Melissa Joan Hart sitcom \u003cem>Sabrina the Teenage Witch\u003c/em>, Sabrina is saddled with mortal love interest Harvey Kinkle; it's to actor Ross Lynch's enormous credit—and the character's melancholic backstory here—that Harvey doesn't come off as a stick-in-the-mud, dull-as-dishwater dud who impedes Sabrina's potential. (Which is to say: a real Darren.) Instead, he's supportive, vulnerable and, mostly, sad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106677\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106677\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina'\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-520x293.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina' \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the time-honored manner of high school shows, Sabrina's pals prove earnestly and nerdily woke: Roz (Jaz Sinclair) and Susie (nonbinary actor Lachlan Watson) face down bullying and other issues of the day while tossing out pop culture references. It's in these storylines that the series struggles most visibly to escape \u003cem>Buffy\u003c/em>'s long shadow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And speaking of shadows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Dark Baptism\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's be clear: \u003cem>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina\u003c/em> isn't merely steeped in the occult. It's drowning in it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Series such as \u003cem>Buffy\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Charmed\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Supernatural \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Lucifer \u003c/em>have, to varying degrees, dressed themselves up in the trappings of black magic—demons, spells, curses, charms, etc. But while both \u003cem>Supernatural \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Lucifer \u003c/em>feature Satan as a character, they're not truly Satan-satanic. They're more ... \u003cem>seitan\u003c/em>-satanic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sabrina\u003c/em>, on the other hand, doesn't truck with vague, winking, hand-wavy allusions to \"the fallen angel\" of Milton and Dante. Neither is it about Wicca, or a kind of scrubbed, \u003cem>Bewitched/Bell, Book and Candle/Sabrina the Teenage Witch\u003c/em> species of white magic. The Big Bad is not some generic \"demon from the pit.\" No, he's the real, Judeo-Christian biblical deal. As in, the full-bore, goat-headed, cloven-footed capital-D Devil—complete with followers who are depicted murmuring \"Praise Satan\" the way most people say \"Gesundheit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some viewers expecting the bright, silly magic of the original \u003cem>Sabrina \u003c/em>comics, the Hart sitcom, or even \u003cem>Buffy\u003c/em>'s darker (but still carefully couched) parade of demons as metaphors may be taken aback by the series' eager embrace of pentagrams and perdition, and wonder if the show glorifies satanism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106676\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina'\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-768x513.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina' \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The answer will always be a personal judgment call, but it's worth noting that while \u003cem>Sabrina \u003c/em>shows characters worshipping Satan in exchange for the ability to wield dark powers, and has them espouse Anton LaVey's \u003cem>It's about free will, not good and evil\u003c/em> party line, it depicts the actual lived life of a coven member as ... kind of a bummer. Sabrina's fellow members of the Church of Night are hemmed in by bureaucracy, bylaws, murky tradition and deceit. It's as sexy as a condo board. But evil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Well ... \u003cem>more \u003c/em>evil.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series also makes a choice to place our hero Sabrina, who belongs in both the mortal and witch world, in a kind of stealth opposition to the Church of Night while still availing herself of its powers. No, it won't be enough to allay the concerns of viewers who would condemn any depiction of the occult, especially one as full-throated as this one—but it's something.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show's magical subject matter brings with it the (too) usual trappings and devices. There is, it will likely not surprise you to learn, a Prophecy. There is also a Destiny To Be Embraced. Where death is concerned, there is a Balance That Must Be Maintained. (If the nigh-inevitable and deeply regrettable phrase \"The Chosen One\" came up at any point, I either missed it or deliberately erased it from my memory.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while its characters do make pop culture references, as mentioned above (including real groaners such as, \"penny dreadful for your thoughts,\" which: NOPE), they don't do so at anything like the stylized breakneck pace made famous by \u003cem>Buffy\u003c/em>. Instead, the show employs thematic and visual references to that show, and many, \u003cem>many \u003c/em>other familiar occult narratives. Here's a shot from \u003cem>The Exorcist\u003c/em>, or \u003cem>The Witch\u003c/em>. Here's a plot element borrowed from \u003cem>Rosemary's Baby\u003c/em>, or \u003cem>The Masque of the Red Death\u003c/em>. Here's a bottle episode that owes so much of its structure to \u003cem>Buffy \u003c/em>that you find yourself idly wondering how litigious Joss Whedon might be feeling nowadays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aguirre-Sacasa, the creator, made his bones as a playwright and drops several theater-people Easter eggs into the mix. Characters unwittingly mouth scraps of dialogue from \u003cem>Our Town \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Angels in America\u003c/em>. The town's bookstore owner, we learn, used to work as local late-night monster-chiller-horror TV host Dr. Cerberus, a character from a 2010 play ... by Aguirre-Sacasa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's not just plays. In the pilot, a bat crashes through Sabrina's bedroom window. The show waves it off as an ill omen, but you'd be forgiven for half-expecting Sabrina to react by donning a cowl and cape and waging a one-woman war on crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in a way, she kind of does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sabrina as superhero\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What none of the trailers or press materials will tell you is that \u003cem>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina\u003c/em> is, at its black heart, a superhero show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To wit: Sabrina has powers, and she chooses to use them, consistently, to help her friends—to punish those who would harm them, and to ease their pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106674\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina'\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina' \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the first half of the season, things come \u003cem>awfully \u003c/em>easy to her, and she's unfailingly right about everything. The show's smart enough to realize this, however, and has her friends call her out on it; as the season progresses, she starts to screw up, with big, bad consequences that serve to give the last few episodes a momentum, and a real sense of danger, that are missing from earlier in the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which is to say: Yes, the series suffers from classic Netflix bloat, but it's forgivable here because most of the tangents and detours the series explores over the course of its first nine episodes actually factor into the season finale, which changes the game in a satisfying way and sets up the next season nicely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even when it feels like it's treading water, you have to admit that the water's refreshing. This show just plain \u003cem>looks \u003c/em>great, from Sabrina's \u003cem>severely \u003c/em>(and hilariously) gabled house to the most sumptuous public school library imaginable (it has a roaring fireplace, which \u003cem>has \u003c/em>to be a code violation), to the mist-shrouded woods which, yes, have been featured in every serialized television show that shoots in and around Vancouver for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this first season of \u003cem>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina\u003c/em> doesn't seem particularly interested in stepping out of Buffy's long shadow, that's fine—but now that we've established the world, the players, and the central conflict(s), here's hoping season two will give the series a chance to find its own voice, and step out into the light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Into the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2018 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But let's go back to that calendar entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sweet Sixteen/Dark Baptism.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That right there is \u003cem>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina\u003c/em>'s mission statement, distilled to its essence. (It's also a pretty solid joke, just on its face.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're on board — really, really on board — for \u003cem>both \u003c/em>halves of it, you're going to enjoy the series, which got picked up for a second season months before this first season dropped.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ybKUX6thF8Q'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ybKUX6thF8Q'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Tackling them in turn:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Sweet Sixteen\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a high school series about a young girl's coming of age. The happy fact that said young girl is played by \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>'s Kiernan Shipka tells you a few things from the jump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, you're gonna be on Sabrina's side. Shipka is great here: The startling promise she showed on \u003cem>Mad Men \u003c/em>has matured into bona fide acting chops\u003cem>. \u003c/em>She infuses the character with a confident, self-assured strength; a headstrong desire to make her own choices; and a keen, grounded intellect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Second, you're gonna \u003cem>stay \u003c/em>on Sabrina's side, even though, to be honest, she's ... a bit of a pill. That confident, self-assured strength spills over, from time to time, into \"Only I can save the day\" exceptionalism. That headstrong desire to make her own choices shades into stubbornness, and that keen, grounded intellect into know-it-allism. Shipka lets all that spilling, shading and nuance slosh around together, but she never loses us, because she locates an appealing vulnerability underneath the confidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, neither she nor the character she plays is particularly funny. And when the series she's shouldering owes as much to \u003cem>Buffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c/em> as this one does (read: just a \u003cem>whole \u003c/em>lot), that absence is felt. (Later-season Buffy Summers was a dour drip, yes, but Sarah Michelle Gellar remained a deft hand with a quip.) The series, undaunted, shunts the much-needed humor off onto actors more at home with it, like \u003cem>The Office (U.K.)\u003c/em>'s Lucy Davis as Sabrina's dithering Aunt Hilda, as well as—especially and wonderfully—onto Sabrina's scheming mentor/secret antagonist Miss Wardwell (\u003cem>Doctor Who\u003c/em>'s Michelle Gomez, who lovingly chews her every line like tender morsels of marbled ribeye).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As in the comics, and the beloved-by-those-of-a-certain-age Melissa Joan Hart sitcom \u003cem>Sabrina the Teenage Witch\u003c/em>, Sabrina is saddled with mortal love interest Harvey Kinkle; it's to actor Ross Lynch's enormous credit—and the character's melancholic backstory here—that Harvey doesn't come off as a stick-in-the-mud, dull-as-dishwater dud who impedes Sabrina's potential. (Which is to say: a real Darren.) Instead, he's supportive, vulnerable and, mostly, sad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106677\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106677\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina'\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault-520x293.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina' \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the time-honored manner of high school shows, Sabrina's pals prove earnestly and nerdily woke: Roz (Jaz Sinclair) and Susie (nonbinary actor Lachlan Watson) face down bullying and other issues of the day while tossing out pop culture references. It's in these storylines that the series struggles most visibly to escape \u003cem>Buffy\u003c/em>'s long shadow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And speaking of shadows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Dark Baptism\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's be clear: \u003cem>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina\u003c/em> isn't merely steeped in the occult. It's drowning in it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Series such as \u003cem>Buffy\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Charmed\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Supernatural \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Lucifer \u003c/em>have, to varying degrees, dressed themselves up in the trappings of black magic—demons, spells, curses, charms, etc. But while both \u003cem>Supernatural \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Lucifer \u003c/em>feature Satan as a character, they're not truly Satan-satanic. They're more ... \u003cem>seitan\u003c/em>-satanic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sabrina\u003c/em>, on the other hand, doesn't truck with vague, winking, hand-wavy allusions to \"the fallen angel\" of Milton and Dante. Neither is it about Wicca, or a kind of scrubbed, \u003cem>Bewitched/Bell, Book and Candle/Sabrina the Teenage Witch\u003c/em> species of white magic. The Big Bad is not some generic \"demon from the pit.\" No, he's the real, Judeo-Christian biblical deal. As in, the full-bore, goat-headed, cloven-footed capital-D Devil—complete with followers who are depicted murmuring \"Praise Satan\" the way most people say \"Gesundheit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some viewers expecting the bright, silly magic of the original \u003cem>Sabrina \u003c/em>comics, the Hart sitcom, or even \u003cem>Buffy\u003c/em>'s darker (but still carefully couched) parade of demons as metaphors may be taken aback by the series' eager embrace of pentagrams and perdition, and wonder if the show glorifies satanism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106676\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina'\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-768x513.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-image-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina' \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The answer will always be a personal judgment call, but it's worth noting that while \u003cem>Sabrina \u003c/em>shows characters worshipping Satan in exchange for the ability to wield dark powers, and has them espouse Anton LaVey's \u003cem>It's about free will, not good and evil\u003c/em> party line, it depicts the actual lived life of a coven member as ... kind of a bummer. Sabrina's fellow members of the Church of Night are hemmed in by bureaucracy, bylaws, murky tradition and deceit. It's as sexy as a condo board. But evil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Well ... \u003cem>more \u003c/em>evil.