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Can you imagine anything more humiliating?\" Philip whines to Elizabeth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Yes,\" she says, as reporters surround the royal yacht, speculating about cheating and divorce. \"As a matter of fact, I can.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97892\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46-520x293.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/12/the-crown-small_wide-753ec4bece5dfb0cf359aeb7f2da242404c4da46.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is all taking place while Britain is fighting over the Suez Canal and the prime minister is dealing with health problems that force him to leave the country for three weeks. 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Let normal people get to know you, too.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It feels as if you could draw a straight line of progress from the ideas in that scene, to the current moment: When a member of the royal family is engaged to marry a divorced, biracial woman from America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another episode features the Duke of Windsor, who had to abdicate the throne in 1936 to marry a divorced American woman (how times have changed!). When the duke asks to return to a job in the English government as part of the royal family, Elizabeth must decide whether to allow it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the episode progresses, Elizabeth slowly discovers just how close the duke was to the Nazis and Hitler during the war. I won't drop spoilers by detailing it all here, but it is a chilling moment when she learns the full truth. 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"content": "\u003cp>2017 was a reasonably extraordinary year for women on television. Complicated, flawed, and realistic characters took over our screens; boundaries and stereotypes were pushed and shattered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some of the most memorable feminist moments from 2017:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Warning: There will be spoilers.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>GLOW\u003c/em>, Season 1, Episode 10\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnKEoXbBTEw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're empowered. We're the hero!\" This proclamation awakens the titular Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling to their own potential, and best sums up \u003cem>GLOW\u003c/em> as a whole. The first season of this Netflix triumph (created and produced by women, incidentally) was unabashedly about the sheer strength, both physical and otherwise, of women. Throughout the widely-binged first season, these complicated female characters navigated living in a man's world, rolled their eyes at everyday sexism, stretched themselves in ways that seemed impossible in the first episode, and found solace from their personal hardships via the medium of other women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The season finale was \u003cem>GLOW'\u003c/em>s most feminist moment though, as we saw the women take charge of their own destinies, no longer willing or able to be bossed around by their grubby director Sam Sylvia (Marc Maron). The women end up directing TV cameras, fixing sound issues, filling audience chairs, making their own costumes, doing their own hair and make up, \u003cem>and\u003c/em> wrestling their asses off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>GLOW\u003c/em> ultimately is a love letter to what is possible when women work together. The fact that it's based on real people makes it even more special.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Grace and Frankie:\u003c/em> Season 3, Episode 8\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KRIMhehOLs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you were to stumble across the opening scene of \u003cem>Grace and Frankie\u003c/em>, Season 3, Episode 8, with zero context, there is a good chance you'd be reasonably astonished: two senior ladies sitting at their laptops, monitoring their brand new business -- which just so happens to be a vibrator company, designed specifically for their particular demographic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a world where Amy Schumer's\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPpsI8mWKmg\"> \"Last F**kable Day\"\u003c/a> skit seems entirely reasonable, \u003cem>Grace and Frankie\u003c/em> challenges every stereotype ingrained in our society about older women. These characters are desirable, independent, sexually active, super-smart, and rebellious. They're also the kind of seniors who use stiletto heels to smash up the Life Alert buttons their kids give them. Given how women of a certain age are usually treated in popular culture, \u003cem>Grace and Frankie\u003c/em> is positively revolutionary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>She's Gotta Have It\u003c/em>, Season 1, Episode 4\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whvPjWm7ZE0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nola Darling is an artist living in Brooklyn, exercising absolute, unapologetic autonomy over her life and sexual choices. In Episode 4, in the midst of a cleanse, which includes a break from the three men in her life, Darling finds herself developing feelings for a woman. When she tells her therapist, \"As a sex-positive, polyamorous pansexual, words like monogamy and family have never even seemed like a remote possibility,\" \u003cem>She's Gotta Have It\u003c/em> emphasizes just how far women on TV -- \u003cem>and\u003c/em> in real-life -- have come since the age of \u003cem>Sex and the City\u003c/em>. If Carrie Bradshaw was a perfect representation of the independent single woman in 1998, Nola Darling is undoubtedly 2017's equivalent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Broad City\u003c/em>, Season 4, Episode 2\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJRpvsDjLrk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Broad City'\u003c/em>s Abbi and Ilana are so casually and consistently feminist, it is probably the most solid foundation of the entire show. Their independence, sexual agency, and unwavering commitment to raising each other up has always been empowering to watch, but a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-d8VP3cuDM&t=45s\">post-inauguration Season 4\u003c/a> upped the ante.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Episode 2, \"Twaining Day,\" opened with a scene in which the duo (Ilana wearing 2017's must-have accessory: a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/01/17/dont-know-how-to-knit-make-your-own-pussy-hat-out-of-paper/\">pussy hat\u003c/a>) casually escort a woman through angry crowds at an abortion clinic, before telling her: \"Remember, you are a strong queen. Your body, your choice. It's simple.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their attention then turns to the protesters (one is holding a sign that says \"Aborted babies are the number one spotted ghosts at haunted locations in America\"). Abbi and Ilana blow weed smoke in their faces, commanding, \"You need to chill!\" The marijuana's effect is immediately transformative -- one man looks up and wistfully asks \"Why are we doing this?\" The scene is wish fulfillment for every woman who has ever longed for men to stay out of their reproductive business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Handmaid’s Tale:\u003c/em> The whole damn thing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJTonrzXTJs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talking of reproductive business... 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There was no one specific moment of feminist glory in the series -- rather, this was a show that explored the resilience and inner strength of women, while reminding us of the horrors that could befall women under an unchecked patriarchy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Big Little Lies:\u003c/em> Season 1, Episode 7\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFZcNKzDhYI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003cem>Big Little Lies\u003c/em>, Nicole Kidman's Celeste finds herself caught in an abusive relationships that is complex, realistic, and downright excruciating to watch. 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These characters are desirable, independent, sexually active, super-smart, and rebellious. They're also the kind of seniors who use stiletto heels to smash up the Life Alert buttons their kids give them. 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In Episode 4, in the midst of a cleanse, which includes a break from the three men in her life, Darling finds herself developing feelings for a woman. When she tells her therapist, \"As a sex-positive, polyamorous pansexual, words like monogamy and family have never even seemed like a remote possibility,\" \u003cem>She's Gotta Have It\u003c/em> emphasizes just how far women on TV -- \u003cem>and\u003c/em> in real-life -- have come since the age of \u003cem>Sex and the City\u003c/em>. 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"content": "\u003cp>One of the most difficult tasks in Hollywood is to get someone who is successful to admit they are dead wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's a lesson comic \u003ca href=\"http://www.harikondabolu.com/\">Hari Kondabolu\u003c/a> learned the hard way, while making his compelling, layered, highly entertaining documentary airing on truTV Sunday, \u003cem>The Problem with Apu\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGzvEqBvkP8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the surface, it's kind of a comedy primal scream: a passionate exploration of why the Indian character on \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>The Simpsons\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Kwik-E-Mart clerk Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, is racist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beneath that, a tension simmers, pulling viewers through the film. It's rooted in a quest Kondabolu undertakes similar to Michael Moore's hunt for General Motors' CEO Roger Smith during his debut film \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098213/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Roger & Me\u003c/em>\u003c/a>; Kondabolu wants to talk about Apu with the white man who has voiced the character for more than 20 years, actor \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000279/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Hank Azaria\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what really emerges — as Kondabolu sits down with former \u003cem>Simpsons\u003c/em> producer Dana Gould, and culls comments Azaria has made about the character in other, less critical spaces — is an essential truth about Hollywood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Success justifies everything. Especially when that success comes at the expense of people who are not the mostly white, mostly male powerbrokers who define comedy in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kondabolu builds his case logically, with a cheeky flair. We see where the idea for the film started, as a bit from his standup act complaining about Apu. That became a standout commentary on the late night show where he once worked as a writer, \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2330549/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell\u003c/em>.\u003c/a> (He says Bell told him, \"If you don't do this, I will fire you,\" which was pretty good motivation.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comic, a New York-born son of Indian immigrants, lists Apu's hurtful qualities with a rueful precision: Goofy. Servile. Devious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 411px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-97522\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/screen-shot-2012-07-16-at-11-55-14-am.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/screen-shot-2012-07-16-at-11-55-14-am.png 411w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/screen-shot-2012-07-16-at-11-55-14-am-160x120.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/screen-shot-2012-07-16-at-11-55-14-am-240x180.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/screen-shot-2012-07-16-at-11-55-14-am-375x281.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'The Simpsons'/ Fox\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He is a character whose humor almost completely springs from his sing-song, stereotypically outlandish accent. For years, Apu was one of the most prominent Indian characters on prime time TV — a mugging, persistent example of the derisive way many Americans viewed Indian immigrants. And in the film, when Kondabolu asks a roomful of young, South Asian performers whether they got bullied by people who called them Apu, nearly everyone raises their hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, as the film notes, \u003cem>The Simpsons\u003c/em> stereotypes lots of characters. But there were plenty of other working class fathers and rich people on television in 1989 to counter Homer Simpson and Montgomery Burns. Not so with South Asian characters, especially back then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(And there's one thing Kondabolu doesn't note: \u003cem>The Simpsons\u003c/em> doesn't build black characters around essential stereotypes in the same way, as if producers recognize the danger of trafficking in such images about African-Americans.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Problem with Apu\u003c/em> educates while it entertains, featuring \u003cem>House of Cards\u003c/em> alum \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0415529/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Sakina Jaffrey\u003c/a> explaining the awful accents South Asian actors are often asked to adopt. She defines it as \"patanking,\" a dismissive word that imitates the sound of an Indian accent to non-Indian ears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000155/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Whoopi Goldberg\u003c/a> shows up to talk about blackface and harmful racial caricatures, referencing her extensive collection of racist art, posters and kitschy items she calls \"negrobilia.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kondabolu digs up two different stories on how Apu was created.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azaria is shown during an interview in a comedy club saying that \u003cem>Simpsons\u003c/em> producers asked him to do an Indian voice, quipping, \"How offensive can you make it?\" But \u003cem>Simpsons\u003c/em> producer Mike Reiss told the Cracked podcast that the character was originally just called \"store clerk\" with directions that he specifically \u003cem>not\u003c/em> be Indian – to avoid a comedy cliché – until Azaria cracked up the table reading by saying \"35 cents please\" in Apu's lilting dialect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Azaria is shown in an interview with the Archive of American Television saying that he was also inspired by Peter Sellers in the 1968 film \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063415/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_25\">\u003cem>The Party\u003c/em>\u003c/a> – where Sellers, a white British actor, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU9s8L7Sewg\">donned brown makeup to play an Indian man\u003c/a>. Brownface, if you will.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of \u003cem>The Problem with Apu's\u003c/em> most eye-opening moments, however, comes from Dana Gould. He insists that, for \u003cem>The Simpsons,\u003c/em> \"The bottom line was always 'What's funnier?'\" Later, Gould asks, \"How much do you want to tear at the fabric of the show? Do you want to pull Apu, a beloved character out of the Kwik-E-Mart... just for the sake of updating that character to be less anachronistic?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words: Who cares if it's racist? It's successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the insidiousness of racism,\" \u003cem>Daily Show\u003c/em> alum \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541902/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Aasif Mandvi \u003c/a>tells Kondabolu about the pressure to just accept the stereotypes fueling popular, problematic characters like Apu, \"The person who is subjected to it, winds up buying into it as a cultural norm.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Problem with Apu\u003c/em> often unfolds like a movie-length \u003cem>Daily Show\u003c/em> segment – and that's a compliment – deftly outlining the stereotypes South Asian people still struggle with in media depictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the attitude it exposes among Hollywood producers and performers, reveals the ugly truth of why these stereotypes persist. Until the pain of indulging the stereotype outweighs the success, wealth, and power that comes from feeding it, the awful images will remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's hope Kondabolu's film is a step toward making the pain a lot sharper, when it comes to characters like Apu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=A+New+Documentary+Calls+Into+Question+The+Simpson%27s+%27Apu%27&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
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Not so with South Asian characters, especially back then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(And there's one thing Kondabolu doesn't note: \u003cem>The Simpsons\u003c/em> doesn't build black characters around essential stereotypes in the same way, as if producers recognize the danger of trafficking in such images about African-Americans.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Problem with Apu\u003c/em> educates while it entertains, featuring \u003cem>House of Cards\u003c/em> alum \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0415529/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Sakina Jaffrey\u003c/a> explaining the awful accents South Asian actors are often asked to adopt. She defines it as \"patanking,\" a dismissive word that imitates the sound of an Indian accent to non-Indian ears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000155/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Whoopi Goldberg\u003c/a> shows up to talk about blackface and harmful racial caricatures, referencing her extensive collection of racist art, posters and kitschy items she calls \"negrobilia.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kondabolu digs up two different stories on how Apu was created.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azaria is shown during an interview in a comedy club saying that \u003cem>Simpsons\u003c/em> producers asked him to do an Indian voice, quipping, \"How offensive can you make it?\" But \u003cem>Simpsons\u003c/em> producer Mike Reiss told the Cracked podcast that the character was originally just called \"store clerk\" with directions that he specifically \u003cem>not\u003c/em> be Indian – to avoid a comedy cliché – until Azaria cracked up the table reading by saying \"35 cents please\" in Apu's lilting dialect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Azaria is shown in an interview with the Archive of American Television saying that he was also inspired by Peter Sellers in the 1968 film \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063415/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_25\">\u003cem>The Party\u003c/em>\u003c/a> – where Sellers, a white British actor, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU9s8L7Sewg\">donned brown makeup to play an Indian man\u003c/a>. Brownface, if you will.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of \u003cem>The Problem with Apu's\u003c/em> most eye-opening moments, however, comes from Dana Gould. He insists that, for \u003cem>The Simpsons,\u003c/em> \"The bottom line was always 'What's funnier?'\" Later, Gould asks, \"How much do you want to tear at the fabric of the show? Do you want to pull Apu, a beloved character out of the Kwik-E-Mart... just for the sake of updating that character to be less anachronistic?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words: Who cares if it's racist? It's successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the insidiousness of racism,\" \u003cem>Daily Show\u003c/em> alum \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541902/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Aasif Mandvi \u003c/a>tells Kondabolu about the pressure to just accept the stereotypes fueling popular, problematic characters like Apu, \"The person who is subjected to it, winds up buying into it as a cultural norm.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Problem with Apu\u003c/em> often unfolds like a movie-length \u003cem>Daily Show\u003c/em> segment – and that's a compliment – deftly outlining the stereotypes South Asian people still struggle with in media depictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the attitude it exposes among Hollywood producers and performers, reveals the ugly truth of why these stereotypes persist. Until the pain of indulging the stereotype outweighs the success, wealth, and power that comes from feeding it, the awful images will remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's hope Kondabolu's film is a step toward making the pain a lot sharper, when it comes to characters like Apu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=A+New+Documentary+Calls+Into+Question+The+Simpson%27s+%27Apu%27&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/13/poldark-season-3-episode-7-recap-i-wanna-sex-you-up/\">the previous episode of \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Ross kissed Elizabeth all over her head, Demelza asked for an open relationship, and Jennifer Lawrence randomly hooked up with Gross Goblin. Will Ross get mono from all that smooching? Will Demelza finally blast some Marvin Gaye and get it on with Prison Bestie? Will Jennifer Lawrence explain why in the world she gave her sister's evil husband a lap dance? Only one way to find out! On with the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the edge of a cliff, Bone Maraca Pirate and Mrs. Pigpen are getting tanked on rum because what else is there to do in 18th-century Cornwall? But something disrupts their day drinking; French ships coming in hot! All the other bored and/or drunk townies pick up their pitchforks and tiki torches (too soon?), vow to start using the term \"freedom fries\" (not too soon), and head to the beach to meet the invasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/pitchfork-mob-gif-south-park.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97460\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/pitchfork-mob-gif-south-park.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no one comes ashore. The French were either spying or just wanted to take a sick Instagram shot of waves crashing on the English shore (no one said getting 100 likes was easy).