The camera pans to Sidney chasing after Charlotte on his powerful steed. Thats how I see it anyway. Wouldnt she at that point be as sharp-tongued as she was in her first balcony scene with him? I may be wrong about that, but I was surprised on how they ended a good story. :). As i am firmly Team Stringer, i dont really mind that Sidney Parker is henceforth unavailablealways excepting an early widowhood, possibly his wife will die in childbed and he will make haste to provide his infant daughter with a kindly stepmother and his feckless elder brother with a fortune to squander. Cant live without it. Just let it drift over the horizon, and be done with it. With so many flaws in characters and situations, his ability to mimic Austen is strictly in his swollen ego. Episode 6. Do read Austens original manuscript. One of the times that happened before was when I was watching Ivanhoe (stay with me briefly) I was watching if like many others but I was just stuck on Sir Brian de Bois Guilbert. Then Sidney is way laid by Tom. Looked dinky, cheap, fake, loaded with CGI and not up to the standards of the other exterior locations. "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. I have adored Jane Austen almost all of my life. I am mostly sad that Georgiana was dropped from the storyline completely and had no ending. Charlotte and Sidney clash over Miss Lambe's illicit meeting with Otis. Well, clearly, we move onto Charlotte Bront. In another scene, Tom grovels in front of Mary and she, milquetoast, er, loving wife, that she is, forgives him. Ha! The worker men would nit have been allowed in the gentlemans rowing contest. As well, as saying love does not end the way it should sometimes. Then Charlotte drops a bombshell - "Sidney is a wonderful man. I actually enjoyed the movie Pride and Prejudice and Zombies better than the ending of this mini-series. Miss Lambe ( Crystal Clarke) arrives in the seaside resort of Sanditon under the protection of Mrs Griffiths, a middle-aged white woman whose other "charges" include the English Miss. It would make him feel real. Great in depth review, Vic., and I agree with your take on the final episode. Yuck-patooey. Ralph is a farmer in Willingdon that Charlotte's father insisted she marry. At the end of my, er, analysis, well finish with a poll to measure our collective satisfaction quotient. Disclaimer: Our team makes no profit from this blog. We need closure! He's so dreamy. For me , it started with episode 7, when everything began to feel contrived. 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. At that moment, Lord Babbington is announced and he enters smiling and smug, and asks Esther to accompany him for a ride. I liked the series but loved the last two episodes. Miss Lambe is a young lady-probably a niece-under Mrs. Griffiths' care, richer than all the rest, and very delicate health. I reach for more wine and learn to my surprise that one can gulp 3 ounces in one fell swoop. After what seems to be an age, Charlottes dance with Stringer finally ends. In Janes stories all the heroines get a good ending. 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! We were left going huh? after investing all that time in it. Plus, why is the elder Stringer working for a gentleman when he hasnt been paid in an age? She is just there because they paid this actress. finale. Her disdain for him is understandable as she is young and does not yet comprehend what she so narrowly escaped and anyone in her situation would resent being so far from home with no-one she can relate to and with the ever present reality of systemic racism and the real threat of slavery. Charlotte . I love it when Story B makes it to the A list and emerges front and center. June 27, 2021. My head spins from the many scene changes and from my low blood sugar. So the series is highly inconsistent and that goes with having different writers. Then comes the piece de resistance in romance dialoguesIf Ive changed at all it is in no small part down to you. I might not want another complete season, but one or two episodes would be nice. Instead Davies will have Sydney go off to fight Napoleon to get away from Eliza. I even have a Madame Alexander Pride & Prejudice doll. (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. They were the best characters because their story involved actually learning about themselves and each other and experiencing personal growth. Hello, my name is Vic and I live in Maryland, USA. I watched Sanditon some time ago and did not think at the time that I would want to see a second season, but now I do, just to give Vic a fresh whetstone for her wit. Good points all. That is what I call a good mini series. We could emotionally chalk it up as a summer romance. If we had a season two to look forward I really do think wed get something happy out of it but we will never know. Sanditon is a sleepy tale based in a seaside village. Alas, her heart was broken when Molyneux's big mouth and gambling ways got her into