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You just \u003cem>assume \u003c/em>the doctor is a man, for no clearly definable reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's how the venerable British science-fiction adventure show \u003cem>Doctor Who\u003c/em> worked for decades, despite the fact that its central character is defined by the ability to regenerate into an entirely different body (once the actor undertaking the role tires of all that running around and shouting technobabble and patiently \u003cem>Who\u003c/em>-splaining the dire situation at hand to the nearest uncomprehending Earthling).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the announcement that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/92372/the-13th-doctor-who-is-a-woman-but-the-show-has-had-female-pioneers-from-the-very-beginning\">Jodie Whittaker would be assuming the role of the 13th Doctor\u003c/a>, the show about time travel finally set foot in the 21st century. Something we've always sort-of known is now canon: The Doctor can be any sex, any gender, any race. The only thing that matters is the character's heart(s). As one wise cultural observer once opined, the show is about \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sK5d3oshp8\">the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKtWFgwoBYQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be a mistake to think that Whittaker's hire means there are now \u003cem>no \u003c/em>limits on who can play The Doctor, however. As \"The Woman Who Fell To Earth,\" the emotional and (literally) down-to-earth season opener on which Whittaker made her debut, amply demonstrated, the Doctor can be anything, as long as it's British.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With her rich Northern accent (the actress was born in Yorkshire), Whittaker's Doctor isn't posh or effete—no bow ties or fezzes for her. Instead she radiates pragmatism (if pragmatism is a thing that can radiate) and a decidedly middle-class, we're-all-in-this-together enthusiasm. At least, she seems to—\"The Woman Who Fell To Earth,\" like all new-Doctor debut episodes, showed The Doctor still a bit jumbled from the regeneration process, and working to figure out who she is. As for the much ballyhooed change of sex, it merits precisely one quick throwaway exchange (\"Why do you call me ma'am?\" \"Because you're ... a woman?\" \"I am? Does it suit me?\") before she gets on to the business of saving the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not the first time we've heard short Northern vowels coming out of a modern-day Doctor's face; Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor, after all, was forever shouting \"Run\" with a distinctive Mancunian trill on the R. (Eccleston was born just a 40-mile hop down the M62 from Whittaker.) When you throw in fellow modern-Doctors David Tennant and Peter Capaldi (both Scottish), it does seem Gallifreyan DNA has a peculiar fondness for patterning itself on the gene pool of the northernmost bits of the United Kingdom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJqsPBWbtjk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The episode itself was, as the Brits say, bog-standard, as far as \u003cem>Who \u003c/em>episodes go. The monster-of-the-week—a \u003cem>Predator \u003c/em>knockoff who looked like he'd been sent by Rita Repulsa to battle the Power Rangers—proved the weakest element, as is often the case. (New showrunner Chris Chibnall has said Whittaker's first season will rely on original villains, not classic foes like the Daleks and the Cybermen; if that's the case, and this episode's Halloween-store-clearance-sale bad guy proves representative, we're in for a long season.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much time and attention was devoted to setting up our four, then three, companions: Bus driver Graham (Bradley Walsh), police officer Yas (Mandip Gill) and young warehouse worker Ryan (Tosin Cole). Brought together by chance and united by tragedy, the three promise to bring a dynamic to the series we haven't seen since old-school Who: A team of colleagues with different skill sets. Modern \u003cem>Who \u003c/em>has defaulted to \"companion nurtures unspoken romantic feelings for The Doctor\" so often that this should make a welcome change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The grounded nature of the episode—The TARDIS is missing in action, forcing The Doctor to improvise a plan in and around greater Sheffield—played to Whittaker's strengths. Capaldi's quick-tempered, exasperated headmaster persona is utterly gone, replaced by something warmer and more empathetic. Her Doctor is just as brilliant and other-worldly as ever, but it's couched in something earthier. [aside postid='pop_92372']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series will soon get back to the usual time-hopping and planet-trekking, but it seemed to want to make a point, in Whittaker's debut, of planting its flag firmly on British soil. All those loving shots of The Peaks National Park. An alien attack that occurs on a (gasp!) train. The Doctor constructs her own sonic screwdriver out of \"solid Sheffield steel,\" and chooses her new outfit in a shop on Sheffield's high street. And the climactic battle, when it comes, occurs not on some gorgeous windswept alien landscape but on a ... construction crane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It makes sense. \u003cem>Doctor Who\u003c/em> has always melded sci-fi spectacle (or as near to spectacle as its special effects budget allows) with mundane, workaday life on Earth. In this first outing, Whittaker's Doctor has nailed the basics, and stepped out from the long shadows cast by previous Doctors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's shown us that her Doctor is down-to-earth. But great Doctors are made out among the stars—fingers crossed that, now that she's back in space where she belongs, her first season will give her everything she needs to shine on her own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2018 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cp>In\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/105789/poldark-season-4-premiere-recap-you-keep-me-hangin-on\"> the previous episode of \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a half-naked Ross emerged from the waves to work on repairing his marriage, a lot of horny love poems made their way to Demelza, and a new character named Jago was unjustly hanged because he was craving some bread. Will Ross and \u003cdel>Rachel\u003c/del> Demelza have an argument over whether they were on a break? Will Prison Bestie realize his true calling: writing those sexy, sappy, supermarket romance novels with Fabio on the cover? Will Jago's ghost team up with Agatha's spirit to haunt Malfoy for eternity? Only one way to find out! On with the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This episode begins just like the last: with a shot of crashing waves. Only this time, there's 100% less of Ross' hairy chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106326\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/angry-birds-disappointed-sad-happy-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106327\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/where-is-it-the-west-wing-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Things are even bleaker over at Prison Bestie's house. His I'm-going-blind headaches are getting worse. Doc offers a couple of prescriptions: Go easy on the opium and try writing horny poetry during the day, instead of by the dimmest of candlelight. Prison Bestie doesn't like any of this advice because drugs can be fun and nighttime is the best time to think of saucy rhymes. He sends for the doctor who routinely tortures people for a second opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Blondie has an announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's pregnant!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And very unhappy about it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't want the brat,\" she says. \"Really. I cannot bear babies. Wrinkled, greedy, red-faced little tyrants.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In summary:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/throw-simba-lion-king-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"204\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the most random of B-plots, Demelza's Bible-thumping brother, Sam, agrees to wrestle Malfoy's evil sidekick, Slytherin Crony. The prize: converting the girl who desperately needed some dry shampoo last season to Christianity. I told you it was random.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106329\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/i-dont-know-why-youre-doing-this-michelle-rodriguez-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"339\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, in an effort to take her mind off of the \"wrinkled, greedy, red-faced little tyrant\" growing inside her, Blondie dreams up an elaborate scheme to help Prison Bestie win the election against Malfoy. It would be a win-win; everyone would get to see Malfoy ugly cry when he loses and Prison Bestie would move to London and stop reminding Demelza that her kink is sleeping with partially blind hotties on sand dunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of Mr. Sand Dune Seducer, he's getting that second opinion he wanted, and it's not pretty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Choke's idea of a health care plan:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>12:00 pm: Blistering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>12:30 pm: Purging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>01:00 pm: Vomiting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>02:00 pm: Poulticing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>02:30 pm: Bleeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106332\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/jim-carrey-dumb-and-dumber-puke-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"282\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If none of this works (spoiler: it absolutely won't), there's always Plan B: Shaving Prison Bestie's pretty little head and then drilling a hole into it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106331\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/jim-carrey-liar-liar-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"222\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Blondie is hard at work, implementing her election meddling plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Step 1: Invite the donor behind Malfoy's bid and the donor behind Prison Bestie's bid over for tea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Step 2: Distract them from their opposing political views by serving lots and lots of booze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Step 3: Once they're properly tanked, bring up how much Malfoy sucks and allow mutual hatred to bring them together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106333\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/i-hate-malfoy-too.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"207\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the local pub, Ross and Malfoy are also getting tanked (separately). Remember that time in Season 2 when they got into a huge fight at this same pub and Malfoy tried to gouge Ross' eyes out? Or that time Ross almost put Malfoy's entire head into a burning fireplace? Ding, ding! Let's hear it for Round 3!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106335\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cat-fight-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"457\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ugh, false alarm! You can put your popcorn away. Nothing happens, other than some light smack talk. Malfoy heckles Ross about how Jago deserved to die and maybe Ross could have prevented the hanging if he ever ran for office instead of just whining from the sidelines. Wait, what's this strange feeling? Am I halfway agreeing with Malfoy on something?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106336\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cat-surprised-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"312\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of murdering Malfoy and then drinking wine out of his skull (can you tell I watched all of \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em> this year?), Ross settles for a less gory approach to getting even: placing bets on the wrestling match and donating the proceeds to a local hospital!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106354\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wow-this-is-boring-the-comeback-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"225\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross is really invested in beating Malfoy, so he trains Sam to become the WWE Champion. Because the \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers won't give us any queer characters, some of us are left to purposefully take this scene out of context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106338\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-ross-wrestling-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, it's time to rumble for real. Wrestlemania 1790 is on!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106340\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-1020x932.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-1020x932.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-160x146.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-800x731.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-768x702.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-960x878.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-240x219.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-375x343.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-520x475.