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/like-instagram-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97459\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/like-instagram-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a different cliffside, Demelza reads a poem from Prison Bestie. It reads:\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>Demelza is wowed by his frank lyricism. Her adultery likelihood meter goes from 95% to 96%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his way back from passing laws in London that make sure poor people can't afford grain during a famine, Malfoy passes Drake's house and sees him minding his own damn business. Malfoy makes a mental note to destroy the little happiness he has left because sociopaths gonna sociopath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Toe Jam Headquarters, Doc prescribes Morwenna a tincture that will help her deal with her FML existence (it knocks her out cold) and advises Gross Goblin to continue not raping her. Gross Goblin quickly agrees because Jennifer Lawrence has taken off her shoe and is rubbing her foot while staring longingly at him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dear Jennifer Lawrence, I have one thing to say to you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/tyra-rooting-for-you.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16986\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/tyra-rooting-for-you.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Doc leaves, Morwenna snores and dreams of toads, while Gross Goblin and J. La have really loud sex in the next room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/scarlet-ohara-gone-with-the-wind-gagging-upset-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97461\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/scarlet-ohara-gone-with-the-wind-gagging-upset-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In town, Ross has been chosen to lead a neighborhood-watch militia. I can't even pretend to care at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/next-housewives-kenya-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97464\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/next-housewives-kenya-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"278\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Athlete's Foot Locker, Jennifer Lawrence announces that she's pregnant. So it's official. She never wanted revenge for her sister, only to get a piece of that toe-slurping action. Congratulations, J. La, you're officially the worst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-you-gif-22.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97466\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-you-gif-22.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Drake discovers that someone has destroyed his blacksmith shop and driven off his customers. Geez, let the poor boy sadly hammer hot metal! Demelza realizes Malfoy is most likely behind this and runs to Ross for help. Ross says he has bigger things to worry about and explains that his awesome, gorgeous, cool ex would never allow such a thing to happen anyway. Demelza's facial reaction (and a little something I added) speaks for us all:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97467\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-1020x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-1020x572.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-800x449.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-768x431.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-1920x1077.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-1180x662.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-960x538.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-375x210.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those keeping track, her extra-marital affair likelihood meter just went up from 96% to 97%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Toe Fungus Incorporated, Jennifer Lawrence has an idea: she'll get married to a random librarian and they'll pretend Gross Goblin has nothing to do with the baby... for a price. So this was all about money? It would have been so much better if Jennifer Lawrence had been a revenge-obsessed mastermind, but she's just a horny blackmailer. FAIL. The writers trying to effectively utilize this character:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/Funny-Fail-Moments-034.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97468\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/Funny-Fail-Moments-034.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"354\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other side of town, Demelza continues to beg Ross to stand up for Drake and all the poor people being trampled by the Malfoys of the world. For once, Ross doesn't feel like it. \"You would have me pontificate and play the hero and make some grand, dramatic gesture. I am not that man, Demelza! I have never been that man!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hold on a minute, brb. *rewatches the past three seasons of this show* Okay, I'm back. Um, Ross, you are very much the kind of man who loves pontificating and playing the hero. Just admit that you're feeling lazy today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, Malfoy's Slytherin crony burns down Drake's barn. I distinctly hear a horse in distress, but am choosing to ignore the possibility that this dude just murdered Drake's horse for no good reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/wpid-wp-1435808733932.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97470\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/wpid-wp-1435808733932.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"398\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I get enough violence against horses from \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>, thank you very much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because he's a decent person who hasn't yet learned that you can't convince people to stop being pure evil by politely asking, Drake strolls over to Elizabeth's to humbly request that her husband's thugs maybe stop trying to kill him and his livelihood. While Elizabeth is in the middle of saying that Malfoy would never do such a thing, Malfoy storms in, threatens to have Drake physically thrown out, and flat-out admits to terrorizing Cornwall's Nicest Person of the Year. Somehow, Elizabeth is surprised by this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/use-your-brain-dance-moms-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97471\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/use-your-brain-dance-moms-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, Drake continues to mind his business in the nicest way possible, when three Slytherin cronies accuse him of trespassing. They proceed to punch, stomp, and almost kick him to death, before dumping his body into a muddy ditch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/help-somebody-simba.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97473\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/help-somebody-simba.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back on Bunions and Corns Drive, Jennifer Lawrence is still blackmailing Gross Goblin by threatening to write the Bishop about the baby and the mole shaped like a pig's tail on Gross Goblin's butt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/too-much-information-tmi-chandler-friends-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97474\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/too-much-information-tmi-chandler-friends-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morwenna overhears everything and feels bummed that she's not only married to trash, but related to it too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-everyone-pissed-girl-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-everyone-pissed-girl-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the muddy ditch, Demelza and Sam find Drake and rush him home. Doc is like, \u003cem>Woah, you almost died... again! \u003c/em>Drake is too nice to say what he's thinking:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/no-shit-sherlock-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97476\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/no-shit-sherlock-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"233\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake is also too nice to tell anyone the identities of his almost-murderers. Ughhhh, sometimes when they go low, we don't have to go high, Michelle!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam agrees with me. He takes a break from memorizing the Bible to run to the bar and incite a riot with the help of Bone Maraca Pirate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/amen-raven-gif-drag-race.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97477\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/amen-raven-gif-drag-race.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"248\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Malfoy Manor, Elizabeth finally gets pissed about something Malfoy has done and threatens to end their marriage (this probably just means staying married but not talking to each other that much because it's the 18th century). Being mean to Drake is akin to the high crime of kicking all the puppies. I'm glad Elizabeth can see that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/even-a-broken-clock-is-right-twice-a-day-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/even-a-broken-clock-is-right-twice-a-day-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Drake's bedside, Mrs. Pigpen grabs Demelza to tell her she has a visitor. When Demelza resists, Mrs. Pigpen sermonizes: \"How oft do the men take a fancy to a woman, and sometimes act on it?\" Preach that Gospel!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/raw-2.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full 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/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza declares that, since Ross gave up all thoughts of Elizabeth, she should do the same with Prison Bestie. Mrs. Pigpen, #TeamPrisonBestie co-captain (I'm the other one), replies: \"Did he? You sure?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_n19y4rrbwl1rrx588o1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38275\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_n19y4rrbwl1rrx588o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"328\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Ingrown Toe Nail Lane, Gross Goblin barges into Morwenna's room and demands sex. But he quickly learns that the Old Morwenna can't come to the phone right now. Why? 'Cause she's dead! The new Morwenna has had it. She tells him to get the F out of her room and never come back. When he unbuckles his belt and starts his rape routine, she threatens to murder their child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/meryl-j-lo-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96487\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/meryl-j-lo-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Someone else who's had it (for the zillionth time): Demelza. She finds Ross and tells him she knows about how he kissed Elizabeth all over her head. \"I'm weary of it. Secret kisses, secret smiles. How many more secrets must there be between us? Keep them, Ross. Keep them all. And I will keep mine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/giphy-3.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20666\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza walks home to find Prison Bestie waiting for her. She's like, \u003cem>Hey, I got your little poem. Let's do this.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/get-it-girl-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/get-it-girl-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They walk to the beach, where Prison Bestie reveals that, in six months, he will be completely blind. Demelza holds his hand (and the meter ticks up a notch from 97% to 98%).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, Ross gets a letter informing him that there is a threat in town. He runs off with his little neighborhood watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/no-one-cares-hunter-E2-99-A5-35130856-391-331.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48723\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/no-one-cares-hunter-E2-99-A5-35130856-391-331.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"331\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back to the good stuff: Prison Bestie explains to Demelza that yes, he technically owes his life to Ross and it would be pretty messed up to sex up his wife, but having an affair would be so cool and poetic! Demelza isn't so sure... until he puts his hand on her collarbone. 99%!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97484\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-1020x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-1020x572.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-800x449.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-768x431.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-1920x1077.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-1180x662.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-960x539.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-375x210.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then he says, \"Shall we grant ourselves to each other, so I may go into the darkness knowing that I once tasted heaven?\" *throws adultery meter out* Not even a real French invasion could stop this seduction at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza takes his hand and leads him into the grass!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-7.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97485\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-7.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">They lie down!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-2-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97489\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-2-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">They kiss!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-3-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97488 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-3-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">He puts his hand on her knee!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97490\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">She guides it up her skirt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-4-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97487 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-4-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">They get to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-6-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97486\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-6-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In more snooze-worthy news, Ross and his little militia are awaiting the supposed threat. It turns out to just be Sam and Bone Maraca Pirate's riot. They want to raid Malfoy's grain storage to feed the starving. Despite the fact that this kind of Robin Hood-ing is very much Ross' brand, he threatens to shoot all of his poor friends and vows to defend the interests of the ruling class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-confused-2-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97494 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-confused-2-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam is like, \u003cem>Bro, WTF! You love poor people! Let us eat.\u003c/em> Ross warns that they have until the count of 10 to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-confused-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97491\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-confused-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bone Maraca defiantly says, \"Or what?\" Ross' militia load and point their rifles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-pained-reaction-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97492\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-pained-reaction-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross barks that they leave him no choice. Bone Maraca Pirate starts counting for him because he's a bad ass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-ears-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97493\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-ears-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Bone Maraca Pirate gets to 10, Ross has a flashback of the guillotine and pictures all his friends getting shot, so he announces that he still cares about poor people and will run for Parliament at some point to advocate for their right not to starve to death. That's cute and all, but these people are starving \u003cem>right now,\u003c/em> and you just randomly pulled a bunch of guns on them. We're supposed to just forgive and forget that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-huh-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-huh-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently so. Bone Maraca Pirate and the other rioters react like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-okay-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97498\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-okay-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sidenote:\u003c/strong> Et tu, Doc? You still have firing squad PTSD and now you've joined one? I thought you were better than this. Consider your Horace the Pug petting privileges REVOKED!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97502\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-1020x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-1020x570.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-800x447.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-768x429.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-1920x1073.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-1180x659.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-960x536.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-240x134.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-375x210.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-520x291.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Elizabeth wins an Oscar for Best Actress in a Loveless Marriage by putting on a big show of leaving Malfoy unless he swears on a Bible that he'll never bring up Valentine obviously being her ex's baby. Malfoy sobs and does as she asks. It's pretty awesome to see the twerp cry, but, in this situation, I'm #TeamNobody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-both-of-you-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97503\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-both-of-you-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"243\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon returning from almost killing a bunch of his friends, Ross can't find Demelza anywhere. Mrs. Pigpen feels really bad for drunkenly stirring the pot so hard earlier, and tells him Demelza went off with \"a visitor\" and might not come back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/dorinda-ashamed-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97504\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/dorinda-ashamed-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"232\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While desperately looking for Demelza, Ross instead finds Malfoy, who doesn't waste a moment gloating about how loyal his wife and how promising his government career are. All together now:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27656\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over on Foot-in-Mouth Avenue, Morwenna hears a knock at the door and opens it to find a bouquet of flowers. She walks outside and says, \"Wherever you are, know that I love you.\" A beat-up Drake, hiding behind the front gate, breaks down. Morwenna does too. I'm not crying, you are!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cry-sob-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cry-sob-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, Ross lies in bed alone, thinking about what a crappy husband he's been and how embarrassing it's going to be when Demelza drags him on her new single:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97510\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-800x812.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-800x812.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-160x162.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-768x779.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-960x974.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-240x244.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-375x381.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-520x528.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark.jpg 1009w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross' thoughts are interrupted by a returning Demelza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"I thought you might not return.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"I thought so too. And here I am.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They lie beside each other, both sad and regretful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Demelza, may I ask...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"No, Ross. Ask me nothing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They look at each other through their shared pain. Ross holds her into the night and whatever comes next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bethenny-cry.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bethenny-cry.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bethenny-cry-bottle-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97506\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bethenny-cry-bottle-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Since the season is over, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: Gross Goblin, Malfoy, Slytherin Crony, Jennifer Lawrence. \u003c/strong>I hope their birthday parties get cancelled and they all die. 🙂\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Sam. \u003c/strong>Congrats to him for finally taking a break from judging people for kissing to do something productive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Bone Maraca Pirate. \u003c/strong>Now that Agatha's gone, B.M.P. has taken over the role of the delightful smack-talking alcoholic elder. I'm into it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Morwenna and Drake. \u003c/strong>Giving them a fake medal is the least I can do for the year they've had. Idea for next season: They stop taking crap from people and go on a \u003cem>Kill Bill\u003c/em>-style revenge rampage.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: \u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>Demelza. \u003c/strong>She finally had enough of being an afterthought / doormat and did something purely for herself for once. I'm sure some of the fandom will judge her harsher than they judged Ross when he cheated (#sexism #patriarchy), but I stand with Demelza.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s all, folks! It’s been a pleasure watching along with you this season. Until next year! 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 relive all my \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/recaps/\">other \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> recaps\u003c/a> below!