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I'm watching E2 right now and I'm so bummed I placed the image in this post so wrong 😩😂
I just finished and am truly so happy with this season. I rewound a couple parts just to watch again. Absolutely loved it.
Ahh, the Easter eggs from other adaptations. The “you bewitched me” line… swoon and sigh!
(Do wish we could have had a few moments longer of them happy together/montage of “making a life” but that is a minor nit.)
I agree but they kissed twice for the spoilers I saw if there's a third kiss I haven't seen them post yet.
I kinda thought this line was a little bit out of place.
For me it’s all part of the Austen adaptation pastiche that is Sanditon.
It just did not feel like something Xander would have said and their relationship are different, she did not bewitch him.
I think it explains his reactions to her from the very beginning and why he caught up with her to offer her the job.
I can't find JA using the word 'bewitched' in 'P and P' but I think it was used in the Matthew MacFadyan 'P and P' and they have therefore used it here for AC to say. I don't like it a lot. Do you have an idea of what you would have liked him to say, rather than 'bewitched'? I think she definitely attracted him and interested him from the moment he looked up from his desk.
Love this line because the rest of it confirms he felt something when they first met 🥹
Darn, Edward got a bunch of classics! From a wet shirt in EP.1 to a "you pierce my soul" letter to a Wickham elopement to a soul conversion?! Somebody was laughing out loud writing this stuff up...
I cannot believe that they managed to make me hope for good things for him in the end. Damn impressive
Right? I texted my friend (we've been counting down the days since she blew through the first two seasons a few months ago) and said "Edward is not redeemable" while watching episode 4 but dangit if he didn't seem to turn around. Ugh.
I was a huge hater of Edward, I'm amazed that they managed to write such an incredible turnaround for him! Absolutely amazing.
I love the idea of him becoming a clergyman!
I think it worked for me because they didn’t try to make him a romantic hero all of a sudden… he improved enough to shove Augusta away rather than hurt her, and that’s probably the limit of what I could have bought in terms of redemption. I’m glad they didn’t end up together!!
I loved the brief bit after Charlotte and Alexander's wedding when Charlotte catches him checking a young woman out. Like, he's changed, but he's still very much Edward
I thought about the wet shirt homage but hadn't seen it mentioned by anyone else. Can't say I hate that one...
And that old brown collar coat did live to see the successful proposal... Shaking my head like the NBA...
What a ride!!!!!!!!!! It was like a Jane Austen love letter to us fans! If I didn't have to work in 6 hours, I'd binge it again!
Where are you watching the full season?
Amazon Prime with pbs masterpiece theater added on
PBS app also has it (in US at least).
6 hours seems perfect for a rewatch... ;-)
Gosh my eyes hurt but all worth it. I couldn’t wait to watch it all. Im so happy but I so wish we got more at the end of them two.
I really didn't plan on finishing it in one sitting, but here we are
Hheeehe! Same!! :D I finished the whole thing! :D
I watched the first episode on pbs. Said “Hell no!” And inmedietly paid for passport and binged the whole thing lol
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I have found my people!!!
Same!
Same here Monday morning a lot of tea was drunk
Same!!!!
Aaah, I’m so happy 😃 We got HEAs all round!
Loved it! My eyes are burning, hope everyone enjoys at their own pace! I’m a night owl so I was able to do it. Looking forward to seeing what people think.
So happy to hear Allison and Declan mentioned even if they couldn't make an appearance!
ugh FINALLY. i am so sad it’s the end though, i coulda kept going 😂
I'm so happy with how everything turned out. Even Edward managed to not be a total monster in the end. Can't wait to watch it all over again!
Who was Lady Lydia having an “engagement” with?
It's never explicit said, I assumed it was whoever her mother didn't think was suitable but she loved anyway.
It feels like the scene was cut out where Xander actually says his name. Cause his next sentence says that she is marrying him not Xander.
I’m very much hoping for lots of season 2 & 3 deleted scenes…
My thougts exactly! I still can't knock out of my head those season 2 carriage ride pictures. Let's hope they release them!
And how did AC know 🤔
I'm sure Lady Susan has her ways...
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Interesting idea
I thought this as well, love there are still some mysteries to uncover :)
I took it to be the man that her mother asked her to break up with at Bath, in the offscreen events before season 3. And that perhaps she confided in AC and he was like cool not my problem then
😆 see him saying exactly that.
It's definitely Ralph.
Well, I for one feel unsatisfied. Maybe because I sacrificed sleep to binge it all. Maybe I’ll feel differently after another watch through all the episodes.
I am very happy about Charlotte and Alexander and Sam and Lady Susan. I just wanted more scenes with their stories. I could have done with less subplots and more post marriage with Charlotte and Xander.
I feel the same. I’m hoping I’ll like it more during my second watch through with my nerves and expectations in check.
I am pretty sure you will. I have lost count of my rewatched and have felt much more satisfied than on the first rushed go-through. Now I can savor every word and look.
I felt the same. It just seemed SO rushed at the end. I really feel like all of the sub-plots could have been eliminated to focus more on the main characters' love story. While cute, we did not need Lady D and Miss H's love stories. It felt like they were trying to give EVERY female character a HEA.
Hard agree. Tough, but not everyone should have a love interest. There’s just not room. Mrs. H could’ve still had her scenes with Edward (which were great) and Lady D could take place of rowleigh.
And Georgiana’s five million plot points were too much.