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series also makes a choice to place our hero Sabrina, who belongs in both the mortal and witch world, in a kind of stealth opposition to the Church of Night while still availing herself of its powers. No, it won't be enough to allay the concerns of viewers who would condemn any depiction of the occult, especially one as full-throated as this one—but it's something.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show's magical subject matter brings with it the (too) usual trappings and devices. There is, it will likely not surprise you to learn, a Prophecy. There is also a Destiny To Be Embraced. Where death is concerned, there is a Balance That Must Be Maintained. (If the nigh-inevitable and deeply regrettable phrase \"The Chosen One\" came up at any point, I either missed it or deliberately erased it from my memory.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while its characters do make pop culture references, as mentioned above (including real groaners such as, \"penny dreadful for your thoughts,\" which: NOPE), they don't do so at anything like the stylized breakneck pace made famous by \u003cem>Buffy\u003c/em>. Instead, the show employs thematic and visual references to that show, and many, \u003cem>many \u003c/em>other familiar occult narratives. Here's a shot from \u003cem>The Exorcist\u003c/em>, or \u003cem>The Witch\u003c/em>. Here's a plot element borrowed from \u003cem>Rosemary's Baby\u003c/em>, or \u003cem>The Masque of the Red Death\u003c/em>. Here's a bottle episode that owes so much of its structure to \u003cem>Buffy \u003c/em>that you find yourself idly wondering how litigious Joss Whedon might be feeling nowadays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aguirre-Sacasa, the creator, made his bones as a playwright and drops several theater-people Easter eggs into the mix. Characters unwittingly mouth scraps of dialogue from \u003cem>Our Town \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Angels in America\u003c/em>. The town's bookstore owner, we learn, used to work as local late-night monster-chiller-horror TV host Dr. Cerberus, a character from a 2010 play ... by Aguirre-Sacasa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's not just plays. In the pilot, a bat crashes through Sabrina's bedroom window. The show waves it off as an ill omen, but you'd be forgiven for half-expecting Sabrina to react by donning a cowl and cape and waging a one-woman war on crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in a way, she kind of does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sabrina as superhero\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What none of the trailers or press materials will tell you is that \u003cem>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina\u003c/em> is, at its black heart, a superhero show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To wit: Sabrina has powers, and she chooses to use them, consistently, to help her friends—to punish those who would harm them, and to ease their pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106674\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina'\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cas_102_unit_01911r3_wide-261b01ea61adcc32813dd4c3df461fe9960f2a80-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina' \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the first half of the season, things come \u003cem>awfully \u003c/em>easy to her, and she's unfailingly right about everything. The show's smart enough to realize this, however, and has her friends call her out on it; as the season progresses, she starts to screw up, with big, bad consequences that serve to give the last few episodes a momentum, and a real sense of danger, that are missing from earlier in the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which is to say: Yes, the series suffers from classic Netflix bloat, but it's forgivable here because most of the tangents and detours the series explores over the course of its first nine episodes actually factor into the season finale, which changes the game in a satisfying way and sets up the next season nicely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even when it feels like it's treading water, you have to admit that the water's refreshing. This show just plain \u003cem>looks \u003c/em>great, from Sabrina's \u003cem>severely \u003c/em>(and hilariously) gabled house to the most sumptuous public school library imaginable (it has a roaring fireplace, which \u003cem>has \u003c/em>to be a code violation), to the mist-shrouded woods which, yes, have been featured in every serialized television show that shoots in and around Vancouver for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this first season of \u003cem>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina\u003c/em> doesn't seem particularly interested in stepping out of Buffy's long shadow, that's fine—but now that we've established the world, the players, and the central conflict(s), here's hoping season two will give the series a chance to find its own voice, and step out into the light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Into the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105795/poldark-season-4-episode-3-recap-homeward-bound\"> the previous episode of \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Demelza tried to make \u003cdel>fetch\u003c/del> Rosina and Drake happen, Blondie gave birth and continued to workshop jokes for her one-woman show\u003cem> Kids Are The Absolute Worst\u003c/em>, and Ross made up for hanging out with his ex by sexing Demelza all over the kitchen table. Will Rosina and Morwenna vie for Drake's final rose in a very special 18th-century version of \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em>? Will plugging our ears and saying \"LA LA LA\" really loudly stop whatever terrible thing is about to happen to Blondie's baby? Will the Poldarks need to decipher Swedish pictograph instructions to build a replacement kitchen table for the one they desecrated with all their boinking? Only one way to find out! On with the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We... okay, I... asked for more smack-talking about children. And less than 10 seconds into this episode, Blondie is supplying in spades! Looking down on Baby Sara's cherubic face, she asks, \"Is this creature not provoking, boring me to tears with her endless smiles? I live for the day the little beast runs away. I tell her I shan't miss her at all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This would be a real knee-slapper if Baby Sara wasn't slowly dying and all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106623\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/princess-diaries-anne-hathaway-fan-face-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Understandably, Doc does not find the joke funny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the inside, he's thinking:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106629\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/way-harsh-blondie.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But since whatever's wrong with Baby Sara is still a secret, all he can do is quietly choke back a sob and walk away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106636\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/brb-gtg-sob.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Malfoy is busy doing what he does best: throwing a deranged Veruca Salt-sized tantrum. This time, it's about being voted out of Parliament. It's really hard to be an uber-rich white man, you guys!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Malfoy:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Waaaahhhhhhh. It's 'cause my grandfather was a blacksmith, isn't it?!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Um, no, I'm pretty sure people just despise everything else about you. Oh, and because I live to stir the pot and make everything worse, here's a fun fact: A little birdie told me that Demelza got your donor drunk and convinced him to rethink supporting evil jerks like you. Another reason to plot against my ex! Yay! I have no life and am dead inside!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza's name immediately makes Malfoy's eyelid twitch. He yells that she's an \"impudent kitchen troll.\" As someone who enjoyed a modest collection of Troll dolls in the '90s, I consider that a compliment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106631\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/demelza-troll.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/demelza-troll.jpg 334w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/demelza-troll-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/demelza-troll-240x359.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who needs mining when you're born with a precious jewel inside your belly button?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the edge of a cliff, Doc holds Baby Sara and looks like he just watched Bambi's mom get shot \u003cem>and\u003c/em> the end of \u003cem>A Star Is Born\u003c/em> back to back. Judging by Baby Sara's facial expression, she is harshly judging the writers for bringing her into this world, only to potentially kill her off as unceremoniously as a \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em> character.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/WTF-i-just-got-here-poldark-baby-sarah-doctor-ennis.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doc whispers, \"Stay a little while longer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorry. I'll be right back. Some dust got in my eye. *goes into the next room and cries into a pillow so my neighbors won't hear*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/im-emotional-right-now-britney.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"212\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at chez Poldark, out of nowhere, Demelza asks Ross if he thinks they will ever truly mend their relationship. Good god, I am getting tired of these constant intense couples therapy sessions! He cheated. She cheated. Horny poetry was exchanged. It's over. Let's move on!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106638\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/enough-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"160\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, wow, it's like Ross and Demelza heard me 'cause they decide to stop talking about feelings and just have some more sex. That's more like it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106639\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/proud-of-you-thumbs-up-compute-kid-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Ross quickly learns that being a politician isn't exactly the Robin Hood steal-from-the-rich-give-to-the-poor dream he had in mind. His donor is already trying to control his vote on certain matters. Welcome to the swamp, Ross!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106640\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swamp-monkey-walk-cute-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"230\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, at the mine, Ross runs into Doc and asks why he always looks like this lately:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98835\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/baby-cry-mask.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"193\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doc confesses that Baby Sara has a congenital heart defect (NO!) and will for sure die (STOP!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106665\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/charlotte-sex-and-the-city-poldark-horace-baby-sarah-death.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"249\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Umm, awkward confession time: This might kind of be my fault. Remember when I was really against Blondie betraying her only child, Horace the Pug, by having a human child? Maybe all that advocating led to this? *Steve Urkel voice* \u003cem>Did I do thaaat?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106624\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/my-bad-clueless-cher-driving-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Morwenna's house, things just keep getting bleaker. Not only has Gross Goblin's mom practically moved in, but Elizabeth also pays a visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106645\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/get-out-buffy-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth tells Morwenna that she thinks the way Mama Goblin terrorizes the nanny is strange. You know what's strange, Liz? The fact that you married off this poor girl to a toe-snacking rapist and have the audacity to pop on over for tea like it ain't no thing. Hell, party of one. We'll seat you now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106667\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/going-to-hell-gif-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"304\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For what feels like the 8,432nd episode in a row, Jennifer Lawrence puts her feet in Gross Goblin's mouth for money. Yawn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to being terrible at...well, basic humanity, Gross Goblin is also terrible at not being caught sucking on someone else's wife's toes. While leaving Jennifer Lawrence's crack den, he is spotted not just by Elizabeth, but by Jennifer Lawrence's husband too!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106625\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/congarts-you-suck-obama.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Geoffrey Charles pays a visit to Drake and yammers on about Morwenna. Drake shrugs and says, \"Life must go on,\" followed by a shot of Rosina waving. Once again, dear \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106483\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/stop-trying-to-make-rosina-happen-gif-mean-girls.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"211\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is roaming the space around Drake and waving all this girl does? Get a hobby!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Demelza forces Drake to walk Rosina home again, but this time, Sam doesn't go along to act as a human prophylactic. Rosina says people might get the wrong idea and think they're dating. Drake smiles and says he's okay with that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106647\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/i-hate-this-30-rock-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"196\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106626\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/very-upset-about-this-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"254\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Gross Goblin hatches a new plan to get even with Morwenna for denying him access to her feet; he plans to have her institutionalized. Can evil take a single afternoon off? I am exhausted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/leave-morwenna-britney-alone-poldark-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"162\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evil just got back to me about taking the afternoon off. It's a hard no. Baby Sara has developed a cough. So far, she's beating back the Grim Reaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106641\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/carrie-sex-and-the-city-flower-gif-movie-mr-big.