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, before you go, vote in this poll to determine whether I recap \u003cem>Victoria\u003c/em> Season 2 or not:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[polldaddy poll=9877696]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>More recaps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/13/poldark-season-3-episode-7-recap-i-wanna-sex-you-up/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: I Wanna Sex You Up\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/05/poldark-season-3-episode-6-recap-you-give-love-a-bad-name/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: You Give Love A Bad Name\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/29/poldark-season-3-episode-5-recap-the-one-that-got-away/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: The One That Got Away\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/24/poldark-season-3-episode-4-recap-break-free/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: Break Free\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/15/poldark-season-3-episode-3-recap-kiss-the-girl/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: Kiss the Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/08/poldark-season-3-episode-2-recap-voulez-vous-coucher-avec-moi/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Voulez-vous Coucher Avec Moi?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/02/poldark-season-3-premiere-recap-same-old-mistakes/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Premiere Recap: Same Old Mistakes\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/27/poldark-season-2-finale-recap-burn-baby-burn/\">‘Poldark’ Season 2 Finale Recap: Burn Baby Burn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/20/poldark-season-2-episode-8-recap-man-i-feel-like-a-woman/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Man! 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a different cliffside, Demelza reads a poem from Prison Bestie. It reads:\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>Demelza is wowed by his frank lyricism. Her adultery likelihood meter goes from 95% to 96%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his way back from passing laws in London that make sure poor people can't afford grain during a famine, Malfoy passes Drake's house and sees him minding his own damn business. Malfoy makes a mental note to destroy the little happiness he has left because sociopaths gonna sociopath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Toe Jam Headquarters, Doc prescribes Morwenna a tincture that will help her deal with her FML existence (it knocks her out cold) and advises Gross Goblin to continue not raping her. Gross Goblin quickly agrees because Jennifer Lawrence has taken off her shoe and is rubbing her foot while staring longingly at him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dear Jennifer Lawrence, I have one thing to say to you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/tyra-rooting-for-you.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16986\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/tyra-rooting-for-you.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Doc leaves, Morwenna snores and dreams of toads, while Gross Goblin and J. La have really loud sex in the next room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/scarlet-ohara-gone-with-the-wind-gagging-upset-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97461\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/scarlet-ohara-gone-with-the-wind-gagging-upset-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In town, Ross has been chosen to lead a neighborhood-watch militia. I can't even pretend to care at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/next-housewives-kenya-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97464\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/next-housewives-kenya-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"278\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Athlete's Foot Locker, Jennifer Lawrence announces that she's pregnant. So it's official. She never wanted revenge for her sister, only to get a piece of that toe-slurping action. Congratulations, J. La, you're officially the worst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-you-gif-22.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97466\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-you-gif-22.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Drake discovers that someone has destroyed his blacksmith shop and driven off his customers. Geez, let the poor boy sadly hammer hot metal! Demelza realizes Malfoy is most likely behind this and runs to Ross for help. Ross says he has bigger things to worry about and explains that his awesome, gorgeous, cool ex would never allow such a thing to happen anyway. Demelza's facial reaction (and a little something I added) speaks for us all:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97467\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-1020x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-1020x572.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-800x449.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-768x431.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-1920x1077.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-1180x662.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-960x538.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-375x210.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-middle-finger-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those keeping track, her extra-marital affair likelihood meter just went up from 96% to 97%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Toe Fungus Incorporated, Jennifer Lawrence has an idea: she'll get married to a random librarian and they'll pretend Gross Goblin has nothing to do with the baby... for a price. So this was all about money? It would have been so much better if Jennifer Lawrence had been a revenge-obsessed mastermind, but she's just a horny blackmailer. FAIL. The writers trying to effectively utilize this character:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/Funny-Fail-Moments-034.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97468\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/Funny-Fail-Moments-034.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"354\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other side of town, Demelza continues to beg Ross to stand up for Drake and all the poor people being trampled by the Malfoys of the world. For once, Ross doesn't feel like it. \"You would have me pontificate and play the hero and make some grand, dramatic gesture. I am not that man, Demelza! I have never been that man!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hold on a minute, brb. *rewatches the past three seasons of this show* Okay, I'm back. Um, Ross, you are very much the kind of man who loves pontificating and playing the hero. Just admit that you're feeling lazy today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, Malfoy's Slytherin crony burns down Drake's barn. I distinctly hear a horse in distress, but am choosing to ignore the possibility that this dude just murdered Drake's horse for no good reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/wpid-wp-1435808733932.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97470\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/wpid-wp-1435808733932.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"398\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I get enough violence against horses from \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>, thank you very much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because he's a decent person who hasn't yet learned that you can't convince people to stop being pure evil by politely asking, Drake strolls over to Elizabeth's to humbly request that her husband's thugs maybe stop trying to kill him and his livelihood. While Elizabeth is in the middle of saying that Malfoy would never do such a thing, Malfoy storms in, threatens to have Drake physically thrown out, and flat-out admits to terrorizing Cornwall's Nicest Person of the Year. Somehow, Elizabeth is surprised by this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/use-your-brain-dance-moms-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97471\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/use-your-brain-dance-moms-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, Drake continues to mind his business in the nicest way possible, when three Slytherin cronies accuse him of trespassing. They proceed to punch, stomp, and almost kick him to death, before dumping his body into a muddy ditch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/help-somebody-simba.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97473\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/help-somebody-simba.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back on Bunions and Corns Drive, Jennifer Lawrence is still blackmailing Gross Goblin by threatening to write the Bishop about the baby and the mole shaped like a pig's tail on Gross Goblin's butt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/too-much-information-tmi-chandler-friends-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97474\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/too-much-information-tmi-chandler-friends-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morwenna overhears everything and feels bummed that she's not only married to trash, but related to it too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-everyone-pissed-girl-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-everyone-pissed-girl-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the muddy ditch, Demelza and Sam find Drake and rush him home. Doc is like, \u003cem>Woah, you almost died... again! \u003c/em>Drake is too nice to say what he's thinking:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/no-shit-sherlock-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97476\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/no-shit-sherlock-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"233\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drake is also too nice to tell anyone the identities of his almost-murderers. Ughhhh, sometimes when they go low, we don't have to go high, Michelle!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam agrees with me. He takes a break from memorizing the Bible to run to the bar and incite a riot with the help of Bone Maraca Pirate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/amen-raven-gif-drag-race.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97477\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/amen-raven-gif-drag-race.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"248\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Malfoy Manor, Elizabeth finally gets pissed about something Malfoy has done and threatens to end their marriage (this probably just means staying married but not talking to each other that much because it's the 18th century). Being mean to Drake is akin to the high crime of kicking all the puppies. I'm glad Elizabeth can see that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/even-a-broken-clock-is-right-twice-a-day-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/even-a-broken-clock-is-right-twice-a-day-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Drake's bedside, Mrs. Pigpen grabs Demelza to tell her she has a visitor. When Demelza resists, Mrs. Pigpen sermonizes: \"How oft do the men take a fancy to a woman, and sometimes act on it?\" Preach that Gospel!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/raw-2.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full 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/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza declares that, since Ross gave up all thoughts of Elizabeth, she should do the same with Prison Bestie. Mrs. Pigpen, #TeamPrisonBestie co-captain (I'm the other one), replies: \"Did he? You sure?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_n19y4rrbwl1rrx588o1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38275\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/tumblr_n19y4rrbwl1rrx588o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"328\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Ingrown Toe Nail Lane, Gross Goblin barges into Morwenna's room and demands sex. But he quickly learns that the Old Morwenna can't come to the phone right now. Why? 'Cause she's dead! The new Morwenna has had it. She tells him to get the F out of her room and never come back. When he unbuckles his belt and starts his rape routine, she threatens to murder their child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/meryl-j-lo-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96487\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/meryl-j-lo-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Someone else who's had it (for the zillionth time): Demelza. She finds Ross and tells him she knows about how he kissed Elizabeth all over her head. \"I'm weary of it. Secret kisses, secret smiles. How many more secrets must there be between us? Keep them, Ross. Keep them all. And I will keep mine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/giphy-3.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20666\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza walks home to find Prison Bestie waiting for her. She's like, \u003cem>Hey, I got your little poem. Let's do this.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/get-it-girl-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/get-it-girl-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They walk to the beach, where Prison Bestie reveals that, in six months, he will be completely blind. Demelza holds his hand (and the meter ticks up a notch from 97% to 98%).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, Ross gets a letter informing him that there is a threat in town. He runs off with his little neighborhood watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/no-one-cares-hunter-E2-99-A5-35130856-391-331.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48723\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/no-one-cares-hunter-E2-99-A5-35130856-391-331.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"331\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back to the good stuff: Prison Bestie explains to Demelza that yes, he technically owes his life to Ross and it would be pretty messed up to sex up his wife, but having an affair would be so cool and poetic! Demelza isn't so sure... until he puts his hand on her collarbone. 99%!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97484\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-1020x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-1020x572.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-800x449.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-768x431.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-1920x1077.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-1180x662.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-960x539.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-375x210.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-poldark-heart-eyes-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then he says, \"Shall we grant ourselves to each other, so I may go into the darkness knowing that I once tasted heaven?\" *throws adultery meter out* Not even a real French invasion could stop this seduction at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza takes his hand and leads him into the grass!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-7.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97485\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-7.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">They lie down!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-2-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97489\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-2-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">They kiss!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-3-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97488 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-3-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">He puts his hand on her knee!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97490\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">She guides it up her skirt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-4-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97487 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-4-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">They get to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-6-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97486\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kelly-rowland-6-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In more snooze-worthy news, Ross and his little militia are awaiting the supposed threat. It turns out to just be Sam and Bone Maraca Pirate's riot. They want to raid Malfoy's grain storage to feed the starving. Despite the fact that this kind of Robin Hood-ing is very much Ross' brand, he threatens to shoot all of his poor friends and vows to defend the interests of the ruling class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-confused-2-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97494 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-confused-2-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam is like, \u003cem>Bro, WTF! You love poor people! Let us eat.\u003c/em> Ross warns that they have until the count of 10 to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-confused-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97491\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-confused-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bone Maraca defiantly says, \"Or what?\" Ross' militia load and point their rifles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-pained-reaction-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97492\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-pained-reaction-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross barks that they leave him no choice. Bone Maraca Pirate starts counting for him because he's a bad ass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-ears-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97493\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-ears-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Bone Maraca Pirate gets to 10, Ross has a flashback of the guillotine and pictures all his friends getting shot, so he announces that he still cares about poor people and will run for Parliament at some point to advocate for their right not to starve to death. That's cute and all, but these people are starving \u003cem>right now,\u003c/em> and you just randomly pulled a bunch of guns on them. We're supposed to just forgive and forget that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-huh-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-huh-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently so. Bone Maraca Pirate and the other rioters react like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-okay-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97498\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-okay-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sidenote:\u003c/strong> Et tu, Doc? You still have firing squad PTSD and now you've joined one? I thought you were better than this. Consider your Horace the Pug petting privileges REVOKED!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97502\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-1020x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-1020x570.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-800x447.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-768x429.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-1920x1073.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-1180x659.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-960x536.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-240x134.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-375x210.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cancelled-poldark-520x291.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Elizabeth wins an Oscar for Best Actress in a Loveless Marriage by putting on a big show of leaving Malfoy unless he swears on a Bible that he'll never bring up Valentine obviously being her ex's baby. Malfoy sobs and does as she asks. It's pretty awesome to see the twerp cry, but, in this situation, I'm #TeamNobody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-both-of-you-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97503\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-hate-both-of-you-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"243\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon returning from almost killing a bunch of his friends, Ross can't find Demelza anywhere. Mrs. Pigpen feels really bad for drunkenly stirring the pot so hard earlier, and tells him Demelza went off with \"a visitor\" and might not come back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/dorinda-ashamed-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97504\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/dorinda-ashamed-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"232\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While desperately looking for Demelza, Ross instead finds Malfoy, who doesn't waste a moment gloating about how loyal his wife and how promising his government career are. All together now:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27656\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over on Foot-in-Mouth Avenue, Morwenna hears a knock at the door and opens it to find a bouquet of flowers. She walks outside and says, \"Wherever you are, know that I love you.\" A beat-up Drake, hiding behind the front gate, breaks down. Morwenna does too. I'm not crying, you are!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cry-sob-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cry-sob-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, Ross lies in bed alone, thinking about what a crappy husband he's been and how embarrassing it's going to be when Demelza drags him on her new single:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97510\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-800x812.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-800x812.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-160x162.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-768x779.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-960x974.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-240x244.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-375x381.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-520x528.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/look-what-you-made-me-do-demelza-poldark.jpg 1009w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross' thoughts are interrupted by a returning Demelza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"I thought you might not return.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"I thought so too. And here I am.