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam wins the first match (he also wins Best Dressed, thanks to those breathtaking fluorescent neon tassels). But the good guys don't get to celebrate for long. Slytherin Crony tries to gouge Sam's eyes out! Several times! Then he gouges Sam's heart out by looking at Dry Shampoo Girl and saying, \"You're welcome to her soul. I've already had her body.\" Sam can't even handle the idea of innocent kissing, let alone something of this caliber, so it's a TKO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Someone else who's down and out is Prison Bestie. Turns out having leeches all over your body doesn't cure brain fever or a broken heart. Doc says he needs to want to get better. Prison Bestie responds by humming \"How Do I Live Without You\" by LeAnn Rimes, while thinking of Demelza. Okay, that's a great song, and Demelza is a great girl, but these dramatics are a little over the top, don't you think?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96627\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/snap-out-of-it-cher-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"245\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a beach, Drake runs into his ex, Morwenna, and because it's the 18th-century, they proceed to have very awkward small talk about a hanging:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morwenna:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Hey, I saw you at your execution. Sorry I didn't say hi.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Drake:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Oh, that's okay. I was kind of busy waiting to be put to death and all. Anyway, is your husband still terrorizing your feet?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before she can answer, Gross Goblin screams \"WIFE!\" and then rants about how the locals are barbarians. This would be a great time for a giant anvil to randomly fall out of the sky and onto his head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Ross and Demelza drop in to check on Prison Bestie, who immediately asks if he can be alone with Demelza. He gets his wish (because #OpenRelationship) and immediately hands her another horny love poem (you gotta hand it to the guy; even on death's door, he finds the time). Meanwhile, in the hallway, his uncle convinces Ross to run in the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*puts tin-foil hat on*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conspiracy Theory Time!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if Prison Bestie is pretending to be ill so that he doesn't have to move to London to be a politician, knowing that Ross will take his place, thus leaving Demelza for months at a time and paving the way for more sand dune sex?!?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106344\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/tin-foil-hat-colbert.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"252\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*removes tin-foil hat*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that night, Demelza finally gets some alone time to read Prison Bestie's latest poem. It's basically the lyrics to \"My Heart Will Go On.\" Demelza doesn't even get to the \"Near, far, wherever you are\" part before Ross bursts in. She immediately crumbles the paper up and sits on it (because that's not suspicious at all) and then runs out of the room. Um, Demelza, this is not how you sneak around. Did you learn nothing from watching Ross sneak around for years??\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross reads the poem...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>...and is actually pretty chill about it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106345\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/you-know-what-that-is-growth-insecure-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know who has failed to grow or develop as a human being over the past three seasons? Elizabeth! After discovering that Ross is running in the election, she offers to help blackmail and threaten rich white people to vote in Malfoy's favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be right back; I have to have a little chat with Elizabeth:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>YOU were the one who got engaged to Ross' cousin when Ross took too long to survive the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>YOU were the one who killed Julia, Ross and Demelza's kid, with your germs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>YOU were the one who thanked Demelza for nursing you and your child back to health by sleeping with her man and then pressuring him to dump her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people in this narrative should be angry, and none of them are YOU.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So get over yourself!! Goodbye!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97232\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/you-get-nothing-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"260\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/giphy-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"284\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106346 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"260\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106348 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/veruca-salt-calming-down-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"240\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorry y'all had to hear all of that. I just don't get her gripe with Ross.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ANYWAY...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Election Day has come! 17 rich white dudes get to decide whether Ross or Malfoy will reign supreme because that seems like a fair process. A bunch of them vote for Malfoy, until the dude Blondie plied with booze switches his vote to Ross. The remaining voters look at each other and think, \u003cem>Oh, we don't have to be evil anymore and all it took to realize that is one person doing the right thing? Sounds legit!\u003c/em> By a vote of nine to eight, Ross squeaks out a victory!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malfoy and Elizabeth are SHOCKED!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106349\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/u-mad-oprah-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malfoy rants about how prejudice and privilege are the reason he lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106350\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/thats-funny-tell-another-one-rupaul-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, Ross' victory lap gets interrupted by the news that Prison Bestie DIED! WTF! I thought he was just pretending! Or needed Lasik surgery! Noooo! Things are going to be so boring now!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106355\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-room-throw-tv-out-window-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if Demelza's love affair partner dies, it's only fair that Ross' also dies, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106356\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/off-with-her-head-alice-wonderland-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"294\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like me, Ross confesses that he thought Prison Bestie was exaggerating to get Demelza's attention. Doc says not to feel too bad because now Prison Bestie will be immortal and Ross will always look pale in comparison. Good luck with that!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back to the random B-plot we all forgot was still going on: Dry Shampoo Girl lets Sam know that, despite what was said in the wrestling ring, she is still a virgin. Praise baby Jesus! But she doesn't want to be saved. Taking back that baby Jesus praise! She announces that she's about to move away forever, and then kisses him. Why did she go and do that?! You know how many Haily Marys he's gonna have to say now to repent for that? He hates kissing! Demelza and her brothers sure are cursed in the love department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of sex, like I said last week, PBS seems to edit out any sexy scenes, but for some reason, they left in this shot of Gross Goblin gobbling up a sex worker's foot!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106341\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/foot-fetish-poldark-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106352\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/miss-jay-disgusted-reaction-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other Ewwwww news, Elizabeth is still very much alive and wants to make another baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/throw-simba-lion-king-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"204\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because I'm not rolling my eyes enough already, Morwenna's no-good sister Jennifer Lawrence crawls back from under her rock to tell Gross Goblin she was never pregnant last season and just said so to blackmail him. That's fine. He deserves it, but why do evil scammer things and not help your sister at all? Whatever, loser. You're dead to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35963\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200.gif 200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-32x32.gif 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-50x50.gif 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-64x64.gif 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-96x96.gif 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-128x128.gif 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's time for Ross and Demelza's weekly sit by the fire, where they hash out really intense emotional issues that could destroy their marriage at any moment. Ross wants to know the whole truth of her love affair with Prison Bestie. Demelza confesses that he did touch her heart (...and a few other things), and that she did love him, but in a different iambic pentameter way. She explains that she's not only sobbing for Prison Bestie, but also for Julia (thanks, Elizabeth!) and also for the broken unjust world in general. Ross can't bring back her dead lover or her dead daughter, but maybe he can bring back democracy! Coming soon to a television screen near you: Mr. \u003cdel>Smith\u003c/del> Poldark Goes to \u003cdel>Washington\u003c/del> Westminster.\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: Jennifer Lawrence. \u003c/strong>I thought she was plotting some huge revenge plot against Gross Goblin the entirety of last season and it was all so she could get a bit of pocket change? Still pissed about it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Sam. \u003c/strong>He almost got his eyes gouged out, failed to save Dry Shampoo Girl's soul and went to first base before marriage. A pretty rough week, all in all, so he deserves some kind of award.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Blondie.\u003c/strong> I can pretend that this award is for influencing the election in a positive way or being a much-needed support for Demelza, but let's be real, it's for that iconic anti-baby speech. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Demelza. \u003c/strong>Sorry about... well, everything. #ItGetsBetter. *looks around 2018* Actually, it doesn't, so here's a silver medal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Prison Bestie\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>You came (*knowing look*), you saw (kind of), you conquered (the Cornwall poetry scene). We will never forget your unmatched horniness. Say hi to Agatha and Jago for us, please!\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/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/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/105789/poldark-season-4-premiere-recap-you-keep-me-hangin-on\"> the previous episode of \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a half-naked Ross emerged from the waves to work on repairing his marriage, a lot of horny love poems made their way to Demelza, and a new character named Jago was unjustly hanged because he was craving some bread. Will Ross and \u003cdel>Rachel\u003c/del> Demelza have an argument over whether they were on a break? Will Prison Bestie realize his true calling: writing those sexy, sappy, supermarket romance novels with Fabio on the cover? Will Jago's ghost team up with Agatha's spirit to haunt Malfoy for eternity? Only one way to find out! On with the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This episode begins just like the last: with a shot of crashing waves. Only this time, there's 100% less of Ross' hairy chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106326\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/angry-birds-disappointed-sad-happy-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106327\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/where-is-it-the-west-wing-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Things are even bleaker over at Prison Bestie's house. His I'm-going-blind headaches are getting worse. Doc offers a couple of prescriptions: Go easy on the opium and try writing horny poetry during the day, instead of by the dimmest of candlelight. Prison Bestie doesn't like any of this advice because drugs can be fun and nighttime is the best time to think of saucy rhymes. He sends for the doctor who routinely tortures people for a second opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Blondie has an announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's pregnant!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And very unhappy about it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't want the brat,\" she says. \"Really. I cannot bear babies. Wrinkled, greedy, red-faced little tyrants.