there is a bts presumably late in season of beach w g and mom sitting . Very disappointing. I find the Outlander series vastly superior: why? Charlotte writes a letter to her sister saying that its been weeks since Sidney left in an attempt to save Sanditonand so the plot goes on. I just love all the love, loathing, apoplexic outbursts and all that high blood pressure and, so on and so forth, expressed about this series. What can a second series do? James Stringer takes this moment to ask Charlotte for a dance. Set in 1820, Sanditon season 2 sees Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) return to the seaside resort town on the southern coast of England with her younger sister Alison (Rosie Graham) in tow. I plan to follow up this mini-series with this book. Where is Susan, the worst hypochondriac among she, Diana, and Arthur? Ive sworn, after each episode, of this Davies debacle that I wouldnt watch another one, but like the proverbial train wreck, I DVRd it and next day tuned right in: However, this time I read your review first, got a great laugh and finally enjoyed an episode without actually having to watch it! So disappointingonly one minor storyline wrapped up (Esthers). My other question is why give Lord and Lady Babbingtons story more focus than the main characters themselves? Tidy up all those loose ends? What about borrowing all or part of the money from Georgianna? Oh wait, I am mistaken, that is not a good mini series, that is the best! Lord Babb talks to Sidney as they eye the dancers. Tom is so foolhardy how much will Sidneys rich wife give him before she realizes its just going to waste. Great in depth review, Vic., and I agree with your take on the final episode. Thank you for visiting this blog. We now have a Romeo and Juliet moment in reverse, with Sidney looking down at Charlotte on the ballroom floor. A fine kettle of fish! We need another season to finish it off right! The scene segues to Georgianas bedroom. I agree with Polly above about asking Miss Lambe for the money, but since she resents Sidney, she probably wouldnt have given it. Charlotte should end up with Stringer. Lady D swoops down upon the hapless brothers and sister, saying she wants her investment back or else theyll all be put in the poor house. I have adored Jane Austen almost all of my life. I didnt edit very well either! We all know the story is incomplete Shes so delighted with the newsso pleased for himso gushingthat he must be disappointed with that overenthusiastic reaction. I go over it again and again and again and have awakened many times with new scenarios for the second season. Thanks so much. II, By CHARLES G. HARPER. Copyright Statement: Jane Austen's World blog, 2009-2022. He has no idea of how to save his dream for a seaside resort. The characters were spot on, however, I am left wanting for a true Jane Austen ending. Good mini series requires only good costuming and setting. So please bring us a 2nd Season! Im royally Pi-d! Esther and Edward realize that Clara poses a significant threat to their ambitions. Sidney visits Tom in the drawing room and catches Charlotte going out to adjust the final finishes to her ball gown. Please us all with the follow on, not forgetting the present cast which were all so well chosen. generalgtony Feeling the weight of guilt for his last angry words to his father, he now lives in his Das cottage. So, for my part I rewatched Episode 8 for a third time through and the BBC version (which is not clipped) and I loved it. I quite agree with you Dcupton poor Mr Davies is deluding himself. If you arent sending Sidney after the carriage to announce that hes shed Mrs. Campion & only wants Charlotte for his bride, DONT SEND HIM AT ALL!! Emmy and Bafta-winning writer Andrew Davies brings Jane Austen's unfinished last novel vividly to life. It is very clear that he hoped for a second season. More than anything, I want to see some sort of resolution in her relationship with Sidney. Also, I kept wishing Charlotte would put on a hat. It just felt last-minute & sloppy. Where is the circulating library, which Austen mentions in her manuscript? People so far, especially his own family are still fooled and taken with what they are incorrectly perceiving as brilliance, which is yet to be revealed as the impractical musings of a dreamer. You get what you pay for, or dont pay for. We could emotionally chalk it up as a summer romance. Here's the official season 2 synopsis: "The drama will continue to follow the high-spirited and independent heroine, Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) as she returns to the picturesque coastal. While there is not a definite comparison between the two characters , I am seeing a transformative experience for Sydney Parker in Sanditon. This leaves Charlotte heartbroken and she decides to leave the town of Sanditon and Sidney behind. I think Andrew Davies must