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They lie beside each other, both sad and regretful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Demelza, may I ask...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"No, Ross. Ask me nothing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They look at each other through their shared pain. Ross holds her into the night and whatever comes next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bethenny-cry.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bethenny-cry.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"260\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bethenny-cry-bottle-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97506\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bethenny-cry-bottle-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Since the season is over, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: Gross Goblin, Malfoy, Slytherin Crony, Jennifer Lawrence. \u003c/strong>I hope their birthday parties get cancelled and they all die. 🙂\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Sam. \u003c/strong>Congrats to him for finally taking a break from judging people for kissing to do something productive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Bone Maraca Pirate. \u003c/strong>Now that Agatha's gone, B.M.P. has taken over the role of the delightful smack-talking alcoholic elder. I'm into it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Morwenna and Drake. \u003c/strong>Giving them a fake medal is the least I can do for the year they've had. Idea for next season: They stop taking crap from people and go on a \u003cem>Kill Bill\u003c/em>-style revenge rampage.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: \u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>Demelza. \u003c/strong>She finally had enough of being an afterthought / doormat and did something purely for herself for once. I'm sure some of the fandom will judge her harsher than they judged Ross when he cheated (#sexism #patriarchy), but I stand with Demelza.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s all, folks! It’s been a pleasure watching along with you this season. Until next year! 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"content": "\u003cp>True crime series are having a moment right now. It's a perfect storm that first started brewing in Fall 2014 with \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/serial/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Serial\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>,\u003c/em> a podcast that meticulously questioned the legitimacy of the conviction of Adnan Syed, for the murder of his then girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. \u003cem>Serial\u003c/em> didn't just capture the nation's attention (the way no other podcast has managed before or since), it also recently resulted in the granting of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/06/30/breaking-judge-vacates-murder-conviction-of-serials-adnan-syed-and-grants-new-trial/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a new trial for Syed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_103105']A few months after \u003cem>Serial\u003c/em>'s enormous success, HBO unleashed \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jinx_(miniseries)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Jinx\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a chilling documentary series that cataloged the life of real estate heir Robert Durst and the suspicious deaths peppered throughout his life. Durst participated in the making of the series, but a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLqyFgz86RA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jaw-dropping finale\u003c/a> resulted in his arrest on charges of first-degree murder. Durst is currently serving time for weapons offenses, and pre-trial hearings for the murder of Durst's friend, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Berman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Susan Berman\u003c/a>, began earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in 2015, Netflix blew open the case of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, who were convicted of the murder of photographer Teresa Halbach. As a result of \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5189670/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Making a Murderer\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Dassey had his conviction overturned. Earlier this month, Avery had his request for a new trial denied, but his lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, has vowed to keep fighting to set him free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxgbdYaR_KQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All three of these series captivated America, started national conversations, and made the country wonder if we can trust our justice system to do its job properly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early 2016, our fascination with true crime stories shifted out of the realm of documentary and into the category of elaborate reenactment. FX series \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People_v._O._J._Simpson:_American_Crime_Story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The People Vs. OJ Simpson\u003c/em>\u003c/a> managed the unusual feat of being both enormously popular with viewers \u003cem>and\u003c/em> awards panels. It won nine of the 22 awards it was nominated for at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were factors that made the OJ Simpson case a perfect candidate for a true-life drama series. Every minute of court time had been videotaped and broadcast as it happened, so perfectly recreating the events was possible. What's more, thanks to the fact that almost \u003ca href=\"https://www.bustle.com/articles/151933-13-books-about-the-oj-simpson-trial-to-read-if-american-crime-story-piqued-your-interest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">every major player in the case wrote a book\u003c/a> about it afterwards, accurate personal information about almost everyone involved allowed the producers to portray exactly what each individual went through during the trial. As a result, \u003cem>The People Vs. 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The NBC series leans heavily in sympathy of \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Menendez brothers\u003c/a>, despite the fact that the young men admitted to brutally and premeditatedly murdering their parents in 1989, then casually going on a massive shopping spree, and were convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_109009']No one will ever know for sure if the justification Lyle and Erik Menendez used in their trials—that they were sexually abused by their parents—is true or not. The difficulty in establishing this was probably a major factor in their first trial resulting in two deadlocked juries (there were separate juries for each brother in the 1993 case).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the brothers were tried again in 1996, \u003ca href=\"http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,984356,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Time\u003c/em>\u003c/a> noted: \"a single jury accepted the prosecution’s argument that the pair executed their mother and father in order to tap into the family fortune, rejecting the defense’s contention that the killings were a response to abuse.\" And yet, to watch the \u003cem>Law & Order\u003c/em> rendition of the case, one could easily assume the sexual abuse allegations were proven without a shadow of a doubt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Menendez murder case dragged on for a full seven years and is therefore infinitely harder to summarize for a TV dramatization than \u003cem>The People Vs. 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It could be argued that NBC's version of this case is embellished in ways that are unjustifiable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfeo6eVLkU0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on the problematic pile is A&E's recent series \u003ca href=\"http://www.aetv.com/shows/the-murder-of-laci-peterson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Murder of Laci Peterson\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which, in re-examining the high profile 2002 killing of the pregnant Modesto woman, has suggested repeatedly that Scott Peterson might not be guilty, despite a mountain of circumstantial evidence, including (but not limited to) lying to police, refusing a polygraph, telling his girlfriend that his wife was missing a month before Laci actually went missing, attempting to flee to Mexico with a disguise and $15,000 in cash, as well as some abnormally cold behavior in the critical days following Laci's disappearance. He also told investigators he was fishing the day she went missing, in the same spot where her body was eventually discovered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_111715']\u003cem>The Murder of Laci Peterson\u003c/em>'s assertion that Scott Peterson might be innocent feels less like a reveal of compelling, fresh evidence and more like jumping on the true crime / wrongful conviction bandwagon in a cynical bid for ratings. One can only imagine how painful it is for Laci Peterson's family and friends to suffer through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next month, Lifetime is bringing us \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7445510/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer\u003c/a>, \u003c/em>a rehashing of a murder and trial that is still horrifically fresh in the memories of all who heard about it—especially, presumably, the grieving friends and family of \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reeva_Steenkamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reeva Steenkamp\u003c/a>, who was shot four times by her then-boyfriend, Pistorius. 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"content": "\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/05/poldark-season-3-episode-6-recap-you-give-love-a-bad-name/\">the previous episode of \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Ross trademarked the title of World’s Most Neglectful Husband, Demelza started considering the idea of having sex with someone who doesn’t just roll over after and immediately resume talking about saving poor people, and, in spectacular drama queen fashion, Agatha spilled the beans about Valentine’s paternity and then promptly croaked. Will Ross apologize for everything (i.e. cheating, having a kid with his ex, years of being emotionally unavailable, cutting his hair too short last season, etc.) and encourage Demelza to write a \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>-style diss album about him? Will Demelza get her groove back with Prison Bestie? Will Agatha’s ghost put toads in Malfoy’s pants or just flat-out murder him? (I’m down for either, honestly.) Only one way to find out! On with the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Ross and Demelza stand over Agatha’s mud grave, wondering the same things we viewers are still asking ourselves:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"ul1\">\n\u003cli class=\"li1\">Why couldn’t someone unfunny have died instead?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"li1\">Why couldn’t literally anyone else have died instead?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"li1\">Is it wrong that I’m okay with using blood magic to bring her back?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"li1\">Why didn’t Agatha’s tarot cards warn her to hide that family Bible so she could keep randomly lying about her age and live to twerk at her birthday bash?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"li1\">Would it be tacky to inscribe “It’s my party, and I’ll die if I want to” on Agatha’s tombstone?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Across town, Malfoy writes another entry about Valentine in his burn book, while Elizabeth works up a sweat pretending not to know why he started despising her baby all of a sudden. Malfoy announces that he will move to London, if he is elected to Parliament. In that case, count me in on canvassing and going door-to-door for his campaign. Make Cornwall Great (and Malfoy-Less) Again!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bye-bye-dance-moms-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97341\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bye-bye-dance-moms-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Over at Blondie and Doc’s house, OMG HORACE THE PUG IS BACK, MORE BEAUTIFUL AND BODY-POSITIVE THAN EVER!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97342\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-1020x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-1020x569.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-800x447.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-768x429.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-1920x1072.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-1180x659.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-960x536.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-240x134.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-375x209.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-520x290.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">My mouth literally fell open upon the sight of his bodaciousness. (Yes, I realize I have an unhealthy obsession with this animal, and no, I don’t want help.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97343\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-1020x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-1020x572.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-800x449.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-768x431.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-1920x1076.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-1180x662.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-960x538.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-375x210.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Upon seeing Malfoy, Horace sends a \u003cem>Who's this schmuck?\u003c/em> look his way, before being carried out of the room like the regal prince he is. The camera unfortunately doesn’t follow him, but stays with Malfoy, who quizzes Doc on why Valentine was born with nails, smooth skin, and cool hair like Ross’ if he was allegedly premature. Doc considers channeling Maury and screaming \"YOU ARE NOT THE FATHER!\" in Malfoy’s stupid, punchable face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/chandler-you-are-not-the-father-maury-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97344\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/chandler-you-are-not-the-father-maury-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"363\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">But he plays dumb instead because he’s had enough drama in his life for one year. Snacking on macarons > French firing squads and baby daddy drama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">At the edge of a cliff, Demelza stares at the portrait Prison Bestie sketched of her. To cheat or not to cheat, that is the question. Under normal circumstances, I’d advise against it, but, after watching Ross treat Demelza like steaming garbage for three seasons, I say, go for it! Prison Bestie is super hot in a I-just-got-my-driver’s-license kind of way. He’ll do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">But Demelza doesn’t receive my telepathic encouragement because she crumples up the sketch and throws it off the cliff. Just ‘cause your husband makes you miserable doesn’t mean you should litter!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/dont-litter-captain-planet-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97345\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/dont-litter-captain-planet-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"381\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Over at Toe Jam Headquarters, Doc advises Gross Goblin to cool it on the traumatizing-Morwenna-with-kinky-sex front if he wants to avoid crushing his unborn baby. Gross Goblin is outraged. He’s \u003ca href=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_majx8h7nRF1qal3lwo1_400.gif\">a Samantha\u003c/a>! He needs sexual healing! But then he remembers the feet of Morwenna’s sister, Jennifer Lawrence, and vows to slobber over them soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bridesmaids-puke-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97346\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bridesmaids-puke-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"202\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">When Demelza returns home from trashing the planet, Prison Bestie greets her with flowers. She makes this face, which translates to: I wanna sex you up!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-1020x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-1020x575.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-160x90.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-800x451.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-768x433.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-1920x1082.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-1180x665.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-960x541.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-240x135.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-375x211.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-520x293.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Ross eventually interrupts their flirty hang. In a nothing-romantic-to-see-here maneuver, Demelza says, “Look! Prison Bestie brought me a plant!” Nice try, Demelza. What's next? \"Prison Bestie was just keeping my lips warm with his mouth\"?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">After Prison Bestie leaves because it’s awkward, Ross lectures Demelza on having common sense and not cheating. Demelza quotes her favorite line from \u003cem>Bridesmaids\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bridesmaids-f_ckin-kidding-me.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97348\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bridesmaids-f_ckin-kidding-me.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Mrs. \u003ca href=\"https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/peanuts/images/b/bd/Pigpen.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160715070328\">Pigpen\u003c/a> (the maid) performs a cheer advocating for Demelza to get it on with Prison Bestie. Gimme an A, gimme a D, gimme a U, L, T, E, R, Y! What does that spell? KARMA!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Over at the Heartbreak Hotel, Drake is still keeping busy hammering hot metal or whatever (he has a lot of time on his hands now that he doesn't have to spend all of his days randomly letting toads loose for Morwenna). Sam pauses his 5293rd reread of the Bible to recommend that Drake make baby Jesus really happy by getting married. Bone Maraca Pirate’s daughter shows up out of nowhere to preach some feminist Gospel: Why get married, just for a husband to control and ignore you, when you could stay single and do whatever you want?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/preach.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42259\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/preach.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"183\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Demelza insists marriage doesn’t have to suck, if you choose the right guy. Move over, Cleopatra. There's a new Queen of Denial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Fast forward to Election Day. Ross and Demelza think Malfoy is way too evil and unqualified to have a chance at winning his bid for Parliament. They go to the pub to celebrate as the results come in. But things don’t go their way. Malfoy manages to win somehow. Everything seems wrong and topsy-turvy. They flip through the stages of grief (minus the acceptance part) a thousand times in an hour, before sticking with desperate depression. Sound familiar to anyone?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/hillary-clinton-yup.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97350\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/hillary-clinton-yup.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"265\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-cry-yes-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97351\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-cry-yes-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"154\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Across town, Morwenna goes into labor. Gross Goblin prays out loud for her to die in childbirth so he can get to know her sister’s toes. He is disappointed when both wife and son survive. Can Jennifer Lawrence put poison in his food or cut off his tongue or whatever she's plotting already?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Back at the sad election party, Malfoy strolls in to gloat. It isn’t long before he and Ross are hurling insults. Malfoy says he doesn’t give a you-know-what about securing a proper headstone for Agatha (did he not like my inscription idea?), so Ross offers to talk to Elizabeth about it; she’s a former Poldark, after all, and so is her son… Geoffrey Charles. Malfoy screams, “DAMN YOU, ROSS! DAMN YOUR BLOOD!” Fight, fight, fight! Put Malfoy’s head in the fireplace like that one time!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kill-him-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97353\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kill-him-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"171\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Alas, calmer heads prevail, and Ross and Demelza leave the bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/harry-potter-ron-wtf-come-on-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97354\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/harry-potter-ron-wtf-come-on-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">By the time Malfoy gets home, Elizabeth is already researching which hipster neighborhood in London she wants to live in. Malfoy tells her that she won’t be moving, which disappoints her for some reason. He hates you and your kids, and just bullied an old lady to death. A life without having to cozy up to Voldemort Jr. everyday? Consider it a win!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Over at Gross Goblin’s house, Morwenna looks down at her new baby and thinks, \u003cem>Eww\u003c/em>. Meanwhile, in another room, Gross Goblin peeps through a crack in the wall at Jennifer Lawrence soaping up her feet in the bath. He rushes to Morwenna's bed and rips the covers off of her. Despite Doc’s advice to practice abstinence while Morwenna heals, Gross Goblin demands that she close her eyes and take it. She screams no repeatedly. I’ve got no jokes for this scene. Can we dial down all this rape, \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers? Geez!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/do-not-want-gif-puppy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97355\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/do-not-want-gif-puppy.