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In summary:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/throw-simba-lion-king-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"204\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the most random of B-plots, Demelza's Bible-thumping brother, Sam, agrees to wrestle Malfoy's evil sidekick, Slytherin Crony. The prize: converting the girl who desperately needed some dry shampoo last season to Christianity. I told you it was random.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106329\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/i-dont-know-why-youre-doing-this-michelle-rodriguez-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"339\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, in an effort to take her mind off of the \"wrinkled, greedy, red-faced little tyrant\" growing inside her, Blondie dreams up an elaborate scheme to help Prison Bestie win the election against Malfoy. It would be a win-win; everyone would get to see Malfoy ugly cry when he loses and Prison Bestie would move to London and stop reminding Demelza that her kink is sleeping with partially blind hotties on sand dunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of Mr. Sand Dune Seducer, he's getting that second opinion he wanted, and it's not pretty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Choke's idea of a health care plan:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>12:00 pm: Blistering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>12:30 pm: Purging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>01:00 pm: Vomiting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>02:00 pm: Poulticing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>02:30 pm: Bleeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106332\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/jim-carrey-dumb-and-dumber-puke-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"282\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If none of this works (spoiler: it absolutely won't), there's always Plan B: Shaving Prison Bestie's pretty little head and then drilling a hole into it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106331\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/jim-carrey-liar-liar-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"222\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Blondie is hard at work, implementing her election meddling plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Step 1: Invite the donor behind Malfoy's bid and the donor behind Prison Bestie's bid over for tea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Step 2: Distract them from their opposing political views by serving lots and lots of booze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Step 3: Once they're properly tanked, bring up how much Malfoy sucks and allow mutual hatred to bring them together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106333\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/i-hate-malfoy-too.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"207\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the local pub, Ross and Malfoy are also getting tanked (separately). Remember that time in Season 2 when they got into a huge fight at this same pub and Malfoy tried to gouge Ross' eyes out? Or that time Ross almost put Malfoy's entire head into a burning fireplace? Ding, ding! Let's hear it for Round 3!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106335\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cat-fight-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"457\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ugh, false alarm! You can put your popcorn away. Nothing happens, other than some light smack talk. Malfoy heckles Ross about how Jago deserved to die and maybe Ross could have prevented the hanging if he ever ran for office instead of just whining from the sidelines. Wait, what's this strange feeling? Am I halfway agreeing with Malfoy on something?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106336\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/cat-surprised-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"312\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of murdering Malfoy and then drinking wine out of his skull (can you tell I watched all of \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em> this year?), Ross settles for a less gory approach to getting even: placing bets on the wrestling match and donating the proceeds to a local hospital!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106354\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wow-this-is-boring-the-comeback-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"225\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross is really invested in beating Malfoy, so he trains Sam to become the WWE Champion. Because the \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers won't give us any queer characters, some of us are left to purposefully take this scene out of context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106338\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/poldark-ross-wrestling-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, it's time to rumble for real. Wrestlemania 1790 is on!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-106340\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-1020x932.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-1020x932.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-160x146.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-800x731.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-768x702.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-960x878.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-240x219.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-375x343.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam-520x475.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/wrestlemania-poldark-sam.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam wins the first match (he also wins Best Dressed, thanks to those breathtaking fluorescent neon tassels). But the good guys don't get to celebrate for long. Slytherin Crony tries to gouge Sam's eyes out! Several times! Then he gouges Sam's heart out by looking at Dry Shampoo Girl and saying, \"You're welcome to her soul. I've already had her body.\" Sam can't even handle the idea of innocent kissing, let alone something of this caliber, so it's a TKO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Someone else who's down and out is Prison Bestie. Turns out having leeches all over your body doesn't cure brain fever or a broken heart. Doc says he needs to want to get better. Prison Bestie responds by humming \"How Do I Live Without You\" by LeAnn Rimes, while thinking of Demelza. Okay, that's a great song, and Demelza is a great girl, but these dramatics are a little over the top, don't you think?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96627\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/snap-out-of-it-cher-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"245\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a beach, Drake runs into his ex, Morwenna, and because it's the 18th-century, they proceed to have very awkward small talk about a hanging:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morwenna:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Hey, I saw you at your execution. Sorry I didn't say hi.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Drake:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Oh, that's okay. I was kind of busy waiting to be put to death and all. Anyway, is your husband still terrorizing your feet?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before she can answer, Gross Goblin screams \"WIFE!\" and then rants about how the locals are barbarians. This would be a great time for a giant anvil to randomly fall out of the sky and onto his head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Ross and Demelza drop in to check on Prison Bestie, who immediately asks if he can be alone with Demelza. He gets his wish (because #OpenRelationship) and immediately hands her another horny love poem (you gotta hand it to the guy; even on death's door, he finds the time). Meanwhile, in the hallway, his uncle convinces Ross to run in the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*puts tin-foil hat on*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conspiracy Theory Time!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if Prison Bestie is pretending to be ill so that he doesn't have to move to London to be a politician, knowing that Ross will take his place, thus leaving Demelza for months at a time and paving the way for more sand dune sex?!?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106344\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/tin-foil-hat-colbert.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"252\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*removes tin-foil hat*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that night, Demelza finally gets some alone time to read Prison Bestie's latest poem. It's basically the lyrics to \"My Heart Will Go On.\" Demelza doesn't even get to the \"Near, far, wherever you are\" part before Ross bursts in. She immediately crumbles the paper up and sits on it (because that's not suspicious at all) and then runs out of the room. Um, Demelza, this is not how you sneak around. Did you learn nothing from watching Ross sneak around for years??\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross reads the poem...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>...and is actually pretty chill about it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106345\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/you-know-what-that-is-growth-insecure-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know who has failed to grow or develop as a human being over the past three seasons? Elizabeth! After discovering that Ross is running in the election, she offers to help blackmail and threaten rich white people to vote in Malfoy's favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be right back; I have to have a little chat with Elizabeth:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>YOU were the one who got engaged to Ross' cousin when Ross took too long to survive the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>YOU were the one who killed Julia, Ross and Demelza's kid, with your germs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>YOU were the one who thanked Demelza for nursing you and your child back to health by sleeping with her man and then pressuring him to dump her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people in this narrative should be angry, and none of them are YOU.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So get over yourself!! Goodbye!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97232\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/you-get-nothing-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"260\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/giphy-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"284\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106346 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"260\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106348 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/veruca-salt-calming-down-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"240\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorry y'all had to hear all of that. I just don't get her gripe with Ross.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ANYWAY...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Election Day has come! 17 rich white dudes get to decide whether Ross or Malfoy will reign supreme because that seems like a fair process. A bunch of them vote for Malfoy, until the dude Blondie plied with booze switches his vote to Ross. The remaining voters look at each other and think, \u003cem>Oh, we don't have to be evil anymore and all it took to realize that is one person doing the right thing? Sounds legit!\u003c/em> By a vote of nine to eight, Ross squeaks out a victory!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malfoy and Elizabeth are SHOCKED!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106349\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/u-mad-oprah-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malfoy rants about how prejudice and privilege are the reason he lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106350\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/thats-funny-tell-another-one-rupaul-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, Ross' victory lap gets interrupted by the news that Prison Bestie DIED! WTF! I thought he was just pretending! Or needed Lasik surgery! Noooo! Things are going to be so boring now!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106355\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/the-room-throw-tv-out-window-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if Demelza's love affair partner dies, it's only fair that Ross' also dies, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106356\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/off-with-her-head-alice-wonderland-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"294\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like me, Ross confesses that he thought Prison Bestie was exaggerating to get Demelza's attention. Doc says not to feel too bad because now Prison Bestie will be immortal and Ross will always look pale in comparison. Good luck with that!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back to the random B-plot we all forgot was still going on: Dry Shampoo Girl lets Sam know that, despite what was said in the wrestling ring, she is still a virgin. Praise baby Jesus! But she doesn't want to be saved. Taking back that baby Jesus praise! She announces that she's about to move away forever, and then kisses him. Why did she go and do that?! You know how many Haily Marys he's gonna have to say now to repent for that? He hates kissing! Demelza and her brothers sure are cursed in the love department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of sex, like I said last week, PBS seems to edit out any sexy scenes, but for some reason, they left in this shot of Gross Goblin gobbling up a sex worker's foot!