Even if Sidney had said, I must do this for us the ultimate sacrifice, at least it would have shown that the family was aware and cared about what it would mean for him. But no solution is found for Miss Lambe! In ancient Greek theatre, this DEM device came in the form of an angel or god of sorts lowered onto a stage who would save the protagonists. How is young speaks-as-she-finds Charlotte getting on in her new job doing the filing for Mr Tom Parker, entrepreneur of Sanditon? People have assumed Lockhart father was a partner of lambe's father rather than relative. At least hes gutsy enough to tell her in person of his actions. She couldnt care less about cards. Will Tom Parker ever stop being a fool? Then comes the piece de resistance in romance dialoguesIf Ive changed at all it is in no small part down to you. In fact, she anticipates a happy future with her Lord, who unleashed emotions in her and feelings of pleasure that Sir Ed would never have liberated. It's revealed in the season 2 premiere that Sidney Parker died from yellow fever on a trip to Antigua after the events of the first season finale. It is so rich in possibilities. Looked dinky, cheap, fake, loaded with CGI and not up to the standards of the other exterior locations. When the arrival of two eligible bachelors signals a potential change in status for the Bennet sisters, their marriage-minded mother is sent into a frenzy, and the lively, witty Elizabeth Bennet goes head-to-head with smoldering, haughty Mr. Darcy. Whether I would bother to buy the DVD if there were a next time, Im not sure, but what we saw was fun. I do hope they come back for a second season. Miss Lambe will be the guest of honour wherever she goes. Austen fans are likely quite familiar with Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Pride and Prejudice, but many may not. Esther feigns boredom, but Lord Babb urges the horses on. Theo James, who portrayed Sidney on PBS' Sanditon, has announced he's exiting the series following the UK period drama's surprise two-season renewal. Well Miss Heywood? Her complexion glows. Plus, why is the elder Stringer working for a gentleman when he hasnt been paid in an age? Wed have to watch it, and it wouldnt be any better than this season, which was quite painful. generalgtony Shes not half the woman you areif he doesnt see that he doesnt deserve you.. Our main protagonists and characters are assembled, beautifully dressed and ready to party, except for Georgiana, who confronts Sidney. Either the writers were setting the whole thing up for a second season, or they have no idea how to write a satisfying romance. 1903. Preparing a series 1 with only the *hopes* of there being money available to pay for a season 2 is much like the Parkers building a seaside town without any insurance or visitors. Songbird: I thought Jamess acting was fine. And remember, in the first episode, Charlotte actually said, I dont want to marry. Why should she? I cant quite see the match, but found the insinuation intriguing. She was the only truly Jane Austen character in the whole series. James Stringer takes this moment to ask Charlotte for a dance. The episode ends with Georgiana examining a locket with a portrait of a young Black man and kissing it before finishing a letter. Georgiana was kidnapped and was very nearly trafficked outside of the country's borders, so that her kidnapper could marry her and use her fortune for his own means. The two are forming a friendship based on mutual respect and Sidney goes so far as to ask Charlotte to look after his ward and her friend, Miss Lambe (Crystal Clarke) while he is away. All care toward making things accurate to the period was forfeited, and Charlotte, this common-folk visitor girl was allowed in every conversation and situation. Charlotte sets out to avoid Sidney, until a serious accident forces them together . Still. Ha! The ball as far as I recall, it really was a ball and not one of the monthly Assembly Hall things that were common in many towns, and so I was very taken aback when Stringer appeared. I have only just happened upon this excellent recap of the series I watched just a couple of weeks ago and found wanting in many respects. Thanks so much. The next thing we know, someone yells, Fire! Poor Mr. Stringer is toast. I wonder what she's up to. Worse, how could he face his Mary? Sorry about the duplication my computer is acting up. This time a stagecoach takes center stage to deliver passengers and the mail. Charlotte folds in on herself like a wet noodle. Vic, thanks for all the summaries and dissections. Like throwing into the story Lady Susan! Meanwhile thanks for the summaries and time to dissect this series. 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. 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. Arthur hints he is homosexual to his sister so will not marry Miss Lambe and his sister will now not be lonely. I so enjoy this platform, Vic, that you offer to the sisterhood and brotherhood of Janites to express themselves. For what its worth, I was totally #TeamStringer. So the series is highly inconsistent and that goes with having different writers. I went into this looking at it as Austen inspired Davies drama with extremely low expectation and I still feel let down by the ending. Sanditon is MASTERPIECE's bold and lavish adaptation of Jane Austen 's final work. Thanks for reading my posts. I would hope Clara comes back but if its again these seething melodramatic absurdities Id just as soon skip her doing more handjobs. Sanditon introduces a delicious cast of supporting characters, including Miss Georgiana Lambe (Crystal Clarke), the first significant person of color in an