TV Review: Victoria Series 2 Episode 3 'Warp and Weft'

Victoria was emotional this week...RIP to Lord M

It's that time of the week again! Time to review Victoria. This time I actually pre-warned I wasn't going to write my review until today because of two reasons. One: It was late and I was in the midst of a Call the Midwife marathon and Two: That stuff was emotional and I needed time to grieve

So now I'm a bit more composed, time to review! Spoiler alert of course! 

Well I'm glad that they are not shoving Victoria's second pregnancy down our throats. We got the jist with her first, and we all know she had eight more children, so just let it happen and deal with the new little one when it arrives. And by the looks of the synopsis for next week they are speeding up the process nicely.

But can we talk about Lord M? That was emotional! I know he doesn't die for a few years after the point the series is at, but by the looks of it, this is the last time we will be seeing him on screen. I teared up a bit when he got his little canary contraption. 

And I don't care that it's not historically accurate, I wanted him and Victoria to get together so badly! Rufus Sewell plays a handsome PM as well! I couldn't believe how old he was when I Googled him as well! 

And for the second death of the episode, Victoria's dog Dash, I can understand why it sent Twitter into absolute mourning, but I'm not a dog person so I just went 'aww' and that was that. 

I have one big gripe about this episode though, and it's about Victoria. She's meant to be a strong independent woman who doesn't need male advice to rule, but the idea of throwing a lavish costume ball was just a bit dim. If she was a proper queen, she would know about the problems with the people, and she didn't need a dramatic look out of the window to figure that out! The mirroring to problems today did make me laugh (MP expenses/extravagant spending anyone?) 

So I felt the emotions this week, but they laid the political stuff on a bit thick for my liking. There were some weird montages of people eating and all the food that just didn't seem to fit with the tone of the show. I suppose we shall have to see where it all goes, but Lord M you will be missed!