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106341\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/foot-fetish-poldark-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106352\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/10/miss-jay-disgusted-reaction-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other Ewwwww news, Elizabeth is still very much alive and wants to make another baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/throw-simba-lion-king-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"204\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because I'm not rolling my eyes enough already, Morwenna's no-good sister Jennifer Lawrence crawls back from under her rock to tell Gross Goblin she was never pregnant last season and just said so to blackmail him. That's fine. He deserves it, but why do evil scammer things and not help your sister at all? Whatever, loser. You're dead to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35963\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200.gif 200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-32x32.gif 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-50x50.gif 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-64x64.gif 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-96x96.gif 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-128x128.gif 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/azc2u1jpg.gif-c200-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's time for Ross and Demelza's weekly sit by the fire, where they hash out really intense emotional issues that could destroy their marriage at any moment. Ross wants to know the whole truth of her love affair with Prison Bestie. Demelza confesses that he did touch her heart (...and a few other things), and that she did love him, but in a different iambic pentameter way. She explains that she's not only sobbing for Prison Bestie, but also for Julia (thanks, Elizabeth!) and also for the broken unjust world in general. Ross can't bring back her dead lover or her dead daughter, but maybe he can bring back democracy! Coming soon to a television screen near you: Mr. \u003cdel>Smith\u003c/del> Poldark Goes to \u003cdel>Washington\u003c/del> Westminster.\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: Jennifer Lawrence. \u003c/strong>I thought she was plotting some huge revenge plot against Gross Goblin the entirety of last season and it was all so she could get a bit of pocket change? Still pissed about it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Sam. \u003c/strong>He almost got his eyes gouged out, failed to save Dry Shampoo Girl's soul and went to first base before marriage. A pretty rough week, all in all, so he deserves some kind of award.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Blondie.\u003c/strong> I can pretend that this award is for influencing the election in a positive way or being a much-needed support for Demelza, but let's be real, it's for that iconic anti-baby speech. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Demelza. \u003c/strong>Sorry about... well, everything. #ItGetsBetter. *looks around 2018* Actually, it doesn't, so here's a silver medal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Prison Bestie\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>You came (*knowing look*), you saw (kind of), you conquered (the Cornwall poetry scene). We will never forget your unmatched horniness. Say hi to Agatha and Jago for us, please!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until next week! 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From Gwen Stefani to Pokémon's Ash Ketchum, Wanda Sykes to Steve Buscemi, her output of celebrity imitations is vast and varied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her talent for impressions helped to earn her a spot as a featured player on \u003cem>Saturday Night Live. \u003c/em>And when \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>'s new season premiered Sept. 29, it was Villaseñor's first as a full cast member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villaseñor is Mexican-American. Her parents own a fencing company in Whittier, Calif., outside Los Angeles. It was her dad who turned her on to comedy: Rodney Dangerfield, Steve Martin, Jim Carrey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she was 12, Villaseñor remembers making her friends laugh by imitating singers such as Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Mandy Moore. (\"All the pop divas,\" she says.) 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Villaseñor voices a number of characters for the show, including a bunny rabbit, a teenage strawberry and a football. \"We can kind of just throw her at a situation and she can create something really hilarious.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones-Quartey first saw Villaseñor at a comedy club in LA a few years ago. Then he started watching her videos online. He calls her impression of Owen Wilson \"legendary.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=72&v=VdCsbcx_loI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villaseñor says she has affection for all of the celebrities she chooses to mimic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They really inspire me and I would say help me feel less alone and make me feel like they're my friend,\" she says in an interview. \"Like, Owen Wilson—he's so soothing and silly and peaceful, and that makes me feel comfort.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After it was announced Villaseñor would be joining \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>, the triumph was somewhat diminished. Online commentators noticed she had deleted some old tweets they considered racist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other comedians have had their Twitter pasts scrutinized. Old jokes by Trevor Noah and Sarah Silverman, for example, were deemed offensive when they resurfaced years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villaseñor says those old Tweets were her \"trying to be edgy.\" But she doesn't regret deleting them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm flawed like everyone else, and yeah, I just wanted to make sure I was perfect,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The online attacks left her \"numb,\" so she got some advice from more seasoned \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> cast members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And they're just like, 'You got to get tough and get used to it,'\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=149&v=XCPSoKpLXZQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's one lesson among many Villaseñor says she's learned since joining \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>. 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The real Demelza, flanked by their two kids, greets him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"I saw you swim away.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"No. I'm still here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"And I.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They both smile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know I went on and on about how much I wanted them to break up last season, but I'm still holding back an ugly sob.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106068\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/burst-into-tears-new-girl-zooey-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"218\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Prison Bestie rereads some of the poems he's written for Demelza. My favorite one from last season:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Roses are red\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Violets are blue\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Please f-ck me\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What can I say? The guy has a way with words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prison Bestie suddenly grabs his forehead in pain. I'm pretty sure that's not how going blind works, but okay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Time to (begrudgingly) check in on whatever evil mess Elizabeth and Malfoy are up to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Actually, let's not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102172\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/slam-door.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at chez Poldark, Mrs. \u003ca href=\"https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/peanuts/images/b/bd/Pigpen.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160715070328\">Pigpen\u003c/a>, the maid, decides to become the 19th-century equivalent of a junk folder by keeping a newly-arrived love letter from Demelza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now showing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106079\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New character alert! His name is Jago, which just so happens to be the portmanteau couple name I use for \u003ca href=\"http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/17800000/Jafar-Iago-jafar-17878433-1267-763.jpg\">Jafar and Iago\u003c/a> from \u003cem>Aladdin. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106081\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/jafar-iago-aladdin.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jago gets everyone riled up about merchants exporting grain to Portugal instead of feeding the hungry people at home, and leads a protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What do we want?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bread and maybe even some breakfast cereal that comes with a free toy in the box! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When do we want it? \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Um, preferably before we all die of starvation!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In summary:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106082\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/kris-jenner-give-me-the-fucking-bread-4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the merchants don't feel like sharing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106083\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/abu-aladdin-bread-eating.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The starving mob is mighty hangry (we've all been there), so a big brawl erupts. A guard strikes a woman really hard. Before I can even wish for his death, the guard is wrestled to the ground, smacks his head and croaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106085\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nicki-minaj-shrug-gif-who-cares-oh-well.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Demelza finds Prison Bestie's mail! It's another horny poem!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Girl, you know it feels real good\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>We can do it 'til we both wake up\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>I wanna sex you up\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, fine, those are actually lyrics from a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO6BtpIzIiM\">Color Me Badd song\u003c/a>, but it's close enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Service Announcement:\u003c/strong> Did you know that PBS edits out entire scenes from the American broadcast of this show?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-58899\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"256\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, the Brits got to see Gross Goblin spying on Morwenna's feet through a peephole while touching himself!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106087\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/michelle-tanner-feet-gross-scream.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Actually, typing that out made me realize PBS is shielding us from having nightmares. Thanks for looking out, y'all! Carry on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some rich white dudes are very miffed about the grain throwdown. If there wasn't a gross power disparity between the classes, one of the starving poor people could tell them to get over it with this advice:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106088\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/why-dont-you-have-a-piece-of-bread-calm-down-rhobh.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the rich white dudes draw up charges against all the paupers who were present at the smackdown, including Jago and Demelza's brothers, Drake and Sam. Ross offers to round them all up himself (lest we forget, one mere episode ago, he threatened to shoot all of his friends in the street, so they're used to his class traitor ways by now).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because this season premiere is on steroids and generally doing the most, Jago, Drake and Sam are quickly put on trial and sentenced to death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98528\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/boy-that-escalated-quickly.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"186\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross races home and decides:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>this is not the right time to tell Demelza her brothers are about to be hanged.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>this \u003cem>is\u003c/em> the right time to casually chat about whether polyamory is possible.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Do you think there's room in a woman's heart for two men?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Or two women in a man's?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's right, D! Don't let him turn things around on you just cause you mercy F'd a cutie with bad eyes!