Austen work, and Miss Lambe's. If you market a series as Austen then you know in advance how it is supposed end. End of discussion. James is beside himself with grief and regret. Cant live with it. A recap of episode 1 of season 2 of Jane Austen's unfinished novel . This leaves Charlotte heartbroken and she decides to leave the town of Sanditon and Sidney behind. My, oh, my! I actually loved Esthers character and glad she and her Lord got a happy ending. The couple meanders along the Downs, lost in tender emotions and lust. All your thoughts about the series make sense. Davies and his writing team were writing against deadline, or so the story goes in the The World of Sanditon companion book. Although a happy ending is not necessary, there are several loose ends. This once sleepy fishing village is transforming into a fashionable spa resort. I totally agree with the hysterically funny description of Sanditon town in the finale recap above! I gather Mr. Sidney Parker is engaged, he says. (Charlotte is a better character in the book.). The horses gallop along a beautiful stretch of beach. I take care not to throw that precious liquid at the screen whenever Lady C smirks. The series was called Sanditon, not Sydney and Charlotte, so if he wanted to develop a series that has several seasons he should have made it focused on the stories of the inhabitants of the town. There are 2 good dvd versions of P&P, the BBC miniseries with Elizabeth Garvie and the 1995 BBC version with Jennifer Ehle. I actually enjoyed the movie Pride and Prejudice and Zombies better than the ending of this mini-series. Help! I wouldve liked her being so cunning as to use it as a way learn about her heirs suitability for receiving an inheritance. 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! Lord Babington makes his romantic intentions known, but faces being rebuffed. My first thought was that they definitely set up episode 8 for a second season. Austen is rolling over in her grave exactly what I told my mom while watching this episode. 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. In Janes stories all the heroines get a good ending. Violins violin. Still, I had a rollicking good time and hope to see at least one new episode. As the town's cast of characters congregate in church the morning after the ball, the priest preaches about the "blooming" young women of Sanditon and how they will eventually be plucked. Tidy up all those loose ends? Where did you find the BBC version of Sanditon? That would have mentally prepared me for the drama and lack of era-appropriate dialogue and situations. I like the combination of Sydney and Charlotte and as an interesting and unexpected love growing for him and for her, it is rather a shock for him because I think its something he has never experienced before- lets face it Mrs. Eliza Campion is simply incapable of making him feel and think like this and drawing out his real self. Just a couple of comments for the moment. Miss Lambe is a young lady-probably a niece-under Mrs. Griffiths' care, richer than all the rest, and very delicate health. S1 E6 - 47m 34s Charlotte and Sidney must reconcile enough in order to search for a missing Sanditon resident. Old Stringer is buried. Sidney rides off in the sunset to London to find funds. He is a Harlequin Romance hero a pulp fiction depiction, and a mere shadow, of Janes best male portrayals. So now Sidney has to win Charlotte back. Her 75-page unfinished manuscript described Charlotte as an observer. Wouldnt she at that point be as sharp-tongued as she was in her first balcony scene with him? He leaves his friend as soon as he sees Lady D and Esther enter the ball room, fashionably late as great ladies were wont to do. I completely agree that there should have been more Tilney in Sidney. I believe we all saw what Sydney was forced to rescue her from. Their meeting stinks, in my humble opinion. (Yes, we are fallible. There, she hobnobs with her hosts, the. Sanditon is MASTERPIECE's bold and lavish adaptation of Jane Austen 's final work. He does not deserve being all right. Miss Lambe makes only two appearances. Esther is the alpha of the twoa bitch in a bonnet. We discovered she had a secret love called Otis who was a good man but flawed because. I aspire to perfectioning my tongue in cheek reviews! . What I didnt see mentioned was Arthurs obvious crush on Miss Lambe, and the curious way they kissed each others hands as they were pulled apart by his sister at the ball. I never warmed up to him. They could have had a lovely life together. Yes, it has that feel, doesnt it? I liked the series but loved the last two episodes. If there *is* a season 2, I will go into with lowered expectations for what this story should look/feel/sound/be like and Id try to actually enjoy it. Technology! That is not so. Thank you for the patience for going through this. Sidneys words turn Charlotte into a boneless mass of compliance. The neglected tombstone found in an overgrown burial ground. One thing we do all have in common, though is our love for Jane Austens writing. Who could ever be so handsome and sexy! In the eighth clip released, Miss Lambe (Crystal Clarke) receives a letter from her love Otis (Jyuddah Jaymes). This ending makes me rethink wanting to watch another Davies production. They must give us a respectful Jane Austen ending!! She was an immature, inexperienced child. Thank YOU for allowing all of us to vent and share in our love of Jane. The wedding is celebrated by the wrong couple, or the right couple, or half the couples who are eligible to marry. I like heartbreaking stories and despite Austen always giving her stories happy endings, this wasnt an