have had his mind on an entirely different novel. Lady Susan is the gluewhy was she even in the story if not to come to Charlottes rescue??? Yarrrr! Well, clearly, we move onto Charlotte Bront. Sanditon is a sleepy tale based in a seaside village. The viewers were cheated. My sense is that cost and ratings will both play a huge part in the decision. His stupidity and naivet are revealed when Sidney uncovers his true crimenot investing in insurance to save a few quid. Maybe thats why Davies had Sydney emerge from the beach a la natural as he did a throwback to his P&P production. Stupid. Thank you for listening to my rant. STAGE-COACH AND MAIL IN DAYS OF YORE: A PICTURESQUE HISTORY Will Mrs. Campion conveniently kick the bucket or will Charlotte warm up to poor James Stringer? Sanditon is MASTERPIECE's bold and lavish adaptation of Jane Austen 's final work. :-P. I wish this story had featured Esther and Lord Babbington as the main hero/heroine instead. Have Edward and Esther got it on any further? Its for Charlotte and (eyeing his ball attire), you look like one of THEM! Now, those are plot lines worth taking in. Arthur would have been kind and he has money. It turns out, he has saved them allexcept for he, himself and Charlotte. She was the only truly Jane Austen character in the whole series. Young Stringer and Charlotte strike up a friendship. You cant give yourself to someone you dont love just because were the most foolish family on earth. Are they all really so selfish, unfeeling, and stupid in the end? It is a truth universally acknowledged that a tertiary character left alone with a lighted candle must inevitably burn down the building. Yuck-patooey. Then Charlotte drops a bombshell - "Sidney is a wonderful man. Good thing Jane isnt alive to see this or shed hire a hit man to take Davies out! In Janes stories all the heroines get a good ending. I would hope Clara comes back but if its again these seething melodramatic absurdities Id just as soon skip her doing more handjobs. I would watch a second season if it primarily followed these characters (Lady Babbington navigates the London social scene?? I envision Charlotte choosing Austens path of remaining independent. The episode opens with our lovely Miss Charlotte walking on air through the one intersection of the Sanditon set that viewers have seen repeatedly. I cant believe it! I love rich, huggy-bear types who adore their headstrong women. There is the suggestion that Sanditon will rise again, but will it be less posh than originally envisioned? I found it odd that with all the Parkers money troubles no one thought, even for a minute, of Miss Lambes 100,000, considering that she was under Sidneys control. At any rate, if youre going to touch our beloved Jane Austens work, PLEASE give it the respect it deserves and end it like Jane would. He then confesses hes the same man. Sanditon is STILL unfinished! Then I wondered how the same person who created the quintessential Pride & Prejudice could have created an Austen adaptation where only the least likeable character got a happy ending and all other story lines were left unresolved. I thought that they were strongly hinting that Arthur is homosexual, and that he was also confessing that to his sister when he said know nothing about ladies not for me lifelong bachelor. Of course, it could be interpreted eithe way. Following which, Sidney breaks upon Charlotte that he has plans to honour his word and has to get married to Eliza Campion. Most of the time Austen qualifies her happy ending by ironies and other astringent comments or a downright melancholy possilibility in the future (Persuasion). You made me laugh out loud with your Janewould have hired a hit man to take out Andrew Davies. LOL, Despicable ending!! He despised Tom Parker and the fakey upper class! Brandon. Definitely need a season 2I love this series even though it does feel a bit rushed.Im already hooked on this show..please, please give us a season 2 with a better outcome ( for Charlotte & Sidney), No one can write like Jane. I am trying to move forward but Im kind of stuck, I hope Mr. Davies does something to wrap things up cause its really bugging me and I dont feel like its my story to tell but I LOVE these characters and he better fix it. Take your pick. Maybe she will meet a man more worthy than Sidney and less penitent than James in Willingdon. She chose wisely. This isnt Jane Austen, although some of the characters were likeable. Thank you for the patience for going through this. As others have noted Miss Lambs character development and story line vanished once she returned from London. They must give us a respectful Jane Austen ending!! Although I dont think it would be our sort of thing.. You are so very welcome. The unfinished novel continues to provoke speculation about the writer's intentions, particularly regarding Miss Lambe's importance in our ongoing consideration of racial and colonial themes in . Sanditon Episode 3. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Vic, thanks for all the summaries and dissections. The midsummer decorations are more than adequate and the beau monde & villagers look smashingkudos to the costume and prop departments. Everything has changed. Thank you for your comment! From the miserly and rich Lady Denham (Anne Reid), the Antiguan heiress Miss Lambe (Crystal Clarke), to social "brother and sister" schemers attempting to inherit the mean Lady Denham's money. For the first time in many episodes, Miss Lambe is dressed in a lovely gown. I never was on Team Sidney, who displayed his jerk side way too often. Please find Mr Stringer someone nice he is quite unsuitable for Charlotte so I imagine Sidneys wife will die a gruesome death leaving him all her vast wealth, and then we can be left in limbo again, wondering whether he and Charlotte will marry in Series 3, which I will definitely not buy. They finally meet and greet. You know its strange, I have not yet been able to let Sanditon go. Sanditon's a place that's changing fast. Davies and his team have an obligation to viewers to end this mini-series without a cliff hanger. At Denham House, Clara witnesses a scene that raises her suspicions. I am a proud lifetime member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. Cant live with it. I didnt like the trajectory of her story line and expected her part in the drama to be more complex and for her to be given a strong story arc that demonstrated growth and stamina. Anyway, thank you for the reviews!! Are you still proclaiming your independence? This was a normal TV soapie series, and that is why of course it couldnt end, but only leave you wondering what will happen next time. Charlotte and Sidney clash again, only for Charlotte to be left confused by a chance encounter. Who could ever be so handsome and sexy! I would have liked it if Lady D had *faked* her deathly illness (and that we knew she was doing so). Lord Babb had more personality in his little finger than James, king of the friend zone. But it's Tom Parker's brother Sidney Parker (Theo James) making the biggest impression. WellI had problems with the Sidney/Charlotte relationship, anyway. There was a lot wrong with the ending, and not just lack of a happy ending. Absolutely agree, particularly about the ridiculousness of the Parkers not objecting to Sidney sacrificing himself. I love all the different plot scenarios people are sending in for Season 2. If Jane could have seen this pathetic ending she would have hired a hit man to take out Andrew Davies. My little Applause comment above was meant to go with Pollys comment, but no matter. I had hopes for this one, but then the news came out of Great Britain last fall and my hopes were dashed. Now all he has to do is tell his Da. Charlotte and Sidney clash over Miss Lambe's illicit meeting with Otis. Charlotte has both sense and sensibility, though she lacks an older sister. I give the third ball in this series a rating of 2. I love it when Story B makes it to the A list and emerges front and center. I wonder what she's up to. I guess were lucky S&C didnt run away like Lydia and Wickham to ruin the family even more. Ugh. None of my friends watch Masterpiece and I have no one to share my grief with. Having been born on Janes birthday it could be understood that I have empathy for her fate since at 72 I find myself a spinster, in dependent (and loving it). Many lives were tragically interfered with because of the rigid class system. One thing we do all have in common, though is our love for Jane Austens writing. He gave only surface treatment to the serious topic of hypochondria that Austen had set up with three of the five Parker siblings, and eliminated Susan altogether, while introducing characters not mentioned or hinted at by Austen. Once his engagement to Eliza is broken off he will travel to find Charlotte who will just one hour ago have gotten engaged to someone else. Help! The wedding is celebrated by the wrong couple, or the right couple, or half the couples who are eligible to marry. But he is not attracted. and coming out of it on the other side, the way Esther did (dark to light), I think it would improve his character and my opinion of him. Love your analysis that wine must have been good. Vic, a few descriptive words and statements and phrases such as: brash, exuberant, rough round the edges, a good laugh, I fell about in stitches at some of the dialogue, I enjoyed it. Lady D is called away, before he can formulate an answer. There, she hobnobs with her hosts, the. I felt like the endings of the story line were hurriedly done. What happens with her? For the first time in many episodes, Miss Lambe is dressed in a lovely gown. Good news, bad news: the hero returns to save the day but sacrifices his lovely damsel and his