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"244\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">The next day, Morwenna, who’s been put through enough, has to sit through tea with Elizabeth, the architect of her misfortune. “I confess, cousin, I’d hoped to see you stronger,” Elizabeth says. The nerve! Why hasn't Agatha's ghost smashed a pie in her face yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Proving that maybe she’s only 99.9% evil, Elizabeth admonishes Gross Goblin for not letting Morwenna see a doctor and calls for Doc, who comes over to repeat: \u003cem>Dude! Cool it with all the raping please!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Ross runs into Elizabeth at the cemetery. They consider having the exchange most exes have:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ex #1:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Oh. Hey. How are you? \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ex #2:\u003c/strong> \u003ci>Fine.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ex #1: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>Same.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ex #2:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> Okay, bye!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Ross and Elizabeth decide to messily hash out all of their problems instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>We dated so long ago. Why does Malfoy still care so much?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Um, are you dumb? You and I have a secret love child together!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>WHAT?!? For some reason, I've never once considered that possibility, despite it being so plainly obvious to anyone with a brain!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Someone must have told him, but who?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Agatha's Ghost:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Okay, wow, you two are equally dumb and belong together. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Anyway, no biggie! Just lie to Malfoy. That's what I always do with my wife.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Perfect, not-at-all-deceitful plan! What could go wrong?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Ross cradles Elizabeth's face with both hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/stop.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97366\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/stop.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And kisses her on her forehead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/stop-it-get-some-help-michael-jordan-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97367\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/stop-it-get-some-help-michael-jordan-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"358\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on her upper cheek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/nope-no-no.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97365\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/nope-no-no.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on her lower cheek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/make_it_stop_boy_meets_world.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97368\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/make_it_stop_boy_meets_world.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"215\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally on her mouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/4739279-2833597-6313173573-tumbl.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97363\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/4739279-2833597-6313173573-tumbl.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"148\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97362\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bad-dog-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"298\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mrs. Pigpen sees the whole thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/evil-smile.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47451\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/evil-smile.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"251\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Ross opens up to Demelza. (There's a sentence that's never appeared in these recaps.) He admits to loving Elizabeth (!) and kissing her (!!!), but assures Demelza that it's not romantic love anymore, and that he's changed for the better, thanks to being married to her. Woah. What just happened? Ross taking accountability, and being honest and emotionally vulnerable? Am I watching the right show?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/winona-weird-faces.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97374\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/winona-weird-faces.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"396\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boooo, it was just a dream sequence! In reality, Ross is rude to Demelza for no reason and barks at her to stop asking him questions. Sounds about right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a house party later that day, Prison Bestie is done with talking in sexy riddles. He goes right up to Demelza and says he loves her more than life. Okay, dude, cool your jets, you've hung out like three times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He goes on: \"It is not perfection I seek. 'Tis flesh. And blood.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horny-gif-jersey-shore.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97375\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horny-gif-jersey-shore.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate room, Ross argues with Prison Bestie's uncle over whether poor people are human or not, but cuts the debate short by saying: \"I think I must rejoin my wife. She will think I've abandoned her.\" TOO LATE, ROSS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross returns to the party to find Demelza serenading Prison Bestie with a song about how much they want to have sex with each other, but maybe shouldn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Toe Jam HQ, Morwenna receives a package from Drake. I hope it's a toad! Oh, it's a necklace of her and her baby. That works too, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the other room, Jennifer Lawrence sits on Gross Goblin's lap and rips open her top. Wait, what?? This whole time, she hasn't been hatching some revenge scheme, but instead just wanted a piece of that toe-gobbling action?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/02/Taylor-Swift-Confused-look.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65965\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/02/Taylor-Swift-Confused-look.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"251\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Ross continues lying about what happened at the cemetery, while demanding that Demelza come clean about having the hots for Prison Bestie. Demelza doesn't deny it and asks for an open relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/pearl-clutch-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97376\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/pearl-clutch-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\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: Ross. \u003c/strong>You made your bed. Now sleep in it... alone!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: The City of London. \u003c/strong>Thanks for taking Malfoy off our hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Garrick the Dog. \u003c/strong>Some of you are annoyed I only ever mention Horace the Pug. (Like Prison Bestie, I can't help who I fall in love with!) So here's a shiny little shout-out to Garrick for being cute in his own way. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Prison Bestie. \u003c/strong>Hat tip for being bold and recently making it through puberty without ever getting a single zit.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Demelza.\u003c/strong> Get it, girl.\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://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://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/11/05/poldark-season-3-episode-6-recap-you-give-love-a-bad-name/\">the previous episode of \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Ross trademarked the title of World’s Most Neglectful Husband, Demelza started considering the idea of having sex with someone who doesn’t just roll over after and immediately resume talking about saving poor people, and, in spectacular drama queen fashion, Agatha spilled the beans about Valentine’s paternity and then promptly croaked. Will Ross apologize for everything (i.e. cheating, having a kid with his ex, years of being emotionally unavailable, cutting his hair too short last season, etc.) and encourage Demelza to write a \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>-style diss album about him? Will Demelza get her groove back with Prison Bestie? Will Agatha’s ghost put toads in Malfoy’s pants or just flat-out murder him? (I’m down for either, honestly.) Only one way to find out! On with the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Ross and Demelza stand over Agatha’s mud grave, wondering the same things we viewers are still asking ourselves:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"ul1\">\n\u003cli class=\"li1\">Why couldn’t someone unfunny have died instead?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"li1\">Why couldn’t literally anyone else have died instead?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"li1\">Is it wrong that I’m okay with using blood magic to bring her back?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"li1\">Why didn’t Agatha’s tarot cards warn her to hide that family Bible so she could keep randomly lying about her age and live to twerk at her birthday bash?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"li1\">Would it be tacky to inscribe “It’s my party, and I’ll die if I want to” on Agatha’s tombstone?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Across town, Malfoy writes another entry about Valentine in his burn book, while Elizabeth works up a sweat pretending not to know why he started despising her baby all of a sudden. Malfoy announces that he will move to London, if he is elected to Parliament. In that case, count me in on canvassing and going door-to-door for his campaign. Make Cornwall Great (and Malfoy-Less) Again!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bye-bye-dance-moms-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97341\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bye-bye-dance-moms-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Over at Blondie and Doc’s house, OMG HORACE THE PUG IS BACK, MORE BEAUTIFUL AND BODY-POSITIVE THAN EVER!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97342\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-1020x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-1020x569.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-800x447.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-768x429.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-1920x1072.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-1180x659.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-960x536.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-240x134.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-375x209.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-heart-poldark-520x290.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">My mouth literally fell open upon the sight of his bodaciousness. (Yes, I realize I have an unhealthy obsession with this animal, and no, I don’t want help.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97343\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-1020x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-1020x572.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-800x449.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-768x431.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-1920x1076.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-1180x662.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-960x538.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-375x210.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horace-poldark-520x292.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Upon seeing Malfoy, Horace sends a \u003cem>Who's this schmuck?\u003c/em> look his way, before being carried out of the room like the regal prince he is. The camera unfortunately doesn’t follow him, but stays with Malfoy, who quizzes Doc on why Valentine was born with nails, smooth skin, and cool hair like Ross’ if he was allegedly premature. Doc considers channeling Maury and screaming \"YOU ARE NOT THE FATHER!\" in Malfoy’s stupid, punchable face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/chandler-you-are-not-the-father-maury-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97344\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/chandler-you-are-not-the-father-maury-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"363\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">But he plays dumb instead because he’s had enough drama in his life for one year. Snacking on macarons > French firing squads and baby daddy drama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">At the edge of a cliff, Demelza stares at the portrait Prison Bestie sketched of her. To cheat or not to cheat, that is the question. Under normal circumstances, I’d advise against it, but, after watching Ross treat Demelza like steaming garbage for three seasons, I say, go for it! Prison Bestie is super hot in a I-just-got-my-driver’s-license kind of way. He’ll do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">But Demelza doesn’t receive my telepathic encouragement because she crumples up the sketch and throws it off the cliff. Just ‘cause your husband makes you miserable doesn’t mean you should litter!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/dont-litter-captain-planet-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97345\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/dont-litter-captain-planet-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"381\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Over at Toe Jam Headquarters, Doc advises Gross Goblin to cool it on the traumatizing-Morwenna-with-kinky-sex front if he wants to avoid crushing his unborn baby. Gross Goblin is outraged. He’s \u003ca href=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_majx8h7nRF1qal3lwo1_400.gif\">a Samantha\u003c/a>! He needs sexual healing! But then he remembers the feet of Morwenna’s sister, Jennifer Lawrence, and vows to slobber over them soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bridesmaids-puke-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97346\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bridesmaids-puke-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"202\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">When Demelza returns home from trashing the planet, Prison Bestie greets her with flowers. She makes this face, which translates to: I wanna sex you up!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-1020x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-1020x575.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-160x90.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-800x451.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-768x433.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-1920x1082.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-1180x665.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-960x541.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-240x135.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-375x211.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-smile-poldark-520x293.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Ross eventually interrupts their flirty hang. In a nothing-romantic-to-see-here maneuver, Demelza says, “Look! Prison Bestie brought me a plant!” Nice try, Demelza. What's next? \"Prison Bestie was just keeping my lips warm with his mouth\"?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">After Prison Bestie leaves because it’s awkward, Ross lectures Demelza on having common sense and not cheating. Demelza quotes her favorite line from \u003cem>Bridesmaids\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bridesmaids-f_ckin-kidding-me.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97348\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bridesmaids-f_ckin-kidding-me.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Mrs. \u003ca href=\"https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/peanuts/images/b/bd/Pigpen.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160715070328\">Pigpen\u003c/a> (the maid) performs a cheer advocating for Demelza to get it on with Prison Bestie. Gimme an A, gimme a D, gimme a U, L, T, E, R, Y! What does that spell? KARMA!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Over at the Heartbreak Hotel, Drake is still keeping busy hammering hot metal or whatever (he has a lot of time on his hands now that he doesn't have to spend all of his days randomly letting toads loose for Morwenna). Sam pauses his 5293rd reread of the Bible to recommend that Drake make baby Jesus really happy by getting married. Bone Maraca Pirate’s daughter shows up out of nowhere to preach some feminist Gospel: Why get married, just for a husband to control and ignore you, when you could stay single and do whatever you want?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/preach.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42259\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/preach.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"183\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Demelza insists marriage doesn’t have to suck, if you choose the right guy. Move over, Cleopatra. There's a new Queen of Denial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Fast forward to Election Day. Ross and Demelza think Malfoy is way too evil and unqualified to have a chance at winning his bid for Parliament. They go to the pub to celebrate as the results come in. But things don’t go their way. Malfoy manages to win somehow. Everything seems wrong and topsy-turvy. They flip through the stages of grief (minus the acceptance part) a thousand times in an hour, before sticking with desperate depression. Sound familiar to anyone?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/hillary-clinton-yup.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97350\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/hillary-clinton-yup.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"265\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-cry-yes-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97351\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-cry-yes-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"154\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Across town, Morwenna goes into labor. Gross Goblin prays out loud for her to die in childbirth so he can get to know her sister’s toes. He is disappointed when both wife and son survive. Can Jennifer Lawrence put poison in his food or cut off his tongue or whatever she's plotting already?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Back at the sad election party, Malfoy strolls in to gloat. It isn’t long before he and Ross are hurling insults. Malfoy says he doesn’t give a you-know-what about securing a proper headstone for Agatha (did he not like my inscription idea?), so Ross offers to talk to Elizabeth about it; she’s a former Poldark, after all, and so is her son… Geoffrey Charles. Malfoy screams, “DAMN YOU, ROSS! DAMN YOUR BLOOD!” Fight, fight, fight! Put Malfoy’s head in the fireplace like that one time!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kill-him-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97353\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/kill-him-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"171\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Alas, calmer heads prevail, and Ross and Demelza leave the bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/harry-potter-ron-wtf-come-on-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97354\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/harry-potter-ron-wtf-come-on-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">By the time Malfoy gets home, Elizabeth is already researching which hipster neighborhood in London she wants to live in. Malfoy tells her that she won’t be moving, which disappoints her for some reason. He hates you and your kids, and just bullied an old lady to death. A life without having to cozy up to Voldemort Jr. everyday? Consider it a win!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Over at Gross Goblin’s house, Morwenna looks down at her new baby and thinks, \u003cem>Eww\u003c/em>. Meanwhile, in another room, Gross Goblin peeps through a crack in the wall at Jennifer Lawrence soaping up her feet in the bath. He rushes to Morwenna's bed and rips the covers off of her. Despite Doc’s advice to practice abstinence while Morwenna heals, Gross Goblin demands that she close her eyes and take it. She screams no repeatedly. I’ve got no jokes for this scene. Can we dial down all this rape, \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em> writers? Geez!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/do-not-want-gif-puppy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97355\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/do-not-want-gif-puppy.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"244\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">The next day, Morwenna, who’s been put through enough, has to sit through tea with Elizabeth, the architect of her misfortune. “I confess, cousin, I’d hoped to see you stronger,” Elizabeth says. The nerve! Why hasn't Agatha's ghost smashed a pie in her face yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Proving that maybe she’s only 99.9% evil, Elizabeth admonishes Gross Goblin for not letting Morwenna see a doctor and calls for Doc, who comes over to repeat: \u003cem>Dude! Cool it with all the raping please!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Ross runs into Elizabeth at the cemetery. They consider having the exchange most exes have:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ex #1:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Oh. Hey. How are you? \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ex #2:\u003c/strong> \u003ci>Fine.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ex #1: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>Same.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ex #2:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> Okay, bye!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Ross and Elizabeth decide to messily hash out all of their problems instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>We dated so long ago. Why does Malfoy still care so much?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Um, are you dumb? You and I have a secret love child together!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>WHAT?!? For some reason, I've never once considered that possibility, despite it being so plainly obvious to anyone with a brain!