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"249\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep up the good fight, little one!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Gross Goblin tries to get Doc to say that Morwenna is bonkers enough to lock away forever. Really not in the mood for this kind of nonsense today, Doc eviscerates Gross Goblin: \"I cannot help you, sir, nor do I wish to. It is my humble opinion that if a husband cannot win his wife by loving, kindness and sympathy, then he deserves to go without her. I bid you a good day!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In case you're not fluent in overly-polite British, here's a translation:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106650\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/middle-finger-surprise-cross-bow-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I usually skip all the mining plotlines because zzzzzzzzzzz, but something important is actually happening down there for once. Ross plans to save the mine from bankruptcy by digging into new territory he thinks holds valuable minerals or whatever. Instead, he and Sam strike... a bunch of water! The mine starts to flood and everyone is in danger of drowning to death! Good going, guys! The homicidal puddle that murdered Francis is back for more!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A challenger for Gross Goblin's Bad At Everything title emerges in the form of some dude named Bobby. While trying to escape from the mine, he slips from the ladder, belly flops into deep water and then sinks to the bottom just in time for a random cart of rocks to fall on his leg. Oy vey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106651\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/get-your-shit-together-star-trek-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross eventually frees him, and Doc manages to bring him back to life via mouth-to-mouth. That's great for Bobby and all, but will Doc be able to save Baby Sara?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106652\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/praying-crying-how-to-get-away-with-murder-gif-viola-davis.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of which, Blondie finally knows about Baby Sara's condition and the prognosis gets even worse: Baby Sara will be dead in a matter of hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106653\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/why-conan-crying-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blondie is all out of jokes. \"I never wanted this wretched creature, but over the months, she has wormed her way into my affections, supplanting even poor Horace.\" (Considering the situation, I'll allow the demotion.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked whether Blondie wants Demelza to come over for support, she says, \"No, I am a hard woman and can fend for myself. I believe Demelza would cry, and that I fear would undo us all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bethenny-cry.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza or no Demelza, I am undone. Baby Sara passes away that night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/jujubee-eyelash-crying.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I held most of the tears back until I saw that little black casket. Then the floodgates really opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106654\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/beyonce-flood-gates-water-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>R.I.P. Horace's lil sis! I'm sorry I hated on the idea of you. Please say hi to Agatha and Prison Bestie and Jago and Julia for me. No need to say anything to Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the funeral, Ross interrupts Demelza's weeping with yet another helping of jealousy over Prison Bestie. Is he serious?! At a time like this?!? As if that wasn't ridiculous enough, he then yells in Demelza's face about how he doesn't like his new job. \u003cem>Boo hoo, being one of the most powerful men in the country isn't as fun as I thought it would be! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone grieves in their own way, but this is one of the dumbest. Get over yourself, dude! Baby Sara is dead and your grumpiness over work and your insecurity over a one-off sand-dune-boogie is all you can think about?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just in case we needed another reminder of evil never resting, Malfoy and Elizabeth share idiotic grins over how they managed to buy their way back into Parliament. This would be a good time for a Biblical plague to hit their house. Let's not do frogs again. Death of the firstborn just happened, so let's skip that too. Locusts, biting insects, livestock disease, darkness and a river turning into blood won't do either. So fiery hail it is!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106660\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1020x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1020x520.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-160x82.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-800x408.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-768x392.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1200x612.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1920x979.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1180x602.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-960x489.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-240x122.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-375x191.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-520x265.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's for...well, everything, but especially for not letting Agatha lie about her age and have a fun, boozy birthday party!!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few days later, Blondie decides to leave Doc and move to London so she can learn to forget the loss of Baby Sara. Uh oh, there go the floodgates again!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106654\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/beyonce-flood-gates-water-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My face had just dried! Ugh!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At last, we get a reward for surviving all of this emotional devastation. Ding dong, it's HORACE O'CLOCK! And not a moment too soon! A much-needed rainbow after this sh*t-storm of an episode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106659\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/horace-pug-poldark-carriage-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find someone who looks at you the way Doc looks at Horace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106658\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/smile-horace-poldark-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Yes, I do realize he's actually looking at Blondie. Let me have my fun during this emotional time!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While leaving Cornwall maybe forever, Blondie tells Doc, \"Do your best not to miss Horace.\" Ok, Blondie, we'll try.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106655\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sad-wilfred-doctor-who-crying-old-man-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"147\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OMG, another Rosina scene?? NOT NOW.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the fiery hail hasn't actually arrived yet, I guess I'll settle for Ross randomly destroying Malfoy's No Trespassing property fence. Obliterate it, Ross!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106657\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/destroy-door-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"120\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The animated gif above also serves as an allegory for what this episode has done to my emotions and overall mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: The Grim Reaper. \u003c/strong>So many evil people to choose from and he snatches up a baby named after one of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs?! The gall!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Bobby. \u003c/strong>Congrats on not being dead or whatever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Morwenna. \u003c/strong>Hang in there, girl.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Baby Sara. \u003c/strong>*unintelligible parting message drowned out by all the crying*\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Blondie\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>The best character on this entire show deserves much better than this. Like a happy-go-lucky spin-off, which follows her, Horace and Oscar Wilde, as they joke and party their way all over London. Make it happen, Masterpiece!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until next week! If you miss my thoughts on \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> or pop culture in general, follow me on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/xcusemybeauty\">@xcusemybeauty\u003c/a>, listen to my podcast \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\">\u003cem>The Cooler\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, or read all my \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/recaps/\">other \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> recaps\u003c/a> below!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More recaps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105805/poldark-season-4-episode-5-recap-no-tears-left-to-cry\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 5 Recap: No Tears Left To Cry\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105795/poldark-season-4-episode-3-recap-homeward-bound\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 3 Recap: Homeward Bound\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105791/poldark-season-4-episode-2-recap-ready-to-run\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 2 Recap: Ready to Run\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105789/poldark-season-4-premiere-recap-you-keep-me-hangin-on\">'Poldark' Season 4 Premiere Recap: You Keep Me Hangin' On\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/96601/poldark-season-3-finale-recap-look-what-you-made-me-do\">'Poldark' Season 3 Finale Recap: Look What You Made Me Do\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/13/poldark-season-3-episode-7-recap-i-wanna-sex-you-up/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: I Wanna Sex You Up\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/05/poldark-season-3-episode-6-recap-you-give-love-a-bad-name/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: You Give Love A Bad Name\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/29/poldark-season-3-episode-5-recap-the-one-that-got-away/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: The One That Got Away\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/24/poldark-season-3-episode-4-recap-break-free/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: Break Free\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/15/poldark-season-3-episode-3-recap-kiss-the-girl/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: Kiss the Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/08/poldark-season-3-episode-2-recap-voulez-vous-coucher-avec-moi/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Voulez-vous Coucher Avec Moi?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/02/poldark-season-3-premiere-recap-same-old-mistakes/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Premiere Recap: Same Old Mistakes\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/27/poldark-season-2-finale-recap-burn-baby-burn/\">‘Poldark’ Season 2 Finale Recap: Burn Baby Burn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/20/poldark-season-2-episode-8-recap-man-i-feel-like-a-woman/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Man! I Feel Like A Woman!\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/13/poldark-season-2-episode-7-recap-im-in-love-with-a-monster/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: I'm In Love With A Monster\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/06/poldark-season-2-episode-6-recap-informer/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: Informer\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/30/poldark-season-2-episode-5-recap-before-he-cheats/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 5 Recap: Before He Cheats\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/24/poldark-season-2-episode-4-recap-sink-or-swim/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 4 Recap: Sink or Swim\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/17/poldark-season-2-episode-3-recap-miss-independent/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: Miss Independent\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/02/poldark-season-2-episode-2-recap-you-dont-bring-me-flowers/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: You Don't Bring Me Flowers\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/27/poldark-season-2-premiere-recap-court-and-spark/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 1 Recap: Court and Spark\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/23/poldark-season-1-episode-4-recap-send-my-love-to-your-new-lover/\"> 'Poldark' Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Send My Love to Your New Lover\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/21/poldark-season-1-episode-3-recap-oops-there-goes-my-shirt/\">‘Poldark’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: Oops, There Goes My Shirt\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/20/poldark-season-1-episode-2-recap-guns-and-ships-bang-bang/\">‘Poldark’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: Bang Bang\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/19/poldark-season-1-premiere-recap-stayin-alive/\">‘Poldark’ Season 1 Premiere Recap: Stayin’ Alive\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105795/poldark-season-4-episode-3-recap-homeward-bound\"> the previous episode of \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Demelza tried to make \u003cdel>fetch\u003c/del> Rosina and Drake happen, Blondie gave birth and continued to workshop jokes for her one-woman show\u003cem> Kids Are The Absolute Worst\u003c/em>, and Ross made up for hanging out with his ex by sexing Demelza all over the kitchen table. Will Rosina and Morwenna vie for Drake's final rose in a very special 18th-century version of \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em>? Will plugging our ears and saying \"LA LA LA\" really loudly stop whatever terrible thing is about to happen to Blondie's baby? Will the Poldarks need to decipher Swedish pictograph instructions to build a replacement kitchen table for the one they desecrated with all their boinking? Only one way to find out! On with the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We... okay, I... asked for more smack-talking about children. And less than 10 seconds into this episode, Blondie is supplying in spades! Looking down on Baby Sara's cherubic face, she asks, \"Is this creature not provoking, boring me to tears with her endless smiles? I live for the day the little beast runs away. I tell her I shan't miss her at all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This would be a real knee-slapper if Baby Sara wasn't slowly dying and all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106623\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/princess-diaries-anne-hathaway-fan-face-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Understandably, Doc does not find the joke funny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the inside, he's thinking:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106629\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/way-harsh-blondie.