own happiness. So now Charlotte has lost both Sidney and James. There are so many other directions they couldve gone. Really, all that happens in the part Austen wrote was setting the story in motion by getting Charlotte to Sanditon and mentioning the coming of Miss Lambe the heiress, and introducing most of the characters. My guess is that a number of fan fiction sequels will be written to give Charlotte the ending she deserves. Im willing to swallow a lot of bitter stuff provided Im rewarded at the end. sat on his steed in regret as he watched his Marianne marry Colonel Brandon. Where could it go from where we left off? Charlotte says without inflection, I dont think badly of you., He then says, I dont love her, you know Im just fulfilling my side of the bargain., This is the UNFAIREST cut of them all. He was hoping for but was not assured a second season. Please say you are not., Well, uh, maybe, perhaps. Have any of these characters learned anything? With Rose Williams, Crystal Clarke, Elizabeth Berrington, Jack Fox. finale. You achieved tongue in cheek and also very Jane-like in humor. I always preferred Stringer for Charlotte. Your comments and suggestions are most welcome. We do deserve one more episode. A second series is demanded We learn his name was Isaac. :-). Ha! I know Rose Williams rather liked the ending with the man ending up in a marriage of financial convenience, whereas, it was pretty much always women who ended up that way, and I can truly appreciate that little twist of fate here, but I was still bummed out by the ending. Thanks, Maureen. I feel weary even thinking about a second season because you know that Sydney and Charlotte wont be able to get together until the very end of the season. 1903. Davies went overboard in modernizing and sexing up Janes wonderful characters. I too watched last night and thought, Thats it?! She is from Antigua, and her father, before passing, left Mr Sidney Parker to be her legal guardian. He hies back to Sanditon several weeks after his departure, causing ulcers and sleepless nights for kith and kin. And as written it seems Charlotte may after all marry Mr Stringer as Esther has married Babington and maybe Sidney will marry Eliza all pragmatic. Her 75-page unfinished manuscript described Charlotte as an observer. Sanditon Season 2 hit the ground running quickly enough that fans might not really have the time to linger too much on Sidney's absence, and a lot of that has to do with the new characters. Sanditon Season 3 opens with Charlotte Heywood returning to Sanditon for her best friend Georgiana Lambe's (Crystal Clarke) 21st birthday. Whether I would bother to buy the DVD if there were a next time, Im not sure, but what we saw was fun. The only reason for a man to ride pell-mell after his lover is to reclaim hernot to rub salt into her wounds. With time and a little more character development she would come to understand it better. At this point Ive eaten all my crackers and cheese, texted my Janeite friends with my observances, and poured another glass of an outstanding 94-point Fox in the Hen House wine. Shown from left to right: Charlotte Heywood (ROSE WILLIAMS) and Georgiana Lambe (CRYSTAL CLARKE) in SANDITON Season 2 On MASTERPIECE, Sundays, March 20 - April 24, 2022 on PBS. In their scene together he says all the words that a hero would say at the VERY END of a romance, but we are only halfway into the story! He drops Charlotte, whom he clearly loves as dearly as Willoughby loves Marianne, not to maintain an extravagant lifestyle for himself but to keep his family from bankruptcy (brought on by their reckless pursuit of great success). Austen is rolling over in her grave exactly what I told my mom while watching this episode. Disclaimer: Our team makes no profit from this blog. Changing alongside it is the impulsive and unconventional Charlotte Heywood, who swaps her quiet rural . I can hope that after all Charlotte marries Mr Stringer and like Esther learns to love her worthy kind consistent tender hard-working husband. Worth a shot, though. People have assumed Lockhart father was a partner of lambe's father rather than relative. Otherwise, Sanditon season 2 wrapped up its major storylines: Alison married Captain Fraser, Tom and Arthur Parker finally got Colonel Lennox to pay the money he owed to the town, Georgiana learned that Charles Lockhart was the fiend scheming to marry her for her fortune, and Sir Edward Denham is now being punished by Lady Denham for his cruel The last episode of Sanditon saw that Sidney and Charlotte finally confess their love for each other. I dont understand why Lady Susan couldnt come to their aid after being such a dear friend to Charlotte and being so understandably critical of Lady Campions relationship with Sidney. Ha! Sidney is the Willowby character from Sense and Sensibilities. 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