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Ross goes to the public hanging with no apparent plan. But before we get to the wildly unnecessary capital punishment, can we pause to appreciate this woman fully checking out Ross' butt?\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>Bless her heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, back to all the injustice. Jago, Sam and Drake are marched to their nooses, and Ross decides his only option is to go full-on nuclear disgruntled Apple store customer:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiyMx7rDKAM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the woman in the clip above, Ross actually has a point, inspiring one of the judges to announce that he's had a change of heart: \u003cem>I'll be 66.6% reasonable! Drake and Sam can live! But let's still kill Jago 'cause what kind of name is Jago?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The executioner doesn't waste any time. Rest in power, Jago! We hardly knew ye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/jafar-iago-neck-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Demelza is over at Prison Bestie's house, trying to give him the It's Not You, It's Me (And Also Your Bad Poetry) talk. Not taking the hint, Prison Bestie shares an extended remix of his horny poem. Demelza doesn't know what to make of the new lines because she just learned to read and write a few years ago, so he gives her the CliffsNotes version: Have sex with me again or I will kill myself. Romantic, and not at all alarming!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106093\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/chrissy-tiegan-awkward.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"252\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All right, fine, let's check in with Elizabeth. She's still drinking liquid Xanax (whatever helps you forget all the evil stuff you've done!), she's thinking about having another kid (maybe this one will actually be related to the guy she's married to this time!) and she's planning on moving away from Cornwall for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106094\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/need-help-packing-beat-it-queen-drag-race-bianca-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"274\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that that's out of the way, let's cleanse our palates with a character we all love and adore. HORACE THE PUG!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106095 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-800x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-800x582.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-160x116.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-768x559.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-1020x743.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-1200x874.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-1920x1398.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-1180x859.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-960x699.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-240x175.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-375x273.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-520x379.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106096 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-800x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-800x570.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-768x547.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-1020x726.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-1200x854.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-1920x1367.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-1180x840.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-960x684.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-240x171.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-375x267.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-520x370.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106097 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-800x862.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-800x862.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-160x172.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-768x828.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-1020x1099.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-1114x1200.jpg 1114w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-1180x1272.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-960x1034.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-240x259.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-375x404.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-520x560.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Has Horace been working out? He looks good!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently, something other than Horace's natural beauty is happening in this scene. Blondie and Doc are talking about reproducing. Horace barks wildly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am fluent in Horace, so I'll translate: \u003cem>Kids?! I object! What am I, chopped liver?! (Mmmm, chopped liver.) But for real, I don't need some rugrats getting jam all over my gorgeous coat and tugging at my ears and stuff. Ring the alarm, I've been doing this too long, and I'll be damned if I see another child \u003c/em>\u003cem>on your arm.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Horace makes a convincing case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106092\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance.jpg 572w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Am I doing too much?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will I stop?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106099\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope.jpeg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope-160x187.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope-240x280.jpeg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope-375x438.jpeg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope-520x607.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that I got that out of my system, let's get back to the action. At chez Poldark, Ross and Demelza are in couples therapy, minus the therapist. After a calm and frank conversation about their respective lovers, Ross admits he has taken Demelza for granted (ya think?!) and says he now realizes she is indispensable, irreplaceable and the better part of him (again, ya think?!?).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36622\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/raw-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"194\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But has this epiphany arrived too late to save their marriage?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza cuddles up to Ross by the fire and says she hopes not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106101\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/crying-fan.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"248\">\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: Malfoy and Elizabeth. \u003c/strong>SCRAM!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Horace the Pug. \u003c/strong>I can't wait to vote for him in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Random Lady at the Hanging. \u003c/strong>Innocent men are about to die and she's got man buns on the brain? I respect that.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Ross. \u003c/strong>Congrats are in order! He didn't treat his wife like crap for one whole episode! Keep it up! Or else.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Demelza\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>Who knew bedding (or in this case, sand dune-ing) a younger man was all she needed to do to access Ross' love? She shall heretofore be known as the patron saint of having one's cake and eating it too. #Goals!\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/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/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>For those who have no idea what this show is about, I advise you to read \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/poldark/\">my previous recaps\u003c/a>. If you’re too busy or impatient for all of that, here’s the much-abbreviated gist:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're in Cornwall, England during the 18th century. It's bleak. Meet our protagonist, Ross Poldark. After watching all his friends die in the American Revolutionary War and almost dying himself, he returns to find his father dead and his girlfriend, Elizabeth, married to his first cousin. I told y'all it was bleak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross distracts himself from burning everything to the ground by helping poor people, randomly marrying one of them (his maid, Demelza), and \u003ca href=\"https://secure.i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03273/poldark-scythe_3273801b.jpg\">scything shirtless\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karma eventually swoops down and takes care of Ross' girlfriend-stealing cousin; he is murdered... *wait for it* ...by a random puddle! Seriously! Ross and Elizabeth quickly shrug off the death and proceed to bump uglies. Later, Elizabeth gets grumpy over how long it's taking Ross to abandon his wife and children for her, so she marries Ross' arch enemy, Malfoy, while pregnant with Ross' secret love child. What a mess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sick of being treated like a disposable AOL free-trial CD, in the Season 3 finale, Demelza decided to give Ross a dose of his own medicine by getting it on with a barely post-pubescent cutie who's slowly going blind. It was hot and kind of sad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, and this show also stars a very cute pug named Horace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, got all that? Great. Let’s do this…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> fans have waited 10 long months for a new episode. How have the writers decided to reward us for our patience?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A gratuitous shot of Ross swimming half-naked, that's how!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106073\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/Ross-Poldark-swimming-shirtless-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately followed by an even more gratuitous shot of a soaked Ross sauntering out of the surf!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106071\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/Ross-Poldark-shirtless-walking-ocean.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"268\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, just in case you haven't gotten your eyeful yet, there's one final gift-wrapped shot of Ross' hot bod.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/Ross-Poldark-shirtless-breathing.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Touché, \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers. You have our attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross hears Demelza's laugh behind him and turns to find her canoodling with Prison Bestie. After three seasons of misbehavior, it would serve Ross right to have their love affair rubbed in his face a little bit, but, alas, it's just a paranoid daydream. The real Demelza, flanked by their two kids, greets him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"I saw you swim away.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"No. I'm still here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"And I.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They both smile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know I went on and on about how much I wanted them to break up last season, but I'm still holding back an ugly sob.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106068\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/burst-into-tears-new-girl-zooey-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"218\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Prison Bestie rereads some of the poems he's written for Demelza. My favorite one from last season:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Roses are red\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Violets are blue\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cem>Please f-ck me\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What can I say? The guy has a way with words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prison Bestie suddenly grabs his forehead in pain. I'm pretty sure that's not how going blind works, but okay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Time to (begrudgingly) check in on whatever evil mess Elizabeth and Malfoy are up to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Actually, let's not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102172\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/02/slam-door.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at chez Poldark, Mrs. \u003ca href=\"https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/peanuts/images/b/bd/Pigpen.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160715070328\">Pigpen\u003c/a>, the maid, decides to become the 19th-century equivalent of a junk folder by keeping a newly-arrived love letter from Demelza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now showing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106079\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/youve-got-mail-featured-copy-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New character alert! His name is Jago, which just so happens to be the portmanteau couple name I use for \u003ca href=\"http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/17800000/Jafar-Iago-jafar-17878433-1267-763.jpg\">Jafar and Iago\u003c/a> from \u003cem>Aladdin. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106081\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/jafar-iago-aladdin.