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But since whatever's wrong with Baby Sara is still a secret, all he can do is quietly choke back a sob and walk away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106636\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/brb-gtg-sob.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Malfoy is busy doing what he does best: throwing a deranged Veruca Salt-sized tantrum. This time, it's about being voted out of Parliament. It's really hard to be an uber-rich white man, you guys!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Malfoy:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Waaaahhhhhhh. It's 'cause my grandfather was a blacksmith, isn't it?!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Um, no, I'm pretty sure people just despise everything else about you. Oh, and because I live to stir the pot and make everything worse, here's a fun fact: A little birdie told me that Demelza got your donor drunk and convinced him to rethink supporting evil jerks like you. Another reason to plot against my ex! Yay! I have no life and am dead inside!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza's name immediately makes Malfoy's eyelid twitch. He yells that she's an \"impudent kitchen troll.\" As someone who enjoyed a modest collection of Troll dolls in the '90s, I consider that a compliment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106631\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/demelza-troll.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/demelza-troll.jpg 334w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/demelza-troll-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/demelza-troll-240x359.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who needs mining when you're born with a precious jewel inside your belly button?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the edge of a cliff, Doc holds Baby Sara and looks like he just watched Bambi's mom get shot \u003cem>and\u003c/em> the end of \u003cem>A Star Is Born\u003c/em> back to back. Judging by Baby Sara's facial expression, she is harshly judging the writers for bringing her into this world, only to potentially kill her off as unceremoniously as a \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em> character.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/WTF-i-just-got-here-poldark-baby-sarah-doctor-ennis.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doc whispers, \"Stay a little while longer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorry. I'll be right back. Some dust got in my eye. *goes into the next room and cries into a pillow so my neighbors won't hear*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/im-emotional-right-now-britney.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"212\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at chez Poldark, out of nowhere, Demelza asks Ross if he thinks they will ever truly mend their relationship. Good god, I am getting tired of these constant intense couples therapy sessions! He cheated. She cheated. Horny poetry was exchanged. It's over. Let's move on!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106638\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/enough-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"160\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, wow, it's like Ross and Demelza heard me 'cause they decide to stop talking about feelings and just have some more sex. That's more like it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106639\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/proud-of-you-thumbs-up-compute-kid-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Ross quickly learns that being a politician isn't exactly the Robin Hood steal-from-the-rich-give-to-the-poor dream he had in mind. His donor is already trying to control his vote on certain matters. Welcome to the swamp, Ross!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106640\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/swamp-monkey-walk-cute-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"230\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, at the mine, Ross runs into Doc and asks why he always looks like this lately:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98835\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/baby-cry-mask.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"193\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doc confesses that Baby Sara has a congenital heart defect (NO!) and will for sure die (STOP!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106665\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/charlotte-sex-and-the-city-poldark-horace-baby-sarah-death.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"249\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Umm, awkward confession time: This might kind of be my fault. Remember when I was really against Blondie betraying her only child, Horace the Pug, by having a human child? Maybe all that advocating led to this? *Steve Urkel voice* \u003cem>Did I do thaaat?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106624\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/my-bad-clueless-cher-driving-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Morwenna's house, things just keep getting bleaker. Not only has Gross Goblin's mom practically moved in, but Elizabeth also pays a visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106645\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/get-out-buffy-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth tells Morwenna that she thinks the way Mama Goblin terrorizes the nanny is strange. You know what's strange, Liz? The fact that you married off this poor girl to a toe-snacking rapist and have the audacity to pop on over for tea like it ain't no thing. Hell, party of one. We'll seat you now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106667\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/going-to-hell-gif-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"304\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For what feels like the 8,432nd episode in a row, Jennifer Lawrence puts her feet in Gross Goblin's mouth for money. Yawn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to being terrible at...well, basic humanity, Gross Goblin is also terrible at not being caught sucking on someone else's wife's toes. While leaving Jennifer Lawrence's crack den, he is spotted not just by Elizabeth, but by Jennifer Lawrence's husband too!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106625\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/congarts-you-suck-obama.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Geoffrey Charles pays a visit to Drake and yammers on about Morwenna. Drake shrugs and says, \"Life must go on,\" followed by a shot of Rosina waving. Once again, dear \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106483\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/stop-trying-to-make-rosina-happen-gif-mean-girls.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"211\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is roaming the space around Drake and waving all this girl does? Get a hobby!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Demelza forces Drake to walk Rosina home again, but this time, Sam doesn't go along to act as a human prophylactic. Rosina says people might get the wrong idea and think they're dating. Drake smiles and says he's okay with that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106647\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/i-hate-this-30-rock-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"196\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106626\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/very-upset-about-this-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"254\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Gross Goblin hatches a new plan to get even with Morwenna for denying him access to her feet; he plans to have her institutionalized. Can evil take a single afternoon off? I am exhausted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/leave-morwenna-britney-alone-poldark-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"162\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evil just got back to me about taking the afternoon off. It's a hard no. Baby Sara has developed a cough. So far, she's beating back the Grim Reaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106641\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/carrie-sex-and-the-city-flower-gif-movie-mr-big.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"249\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep up the good fight, little one!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Gross Goblin tries to get Doc to say that Morwenna is bonkers enough to lock away forever. Really not in the mood for this kind of nonsense today, Doc eviscerates Gross Goblin: \"I cannot help you, sir, nor do I wish to. It is my humble opinion that if a husband cannot win his wife by loving, kindness and sympathy, then he deserves to go without her. I bid you a good day!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In case you're not fluent in overly-polite British, here's a translation:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106650\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/middle-finger-surprise-cross-bow-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I usually skip all the mining plotlines because zzzzzzzzzzz, but something important is actually happening down there for once. Ross plans to save the mine from bankruptcy by digging into new territory he thinks holds valuable minerals or whatever. Instead, he and Sam strike... a bunch of water! The mine starts to flood and everyone is in danger of drowning to death! Good going, guys! The homicidal puddle that murdered Francis is back for more!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A challenger for Gross Goblin's Bad At Everything title emerges in the form of some dude named Bobby. While trying to escape from the mine, he slips from the ladder, belly flops into deep water and then sinks to the bottom just in time for a random cart of rocks to fall on his leg. Oy vey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106651\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/get-your-shit-together-star-trek-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross eventually frees him, and Doc manages to bring him back to life via mouth-to-mouth. That's great for Bobby and all, but will Doc be able to save Baby Sara?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106652\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/praying-crying-how-to-get-away-with-murder-gif-viola-davis.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of which, Blondie finally knows about Baby Sara's condition and the prognosis gets even worse: Baby Sara will be dead in a matter of hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106653\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/why-conan-crying-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blondie is all out of jokes. \"I never wanted this wretched creature, but over the months, she has wormed her way into my affections, supplanting even poor Horace.\" (Considering the situation, I'll allow the demotion.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked whether Blondie wants Demelza to come over for support, she says, \"No, I am a hard woman and can fend for myself. I believe Demelza would cry, and that I fear would undo us all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bethenny-cry.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza or no Demelza, I am undone. Baby Sara passes away that night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/jujubee-eyelash-crying.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I held most of the tears back until I saw that little black casket. Then the floodgates really opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106654\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/beyonce-flood-gates-water-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>R.I.P. Horace's lil sis! I'm sorry I hated on the idea of you. Please say hi to Agatha and Prison Bestie and Jago and Julia for me. No need to say anything to Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the funeral, Ross interrupts Demelza's weeping with yet another helping of jealousy over Prison Bestie. Is he serious?! At a time like this?!? As if that wasn't ridiculous enough, he then yells in Demelza's face about how he doesn't like his new job. \u003cem>Boo hoo, being one of the most powerful men in the country isn't as fun as I thought it would be! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone grieves in their own way, but this is one of the dumbest. Get over yourself, dude! Baby Sara is dead and your grumpiness over work and your insecurity over a one-off sand-dune-boogie is all you can think about?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just in case we needed another reminder of evil never resting, Malfoy and Elizabeth share idiotic grins over how they managed to buy their way back into Parliament. This would be a good time for a Biblical plague to hit their house. Let's not do frogs again. Death of the firstborn just happened, so let's skip that too. Locusts, biting insects, livestock disease, darkness and a river turning into blood won't do either. So fiery hail it is!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106660\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1020x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1020x520.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-160x82.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-800x408.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-768x392.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1200x612.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1920x979.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-1180x602.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-960x489.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-240x122.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-375x191.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/george-elizabeth-poldark-520x265.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's for...well, everything, but especially for not letting Agatha lie about her age and have a fun, boozy birthday party!!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few days later, Blondie decides to leave Doc and move to London so she can learn to forget the loss of Baby Sara. Uh oh, there go the floodgates again!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106654\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/beyonce-flood-gates-water-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"266\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My face had just dried! Ugh!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At last, we get a reward for surviving all of this emotional devastation. Ding dong, it's HORACE O'CLOCK! And not a moment too soon! A much-needed rainbow after this sh*t-storm of an episode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106659\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/horace-pug-poldark-carriage-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find someone who looks at you the way Doc looks at Horace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106658\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/smile-horace-poldark-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Yes, I do realize he's actually looking at Blondie. Let me have my fun during this emotional time!