some serious trouble. Thanks, Maureen. Shes/were just lucky that Esther broke her silence at her bedside. Found this blog while looking for information about Austen era music (other than the big names) and saw this blog. I plan to follow up this mini-series with this book. Ill imagine your ending instead! She and Charlotte chatter like close girlfriends are wont to do, giggling and exchanging highly personal information. Georgiana Lambe's (Crystal Clarke) sugar boycott in Sanditon season 2 is based on a real event that happened in the 19th century. (And so super gorgeous!) And also a working brain. I suffered through 8 episodes so I could watch Sidney throw Charlotte over for that pretentious twit of a widow? Its for Charlotte and (eyeing his ball attire), you look like one of THEM! I am more concerned with the Miss Lambe storyline. If you thought that ending would make viewers happy, you deserve a smack in the head from Jane Austen. Even Willoughby, selfish rake that he is, gives us charm and wit before his fall from the proverbial pedestal. Charlotte, my dear CharlotteI had hoped that upon my return Id be able to make you a proposal of marriage, but it cannot bethe fact is I have been obliged to engage myself to Mrs. Eliza Campion.. I have loved reading your perspectives. She also was, at 22, facing spinsterhood. You achieved tongue in cheek and also very Jane-like in humor. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a tertiary character left alone with a lighted candle must inevitably burn down the building. Thanks so much. Tony, you encouraged me to watch the series for what it is. Sidney rides off in the sunset to London to find funds. I cancelled the DVR and now I can look forward to a Monday night for the first time in 7 weeks. Charlotte is stunned, however. Will Mrs. Campion conveniently kick the bucket or will Charlotte warm up to poor James Stringer? Thank you for listening to my rant. She basically calls him a wuss and says: You are the worlds worst carriage driver., Why not? As she drives the horses even faster we gain insight into their future relationship. We viewers KNOW this maiden has won the final rose from her very eligible bachelor and that all is right in Austenland. Across the ball room, Charlotte and Sidney exchange glances of frustration, but she cant refuse Stringer, for she was not engaged to dance with another gentleman. Sanditon season 2 ended on a major - not to mention heartbreaking - cliffhanger for fans following its run on BritBox and PBS Masterpiece, so the third season of the Regency-era period drama can't come soon enough.. Is Theo James, the actor, though he tried his best, but hes no Mr. Darcy that way because of his acting chops or because of the script (Davies)? Are you still proclaiming your independence? Not sure what fate Sidney deserves. What a cheat! What about borrowing all or part of the money from Georgianna? Despicable ending did I really suffer 8 episodes so he could dump her for that pretentious twit of a widow? Im hoping the plan for Season 2 is that Georgiana will offer to lend the money for rebuilding Sanditon, provided the insurance is purchased this time, so that her friend Charlotte will have her love, in Sidney. His marriage to Lady C, if it occurs, will be unhappy and he will regret it and let Charlotte know. In that day and age a woman of means lost all her wealth if she was wed to an unscrupulous man. This is one DVD I will not buy. He has no idea of how to save his dream for a seaside resort. Come on. She ripostes, But much improved. Really, Charlotte, really? I agree. Now, gentle reader, its your turn to vent, either in the comment section or in this poll. We absolutely enjoyed Sanditon and can hardly wait for the next season. I take care not to throw that precious liquid at the screen whenever Lady C smirks. Still, there are ways to provide a satisfying ending and still continue the story. Thank you for that reminder Kevin. The episode ends with Georgiana examining a locket with a portrait of a young Black man and kissing it before finishing a letter. 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. Viewers hungered to learn more about the characters, but had the series ended by season 4, for example, there would have been few loose ends. I cant quite see the match, but found the insinuation intriguing. It really was that bad. Like you, I found the death of Stringer Senior contrived, but it did not endear the young man to me. Miss Georgiana Lambe (played by Crystal Clarke) is a wealthy heiress from the West Indies who is most certainly not afraid to speak her mind and make her opinions known. PBS fans saved the canceled adaptation of Jane Austen's final unfinished novel. Many lives were tragically interfered with because of the rigid class system. And poor Charlotte. I guess were lucky S&C didnt run away like Lydia and Wickham to ruin the family even more. I can hope that after all Charlotte marries Mr Stringer and like Esther learns to love her worthy kind consistent tender hard-working husband. It changed him completely. None of the other characters grew in any noticeable way. Ending of 'Sanditon'. 