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Someone must have told him, but who?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Agatha's Ghost:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Okay, wow, you two are equally dumb and belong together. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Anyway, no biggie! Just lie to Malfoy. That's what I always do with my wife.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Perfect, not-at-all-deceitful plan! What could go wrong?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Ross cradles Elizabeth's face with both hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/stop.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97366\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/stop.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And kisses her on her forehead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/stop-it-get-some-help-michael-jordan-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97367\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/stop-it-get-some-help-michael-jordan-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"358\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on her upper cheek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/nope-no-no.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97365\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/nope-no-no.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"264\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on her lower cheek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/make_it_stop_boy_meets_world.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97368\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/make_it_stop_boy_meets_world.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"215\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally on her mouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/4739279-2833597-6313173573-tumbl.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97363\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/4739279-2833597-6313173573-tumbl.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"148\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97362\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bad-dog-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"298\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mrs. Pigpen sees the whole thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/evil-smile.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47451\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/evil-smile.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"251\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Ross opens up to Demelza. (There's a sentence that's never appeared in these recaps.) He admits to loving Elizabeth (!) and kissing her (!!!), but assures Demelza that it's not romantic love anymore, and that he's changed for the better, thanks to being married to her. Woah. What just happened? Ross taking accountability, and being honest and emotionally vulnerable? Am I watching the right show?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/winona-weird-faces.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97374\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/winona-weird-faces.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"396\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boooo, it was just a dream sequence! In reality, Ross is rude to Demelza for no reason and barks at her to stop asking him questions. Sounds about right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a house party later that day, Prison Bestie is done with talking in sexy riddles. He goes right up to Demelza and says he loves her more than life. Okay, dude, cool your jets, you've hung out like three times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He goes on: \"It is not perfection I seek. 'Tis flesh. And blood.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horny-gif-jersey-shore.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97375\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/horny-gif-jersey-shore.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate room, Ross argues with Prison Bestie's uncle over whether poor people are human or not, but cuts the debate short by saying: \"I think I must rejoin my wife. She will think I've abandoned her.\" TOO LATE, ROSS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross returns to the party to find Demelza serenading Prison Bestie with a song about how much they want to have sex with each other, but maybe shouldn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Toe Jam HQ, Morwenna receives a package from Drake. I hope it's a toad! Oh, it's a necklace of her and her baby. That works too, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the other room, Jennifer Lawrence sits on Gross Goblin's lap and rips open her top. Wait, what?? This whole time, she hasn't been hatching some revenge scheme, but instead just wanted a piece of that toe-gobbling action?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/02/Taylor-Swift-Confused-look.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65965\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/02/Taylor-Swift-Confused-look.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"251\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Ross continues lying about what happened at the cemetery, while demanding that Demelza come clean about having the hots for Prison Bestie. Demelza doesn't deny it and asks for an open relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/pearl-clutch-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97376\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/pearl-clutch-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\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: Ross. \u003c/strong>You made your bed. Now sleep in it... alone!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: The City of London. \u003c/strong>Thanks for taking Malfoy off our hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Garrick the Dog. \u003c/strong>Some of you are annoyed I only ever mention Horace the Pug. (Like Prison Bestie, I can't help who I fall in love with!) So here's a shiny little shout-out to Garrick for being cute in his own way. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Prison Bestie. \u003c/strong>Hat tip for being bold and recently making it through puberty without ever getting a single zit.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Demelza.\u003c/strong> Get it, girl.\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://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>In \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/29/poldark-season-3-episode-5-recap-the-one-that-got-away/\">the previous episode of \u003cem>Poldark\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Drake's love of unfunny toad pranks almost got him killed, Morwenna was forced into marrying a toe-gobbling goblin, and Doc waged a crusade against macarons and sex with his wife. Will Drake get shot at or imprisoned again, cementing his reputation as the Suge Knight of 18th-century Cornwall? Will Morwenna let her toe nails grow really long as a defense mechanism against her new husband's foot fetish? Will Doc's PTSD stop hogging all the screen-time so we can get a Horace the Pug storyline or two? Only one way to find out! On with the show!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We were all expecting a mournful opening scene, in the wake of Morwenna and Gross Goblin's wedding, but instead Ross, Demelza, and all of their friends are twerking and dabbing up a storm to sick fiddle jams around a raging fire. Drake looks around and has a lot of feelings about everyone not giving a single you-know-what about his heartbreak. Here's a sampler platter of what's going on inside his brain right now:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/im-upset-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97225\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/im-upset-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/really-insensitive-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97223\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/really-insensitive-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/hate-this-place-stewie-family-guy-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97224\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/hate-this-place-stewie-family-guy-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It must be Bring Your Daughter To Work (It At The Village Rave) Day because Bone Maraca Pirate is partying it up with his greasy-haired teen daughter (someone get this girl some dry shampoo!). Little Miss Bone Maraca tries to get Sam to join her in dropping it like it's hot. Sam reacts the only way he knows how:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/rebuke-in-the-name-of-the-lord-god-warrior-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97222\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/rebuke-in-the-name-of-the-lord-god-warrior-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"183\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Morwenna is trying to get out of kinky foot stuff by praying for hours with one of her new stepdaughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97269\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-1020x1395.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-1020x1395.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-160x219.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-800x1094.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-768x1051.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-1180x1614.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-960x1313.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-240x328.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-375x513.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-520x711.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif.jpg 1661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Are you there God? It's me, Morwenna. \u003c/em>\u003cem>Not super happy with you right now, but you can make it up to me by granting me a prosthetic leg to throw at my husband.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/leg-throw-housewives-gif-aviva.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97226\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/leg-throw-housewives-gif-aviva.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"246\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>God responds, \u003cem>New phone, who dis?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/mariah-carey-i-dont-know-her.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/mariah-carey-i-dont-know-her.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"165\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gross Goblin barges in and yells, \u003cem>Yo, wife! Jesus will still be up there after I finish licking between all of your toes. Now take off your socks and let's get to it! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morwenna reluctantly gets up, revealing A BABY BUMP!!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/adore-delano-drag-race-shocked-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97229\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/adore-delano-drag-race-shocked-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She miserably gets into bed, dreaming up an assortment of gruesome revenge plots she'll hopefully use on Malfoy and Elizabeth soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In less traumatic news, Agatha is about to turn 100! (To infinity more centuries, you wonderful drunk!) The only problem is all her friends are dead and can't come to her party. Womp!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97227\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark.jpg 902w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-800x1064.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-768x1022.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-240x319.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-375x499.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-520x692.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, Depressed Drake has cried so much that the flood of tears have torn his shirt right off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97228 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-1920x1081.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-960x541.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now he's sad \u003cem>and\u003c/em> cold. Poor guy can't catch a break!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Doc visits Malfoy Manor to check up on Valentine's rickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Should we keep giving him weird powders and loving him less because we don't like deformed babies?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Um, what? This kid has never seen the sun. Maybe consider not leaving him in the dark crying all day? \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>Oh, I hadn't thought of that because I'm a monster.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fast forward to Doc and Blondie's \u003cem>we-definitely-aren't-already-married-and-certainly-don't-know-each-other-in-the-biblical-sense-yet\u003c/em> wedding. For some reason, they've invited Malfoy and Elizabeth, who are in a corner plotting on sucking up to some rich dude in order to make Malfoy a member of Parliament. But said rich dude is obsessed with Ross for saving his nephew a.k.a. Doc's Prison Bestie! Another L for Team Malfoy!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large 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 size-large wp-image-97231\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/you-lose-willy-wonka-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"263\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97230\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/Good-Day-Sir-Willy-Wonka.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"263\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Ross is off chatting about helping the poor (what else would he be chatting about?), Prison Bestie and Demelza have an almost cute exchange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"You're not dancing, sir, or do you prefer observing?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prison Bestie:\u003c/strong> \"I used to. Since I was in France, my eyesight has declined.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_mlxakp15K61s0pj15o1_400.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_mlxakp15K61s0pj15o1_400.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"308\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his eyesight does appear to be good enough to stare thirstily at Demelza's hot bod.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bedroom-eyes-little-mermaid-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97233\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bedroom-eyes-little-mermaid-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"404\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Demelza finds Morwenna outside and asks when she's due. Morwenna admits she has no idea how long pregnancies last 'cause her mom never taught her about basic biology, and certainly never mentioned foot fetishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-foot-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97234\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-foot-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That evening, in an effort to get Ross to show that he cares, Demelza mentions how flirty Prison Bestie was with her. Judging by Ross' response (\"Not every man in Cornwall is besotted with you\"), he doesn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/everybody-likes-me-legally-blonde-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97235\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/everybody-likes-me-legally-blonde-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"140\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Gross Goblin rolls off of Morwenna (ewww) and tells her he's sending for her younger sister (the more feet, the merrier). This is a season of \u003cem>Sister Wives\u003c/em> I can do without.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Demelza's place, the topic of Valentine comes up. Ross continues pretending that he didn't have sex with Elizabeth nine exact months before Valentine was born. Demelza turns into a human side-eye emoji.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97239\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-1020x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-1020x569.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-800x447.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-768x429.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-1920x1072.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-1180x659.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-960x536.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-240x134.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-375x209.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-520x290.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the woods, Drake is nesting at the new house Ross gifted him by making a cast of Morwenna's face. Sam sees it and says, \"The blessed virgin and the holy child! It do gladden the heart to see you turn to God again!\" Dude, there are other books in the world! Go read one of them! Try having two interests instead of one!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Toe Jam Headquarters, Morwenna's Jennifer Lawrence-lookalike sister arrives and is immediately like, \u003cem>Woah, your husband is disgusting! What gives? \u003c/em>I like her already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/jennifer-lawrence-ew-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97240\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/jennifer-lawrence-ew-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"359\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few days later, Ross, Demelza, Blondie, and Doc arrive at some banker's mansion for a house party. This scene feels like a public service announcement against anyone ever getting married:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"I can think of 100 more useful things I could be doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blondie:\u003c/strong> \"A shame, Ross. You're becoming a misanthrope.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \"I sympathize. I'm no lover of company these days... \u003cem>*Blondie glares at him*\u003c/em> ...with the exception of my wife.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Sometimes Ross don't make no exception.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"If I have my way...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"...which you frequently do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"...this will be our last excursion for the foreseeable future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeesh! Ross and Demelza are that married couple that resent each other a great deal, but stay together \"for the kids.\" Demelza, there is another way! Leave town with Blondie to film that \u003cem>Thelma and Louise\u003c/em> prequel I've been pitching all season. It is bound to be more fun than hoping your grump of a husband notices you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-96631\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-1020x740.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-1020x740.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-160x116.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-800x581.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-768x557.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-1180x856.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-960x697.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-240x174.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-375x272.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-520x377.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM.png 1196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the party, Prison Bestie greets everyone, and this interesting exchange occurs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Are we never to be rid of you?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prison Bestie:\u003c/strong> \"You'll be sorry you ever saved me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, wait a second. Prison Bestie and Demelza are totally going to bump uglies, right?! Surely that's the only thing this kind of heavy-handed foreshadowing could mean. To be honest, I don't hate the idea. Tit for tat, Ross.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/karma-katy-perry-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/karma-katy-perry-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The banker makes a big deal about an \"amusement\" he's arranged for his guests. With much fuss, servants open the doors to reveal...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/phoebe-excited-friends-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97244\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/phoebe-excited-friends-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"269\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">*drumroll*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/phoebe-excited-too-friends-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97243\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/phoebe-excited-too-friends-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">...bowling pins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/thatsit.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97242\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/thatsit.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"184\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As everyone pretends to find bowling interesting, Prison Bestie continues to flirt up a storm with Demelza. At first, she's thinking, \u003cem>This is wrong! I'm married! And imagine how hard Sam would throw his Bible at my head!\u003c/em> But then, both of them put on devilish grins, and this happens:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prison Bestie:\u003c/strong> \"Blooms from the Garden of Eden. But where lurks Eve?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"And where the snake?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/Lick_your_lips.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97245\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/Lick_your_lips.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"187\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, Demelza, there's one in his pants you'll probably meet really soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/gilly-raise-eyebrows-wiig-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97246\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/gilly-raise-eyebrows-wiig-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"180\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of the party, Malfoy is told he can't come in, but that doesn't stop him from eavesdropping and overhearing the banker offer to prop Ross up as a nominee for Parliament. Malfoy does not take this particularly well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/colbert-freak-out-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/colbert-freak-out-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a corner of the party, Prison Bestie is still using his best pickup lines, but some of them are too fancy for Demelza:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prison Bestie:\u003c/strong> \"I'm no Leonardo, but you are surely Mona Lisa.