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While leaving Cornwall maybe forever, Blondie tells Doc, \"Do your best not to miss Horace.\" Ok, Blondie, we'll try.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106655\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sad-wilfred-doctor-who-crying-old-man-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"147\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OMG, another Rosina scene?? NOT NOW.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the fiery hail hasn't actually arrived yet, I guess I'll settle for Ross randomly destroying Malfoy's No Trespassing property fence. Obliterate it, Ross!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106657\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/destroy-door-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"120\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The animated gif above also serves as an allegory for what this episode has done to my emotions and overall mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: The Grim Reaper. \u003c/strong>So many evil people to choose from and he snatches up a baby named after one of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs?! The gall!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Bobby. \u003c/strong>Congrats on not being dead or whatever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Morwenna. \u003c/strong>Hang in there, girl.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Baby Sara. \u003c/strong>*unintelligible parting message drowned out by all the crying*\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Blondie\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>The best character on this entire show deserves much better than this. Like a happy-go-lucky spin-off, which follows her, Horace and Oscar Wilde, as they joke and party their way all over London. Make it happen, Masterpiece!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until next week! If you miss my thoughts on \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> or pop culture in general, follow me on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/xcusemybeauty\">@xcusemybeauty\u003c/a>, listen to my podcast \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\">\u003cem>The Cooler\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, or read all my \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/recaps/\">other \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> recaps\u003c/a> below!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More recaps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105805/poldark-season-4-episode-5-recap-no-tears-left-to-cry\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 5 Recap: No Tears Left To Cry\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105795/poldark-season-4-episode-3-recap-homeward-bound\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 3 Recap: Homeward Bound\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105791/poldark-season-4-episode-2-recap-ready-to-run\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 2 Recap: Ready to Run\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105789/poldark-season-4-premiere-recap-you-keep-me-hangin-on\">'Poldark' Season 4 Premiere Recap: You Keep Me Hangin' On\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/96601/poldark-season-3-finale-recap-look-what-you-made-me-do\">'Poldark' Season 3 Finale Recap: Look What You Made Me Do\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/13/poldark-season-3-episode-7-recap-i-wanna-sex-you-up/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: I Wanna Sex You Up\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/05/poldark-season-3-episode-6-recap-you-give-love-a-bad-name/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: You Give Love A Bad Name\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/29/poldark-season-3-episode-5-recap-the-one-that-got-away/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: The One That Got Away\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/24/poldark-season-3-episode-4-recap-break-free/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: Break Free\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/15/poldark-season-3-episode-3-recap-kiss-the-girl/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: Kiss the Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/08/poldark-season-3-episode-2-recap-voulez-vous-coucher-avec-moi/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Voulez-vous Coucher Avec Moi?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/02/poldark-season-3-premiere-recap-same-old-mistakes/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Premiere Recap: Same Old Mistakes\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/27/poldark-season-2-finale-recap-burn-baby-burn/\">‘Poldark’ Season 2 Finale Recap: Burn Baby Burn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/20/poldark-season-2-episode-8-recap-man-i-feel-like-a-woman/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Man! I Feel Like A Woman!\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/13/poldark-season-2-episode-7-recap-im-in-love-with-a-monster/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: I'm In Love With A Monster\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/06/poldark-season-2-episode-6-recap-informer/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: Informer\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/30/poldark-season-2-episode-5-recap-before-he-cheats/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 5 Recap: Before He Cheats\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/24/poldark-season-2-episode-4-recap-sink-or-swim/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 4 Recap: Sink or Swim\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/17/poldark-season-2-episode-3-recap-miss-independent/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: Miss Independent\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/02/poldark-season-2-episode-2-recap-you-dont-bring-me-flowers/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: You Don't Bring Me Flowers\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/27/poldark-season-2-premiere-recap-court-and-spark/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 1 Recap: Court and Spark\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/23/poldark-season-1-episode-4-recap-send-my-love-to-your-new-lover/\"> 'Poldark' Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Send My Love to Your New Lover\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/21/poldark-season-1-episode-3-recap-oops-there-goes-my-shirt/\">‘Poldark’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: Oops, There Goes My Shirt\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/20/poldark-season-1-episode-2-recap-guns-and-ships-bang-bang/\">‘Poldark’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: Bang Bang\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105791/poldark-season-4-episode-2-recap-ready-to-run\"> the previous episode of \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Gross Goblin continued to gobble up lady toes, Ross finally decided to snatch Malfoy's Parliament seat, and Prison Bestie died from blue balls (...um, and a brain tumor). Will Gross Goblin cut his lip on a toenail? Will Ross start rocking one of those fabulous wigs British politicians like to wear? Will Prison Bestie's horny poetry be posthumously published in a Fabio-esque supermarket volume?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fabio-poldark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fabio-poldark.jpg 498w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fabio-poldark-160x266.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fabio-poldark-240x399.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fabio-poldark-375x623.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only one way to find out. On with the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boom, we're in London! Mr. \u003cdel>Smith\u003c/del> Poldark Goes to \u003cdel>Washington\u003c/del> Westminster is in full effect! Ross has first-day-of-school jitters and is intimidated by all the different wig styles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106474 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-800x421.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-800x421.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-160x84.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-768x404.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-1020x536.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-1200x631.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-1920x1010.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-1180x621.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-960x505.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-240x126.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-375x197.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-520x273.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn't take long for Ross to get over his shyness and get back to what he does best: shouting up a righteous storm. Meanwhile, back in Cornwall, Demelza reads a letter from Ross that essentially goes something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hey, stranger!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>I can't believe it's already been six months and that I didn't even bother coming home for Christmas. What can I say? There's just less incentive to be a good husband now that whats-his-butt is dead. London is soooo cool. I'd invite you to check it out, but I don't want to.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>See you when I see you!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ross.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Needless to say, she is not amused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/crumple-up-paper-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"135\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, a girl called Rosina (which also happens to be Ross' drag name) says hello to Drake in a lets-go-to-your-secret-cave-and-make-a-baby kind of way. Demelza gives Drake a look that says: \u003cem>Bro, you've been shot, clubbed in the back, almost hanged, and lost your first true love to a toe-gobbler. Maybe it's time for you to get some.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106485\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/demelza-poldark-raise-eyebrows-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in London, Ross is at a super cool rave featuring pyrotechnics, colored wigs, random elephant statues, and other hedonistic stuff there are probably commandments against. Marie Antoinette's ghost flies overhead and howls, \u003cem>Y'all get to boogie down like this, and I'm the one without a head?!?\u003c/em> Agatha's ghost also soars overhead and howls, \u003cem>Where's my port?!?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quick question: Is this guy trying to pick up Ross?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106486\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/ross-poldark-cruising-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since y'all can't answer me right now, I'm gonna go with a resounding YES.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The woman who checked out Ross' butt at the hanging in the season premiere started a trend!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/Poldark-butt.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross runs into Geoffrey Charles, who has gone through quite the accelerated puberty since we last saw him. Ross lies to him about how dignified his dad, Francis, was. Are we thinking of the same person? The Francis who skipped the war, stole his first cousin's girlfriend, was generally bad at everything and got murdered by a puddle? That Francis?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106476\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sure-ross-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, Malfoy tries to decide which evil thing he'll get up to this week. Drowning puppies and tripping toddlers will have to wait; a fellow Disney villain whom we'll call Sir Scam-a-Lot encourages Malfoy to worm his way back into the House of Commons by buying a town and by extension its representative. You know how the old saying goes: If you can't beat Ross in an election, join him in Westminster through evil anti-democratic means!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Verity, the Queen of Season 1, is back! But it's hard to pay attention to her while a very pregnant Blondie, surrounded by other people's loud children, says, \"I must be in hell.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/laugh-spit-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don't know about you, but I'd love to party with Blondie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106477\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/we-hate-kids-nicole-richie-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"218\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Verity won't stop bringing up touchy subjects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Verity:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Where did this weird ass flower come from?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Demelza says:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>It's a magnolia...\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Demelza doesn't say:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>...given to me by a half-blind hottie I sexed up on a sand dune.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Verity:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Elizabeth's house is super nice now, but you probably never see it cause she tried to wreck your home.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Demelza says:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Um, how's Lisbon?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Demelza doesn't say:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Someday, I am going to uppercut Elizabeth Mortal Kombat-style, then set her house on fire and light my cigarette on the flames.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106479\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/stella-got-her-grooce-back-fire-car-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"217\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106480\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/elmo-burn-it-down-fire-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"300\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After receiving news that the family mine might have to close down, Ross finally decides to pause his super busy rave-attending schedule to make the journey home. He's bored the entire way because the in-carriage entertainment options leave something to be desired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Ross rides up to the house, Demelza gives him her cheek (not a great sign). Ross proceeds to make everything worse by nonchalantly asking, \u003cem>What have you been up to?\u003c/em> Demelza calmly provides a list through gritted teeth, \u003cem>Oh, I don't know, keeping the children alive, tending to the farm, making sure there's enough to eat, trying to keep the mine from going bankrupt, nothing major!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one of those apartments that looks fine on Craiglist until you visit it in person and realize it's a crack den, Jennifer Lawrence is upset about her lack of finances. That's when she notices her big toe peeking out of her pantyhose, which makes her think of Gross Goblin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106489\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/toe-jam.