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"264\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jago gets everyone riled up about merchants exporting grain to Portugal instead of feeding the hungry people at home, and leads a protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What do we want?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bread and maybe even some breakfast cereal that comes with a free toy in the box! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When do we want it? \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Um, preferably before we all die of starvation!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In summary:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106082\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/kris-jenner-give-me-the-fucking-bread-4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the merchants don't feel like sharing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106083\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/abu-aladdin-bread-eating.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The starving mob is mighty hangry (we've all been there), so a big brawl erupts. A guard strikes a woman really hard. Before I can even wish for his death, the guard is wrestled to the ground, smacks his head and croaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106085\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nicki-minaj-shrug-gif-who-cares-oh-well.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Demelza finds Prison Bestie's mail! It's another horny poem!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Girl, you know it feels real good\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>We can do it 'til we both wake up\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>I wanna sex you up\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, fine, those are actually lyrics from a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO6BtpIzIiM\">Color Me Badd song\u003c/a>, but it's close enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Service Announcement:\u003c/strong> Did you know that PBS edits out entire scenes from the American broadcast of this show?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-58899\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/How-Rude-Stephanie-Full-House.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"256\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, the Brits got to see Gross Goblin spying on Morwenna's feet through a peephole while touching himself!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106087\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/michelle-tanner-feet-gross-scream.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Actually, typing that out made me realize PBS is shielding us from having nightmares. Thanks for looking out, y'all! Carry on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some rich white dudes are very miffed about the grain throwdown. If there wasn't a gross power disparity between the classes, one of the starving poor people could tell them to get over it with this advice:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106088\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/why-dont-you-have-a-piece-of-bread-calm-down-rhobh.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"200\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the rich white dudes draw up charges against all the paupers who were present at the smackdown, including Jago and Demelza's brothers, Drake and Sam. Ross offers to round them all up himself (lest we forget, one mere episode ago, he threatened to shoot all of his friends in the street, so they're used to his class traitor ways by now).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because this season premiere is on steroids and generally doing the most, Jago, Drake and Sam are quickly put on trial and sentenced to death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98528\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/boy-that-escalated-quickly.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"186\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross races home and decides:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>this is not the right time to tell Demelza her brothers are about to be hanged.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>this \u003cem>is\u003c/em> the right time to casually chat about whether polyamory is possible.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Do you think there's room in a woman's heart for two men?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Or two women in a man's?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's right, D! Don't let him turn things around on you just cause you mercy F'd a cutie with bad eyes!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Ross goes to the public hanging with no apparent plan. But before we get to the wildly unnecessary capital punishment, can we pause to appreciate this woman fully checking out Ross' butt?\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>Bless her heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, back to all the injustice. Jago, Sam and Drake are marched to their nooses, and Ross decides his only option is to go full-on nuclear disgruntled Apple store customer:\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/jiyMx7rDKAM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/jiyMx7rDKAM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Unlike the woman in the clip above, Ross actually has a point, inspiring one of the judges to announce that he's had a change of heart: \u003cem>I'll be 66.6% reasonable! Drake and Sam can live! But let's still kill Jago 'cause what kind of name is Jago?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The executioner doesn't waste any time. Rest in power, Jago! We hardly knew ye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/jafar-iago-neck-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Demelza is over at Prison Bestie's house, trying to give him the It's Not You, It's Me (And Also Your Bad Poetry) talk. Not taking the hint, Prison Bestie shares an extended remix of his horny poem. Demelza doesn't know what to make of the new lines because she just learned to read and write a few years ago, so he gives her the CliffsNotes version: Have sex with me again or I will kill myself. Romantic, and not at all alarming!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106093\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/chrissy-tiegan-awkward.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"252\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All right, fine, let's check in with Elizabeth. She's still drinking liquid Xanax (whatever helps you forget all the evil stuff you've done!), she's thinking about having another kid (maybe this one will actually be related to the guy she's married to this time!) and she's planning on moving away from Cornwall for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106094\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/need-help-packing-beat-it-queen-drag-race-bianca-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"274\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that that's out of the way, let's cleanse our palates with a character we all love and adore. HORACE THE PUG!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106095 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-800x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-800x582.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-160x116.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-768x559.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-1020x743.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-1200x874.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-1920x1398.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-1180x859.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-960x699.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-240x175.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-375x273.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-3-520x379.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106096 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-800x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-800x570.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-768x547.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-1020x726.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-1200x854.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-1920x1367.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-1180x840.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-960x684.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-240x171.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-375x267.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-2-520x370.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106097 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-800x862.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-800x862.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-160x172.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-768x828.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-1020x1099.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-1114x1200.jpg 1114w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-1180x1272.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-960x1034.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-240x259.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-375x404.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace-520x560.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/horace.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Has Horace been working out? He looks good!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently, something other than Horace's natural beauty is happening in this scene. Blondie and Doc are talking about reproducing. Horace barks wildly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am fluent in Horace, so I'll translate: \u003cem>Kids?! I object! What am I, chopped liver?! (Mmmm, chopped liver.) But for real, I don't need some rugrats getting jam all over my gorgeous coat and tugging at my ears and stuff. Ring the alarm, I've been doing this too long, and I'll be damned if I see another child \u003c/em>\u003cem>on your arm.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Horace makes a convincing case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106092\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance.jpg 572w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/imwithhorance-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Am I doing too much?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will I stop?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106099\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope.jpeg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope-160x187.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope-240x280.jpeg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope-375x438.jpeg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/nope-520x607.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that I got that out of my system, let's get back to the action. At chez Poldark, Ross and Demelza are in couples therapy, minus the therapist. After a calm and frank conversation about their respective lovers, Ross admits he has taken Demelza for granted (ya think?!) and says he now realizes she is indispensable, irreplaceable and the better part of him (again, ya think?!?).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36622\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/raw-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"194\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But has this epiphany arrived too late to save their marriage?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza cuddles up to Ross by the fire and says she hopes not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106101\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/crying-fan.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"248\">\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: Malfoy and Elizabeth. \u003c/strong>SCRAM!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Horace the Pug. \u003c/strong>I can't wait to vote for him in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Random Lady at the Hanging. \u003c/strong>Innocent men are about to die and she's got man buns on the brain? I respect that.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Ross. \u003c/strong>Congrats are in order! He didn't treat his wife like crap for one whole episode! Keep it up! Or else.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Demelza\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>Who knew bedding (or in this case, sand dune-ing) a younger man was all she needed to do to access Ross' love? She shall heretofore be known as the patron saint of having one's cake and eating it too. #Goals!\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/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/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>Fill up your coffee pot and get ready to buy a whole new set of moral philosophy books because the third season of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbc.com/the-good-place\">\u003cem>The Good Place\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is back on September 27. The NBC exploration of what it truly means to be good has already taught us how to cope with pretty much every moral dilemma in the universe, while giving us a laundry list of things to avoid doing if we want to stay out of hell (just say no to those vanity license plates and Red Hot Chili Peppers tickets, people!). So before we dive into Season 3, here's a quick refresher of the most important lessons we've learned so far.\u003cem> (Warning: Spoilers are coming!)