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MawBroon Sun 01-Jul-18 23:17:58

sadsad

Doodle Mon 02-Jul-18 00:56:05

Likewise ?

pollyperkins Sun 29-Jul-18 21:59:52

Wow! Emotionally drained.

phoenix Sun 29-Jul-18 22:03:16

A bit "over musiced"?

MawBroon Sun 29-Jul-18 22:06:41

Who cares - lovely ??but sadsad

SueDonim Sun 29-Jul-18 23:03:50

That was a shocker! shock I had to have a quick lie down afterwards.

Some excellent performances by the actors, though.

grumppa Sun 29-Jul-18 23:04:29

An insipid character; no great loss.

merlotgran Sun 29-Jul-18 23:18:18

At least they dumbed down her end, grumppa. In the book she stinks the house out with gangrene. shock Only Dwight with his knowledge of death in a French prison realises the end is nigh. I was longing for Demelza to tell Rarss to piss off and get over himself.

I wonder why Valentine makes me think of Damien in The Omen? grin

fiorentina51 Mon 30-Jul-18 00:59:57

I remember the 1970s version where Ross covers his nose with a hanky when goes to see Elizabeth's body.

Coolgran65 Mon 30-Jul-18 02:03:11

She made a pretty good looking corpse.

Sometimes I wish Demelza would stop being so understanding of Ross .

pollyperkins Mon 30-Jul-18 05:56:11

I was very shocked the first time (with Robin Ellis) so this time I knew what to expect. However, still a very emotional episode.

kittylester Mon 30-Jul-18 06:17:03

sadsad

I don't remember Morwenna leaving without her son either in the book ir in the previous version - did she?

Does anyone read Deborah Ross in the Sunday Times TV bit? Her reviews of Poldark always make me laugh.

travelsafar Mon 30-Jul-18 06:36:27

Whatever was in the potion Elizabeth drank, seems to me it was potent as the nerve agent used over here recently!!!!shock

Alima Mon 30-Jul-18 07:01:04

Anyone know what’s on next week instead of this. (It’s been a long eight weeks).

Greyduster Mon 30-Jul-18 07:36:29

DH and I had a wager on which character would be bumped off. I still haven’t got my 50p!

Teetime Mon 30-Jul-18 08:38:25

Thank heaven that's over! Please can we something light on a Sunday evening?

GrandmaMoira Mon 30-Jul-18 08:49:20

That was a brilliant ending, though Elizabeth's death was sanitised compared with the book.
Merlot - you did lighten the mood by making me laugh about Valentine - I shall always think of him as Damien now!

Blinko Mon 30-Jul-18 09:00:54

Thank the lord Drake has at last stopped all that mooning about over Morwenna. Let's hope she gets her child back in the next series. Roll on Autumn...

pollyperkins Mon 30-Jul-18 09:18:16

I didn't think morwenna knew how to smile! She's been tragic for so long.

Brunette10 Mon 30-Jul-18 10:15:49

Shocked with Elizabeth's departure. Brilliant acting by all. So looking forward to next series.

merlotgran Mon 30-Jul-18 10:29:30

Ross seemed to have forgotten that it was all his idea for Elizabeth to find a way of convincing George she could only carry to eight months. hmm

Be careful what you wish for. grin

Jalima1108 Mon 30-Jul-18 12:02:53

I think the potion contained rye fungus (ergot) which produces muscle spasms amonst other symptoms and then could cause gangrene.

I quite liked poor Elizabeth, coping with her constrained life through a haze of laudanum.

Ross needs a kick up the proverbial.

knickas63 Mon 30-Jul-18 16:56:22

I was expecting it - because I have read the books and I can remember the first series. Still sad though. I have to say, Jack Farthing's Warleggen was brilliant! He played it so well!

Jalima1108 Mon 30-Jul-18 17:32:53

It's hard to believe that he is so nice in RL (apparently)

pollyperkins Mon 30-Jul-18 17:45:26

Yes the portrayel of Warleggin was brilliant, I agree. That little lift of the chin.... he came over as someone with an inferiority complex, desperately sensitive instead of just a brute. Though he was that too of course. I found him fascinating.