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This storyline = dead horse. Status: Beaten. Must we do this again?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I guess so 'cause she invites Gross Goblin over and asks for money in exchange for her toe jam services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106490\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-foot-fetish-vicar-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We get it! He likes munching on feet! Next!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mere moments after giving birth, Blondie asks Doc, \"Is she as ugly as we feared?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106481\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/julia-roberts-cracking-up-laughing-oscars-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"309\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please never change, Blondie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at chez Poldark, Ross admits that he stayed away all these months because he figured Demelza was still swooning over Prison Bestie's ghost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"I think you no longer know me, Ross.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Perhaps we no longer know each other.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this rate, the next episode will look like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sweet-home-alabama-reese-divorce-gi.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Ross heads to the beach to give viewers another look at his hairy chest. But before he can rip his shirt off, he notices another character has already beaten him to the gratuitous, wet, half-naked punch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106487\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/what-ross-poldark-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">It's Doc!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106488 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/ross-doc-chest-shirtless-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message between the lines of Ross' face: \u003cem>I'ma let you finish, but the shirtless wet hunk vibe is sort of my thing.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that afternoon, Ross heads to the mine and goes in for a hug from his old pauper pals. He gets brutally rebuffed. They think he's an out-of-touch outsider now. They're solidly #TeamDemelza. And who can blame 'em?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of Demelza, she's still trying to hook Rosina up with Drake by forcing him to walk her home. Thankfully, Sam offers to come along. 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He knows I adore him above all things.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I agree with everything Blondie says so intensely, I'm starting to wonder if I'm her reincarnated form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before I can investigate that theory any further, Doc picks up Sarah and has a very worried look on his face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blondie:\u003c/strong> \"You seem very attached to that child. I hope she doesn't grow up to be a spoiled brat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, according to the ominous music playing in the background, no need to worry about that 'cause Sarah might not get to grow up at all!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106493\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/kermit-anxious-worried-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In much less important news, Ross is feeling left out from a fishing trip all his old buddies are going on. Demelza tells him to grow up. Maybe in London, adults wait for embossed invitations to hang out with their friends, but in Cornwall, you just show up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he does, instead of finding a snoozy fishing trip, Ross discovers it's actually an all-out brawl! Drake runs and tells Ross why people are getting their teeth knocked out. His accent is so thick I don't know the reason for sure, but it seems like Bone Maraca Pirate (remember, he keeps the bones of his dearly departed hand in a pouch) slept with a widow whose husband is very much alive. Oops!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the reason doesn't matter 'cause Ross never met a throwdown he didn't like. Ross might be a fancy politician now, but he still enjoys kicking butt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Literally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106495\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/kick-butt-ross-poldark-fight-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the dust settles, Bone Maraca Pirate seems like he's dead (not another one!), but it turns out he just probably has some minor brain damage. Cool!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just like earlier seasons of this show, Ross and his bros head to the pub to get tanked, and Ross eventually stumbles on over to Elizabeth's house because my blood pressure isn't high enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106496\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/what-is-wrong-with-you-practical-magic-gif-nicole-kidman.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"274\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's too bad Demelza no longer has a living love affair partner to be inappropriate with!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/not-fair-scream-queens-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"281\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Malfoy hosts a fancy party, Elizabeth just so happens to be outside admiring a flower when Ross walks up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106498\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fuming-mad-hades-hercules-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They chat about their secret love child and whether her husband still suspects that he's not the father. You know, a normal conversation we all have had with our exes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malfoy's new friend, Sir Scam-a-Lot, pops up out of nowhere and says he thought Ross was a \"threadbare troubadour.\" Kick him in the butt, Ross!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For once, there was an Elizabeth scene in which she didn't get on my last nerve. She wasn't flirty or spiteful, and actually had an OK sense of humor. But I bet she does something gross in 5, 4, 3...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106499\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/countdown-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth goes back inside and immediately gets gross by being way too enthused about Malfoy's new evil plan to spread more injustice. Woomp, there it is!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106503\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/oprah-shrug-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere at the party, Doc stares into a fireplace, thinking of his maybe dying baby. Blondie asks him, \"What can you be thinking? How to make your escape and return to our odious offspring?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106506\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cringe-hard-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"285\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eeeek! That was almost as bad as when he just got back with major PTSD from being a prisoner of war and she snuck up on him for no reason and screamed \"BOO!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that night, Ross finally makes it to his own house and—*record scratch*—actually tells Demelza the truth about going to see Elizabeth. Honesty?? I could get used to this!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with the last two episodes, the end of the show means it's time for Ross and Demelza to have a heart-to-heart next to a fireplace. This time, Ross gives a little speech:\u003cem> All I've given you is grief and distrust and heartbreak, so here are some earrings cause I took an online quiz and it told me your love language was receiving gifts!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Good job, Ross!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, this happens:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Are we strangers still?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Yes, but strangers who know every inch of each other's skin. So perhaps we should begin again from there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106500\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/living-single-fans-self-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"356\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">Then Ross grabs Demelza...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106502\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/horny-old-lady-computer-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">...and they have sex on the kitchen table because why the hell not!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106501\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/old-lady-looks-computer-glasses-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: Rosina. \u003c/strong>I'm sure she's a nice girl and all, but I am still holding out hope for Morwenna. Move along, please!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Athlete's Foot. \u003c/strong>I'm counting on this fungus to infect Jennifer Lawrence and Gross Goblin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Ross and Demelza's Kids. \u003c/strong>Here's something shiny to distract them from the sounds of their parents making another sibling on the table in the next room.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Horace. \u003c/strong>Good job not killing the baby! Like his mom said, I adore him above all things.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Blondie\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>She doesn't always time her jokes correctly, but I love this patron saint of not giving an F just as much as I love Horace, and we all know by now that's no small feat.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until next week! If you miss my thoughts on \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> or pop culture in general, follow me on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/xcusemybeauty\">@xcusemybeauty\u003c/a>, listen to my podcast \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\">\u003cem>The Cooler\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, or read all my \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/recaps/\">other \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> recaps\u003c/a> below!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More recaps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105805/poldark-season-4-episode-5-recap-no-tears-left-to-cry\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 5 Recap: No Tears Left To Cry\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105803/poldark-season-4-episode-4-recap-cry-me-a-river\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 4 Recap: Cry Me A River\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105791/poldark-season-4-episode-2-recap-ready-to-run\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 2 Recap: Ready to Run\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105789/poldark-season-4-premiere-recap-you-keep-me-hangin-on\">'Poldark' Season 4 Premiere Recap: You Keep Me Hangin' On\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/96601/poldark-season-3-finale-recap-look-what-you-made-me-do\">'Poldark' Season 3 Finale Recap: Look What You Made Me Do\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/13/poldark-season-3-episode-7-recap-i-wanna-sex-you-up/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: I Wanna Sex You Up\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/05/poldark-season-3-episode-6-recap-you-give-love-a-bad-name/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: You Give Love A Bad Name\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/29/poldark-season-3-episode-5-recap-the-one-that-got-away/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: The One That Got Away\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/24/poldark-season-3-episode-4-recap-break-free/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: Break Free\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/15/poldark-season-3-episode-3-recap-kiss-the-girl/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: Kiss the Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/08/poldark-season-3-episode-2-recap-voulez-vous-coucher-avec-moi/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Voulez-vous Coucher Avec Moi?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/02/poldark-season-3-premiere-recap-same-old-mistakes/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Premiere Recap: Same Old Mistakes\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/27/poldark-season-2-finale-recap-burn-baby-burn/\">‘Poldark’ Season 2 Finale Recap: Burn Baby Burn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/20/poldark-season-2-episode-8-recap-man-i-feel-like-a-woman/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Man! 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105791/poldark-season-4-episode-2-recap-ready-to-run\"> the previous episode of \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Gross Goblin continued to gobble up lady toes, Ross finally decided to snatch Malfoy's Parliament seat, and Prison Bestie died from blue balls (...um, and a brain tumor). Will Gross Goblin cut his lip on a toenail? Will Ross start rocking one of those fabulous wigs British politicians like to wear? Will Prison Bestie's horny poetry be posthumously published in a Fabio-esque supermarket volume?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fabio-poldark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fabio-poldark.jpg 498w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fabio-poldark-160x266.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fabio-poldark-240x399.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fabio-poldark-375x623.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only one way to find out. On with the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boom, we're in London! Mr. \u003cdel>Smith\u003c/del> Poldark Goes to \u003cdel>Washington\u003c/del> Westminster is in full effect! Ross has first-day-of-school jitters and is intimidated by all the different wig styles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106474 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-800x421.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-800x421.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-160x84.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-768x404.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-1020x536.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-1200x631.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-1920x1010.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-1180x621.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-960x505.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-240x126.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-375x197.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wig-styles-poldark-520x273.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn't take long for Ross to get over his shyness and get back to what he does best: shouting up a righteous storm. Meanwhile, back in Cornwall, Demelza reads a letter from Ross that essentially goes something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hey, stranger!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>I can't believe it's already been six months and that I didn't even bother coming home for Christmas. What can I say? There's just less incentive to be a good husband now that whats-his-butt is dead. London is soooo cool. I'd invite you to check it out, but I don't want to.