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>1. Good Deeds Don't Automatically Make You A Good Human\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDcQ27cc7hE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tahani Al-Jamil (Jameela Jamil) winds up in the Bad Place despite raising \u003ca href=\"http://thegoodplace.wikia.com/wiki/Tahani_Al-Jamil\">$60 billion for charity\u003c/a>. Why? Because she was only doing it in an attempt to outshine her famous sister and win the approval of her (terrible) parents. Similarly, Eleanor doesn't benefit from doing good deeds in the Good Place, because she's only doing them in order to stay out of the Bad Place. Self-interest sullies all. As Maya Rudolph's all-knowing judge points out at the end of Season 2: \"You're supposed to do good things because they're good—not for moral dessert.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson: \u003c/strong>Our overlords know when our motivations are pure. If you only do good stuff for selfish reasons, you are still going to hell. Sorry!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>2. \"Humans Make A Lot of Mistakes When They're Horny\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u72aDNL3vRw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So says Michael (Ted Danson), head demon and inventor of the fake Good Place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> What he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>3. Design Your A.I. Technology Carefully\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vo4Fdf7E0w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once someone figures out how to make life-like robots, in all likelihood they will be smarter, more efficient and fairer than humans. Anthropomorphized \"vessel of knowledge\" Good Janet (as opposed to the infinitely more flatulent \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_KOcBhE9eg\">Bad Janet\u003c/a>) is all of these things. Plus, thanks to being in her 25th generation and rebooted too many times, she's also now complex enough to develop emotional attachments and a sense of responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Janet offers a perky, aesthetically pleasing antidote to every form of A.I. we've ever seen on the likes of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Black Mirror\u003c/em>.\u003c/a> Even if Janet is upset or drunk on magnets, the only weapon she ever really wields against humans is using our own stupid emotions or inferior brains against us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> The robots are going to outsmart us in the end, so let's make sure they all get super amenable personality chips like Good Janet's. Otherwise, when we try to kill them, we'll end up with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/westworld-trailer-clues-season-2/\">\u003cem>Westworld\u003c/em> shoreline massacre\u003c/a> situation, and not the much nicer stroll on the beach we see in the clip above. Which would you rather?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>4. Moral Philosophy Will Make Your Brain Hurt\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfIdNV22LQM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>British philosopher \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_Foot\">Philippa Foot\u003c/a>'s Trolley Problem gets turned into a literal—and gory—moral exercise, as Michael forces Chidi to live out his own lesson about utilitarianism (i.e. the idea that whichever action benefits the majority of people is the best one). Episodes later, Michael, who had initially been using the exercise as a form of torture for the chronically indecisive Chidi, decides that the answer to the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem\">trolley problem\u003c/a> is, in fact, personal sacrifice. The demon has come a long way, baby!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> Utilitarianism: bad. Selflessness: good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>5. Kierkegaard Is A Lifesaver\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105459\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 581px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-105459\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM.png 581w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM-240x159.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM-375x249.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM-520x345.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason (Manny Jacinto), Michael (Ted Danson) and Tahani (Jameela Jamil) in Season 2 of 'The Good Place' (NBC).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Philosopher and father of existentialism \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard\">Søren Kierkegaard thought\u003c/a> \"that to have faith is at the same time to have doubt. So, for example, for one to truly have faith in God, one would also have to doubt one's beliefs about God; the doubt is the rational part of a person's thought involved in weighing evidence, without which the faith would have no real substance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only reason I know this is because of an episode of \u003cem>The Good Place\u003c/em> in which Michael references Kierkegaard in order to send a secret message to the humans to have faith in him, even in the midst of their fears that he cannot be trusted. Chidi's Kierkegaard rap in Season 1 didn't hurt either. (“My name is Kierkegaard and my writing is impeccable! / Check out my teleological suspension of the ethical!”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> When Eleonor says a leap of faith is better than a \"sit of doubt,\" she is correct!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>6. The Flaws of Deontological Ethics\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 688px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-105458\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM.png 688w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM-160x90.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM-240x135.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM-375x210.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM-520x292.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eleanor (Kristen Bell) and Chidi (William Jackson Harper), in Season 1 of 'The Good Place' (NBC).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Professor of Moral Philosphy, Chidi, can't get enough of 18th-century philosopher \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant\">Immanuel Kant\u003c/a>, and tries to teach Eleanor his theories of deontological ethics. Essentially, Kant believed that religion and morality were separate entities, not reliant on one another. He suggested instead that our moral compasses should be guided by reason, potential effects on others and what he called categorical imperatives. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bIys6JoEDw\">In other words:\u003c/a> “It doesn’t matter whether you want to be moral or not—the moral law is binding on all of us” and provides us with “commands you must follow, regardless of your desires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chidi is walking-talking, indecisive proof that trying to follow these principles is almost entirely impossible since, for example, he holds a stricter moral code than anyone around him, on Earth or otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> Kant's theories are great in, well, theory. In practice, life is a little more complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>7. Moral Particularism Is Super Useful\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwQNkECtskU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Chidi and Eleanor find themselves at a cocktail party in hell, trying to blend in with demons, Chidi begins to have a crisis about lying to get through the situation since he believes that lying is always bad (even when you're doing it to be nice). Eleanor knocks some sense into him using theories by \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Dancy\">Jonathan Dancy\u003c/a>. \"There are no fixed rules that work in every situation,\" she says. \"Like, you promised your friend you'd go to the movies, but then your mom suddenly gets rushed to the E.R. Your boy \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant\">Kant\u003c/a> would say 'Never break a promise. Go see \u003cem>Chronicles of Riddick!\u003c/em> It doesn't matter if your mom gets lonely and steals a bucket of Vicodin from the nurse's closet!' But a moral particularist would say there's no absolute rule. You have to choose your actions based on the particular situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> It's okay to break promises and/or lie to other people if you have a good enough reason. Hurray!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>8. No, Seriously: Design Your A.I. Technology VERY Carefully\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJpi-BxMJiU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's not supposed to be able to do it, but when she wants a rebound guy after her \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-yzfjvu-n4\">failed marriage to Jason\u003c/a>, Janet invents Derek, a malfunctioning humanoid who has windchimes instead of a penis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> If A.I. units figure out how to build other beings, the events that follow will likely be calamitous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>9. Always Start With Aristotle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWnMZ9idrb0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Eleanor is first tasked with trying to become a better person in order to fit into The Good Place, Chidi starts her off with a foundation of theories by ancient Greek philosophers, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. It's an uphill struggle, but the teachings of Aristotle, in particular, lead to the first breakthrough Chidi makes in getting Eleanor to be a less deplorable human.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> If you're trying to transform someone's decision-making process from the emotional to the logical, Aristotle is a damn good place to start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>10. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>2. \"Humans Make A Lot of Mistakes When They're Horny\"\u003c/strong>\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/u72aDNL3vRw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/u72aDNL3vRw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>So says Michael (Ted Danson), head demon and inventor of the fake Good Place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> What he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>3. Design Your A.I. Technology Carefully\u003c/strong>\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/6vo4Fdf7E0w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/6vo4Fdf7E0w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Once someone figures out how to make life-like robots, in all likelihood they will be smarter, more efficient and fairer than humans. Anthropomorphized \"vessel of knowledge\" Good Janet (as opposed to the infinitely more flatulent \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_KOcBhE9eg\">Bad Janet\u003c/a>) is all of these things. Plus, thanks to being in her 25th generation and rebooted too many times, she's also now complex enough to develop emotional attachments and a sense of responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Janet offers a perky, aesthetically pleasing antidote to every form of A.I. we've ever seen on the likes of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Black Mirror\u003c/em>.\u003c/a> Even if Janet is upset or drunk on magnets, the only weapon she ever really wields against humans is using our own stupid emotions or inferior brains against us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> The robots are going to outsmart us in the end, so let's make sure they all get super amenable personality chips like Good Janet's. Otherwise, when we try to kill them, we'll end up with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/westworld-trailer-clues-season-2/\">\u003cem>Westworld\u003c/em> shoreline massacre\u003c/a> situation, and not the much nicer stroll on the beach we see in the clip above. Which would you rather?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>4. Moral Philosophy Will Make Your Brain Hurt\u003c/strong>\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/vfIdNV22LQM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/vfIdNV22LQM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>British philosopher \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_Foot\">Philippa Foot\u003c/a>'s Trolley Problem gets turned into a literal—and gory—moral exercise, as Michael forces Chidi to live out his own lesson about utilitarianism (i.e. the idea that whichever action benefits the majority of people is the best one). Episodes later, Michael, who had initially been using the exercise as a form of torture for the chronically indecisive Chidi, decides that the answer to the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem\">trolley problem\u003c/a> is, in fact, personal sacrifice. The demon has come a long way, baby!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> Utilitarianism: bad. Selflessness: good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>5. Kierkegaard Is A Lifesaver\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105459\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 581px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-105459\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM.png 581w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM-240x159.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM-375x249.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.50.11-PM-520x345.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason (Manny Jacinto), Michael (Ted Danson) and Tahani (Jameela Jamil) in Season 2 of 'The Good Place' (NBC).