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"...I do not know these people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-know-nothing-anna-nicole-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97249\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-know-nothing-anna-nicole-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/about-nothing-anna-nicole-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97248\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/about-nothing-anna-nicole-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On second thought, maybe they won't bone?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Jennifer Lawrence trolls Gross Goblin by taking off her shoe and mentioning how it pinches her toe. Okay, I officially need to be friends with this girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the party, Ross declines the banker's offer because he's too moral or whatever. Lemme guess, this guy will now offer the nomination to Malfoy. Do no other non-evil men live in this area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that night, an irate Malfoy arrives home and looks for someone to abuse. Unfortunately, Agatha is sitting right there, so Malfoy grabs the Poldark family Bible (so many Bible-driven storylines this season!) and points out that Agatha is turning 98, not 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/so-what-who-cares-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97250\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/so-what-who-cares-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently, Agatha cares because she has a meltdown. Malfoy decides to torture her some more by cancelling her birthday party and refusing to give her supper. Brb, gotta travel back in time and knock all his teeth out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-wanna-kill-him-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97251\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-wanna-kill-him-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"196\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Agatha doesn't seem to need my help. 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But the real reason I'm writing is to announce that I've been nominated to Parliament and you haven't! Nanny nanny boo boo! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>P.S. Please don't put a toad in my pants.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza calls Ross out for not taking the nomination when he had the chance and letting yet another important post be controlled by a Voldemort disciple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Not once have you asked my advice or harkened to my opinion, not once!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"What do you want, Demelza?! A man who will lie down, roll over, sit up, and beg for you? Well, if so, you've married the wrong man.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"It would appear so.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Perhaps you should look elsewhere for a pet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Perhaps I should... Perhaps I won't have to look too far.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Garden of Eden snake is on his way!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/snake-disney-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97259\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/snake-disney-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, at the cemetery, Malfoy's Slytherin cronies dump Agatha's coffin in the mud and walk off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/trying-to-piss-me-off-mission-dance-moms.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/trying-to-piss-me-off-mission-dance-moms.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross digs Agatha's grave himself and vows to get revenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cant-wait-to-see-how-this-turns-out-rupaul-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97260\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cant-wait-to-see-how-this-turns-out-rupaul-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"319\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: The Grim Reaper. \u003c/strong>How dare you?!?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Prison Bestie\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">Sure, trying to bed your savior's wife isn't exactly cool, but a\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">nyone who understands how Demelza should be treated is okay in my book.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Demelza. \u003c/strong>Anyone who puts up with this much of Ross' BS deserves something shiny.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Jennifer Lawrence. \u003c/strong>The best kind of trouble. Looking forward to whatever mischief she plans to cook up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Agatha.\u003c/strong> She was too good for this world. Whose playful alcoholism and cute, prolonged farts will keep us entertained now? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/xcusemybeauty/status/916919639166246912\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://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/29/poldark-season-3-episode-5-recap-the-one-that-got-away/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: The One That Got Away\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/24/poldark-season-3-episode-4-recap-break-free/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: Break Free\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/15/poldark-season-3-episode-3-recap-kiss-the-girl/\">'Poldark' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: Kiss the Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/08/poldark-season-3-episode-2-recap-voulez-vous-coucher-avec-moi/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Voulez-vous Coucher Avec Moi?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/02/poldark-season-3-premiere-recap-same-old-mistakes/\">‘Poldark’ Season 3 Premiere Recap: Same Old Mistakes\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/27/poldark-season-2-finale-recap-burn-baby-burn/\">‘Poldark’ Season 2 Finale Recap: Burn Baby Burn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/20/poldark-season-2-episode-8-recap-man-i-feel-like-a-woman/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Man! I Feel Like A Woman!\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/13/poldark-season-2-episode-7-recap-im-in-love-with-a-monster/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: I'm In Love With A Monster\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/11/06/poldark-season-2-episode-6-recap-informer/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: Informer\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/30/poldark-season-2-episode-5-recap-before-he-cheats/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 5 Recap: Before He Cheats\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/24/poldark-season-2-episode-4-recap-sink-or-swim/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 4 Recap: Sink or Swim\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/17/poldark-season-2-episode-3-recap-miss-independent/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: Miss Independent\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/02/poldark-season-2-episode-2-recap-you-dont-bring-me-flowers/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: You Don't Bring Me Flowers\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/27/poldark-season-2-premiere-recap-court-and-spark/\">'Poldark' Season 2, Episode 1 Recap: Court and Spark\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/23/poldark-season-1-episode-4-recap-send-my-love-to-your-new-lover/\"> 'Poldark' Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Send My Love to Your New Lover\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/21/poldark-season-1-episode-3-recap-oops-there-goes-my-shirt/\">‘Poldark’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: Oops, There Goes My Shirt\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/20/poldark-season-1-episode-2-recap-guns-and-ships-bang-bang/\">‘Poldark’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: Bang Bang\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/09/19/poldark-season-1-premiere-recap-stayin-alive/\">‘Poldark’ Season 1 Premiere Recap: Stayin’ Alive\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It must be Bring Your Daughter To Work (It At The Village Rave) Day because Bone Maraca Pirate is partying it up with his greasy-haired teen daughter (someone get this girl some dry shampoo!). Little Miss Bone Maraca tries to get Sam to join her in dropping it like it's hot. Sam reacts the only way he knows how:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/rebuke-in-the-name-of-the-lord-god-warrior-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97222\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/rebuke-in-the-name-of-the-lord-god-warrior-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"183\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Morwenna is trying to get out of kinky foot stuff by praying for hours with one of her new stepdaughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97269\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-1020x1395.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-1020x1395.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-160x219.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-800x1094.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-768x1051.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-1180x1614.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-960x1313.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-240x328.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-375x513.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif-520x711.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/are-you-there-god-its-me-margarita-gif.jpg 1661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Are you there God? It's me, Morwenna. \u003c/em>\u003cem>Not super happy with you right now, but you can make it up to me by granting me a prosthetic leg to throw at my husband.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/leg-throw-housewives-gif-aviva.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97226\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/leg-throw-housewives-gif-aviva.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"246\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>God responds, \u003cem>New phone, who dis?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/mariah-carey-i-dont-know-her.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/mariah-carey-i-dont-know-her.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"165\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gross Goblin barges in and yells, \u003cem>Yo, wife! Jesus will still be up there after I finish licking between all of your toes. Now take off your socks and let's get to it! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morwenna reluctantly gets up, revealing A BABY BUMP!!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/adore-delano-drag-race-shocked-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97229\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/adore-delano-drag-race-shocked-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She miserably gets into bed, dreaming up an assortment of gruesome revenge plots she'll hopefully use on Malfoy and Elizabeth soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In less traumatic news, Agatha is about to turn 100! (To infinity more centuries, you wonderful drunk!) The only problem is all her friends are dead and can't come to her party. Womp!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97227\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark.jpg 902w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-800x1064.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-768x1022.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-240x319.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-375x499.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/all-my-friends-are-dead-agatha-poldark-520x692.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, Depressed Drake has cried so much that the flood of tears have torn his shirt right off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97228 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-1920x1081.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-960x541.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-drake-poldark-e1509926697523-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now he's sad \u003cem>and\u003c/em> cold. Poor guy can't catch a break!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Doc visits Malfoy Manor to check up on Valentine's rickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Should we keep giving him weird powders and loving him less because we don't like deformed babies?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Um, what? This kid has never seen the sun. Maybe consider not leaving him in the dark crying all day? \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Elizabeth: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>Oh, I hadn't thought of that because I'm a monster.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fast forward to Doc and Blondie's \u003cem>we-definitely-aren't-already-married-and-certainly-don't-know-each-other-in-the-biblical-sense-yet\u003c/em> wedding. For some reason, they've invited Malfoy and Elizabeth, who are in a corner plotting on sucking up to some rich dude in order to make Malfoy a member of Parliament. But said rich dude is obsessed with Ross for saving his nephew a.k.a. Doc's Prison Bestie! Another L for Team Malfoy!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large 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 size-large wp-image-97231\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/you-lose-willy-wonka-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"263\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97230\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/Good-Day-Sir-Willy-Wonka.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"263\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Ross is off chatting about helping the poor (what else would he be chatting about?), Prison Bestie and Demelza have an almost cute exchange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"You're not dancing, sir, or do you prefer observing?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prison Bestie:\u003c/strong> \"I used to. Since I was in France, my eyesight has declined.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_mlxakp15K61s0pj15o1_400.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/01/tumblr_mlxakp15K61s0pj15o1_400.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"308\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his eyesight does appear to be good enough to stare thirstily at Demelza's hot bod.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bedroom-eyes-little-mermaid-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97233\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/bedroom-eyes-little-mermaid-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"404\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Demelza finds Morwenna outside and asks when she's due. Morwenna admits she has no idea how long pregnancies last 'cause her mom never taught her about basic biology, and certainly never mentioned foot fetishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-foot-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97234\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/sad-foot-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That evening, in an effort to get Ross to show that he cares, Demelza mentions how flirty Prison Bestie was with her. Judging by Ross' response (\"Not every man in Cornwall is besotted with you\"), he doesn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/everybody-likes-me-legally-blonde-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97235\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/everybody-likes-me-legally-blonde-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"140\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Gross Goblin rolls off of Morwenna (ewww) and tells her he's sending for her younger sister (the more feet, the merrier). This is a season of \u003cem>Sister Wives\u003c/em> I can do without.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Demelza's place, the topic of Valentine comes up. Ross continues pretending that he didn't have sex with Elizabeth nine exact months before Valentine was born. Demelza turns into a human side-eye emoji.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97239\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-1020x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-1020x569.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-800x447.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-768x429.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-1920x1072.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-1180x659.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-960x536.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-240x134.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-375x209.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/demelza-sideeye-520x290.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the woods, Drake is nesting at the new house Ross gifted him by making a cast of Morwenna's face. Sam sees it and says, \"The blessed virgin and the holy child! It do gladden the heart to see you turn to God again!\" Dude, there are other books in the world! Go read one of them! Try having two interests instead of one!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Toe Jam Headquarters, Morwenna's Jennifer Lawrence-lookalike sister arrives and is immediately like, \u003cem>Woah, your husband is disgusting! What gives? \u003c/em>I like her already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/jennifer-lawrence-ew-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97240\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/jennifer-lawrence-ew-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"359\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few days later, Ross, Demelza, Blondie, and Doc arrive at some banker's mansion for a house party. This scene feels like a public service announcement against anyone ever getting married:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"I can think of 100 more useful things I could be doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blondie:\u003c/strong> \"A shame, Ross. You're becoming a misanthrope.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Doc:\u003c/strong> \"I sympathize. I'm no lover of company these days... \u003cem>*Blondie glares at him*\u003c/em> ...with the exception of my wife.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Sometimes Ross don't make no exception.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"If I have my way...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"...which you frequently do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"...this will be our last excursion for the foreseeable future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeesh! Ross and Demelza are that married couple that resent each other a great deal, but stay together \"for the kids.\" Demelza, there is another way! Leave town with Blondie to film that \u003cem>Thelma and Louise\u003c/em> prequel I've been pitching all season. It is bound to be more fun than hoping your grump of a husband notices you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-96631\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-1020x740.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-1020x740.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-160x116.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-800x581.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-768x557.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-1180x856.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-960x697.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-240x174.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-375x272.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM-520x377.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-07-at-11.01.09-PM.png 1196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the party, Prison Bestie greets everyone, and this interesting exchange occurs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Are we never to be rid of you?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prison Bestie:\u003c/strong> \"You'll be sorry you ever saved me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, wait a second. Prison Bestie and Demelza are totally going to bump uglies, right?! Surely that's the only thing this kind of heavy-handed foreshadowing could mean. To be honest, I don't hate the idea. Tit for tat, Ross.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/karma-katy-perry-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/karma-katy-perry-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The banker makes a big deal about an \"amusement\" he's arranged for his guests. With much fuss, servants open the doors to reveal...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/phoebe-excited-friends-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97244\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/phoebe-excited-friends-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"269\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">*drumroll*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/phoebe-excited-too-friends-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97243\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/phoebe-excited-too-friends-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">...bowling pins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/thatsit.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97242\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/thatsit.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"184\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As everyone pretends to find bowling interesting, Prison Bestie continues to flirt up a storm with Demelza. At first, she's thinking, \u003cem>This is wrong! I'm married! And imagine how hard Sam would throw his Bible at my head!\u003c/em> But then, both of them put on devilish grins, and this happens:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prison Bestie:\u003c/strong> \"Blooms from the Garden of Eden. But where lurks Eve?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"And where the snake?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/Lick_your_lips.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97245\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/Lick_your_lips.