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>See you when I see you!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ross.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Needless to say, she is not amused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/crumple-up-paper-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"135\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, a girl called Rosina (which also happens to be Ross' drag name) says hello to Drake in a lets-go-to-your-secret-cave-and-make-a-baby kind of way. Demelza gives Drake a look that says: \u003cem>Bro, you've been shot, clubbed in the back, almost hanged, and lost your first true love to a toe-gobbler. Maybe it's time for you to get some.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106485\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/demelza-poldark-raise-eyebrows-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in London, Ross is at a super cool rave featuring pyrotechnics, colored wigs, random elephant statues, and other hedonistic stuff there are probably commandments against. Marie Antoinette's ghost flies overhead and howls, \u003cem>Y'all get to boogie down like this, and I'm the one without a head?!?\u003c/em> Agatha's ghost also soars overhead and howls, \u003cem>Where's my port?!?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quick question: Is this guy trying to pick up Ross?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106486\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/ross-poldark-cruising-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since y'all can't answer me right now, I'm gonna go with a resounding YES.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The woman who checked out Ross' butt at the hanging in the season premiere started a trend!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/Poldark-butt.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross runs into Geoffrey Charles, who has gone through quite the accelerated puberty since we last saw him. Ross lies to him about how dignified his dad, Francis, was. Are we thinking of the same person? The Francis who skipped the war, stole his first cousin's girlfriend, was generally bad at everything and got murdered by a puddle? That Francis?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106476\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sure-ross-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, Malfoy tries to decide which evil thing he'll get up to this week. Drowning puppies and tripping toddlers will have to wait; a fellow Disney villain whom we'll call Sir Scam-a-Lot encourages Malfoy to worm his way back into the House of Commons by buying a town and by extension its representative. You know how the old saying goes: If you can't beat Ross in an election, join him in Westminster through evil anti-democratic means!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Verity, the Queen of Season 1, is back! But it's hard to pay attention to her while a very pregnant Blondie, surrounded by other people's loud children, says, \"I must be in hell.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/laugh-spit-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don't know about you, but I'd love to party with Blondie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106477\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/we-hate-kids-nicole-richie-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"218\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Verity won't stop bringing up touchy subjects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Verity:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Where did this weird ass flower come from?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Demelza says:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>It's a magnolia...\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Demelza doesn't say:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>...given to me by a half-blind hottie I sexed up on a sand dune.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Verity:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Elizabeth's house is super nice now, but you probably never see it cause she tried to wreck your home.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Demelza says:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Um, how's Lisbon?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Demelza doesn't say:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Someday, I am going to uppercut Elizabeth Mortal Kombat-style, then set her house on fire and light my cigarette on the flames.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106479\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/stella-got-her-grooce-back-fire-car-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"217\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106480\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/elmo-burn-it-down-fire-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"300\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After receiving news that the family mine might have to close down, Ross finally decides to pause his super busy rave-attending schedule to make the journey home. He's bored the entire way because the in-carriage entertainment options leave something to be desired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Ross rides up to the house, Demelza gives him her cheek (not a great sign). Ross proceeds to make everything worse by nonchalantly asking, \u003cem>What have you been up to?\u003c/em> Demelza calmly provides a list through gritted teeth, \u003cem>Oh, I don't know, keeping the children alive, tending to the farm, making sure there's enough to eat, trying to keep the mine from going bankrupt, nothing major!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one of those apartments that looks fine on Craiglist until you visit it in person and realize it's a crack den, Jennifer Lawrence is upset about her lack of finances. That's when she notices her big toe peeking out of her pantyhose, which makes her think of Gross Goblin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106489\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/toe-jam.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This storyline = dead horse. Status: Beaten. Must we do this again?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I guess so 'cause she invites Gross Goblin over and asks for money in exchange for her toe jam services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106490\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-foot-fetish-vicar-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We get it! He likes munching on feet! Next!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mere moments after giving birth, Blondie asks Doc, \"Is she as ugly as we feared?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106481\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/julia-roberts-cracking-up-laughing-oscars-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"309\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please never change, Blondie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at chez Poldark, Ross admits that he stayed away all these months because he figured Demelza was still swooning over Prison Bestie's ghost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"I think you no longer know me, Ross.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Perhaps we no longer know each other.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this rate, the next episode will look like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/sweet-home-alabama-reese-divorce-gi.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Ross heads to the beach to give viewers another look at his hairy chest. But before he can rip his shirt off, he notices another character has already beaten him to the gratuitous, wet, half-naked punch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106487\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/what-ross-poldark-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">It's Doc!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106488 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/ross-doc-chest-shirtless-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message between the lines of Ross' face: \u003cem>I'ma let you finish, but the shirtless wet hunk vibe is sort of my thing.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that afternoon, Ross heads to the mine and goes in for a hug from his old pauper pals. He gets brutally rebuffed. They think he's an out-of-touch outsider now. They're solidly #TeamDemelza. And who can blame 'em?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of Demelza, she's still trying to hook Rosina up with Drake by forcing him to walk her home. Thankfully, Sam offers to come along. Finally, his hatred of premarital kissing proves useful!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dear \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106483 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/stop-trying-to-make-rosina-happen-gif-mean-girls.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"211\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do you know what time it is?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HORACE THE PUG O'CLOCK!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106492\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/horace-the-pug-poldark-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Blondie's house, Horace is watching over Sarah, either protecting her or plotting to smother her so he can be an only child again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106491\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-baby-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doc seems to think it's the latter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \"I do believe Horace is feeling neglected.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blondie:\u003c/strong> \"Nonsense. He knows I adore him above all things.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I agree with everything Blondie says so intensely, I'm starting to wonder if I'm her reincarnated form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before I can investigate that theory any further, Doc picks up Sarah and has a very worried look on his face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blondie:\u003c/strong> \"You seem very attached to that child. I hope she doesn't grow up to be a spoiled brat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, according to the ominous music playing in the background, no need to worry about that 'cause Sarah might not get to grow up at all!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106493\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/kermit-anxious-worried-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In much less important news, Ross is feeling left out from a fishing trip all his old buddies are going on. Demelza tells him to grow up. Maybe in London, adults wait for embossed invitations to hang out with their friends, but in Cornwall, you just show up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he does, instead of finding a snoozy fishing trip, Ross discovers it's actually an all-out brawl! Drake runs and tells Ross why people are getting their teeth knocked out. His accent is so thick I don't know the reason for sure, but it seems like Bone Maraca Pirate (remember, he keeps the bones of his dearly departed hand in a pouch) slept with a widow whose husband is very much alive. Oops!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the reason doesn't matter 'cause Ross never met a throwdown he didn't like. Ross might be a fancy politician now, but he still enjoys kicking butt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Literally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106495\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/kick-butt-ross-poldark-fight-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the dust settles, Bone Maraca Pirate seems like he's dead (not another one!), but it turns out he just probably has some minor brain damage. Cool!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just like earlier seasons of this show, Ross and his bros head to the pub to get tanked, and Ross eventually stumbles on over to Elizabeth's house because my blood pressure isn't high enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106496\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/what-is-wrong-with-you-practical-magic-gif-nicole-kidman.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"274\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's too bad Demelza no longer has a living love affair partner to be inappropriate with!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/not-fair-scream-queens-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"281\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Malfoy hosts a fancy party, Elizabeth just so happens to be outside admiring a flower when Ross walks up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106498\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/fuming-mad-hades-hercules-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They chat about their secret love child and whether her husband still suspects that he's not the father. You know, a normal conversation we all have had with our exes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malfoy's new friend, Sir Scam-a-Lot, pops up out of nowhere and says he thought Ross was a \"threadbare troubadour.\" Kick him in the butt, Ross!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For once, there was an Elizabeth scene in which she didn't get on my last nerve. She wasn't flirty or spiteful, and actually had an OK sense of humor. But I bet she does something gross in 5, 4, 3...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106499\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/countdown-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth goes back inside and immediately gets gross by being way too enthused about Malfoy's new evil plan to spread more injustice. Woomp, there it is!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106503\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/oprah-shrug-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere at the party, Doc stares into a fireplace, thinking of his maybe dying baby. Blondie asks him, \"What can you be thinking? How to make your escape and return to our odious offspring?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106506\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cringe-hard-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"285\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eeeek! That was almost as bad as when he just got back with major PTSD from being a prisoner of war and she snuck up on him for no reason and screamed \"BOO!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that night, Ross finally makes it to his own house and—*record scratch*—actually tells Demelza the truth about going to see Elizabeth. Honesty?? I could get used to this!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with the last two episodes, the end of the show means it's time for Ross and Demelza to have a heart-to-heart next to a fireplace. This time, Ross gives a little speech:\u003cem> All I've given you is grief and distrust and heartbreak, so here are some earrings cause I took an online quiz and it told me your love language was receiving gifts!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Good job, Ross!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, this happens:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Are we strangers still?