Austen story because she never finished it. I am of the belief that tall, dark and dashing jolly well ought to come with good manners even when he hasnt fallen in love with the girl. Like, really Charlotte, your good friend Georgiana comes home from a traumatic kidnapping and you go visit her like what, twice? She and Sidney would not have been allowed to roam the countryside alone, Tom would not have been allowed to wander town and try and charm the Prince Regents special lady in shirtsleeves without a jacket on!!! My favorite part in the whole series: 1) when the workers stormed in to the cricket match, and some idiot gentleman said they look good. Yes, they did! Still, there are ways to provide a satisfying ending and still continue the story. This is not looking good. Very disappointing. This is also not Poldark, where the marriage is the focal point rather than the culmination. 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 wouldnt mind if the series ended there its more probable. Help! finale. Like Downton Abbey it deserves more from these fine actors and actresses. It turns out, he has saved them allexcept for he, himself and Charlotte. (sigh, hopeful,) I spend way too much time trying to figure things out, much of that having to do my own healing and restructuring my own understanding of events so that I can facilitate a new vision for myself to move forward. I understand. 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. Also, Charlotte needs to go back to not being afraid of speaking her mind and maybe spend like any time with some of the ladies she made friends with in Sanditon. The opening sequence reveals that Sidney has died of yellow fever while in Antigua. Hello, my name is Vic and I live in Maryland, USA. Ending of 'Sanditon'. James, such a sweet and likable character, stomps out, calling his father a miserable old man. Charlotte should end up with Stringer. After Lord Babbs weddng to Esther, Lady D turns to Charlotte. 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. Once I realised that, I sat back and enjoyed it, though, as someone else said, the comments here were far more entertaining.. At the end of my, er, analysis, well finish with a poll to measure our collective satisfaction quotient. A second series is demanded We do not accept any form of cash advertising, sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. I cancelled the DVR and now I can look forward to a Monday night for the first time in 7 weeks. I give the third ball in this series a rating of 2. I never was on Team Sidney, who displayed his jerk side way too often. My plea to the powers that be is to think of your audience and order up at least one more episode to tie up loose ends and provide Charlotte with the logical ending she deserves. One reason why I love the comments so much is that I gain so much from others perspectives, what people like and what turns them off. Hes so dreamy. 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. Shame on Davies and to heck with the disappointing ending. The opportunity is there for a real love story, but not until she grows up a little and he commits to being honorable and seriously understanding his responsibility to protecting her and her money. No, it was him. Good for you, Lizzie. Tony, you encouraged me to watch the series for what it is. Did anyone else not really see the Sidney/Charlotte connection? It just felt last-minute & sloppy. You made me laugh out loud with your Janewould have hired a hit man to take out Andrew Davies. LOL, Despicable ending!! I can take one episode, like a special, but not another season. I may be wrong about that, but I was surprised on how they ended a good story. Please, please, please, bring back the show! Andrew Davies, you did us wrong! As to the ending, i wouldnt have minded if she didnt end up with Sidney. The camera pans to Sidney chasing after Charlotte on his powerful steed. At that moment, Lord Babbington is announced and he enters smiling and smug, and asks Esther to accompany him for a ride. We need closure! "Now that is quite the accusation to level against an officer of the British empire, Miss Lambe," he replied with just enough of an angle to his smile to confirm that his loyalty was far from unshakeable. There is the suggestion that Sanditon will rise again, but will it be less posh than originally envisioned? And Sidney ( after being rude and aggressive) all of a sudden is overly polite when he tells Charlotte that he is best when he is around her. If Jane could have seen this pathetic ending she would have hired a hit man to take out Andrew Davies. But I contradict myself when I add that Sidney is sadly unique as portrayed by Davies. How could Tom have allowed it given his own feelings about love? Im willing to swallow a lot of bitter stuff provided Im rewarded at the end. I also was really bothered that all the other Parkers let Sidney take all the weight of the financial burden. Lets hope that the powers that be listen to their faithful and erudite fans. She chose wisely. Episodes 1 - 3: Sunday, March 5 at 7, 8 & 9PMEpisodes 4 - 6: Sunday, March 12 at 7, 8 & 9PM. And that version of Sidney (rather more Tilney than Darcy) is far more appealing to me :-). We need another season to finish it off right! Gentle readers: Please feel free to post your comments and continue the conversation! Sentimentality such as in the scene between Tom and his wife and then Sidney and Charlotte on the cliff grates on me by its untruthfulness. Understandably, Miss Heywood remains haunted by the final words Sidney spoke to her, which Sanditon echoes to the audience by using . 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