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. Tom is so foolhardy how much will Sidneys rich wife give him before she realizes its just going to waste. Thank you so much for writing this. The episode opens with our lovely Miss Charlotte walking on air through the one intersection of the Sanditon set that viewers have seen repeatedly. The P&P-like turning point that Davies was playing for didnt quite work for me. And, Mary Parker, having taken Charlotte under her wing, should have told her not to wear her hair the same as she would have in the farm yard. Surely you jest..that is not a ending.Jane would be horrified. I am sure something happens and Sidney becomes free to be with Charlotte. Tom will still make all the wrong moves. Charlotte and Miss Lambe hatch a secret plan sure to draw ire from Sanditon's residents. Meanwhile, Clara witnesses a private moment between Esther . Charlotte should end up with Stringer. For the first time in many episodes, Miss Lambe is dressed in a lovely gown. And if Davies wasnt going to do it, then at least grant Charlotte the dignity of riding off into the sunset on her own, perhaps visibly gaining new confidence in herself as she goes. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The current ending is too reminiscent of Mariannes situation with Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility. This is the first time Ive been labeled as honored. Usually people give me less agreeable monickers, many of which cannot be printed in a family friendly blog. She's come with her farmer. And Austen addict that I am, I actually read Sanditon years ago and always thought the premise was intriguing.The 11-chapter scrap of a novel is set in Sanditon, a seaside town being . But he is not attracted. 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. A chance accident brings Charlotte Heywood to Sanditon, a seaside resort on the cusp of dramatic change. How could Sidney have done this? Well Miss Heywood? A second series is demanded No matter where she's from. The Ms. Lambe scenario is quite reasonably played out so far, has everyone forgotten that Otis is a rather flamboyant gambler. There were some happy endings but really they were not necessarily the norm. She chose wisely. I completely agree that there should have been more Tilney in Sidney. I expect the second season (if there is one) will spotlight Young Springer as the worthy love she deserves, a man who seeks success through work, study, and architectural vision rather than financial flimflam like Sidney Parkers brother. Stringer would not have been invited to the ball, and even if he were, it was not true to his character that he would go. WellI had problems with the Sidney/Charlotte relationship, anyway. Please us all with the follow on, not forgetting the present cast which were all so well chosen. Esther is honest. Or is it that none of our young men have taken your fancy? She turns to Sidney: What do you say, Mr. Parker?. Jane would not have written it that way! Sidney was most amiable by the end of episode 7 and in the finale he left me not wanting to invest any more time and energy in him and his relationship with Charlotte. After a tearful cliffside goodbye, they both left town for good? You might so I do so long for joy that meretricious versions depress me. He does not deserve being all right. The wedding is celebrated by the wrong couple, or the right couple, or half the couples who are eligible to marry. Miss Lambe gasped. Charlotte/Sidney/James Springer dance to the same music as Marianne Dashwood/Willoughby/Col. Marriage and children was never a vision I had for myself. OF THE COACHING AGE, VOL. However, Vic made me laugh so much I forgot how incensed and disappointed I was with that pathetic attempt at a season (series?) I felt so betrayed by this final episode and turned right to you for commiseration. Perhaps, it was a nod to Austens real life where her status and rank in society did not offer her a good marriage in the end. The writers need to write a satisfactory ending. Yes, it has that feel, doesnt it? Anyway, thank you for the reviews!! Yarrrr! Lord Babb had more personality in his little finger than James, king of the friend zone. 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. I find it odd that so much money was spent on costumes and a few lush sets and so little on the town of Sanditon. Like Matthew Crawley's (Dan Stevens) death in Downton Abbey, Sanditon killing off Sidney is also a smart move because of all of the story possibilities that spawn from it. Shes so delighted with the newsso pleased for himso gushingthat he must be disappointed with that overenthusiastic reaction. It was released on 17th April 2022 by PBS. That is not so. I love rich, huggy-bear types who adore their headstrong women. 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