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"187\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, Demelza, there's one in his pants you'll probably meet really soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/gilly-raise-eyebrows-wiig-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97246\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/gilly-raise-eyebrows-wiig-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"180\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of the party, Malfoy is told he can't come in, but that doesn't stop him from eavesdropping and overhearing the banker offer to prop Ross up as a nominee for Parliament. Malfoy does not take this particularly well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/colbert-freak-out-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/colbert-freak-out-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a corner of the party, Prison Bestie is still using his best pickup lines, but some of them are too fancy for Demelza:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Prison Bestie:\u003c/strong> \"I'm no Leonardo, but you are surely Mona Lisa.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"...I do not know these people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-know-nothing-anna-nicole-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97249\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-know-nothing-anna-nicole-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/about-nothing-anna-nicole-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97248\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/about-nothing-anna-nicole-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On second thought, maybe they won't bone?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town, Jennifer Lawrence trolls Gross Goblin by taking off her shoe and mentioning how it pinches her toe. Okay, I officially need to be friends with this girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the party, Ross declines the banker's offer because he's too moral or whatever. Lemme guess, this guy will now offer the nomination to Malfoy. Do no other non-evil men live in this area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that night, an irate Malfoy arrives home and looks for someone to abuse. Unfortunately, Agatha is sitting right there, so Malfoy grabs the Poldark family Bible (so many Bible-driven storylines this season!) and points out that Agatha is turning 98, not 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/so-what-who-cares-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97250\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/so-what-who-cares-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently, Agatha cares because she has a meltdown. Malfoy decides to torture her some more by cancelling her birthday party and refusing to give her supper. Brb, gotta travel back in time and knock all his teeth out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-wanna-kill-him-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97251\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-wanna-kill-him-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"196\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Agatha doesn't seem to need my help. She fights fire with fire by finally letting him know that Valentine is totally not his kid!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/you-are-not-the-father-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97252\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/you-are-not-the-father-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A shocked Malfoy goes downstairs to murder Elizabeth and Valentine, but is distracted by a visit from the banker, who offers him the Parliament nomination, as expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/971.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20488\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/971.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth senses from the maniacal look on Malfoy's face that something is amiss. She goes upstairs and finds Agatha despairing over her party and how her home has been taken over by the antichrist and how maybe she shouldn't have said that thing she said. Elizabeth is like, \u003cem>Um, what thing?! OMG, you didn't! Tell me what thing! \u003c/em>Agatha is over this conversation, so she closes her eyes and... DIES! WHAT THE HELL!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/no-please-god-no-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97254\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/no-please-god-no-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/fall-down-sad-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97256\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/fall-down-sad-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"176\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cant-believe-this-is-happening-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97257\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cant-believe-this-is-happening-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-defy-you-stars-leo-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97255\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/i-defy-you-stars-leo-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-sad-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-97258\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/britney-sad-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/depressed-ice-cream-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97253\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/depressed-ice-cream-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"424\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Malfoy sends a note to Ross that goes like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Thought you should know I bullied your aunt to death last night. But the real reason I'm writing is to announce that I've been nominated to Parliament and you haven't! Nanny nanny boo boo! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>P.S. Please don't put a toad in my pants.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demelza calls Ross out for not taking the nomination when he had the chance and letting yet another important post be controlled by a Voldemort disciple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Not once have you asked my advice or harkened to my opinion, not once!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"What do you want, Demelza?! A man who will lie down, roll over, sit up, and beg for you? Well, if so, you've married the wrong man.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"It would appear so.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ross:\u003c/strong> \"Perhaps you should look elsewhere for a pet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Demelza:\u003c/strong> \"Perhaps I should... Perhaps I won't have to look too far.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Garden of Eden snake is on his way!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/snake-disney-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97259\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/snake-disney-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, at the cemetery, Malfoy's Slytherin cronies dump Agatha's coffin in the mud and walk off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/trying-to-piss-me-off-mission-dance-moms.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/trying-to-piss-me-off-mission-dance-moms.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross digs Agatha's grave himself and vows to get revenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cant-wait-to-see-how-this-turns-out-rupaul-gif.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97260\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/11/cant-wait-to-see-how-this-turns-out-rupaul-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"319\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>End scene!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>After every episode, it’s only right to reward characters who’ve impressed and diss the ones that haven’t, so here goes:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>PIECE OF COAL: The Grim Reaper. \u003c/strong>How dare you?!?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HONORABLE MENTION: Prison Bestie\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">Sure, trying to bed your savior's wife isn't exactly cool, but a\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">nyone who understands how Demelza should be treated is okay in my book.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>BRONZE:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Demelza. \u003c/strong>Anyone who puts up with this much of Ross' BS deserves something shiny.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>SILVER: Jennifer Lawrence. \u003c/strong>The best kind of trouble. Looking forward to whatever mischief she plans to cook up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"m_-8500230470282184039p1\">\u003cspan class=\"m_-8500230470282184039s1\">\u003cstrong>GOLD: Agatha.\u003c/strong> She was too good for this world. Whose playful alcoholism and cute, prolonged farts will keep us entertained now? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Halloween may have already come and gone, but \"Werewolf Bar Mitzvah\" from \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em> is still bouncing around in my head. Thanks to the majesty of the internet, the bit\u003cem> \u003c/em>that originally lasted \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxk_P3PNuZU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">only seven seconds\u003c/a>, can now be heard in full:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6V2oCX3Hn4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that the \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em> team wrote a three-minute song for a seven-second joke speaks volumes about the show's attention to detail (something that sometimes entices fans to freeze-frame particular scenes and analyze them more closely). Is it slightly insane that one viewer read, typed out, and shared the text of a sign in a liquor store window from Episode 15, Season 4? Well no. Not when the first line of the sign is \"The famed, boggy soils of Scotland produce distinctive wines with short, almost brutal finishes, and an acrid, musty nose that is often compared to the attic of a serial killer,\" and just \u003ca href=\"http://hidden30rockjokes.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gets better from there\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>30 Rock \u003c/em>was relevant during its time on NBC, and it remains relevant today. One pertinent example concerns issues surrounding black comedians being asked to dress as women for roles. The subject has been analyzed at length, online, in academia, and even in the debut episode of new Showtime series, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/10/13/557520604/tv-review-jay-pharoah-in-white-famous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>White Famous \u003c/em>\u003c/a>(Jay Pharoah's character Floyd notes: \"It's just that thing—every time there's a funny black brother in Hollywood, they try to emasculate him\"). Impressive then that \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em> managed to dig into this issue on a major TV network over a decade ago (in Episode 8 of its first season, Tracy Jordan was told: \"Drag is a way for Caucasians to emasculate you and make you seem non-threatening\").\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truly, the further away from the end of \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em> we get—the last episode aired in January 2013—the more we seem to need to revisit it. This was most apparent in October 2014, after the Bill Cosby scandal first broke. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaEJQntlXtU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hannibal Buress was credited\u003c/a> with dragging the sexual assault rumors into the light with a biting piece of stand-up, but \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em> had hinted at the same thing in a Season 3 episode titled \"The Bubble,\" all the way back in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em> co-showrunner Robert Carlock \u003ca href=\"http://ew.com/article/2016/02/19/30-rock-bill-cosby-joke-carlock/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told \u003cem>Entertainment Weekly\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in 2016 that Tina Fey wanted to overtly call out Cosby on the show and had been “grinding that ax for a long time.” \"From my memory,\" he said, \"the joke was more overt. And because [Cosby] had not been found guilty of anything—and still hasn’t—we had to reword it to be a little more obtuse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remarkably, it wasn't a one-off. In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwLuX0LoZmlIFpfKvCHyELw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em> YouTube\u003c/a> account posted a clip from a March 2012 episode in which Jenna talks about her questionable relationship with Weinstein. It came up again in \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em>'s final season, when she utters the now-astonishing line, \"I know how former lovers can have a hold over you long after they’re gone. In some ways, I’m still pinned under a passed-out Harvey Weinstein, and it’s Thanksgiving.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, hindsight regularly injects extra layers of meaning throughout \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em>. The fact that Jenna owns a holiday home in Clearwater, Florida didn't mean a lot back when she announced it in the show's first season. Now, in a post-\u003ca href=\"http://www.aetv.com/shows/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Scientology and the Aftermath\u003c/em>\u003c/a> world, we know that Clearwater is a hotbed of Scientology-related activity (the church is currently responsible for more than \u003ca href=\"http://www.fsunews.com/story/life/2017/03/19/history-scientology-clearwater-florida/99381438/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a quarter billion dollars\u003c/a> of real estate in downtown Clearwater). Eleven years later, we're finally in on a joke that most of us probably missed before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It begs the question: How many other people and institutions were called out in \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em>'s \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496424/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seven seasons\u003c/a> that we simply haven't noticed yet? If anyone is going to figure it out, a mass \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em> binge is in order. 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"content": "\u003cp>It took months of my friend Nicole's nagging for me to finally sit down and start watching \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbc.com/this-is-us?nbc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>This is Us\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. I was resistant for a long time because I feared the show would be overwrought and overly sentimental, despite \u003ca href=\"http://www.indiewire.com/2017/05/most-watched-tv-show-2016-2017-season-the-walking-dead-this-is-us-football-1201832878/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">its standing as both\u003c/a> \"the top-rated new series among adults 18-49\" and \"the top-rated broadcast drama.\" But a few weeks ago, after Nicole's thirty-fifth request, I finally caved and binged the show, pleasantly surprised, but also paying special attention to the Kate Pearson character. Kate Pearson, you see, was the primary reason Nicole had wanted me to watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkTEQwsE8l4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the uninitiated among you, Kate Pearson, played by Chrissy Metz, is a plus-sized woman who has been battling both her weight and the weight of other people's assumptions her whole life. My friend Nicole could say the same thing. In Kate Pearson, Nicole saw elements of her own life that she says non-plus-sized folks simply do not understand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On TV, fat people are always the butt of the joke,\" Nicole told me. \"Sexless stereotypes trapped in the fun friend role, or the tragic sad sack, or the freak. Kate Pearson is a fully-formed human. I've literally never seen someone like me on TV before her.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, I viewed Kate in the same way. The role was refreshing because of how rare it is to see a plus-sized woman on primetime television being treated seriously and sympathetically. Taking a quick glance at \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1978680/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chrissy Metz's prior jobs\u003c/a> speaks volumes about the rarity of such roles. Her last before \u003cem>This is Us\u003c/em> was in \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1844624/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Horror Story\u003c/a>: Freak Show\u003c/em> as Ima 'Barbara' Wiggles. \u003cem>Freak Show\u003c/em> was her first role in four years, after \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1591511/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Huge\u003c/em>\u003c/a>—a series about a weight loss camp—was canceled after one season. In 2008, Chrissy Metz's two roles were \"Chunk\" in \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460091/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>My Name is Earl\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \"Heavy Girl\" in \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392878/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Onion Movie\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPaLaLDxDrY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem is, while Kate Pearson might seem like a fully formed character in comparison to most other television (\u003cem>Empire\u003c/em>'s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX7deTkNBnM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Becky\u003c/a> and \u003cem>Glee\u003c/em>'s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oCx40AqaSM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lauren\u003c/a> also being rare exceptions to the rule), it became clear, as \u003cem>This is Us\u003c/em> moved through its first season, that Kate's primary function was to stress about her weight, feel bad about her weight, or try to lose weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She breaks up with her fiancé (whom she met in a weight loss support group) to focus on her diet; she spends time in a weight-loss camp; she considers getting gastric bypass surgery; she buys two seats to fly somewhere because of how worried she is about being judged by fellow passengers. When it comes to work, she is hired by a woman with a plus-sized teenager, partially to give the girl someone to relate to. Kate's childhood memories primarily revolve around being bullied or feeling sad due to her weight. When she goes to a fancy Hollywood party with her actor brother, she is cripplingly self-conscious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the midst of the body positivity movement, and with role models like \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/05/18/jessamyn-stanley-on-why-yoga-isnt-all-peace-love-and-rainbows/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jessamyn Stanley\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Things-One-Will-Tell-Girls/dp/1580055826/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1508807623&sr=1-1&keywords=jes+baker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jes Baker\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Big-Girl-Gave-Dieting-Life/dp/1455532630/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1508807527&sr=8-9&keywords=fat+positive+books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelsey Miller\u003c/a> succeeding with no apology and no weight-loss plan, Kate Pearson can sometimes seem a little like another fat stereotype: the self-hating obese lady. With this in mind, I went back to Nicole, exasperated, and asked why Kate's obsession with her weight (and little else) wasn't driving her crazy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I really identify with her,\" Nicole explained. \"As someone who has been fat their whole life, Kate's obsession with her weight is actually real to me. I factor my weight into absolutely everything I do, the way that Kate does—the way that so many of us do. Every time I go out to eat, I think about the chairs; every top that I wear, I worry about my stomach showing; I avoid flying because of the size of the seats. I know there are awesome, positive, enlightened fat people who are past this stuff, and I admire them, but for those of us who aren't there yet—and I think we're the majority—this show is incredibly important. You think they have her focus too much on her size, but when you're heavy, you really do think about it this much.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlWxHnW49OE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only is Kate refreshing to Nicole, she's a shot of hope to the legions of other American women just like her, who are also struggling with being plus-sized, and who, until now, haven't had a means to voice their insecurities for fear of being judged. Watching Kate struggle week after week opens up a space to talk about having the same feelings and experiences, in a way that the body positive movement, with its already super-confident participants, might not always.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, the second season of \u003cem>This is Us\u003c/em> seems to be taking steps to expand Kate's role outside of the realm of weight-obsession. Though the first two episodes gave no indication of it (the premiere showed Kate worrying more about her appearance than her voice at a singing audition; the second episode saw her stressing about her mother judging her snack choices), \u003cem>This is Us\u003c/em> seems finally ready to allow Kate to have stories that don't only revolve around her size.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this season's third episode, Kate visits the set of her brother's new movie and hangs out with Sylvester Stallone without worrying once about what she looks like. It doesn't sound like much, but it is a major step forward for the character. The following week, we learn that—SPOILER ALERT!—Kate is pregnant. The doctor at no point declares it dangerous for a woman of her size. Both of these seemingly small steps indicate that \u003cem>This is Us\u003c/em> might finally feel secure enough to push the Kate character forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In the future,\" my friend Nicole says, \"I'd love to see Kate becoming more comfortable in her own skin. That self acceptance is a long journey for all of us in real life, so it makes sense for it to be a long journey in the show too. And maybe watching her take these baby steps, week after week, will be enough to help all of the other women like her. And me.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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