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Yes, but strangers who know every inch of each other's skin. So perhaps we should begin again from there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106500\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/living-single-fans-self-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"356\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">Then Ross grabs Demelza...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106502\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/horny-old-lady-computer-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">...and they have sex on the kitchen table because why the hell not!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106501\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/old-lady-looks-computer-glasses-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: Rosina. \u003c/strong>I'm sure she's a nice girl and all, but I am still holding out hope for Morwenna. Move along, please!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Athlete's Foot. \u003c/strong>I'm counting on this fungus to infect Jennifer Lawrence and Gross Goblin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Ross and Demelza's Kids. \u003c/strong>Here's something shiny to distract them from the sounds of their parents making another sibling on the table in the next room.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Horace. \u003c/strong>Good job not killing the baby! Like his mom said, I adore him above all things.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Blondie\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>She doesn't always time her jokes correctly, but I love this patron saint of not giving an F just as much as I love Horace, and we all know by now that's no small feat.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until next week! If you miss my thoughts on \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> or pop culture in general, follow me on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/xcusemybeauty\">@xcusemybeauty\u003c/a>, listen to my podcast \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\">\u003cem>The Cooler\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, or read all my \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/recaps/\">other \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> recaps\u003c/a> below!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More recaps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105805/poldark-season-4-episode-5-recap-no-tears-left-to-cry\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 5 Recap: No Tears Left To Cry\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105803/poldark-season-4-episode-4-recap-cry-me-a-river\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 4 Recap: Cry Me A River\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105791/poldark-season-4-episode-2-recap-ready-to-run\">'Poldark' Season 4 Episode 2 Recap: Ready to Run\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105789/poldark-season-4-premiere-recap-you-keep-me-hangin-on\">'Poldark' Season 4 Premiere Recap: You Keep Me Hangin' On\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/96601/poldark-season-3-finale-recap-look-what-you-made-me-do\">'Poldark' Season 3 Finale Recap: Look What You Made Me Do\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/13/poldark-season-3-episode-7-recap-i-wanna-sex-you-up/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: I Wanna Sex You Up\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/05/poldark-season-3-episode-6-recap-you-give-love-a-bad-name/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: You Give Love A Bad Name\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/29/poldark-season-3-episode-5-recap-the-one-that-got-away/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: The One That Got Away\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/24/poldark-season-3-episode-4-recap-break-free/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: Break Free\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/15/poldark-season-3-episode-3-recap-kiss-the-girl/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: Kiss the Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/08/poldark-season-3-episode-2-recap-voulez-vous-coucher-avec-moi/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Voulez-vous Coucher Avec Moi?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/02/poldark-season-3-premiere-recap-same-old-mistakes/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Premiere Recap: Same Old Mistakes\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/27/poldark-season-2-finale-recap-burn-baby-burn/\">‘Poldark’ Season 2 Finale Recap: Burn Baby Burn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/20/poldark-season-2-episode-8-recap-man-i-feel-like-a-woman/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Man! 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"content": "\u003cp>He went to the first Women's March. He wore a Time's Up pin to the Golden Globes. And when he won an award that night for Best Lead Actor, Ally Sheedy—who worked with him in an off-Broadway production in 2014—cryptically \u003ca href=\"https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/ally-sheedy-james-franco-christian-slater-tweet-me-too\">voiced her objections\u003c/a> on Twitter. Shortly afterward, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/reversal-fortune-dark-cloud-over-james-franco-after-actress-innuendo-n836461\">five women came forward\u003c/a> to accuse him of sexual misconduct and on-set exploitation. Scarlett Johansson announced from the stage of the 2018 Women's March that she \"wanted [her] pin back.\" Now, Busy Philipps, in her new memoir, has described the time Franco physically assaulted her on the set of \u003cem>Freaks and Geeks\u003c/em>. All of which begs the question: how many passes is James Franco going to get?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite all that happened earlier in the year, Franco's presence on HBO's \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4998350/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">The Deuce\u003c/a>, \u003c/em>as it headed into its second season in September, remained unaffected. In the 1970s-set show, he plays twin brothers hustling their way through a life of bars, gambling and organized crime, on the fringes of the burgeoning porn industry in New York City. Franco is also an executive producer on the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHd6tdIG4KI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HBO justified the move, saying in \u003ca href=\"https://deadline.com/2018/01/hbo-no-complaints-against-james-franco-on-the-deuce-amid-sexual-harassment-allegations-1202240259/\">a statement\u003c/a>: “We have verified that no complaints about Mr. Franco have come in on \u003cem>The Deuce\u003c/em> production.” David Simon, the show's co-creator, agreed. \"We have no complainant or complaint or any awareness of any incident of concern involving Mr. Franco. Nor has HBO been approached with any complaint.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In light of Busy Philipps' assertion that Franco was \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/tv/busy-philipps-says-bully-james-franco-pushed-her-to-the-ground-while-filming-freaks-and-geeks/\">\"a f**king bully\"\u003c/a> on set, his \u003cem>Deuce\u003c/em> co-star Maggie Gyllenhaal weighed in this week,\u003ca href=\"https://pagesix.com/2018/10/10/maggie-gyllenhaal-addresses-accusations-against-james-franco/\"> telling SiriusXM\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"At the time that the accusations against James came out in the \u003cem>LA Times\u003c/em>, we read them all, we took them very seriously. We spoke to every woman on the crew and in the cast to find out ... what their experience of working with James was and everyone said that they had been totally respected by him ... [\u003cem>The Deuce\u003c/em> is] about misogyny. It’s about transactional sex. It’s about inequality in the entertainment business. You couldn’t be more at the center of that conversation than \u003cem>The Deuce\u003c/em> ... I feel like it would've been the wrong consequence to those accusations to shut our show down.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Gyllenhaal is right. Shutting down \u003cem>The Deuce\u003c/em> after one (brilliant) season because of one man's bad behavior would indeed be counter-productive. But so is keeping Franco on the team. The most powerful messages in the series are undercut by his presence, especially given that most of the accusations leveled at him concerned violations on film sets, including the removal of plastic vaginal guards without the consent of the actresses wearing them (\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-james-franco-allegations-20180111-htmlstory.html\">Franco's attorney denied this\u003c/a>), and pressuring up-and-coming actresses to do topless and nude scenes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a simple solution here, and that's removing Franco's Vincent and Frankie characters from the series. Though the twins were undoubtedly the lynchpin of Season 1, the hookers, pimps, mobsters and punks in their orbit have outgrown them in Season 2. Not only do we no longer need Vincent and Frankie, but with all of their mob entanglements, it wouldn't be a stretch for the show to kill them off. Bobby, Irene and the mob can keep running their parlors, Abby and Paul can take over their bars and Gyllenhaal's Candy can continue being the heart and soul of the show. Problem solved!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106436\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 710px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-106436\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/31-deuce-w710-h473.jpg\" alt=\"James Franco starring as Vincent and Frankie Martino in HBO's 'The Deuce'.\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/31-deuce-w710-h473.jpg 710w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/31-deuce-w710-h473-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/31-deuce-w710-h473-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/31-deuce-w710-h473-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/31-deuce-w710-h473-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Franco starring as Vincent and Frankie Martino in HBO's 'The Deuce'. \u003ccite>(HBO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKbZTv0sjVA\">they appeared on \u003cem>Good Morning America\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in January, two of his accusers, Sarah Tither-Caplan and Violet Paley, went easy on the actor. \"James is absolutely not a Harvey Weinstein. He is not an unfeeling monster,\" Tither-Caplan said. \"He created exploitative environments for non-celebrity women on his sets ... He's not an unforgivable person, at least for me.\" Paley requested only that he \"please just apologize.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In saying this, the women undoubtedly took the pressure off HBO to do something about Franco. The fact that the women's positions were much softer on \u003cem>GMA\u003c/em> than during an \u003ca href=\"https://www.insideedition.com/media/videos/3-women-share-stories-about-james-francos-alleged-inappropriate-behavior-40037\">earlier interview with \u003cem>Inside Edition\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and the fact that Tither-Caplan was shaking, tense and clearly in fear for her career during both interviews, was apparently easy to ignore, even as Franco refused to give the women the one thing they asked for: an apology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the course of speaking out, Tither-Caplan said she believed that consequences for Franco have been few because he has \"the privilege of being \u003ca href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2018/01/12/james-franco-accuser-sarah-tither-kaplan-demands-apology/\">young, white and pretty\u003c/a>.\" But it also has to do with his public persona too. In November 2017, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/23/james-franco-i-was-certainly-taking-myself-too-seriously-before-but-who-doesnt\">\u003cem>The Guardian\u003c/em> referred to Franco\u003c/a> as \"a workaholic arthouse auteur trapped in a Hollywood leading man's body.\" In all likelihood, it is his image as a hyper-creative writer, artist and independent filmmaker that leaves Franco protected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Successful and eccentric male auteurs have been excused for their abuse of female talent for decades. Alfred Hitchcock's \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2016/film/news/tippi-hedren-alfred-hitchcock-sexual-abuse-birds-marnie-1201919851/\">horrendous treatment of Tippi Hedren\u003c/a> during the filming of \u003cem>The Birds\u003c/em> is well-documented. Stanley Kubric's mental and emotional abuse of Shelley Duvall on the set of \u003cem>The Shining\u003c/em> has been spoken about at length. But both directors remain revered. Björk says she suffered \u003ca href=\"https://www.nme.com/news/music/bjork-manager-accuses-lars-von-trier-verbal-physical-abuse-2153243\">verbal and physical abuse\u003c/a> by Lars Von Trier while working on \u003cem>Dancer in the Dark, \u003c/em>but his career continues unabated. Quentin Tarantino's new movie is much-anticipated despite the fallout from Uma Thurman releasing \u003ca href=\"https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/uma-thurman-crash-footage-kill-bill-instagram\">that disturbing \u003cem>Kill Bill\u003c/em> footage\u003c/a>. There is an idea that as long as you're abusing women on-set, and something sufficiently artistic comes out of it, the ends justify the means. Franco, an increasingly dominant figure in independent cinema, is undoubtedly benefiting from this notion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HBO has always been a pioneer for feminist content. It's the channel that gave us \u003cem>Sex and the City\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Big Little Lies\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Insecure\u003c/em> and, yes, \u003cem>The Deuce\u003c/em>. But it doesn't have a good record of shaking itself loose from problematic performers. Bill Maher is 16 seasons into his HBO show, despite spending 15 years making \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2017/tv/opinion/bill-maher-fired-racial-slur-real-time-hbo-1202453240/\">sexist, racist, homophobic and transphobic\u003c/a> comments. TJ Miller was fired from \u003cem>Silicon Valley\u003c/em>, not because he was \u003ca href=\"https://mashable.com/2017/12/19/tj-miller-sexual-assault-allegations/#brQVBDn4HOqW\">accused of sexual assault\u003c/a>, but because of \u003ca href=\"https://mashable.com/2018/03/07/silicon-valley-tj-miller-split/#zvifP1RdHsqQ\">\"frequent tardiness\" and \"abuse of alcohol.\"\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on its record, HBO is unlikely to cut ties with James Franco, regardless of how many horror stories come out about him. But allowing him to continue starring in a show about the exploitation of actresses on film sets after he was accused of exploiting actresses on film sets, isn't just absurd, it's yet another slap in the face for women, in a year that is starting to feel dominated by them.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He is not an unfeeling monster,\" Tither-Caplan said. \"He created exploitative environments for non-celebrity women on his sets ... He's not an unforgivable person, at least for me.\" Paley requested only that he \"please just apologize.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In saying this, the women undoubtedly took the pressure off HBO to do something about Franco. 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