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Philosopher and father of existentialism \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard\">Søren Kierkegaard thought\u003c/a> \"that to have faith is at the same time to have doubt. So, for example, for one to truly have faith in God, one would also have to doubt one's beliefs about God; the doubt is the rational part of a person's thought involved in weighing evidence, without which the faith would have no real substance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only reason I know this is because of an episode of \u003cem>The Good Place\u003c/em> in which Michael references Kierkegaard in order to send a secret message to the humans to have faith in him, even in the midst of their fears that he cannot be trusted. Chidi's Kierkegaard rap in Season 1 didn't hurt either. (“My name is Kierkegaard and my writing is impeccable! / Check out my teleological suspension of the ethical!”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> When Eleonor says a leap of faith is better than a \"sit of doubt,\" she is correct!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>6. The Flaws of Deontological Ethics\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_105458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 688px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-105458\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM.png 688w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM-160x90.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM-240x135.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM-375x210.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-12.44.33-PM-520x292.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eleanor (Kristen Bell) and Chidi (William Jackson Harper), in Season 1 of 'The Good Place' (NBC).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Professor of Moral Philosphy, Chidi, can't get enough of 18th-century philosopher \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant\">Immanuel Kant\u003c/a>, and tries to teach Eleanor his theories of deontological ethics. Essentially, Kant believed that religion and morality were separate entities, not reliant on one another. He suggested instead that our moral compasses should be guided by reason, potential effects on others and what he called categorical imperatives. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bIys6JoEDw\">In other words:\u003c/a> “It doesn’t matter whether you want to be moral or not—the moral law is binding on all of us” and provides us with “commands you must follow, regardless of your desires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chidi is walking-talking, indecisive proof that trying to follow these principles is almost entirely impossible since, for example, he holds a stricter moral code than anyone around him, on Earth or otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> Kant's theories are great in, well, theory. In practice, life is a little more complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>7. 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Eleanor knocks some sense into him using theories by \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Dancy\">Jonathan Dancy\u003c/a>. \"There are no fixed rules that work in every situation,\" she says. \"Like, you promised your friend you'd go to the movies, but then your mom suddenly gets rushed to the E.R. Your boy \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant\">Kant\u003c/a> would say 'Never break a promise. Go see \u003cem>Chronicles of Riddick!\u003c/em> It doesn't matter if your mom gets lonely and steals a bucket of Vicodin from the nurse's closet!' But a moral particularist would say there's no absolute rule. You have to choose your actions based on the particular situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> It's okay to break promises and/or lie to other people if you have a good enough reason. Hurray!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>8. No, Seriously: Design Your A.I. Technology VERY Carefully\u003c/strong>\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/dJpi-BxMJiU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/dJpi-BxMJiU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>She's not supposed to be able to do it, but when she wants a rebound guy after her \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-yzfjvu-n4\">failed marriage to Jason\u003c/a>, Janet invents Derek, a malfunctioning humanoid who has windchimes instead of a penis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> If A.I. units figure out how to build other beings, the events that follow will likely be calamitous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>9. 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It's an uphill struggle, but the teachings of Aristotle, in particular, lead to the first breakthrough Chidi makes in getting Eleanor to be a less deplorable human.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> If you're trying to transform someone's decision-making process from the emotional to the logical, Aristotle is a damn good place to start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>10. 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Not being able to curse freely is a major irritant for Eleanor from the get-go, and Michael's insistence on making most of the stores in their midst frozen yogurt-based, turn out to be subtle—but extremely effective—forms of torture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lesson:\u003c/strong> Watching good TV while eating real ice cream, and the ability to gleefully swear about those things are just some of the things that make being human better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The second season of Netflix's \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/80117545\">American Vandal\u003c/a> \u003c/em>dropped last Friday. The first season proved a slow-build, under-the-radar, word-of-mouth phenomenon; the second arrived to a devoted and vocal fanbase. Season one was something you started hearing about over the course of weeks and months, from disparate friends and family; full, spoilery reviews of season two were posted at 12:01:01 a.m. last Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwrr6aIWeus\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They're \u003ca href=\"https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/American_Vandal/s02/reviews/\">good-to-glowing, those reviews, mostly\u003c/a>. But that's critics. Critics have to make cases, argue on the merits, note the shortcomings — show their work, in other words, citing specific examples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But your friends and family don't. They can simply hold opinions, and voice them, loudly, repeatedly, at your neighborhood bar, over the dinner table or at some friend of a friend's interminable game night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The critics have had their say already. By the end of last weekend, most outlets who were prepared to weigh in on \u003cem>Vandal\u003c/em>'s second season had done so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people who don't get paid to think and write about television shows — even those who consider themselves fans of \u003cem>American Vandal\u003c/em> season one — need more time to absorb a season's worth of shows, generally speaking. Most can't drop everything and binge eight episodes; they must work to fit the new season around their schedules of jobs, kids, friends, chores, happy hours, plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This second weekend, then, after its had time to steep, will be the moment when \u003cem>American Vandal\u003c/em> season two truly becomes a point of discussion, while you're out with friends or spending time with family. We want you to be prepared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You've seen the new season. You've read the reviews, maybe. Inevitably, however, you're going to be faced with someone, or several someones, who think that simply criticizing something is the same thing as critiquing it. Who believe — as many people (and, to be fair, several critics) do, that simply espousing a negative opinion makes the espouser seem somehow smarter and more discerning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They're wrong about that, and if what they're espousing a negative opinion about is\u003cem> American Vandal \u003c/em>season two, they're wrong about that, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's some of the go-to, reflexive, low-hanging-fruit complaints we've been hearing, and some suggestions on how to respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THEY SAY: \"Without Dylan, there's no heart.\" \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>YOU SAY:\u003c/strong> Granted, Jimmy Tatro's portrayal of Dylan Maxwell — the popular-but-dim, bad-boy chief suspect of \u003cem>American Vandal\u003c/em> season one — was funny and soulful and, ultimately, heartbreaking. He was the season's linchpin, because our affection for him took us along as the show slyly pivoted from true-crime parody to seriocomic meditation on class in America. He was great, and wildly effective. He is missed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the show's determination to avoid repeating itself manifests in ways large and small — the largest being our chief suspect. Kevin McClain (Travis Tope) is no mouth-breather like Dylan, and he's a good deal more off-putting, with his sundry affectations and bird-like, expressionless stare. That's important, because the poop-related crimes in question are too intricately planned and diabolical for the Dylans of the world to accomplish. No, they're the deranged product of a mind that, we must believe, a kid like Kevin could conceivably possess. It's heart you want? Kevin's tale proves just as sad as Dylan's, but Tope's performance is much more guarded and circumspect than Tatro's garrulous jock could ever be — he makes you work harder for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if it's garrulous jocks you miss, season two serves one up, in the form of DeMarcus Tillman (Melvin Gregg), the charming, funny and popular basketball star. Like Dylan before him, DeMarcus is a creature of impulse, not calculation. And like Dylan, he emerges from the season a much different, and more melancholic, person than he was when it began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Tope and Gregg do great work, creating achingly recognizable characters grounded in the real world. \u003cem>Vandal \u003c/em>ruthlessly satirizes true-crime conventions, but it's much gentler — even downright sweet — to its characters. It never parodies these kids, or their world. If it did, we couldn't invest enough in their lives to care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>THEY SAY: \"Season one's d*** jokes were funny, but these s*** jokes are just gross.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>YOU SAY: \u003c/strong>Ok well \u003cem>this \u003c/em>one's tricky, because the world divides itself sharply between Sex-Joke People and Poop-Joke People. They are two militant camps who do not understand — who cannot begin to comprehend — one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I confess to being sympathetic to those who espouse the above opinion, as I am lifelong Sex-Joke Person, and on any occasion I am forced to interact with a Poop-Joke Person I spend it searching for the nearest exit. This is because sex is fun and embarrassing, while poop is gross and humiliating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's not a truth universally acknowledged, mystifyingly enough. If it were, the large and thriving whoopie-cushion economy would not exist, to say nothing of the fake-dog-poop industry. The world would be a better place, empirically, but we live in reality. A fallen, gross, poopy reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season one's d***-besotted plotline appealed to me, because the thing that made \u003cem>American Vandal\u003c/em> so great was the juxtaposition between its gravid true-crime approach, and its exultantly dumb, juvenile subject: \"Who did the d***s?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3tkFOtM6go\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season two starts off with poop-related content that some will find hilarious and I, for example, find vile, horrifying and nauseating. It's footage that gets used and re-used often, over the course of the season, never losing its ability to unsettle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it turns out that this precise overuse — the diligent, dogmatic dissection of that footage — is what makes \u003cem>American Vandal\u003c/em> work, not the footage itself. The series is forcing us to look at some pretty gross things — but its true subject is \u003cem>how we look at things now\u003c/em>. The techniques and tropes of true-crime, with its dense web of theories and conjecture and red herrings and reversals, is really what \u003cem>American Vandal \u003c/em>wants us to examine. Last season, it was \"Look at what happens when we bring all of this elaborate narrative infrastructure to bear on something as meaningless on some spray-painted Toyotas.\" This season it's \"Look at what happens when we take the same approach and apply it to poop-shame.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, the approach is the appeal, here, and it proves gratifyingly versatile. And that bodes well for next season, which, if past is prologue, will take up as its ostensible subject some entirely different bodily process/product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smart money's on boogers, but don't count out pus. 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This season is just about the mystery itself, without any larger, deeper subject.\" \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>YOU SAY: \u003c/strong>Anyone who voices this opinion clearly hasn't made it to the final episode, which ends with a lengthy disquisition on The Culture Of Social Media Today. It's heavy handed, sure — but again: That's exactly the point. True-crime series love to reach for deep meaning in their closing minutes, with ponderous narration and performative empathy. It's a way for creators to shield themselves from accusations of exploiting the crime and its victims. So that last speech may be wildly unnecessary, but it's on-brand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also happens to be accurate. 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