I am with you girls. I love many things but 6 episodes with all new story plots wasn’t enough and felt rushed.
I needed more conversations and scenes between AC & C. Also more of AC character development which was left unseen to us presumably when he was away. I feel like the sudden change in AC character wasn’t explained much, he just comes back and thinks he can get back Char without apologizing for how he left Char at the end of S2.
In fact he decided to pursue her only when girls says “hey she is back & regrets leaving”. I needed more scenes showing his remorse and desire to get her back at the first episodes, instead it was super rushed with all subplots.
that was my feeling at the end. For one, I was watching the show timer count down and it was stressful, I knew there'd be a HEA but it was like the end of S2 of Bridgerton. Everything happens in the last 5 minutes (not unlike many JA movies though.) And it felt underwhelming, which was worse than it all being at the end I think. Of course we knew it would work out. I loved the way they meet on her way out of town. But it was the lack of dialogue I think that hurt it. As others have said they could have spent a bit more time on the proposal, would have been nice for Charlotte to speak, etc.
I also binged it (I guess anyone posting here rn did) and I also am going to try another watch through at a slower pace and that might help. Plus knowing these fictional characters are happy helps! I'm impressed at how many storylines they managed and overall the show was very well done.
Me too, I wanted a wedding night scene even a brief one like Babbers and Esther had.And Leo calling Charlotte mother as she longed to. They could've cut all the Lady Denham and her boyfriend's scenes out for me.
Yes! Exactly.
This novel was unfinished anyway and they could have taken it any direction. I was kind of hoping for something akin to Death Comes to Pemberly, I have not read that novel just seen the show but I liked seeing Elizabeth’s and Darcy’s life imagined during their marriage.
The point of the ending is that everybody got the life they wanted. With Esther and Babs it was important to show that she could love and be loved, after the trauma from Edward's abuse. With Charlotte, we needed to see her utilizing her talents outside of the home with a supportive and loving partner by her side.
Oh, I thought the epilogue for Charlotte was perfect! I actually would’ve preferred some post engagement scenes.
Definitely post-engagement scenes! There's a thread somewhere where someone mentions that Masterpiece used to have 90 minute finales. And Sanditon surely had something to fill every one of those minutes...post--engagement scenes where Charlotte and Alexander could have cleared up a few details in their backstory, explained their respective behaviors to each other in the botched proposal scene at Trafalgar house at the end of S2, Charlotte and Georgiana walking on the beach together to reflect on how things turned out and remembering Sydney, scenes of C&A returning to Heyrick after getting engaged to tell Leo and Augusta and Sam and Lady Susan, Charlotte's family getting the news, etc. etc. etc.
Yes! Too much and we needed more Xander & Charlotte.
Idk the ending felt very Austen-esque to me. I find most of the books ended fairly quickly once the drama was over.
I totally agree. The Austen lovers never sit and have all these wonderful conversations.
I hate that I feel the same. I’m trying to focus on the HEA that we don’t see, hopefully there will be some good fanfic to give me the little details I miss…
Have you rewatched? Does it change anything?
Unfortunately, I’ve only rewatched certain scenes. And it helps to pickup on every little glance between the two I missed the first watch but it doesn’t change I wanted to the story to be more Charlotte and Colbourne focused. I could have done without the Lady D romantic subplot and the one between Miss Hankins and Dr. Fuchs.
I wouldn’t mind if they kept the Hankins/ Fuchs and dropped Lady D/ Pryce. I too wanted so much more of Charlotte and Colbourne, especially after episode 5…
I loved the parallels to S1 -- one was the rescue of Augusta compared to Georgiana in S1. And the difference in the same conversation Charlotte had with each man in the carriage where she owns up to her advice -- contrast Sidney's reaction with ACs.
And then at the end when I realized AC was going to intercept her carriage on her way out of town I had a huge grin on my face thinking of how similar to end of S1 but with a happy ending.
Although I am annoyed at how short the ending was, although I kind of expected it. I mean most Jane Austen end with the declaration of love in the last few pages. Someone was mentioning they wish the proposal was a bit more and I agree. It wasn't quite as emotional for me as Emma or P&P. But I'll watch it a few more times, maybe we will get there! His declaration of love earlier in the season was on point though and perfection so I guess I'll let it go! :-)
Yes first cliff scene was IT and then some.
I totally agree! Proposal was a bit short. Could have gotten down on his knee. And wish there was more post wedding bliss. Not just 5 min at the very end!
I was hoping for a waking up in the morning scene! I guess we'll just need to wait for some good fan fiction lol!
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Lol you are right! And she barely took any maternity leave now that I think about it!
That early declaration in E3 was surprising and perfect where it was, but perforce it stole some thunder from this final declaration...it had to. That said, the two declarations are different enough in the meaning of what is said, (god Colbourne becomes articulate) that it just deepened the whole sense of the relationship for me. Which I thought was pretty impossible by the end of S3 E6, hahaha.
Articulate Colbourne was 🔥🔥. I was like "Yeah, way to use your words!!!!" Lol
Am I silly to have hated how windy the proposal scene was? 😅 I mean, this is an important scene - just wait to film so we can focus on their emotive features vs seeing them squint and hold their bonnets. Ugh. It was distracting. And, yes, too short. And "bewitched"?? Not very AC and WAY TOO not-my-Darcy 2005 P&P. Sigh. It also seemed ridiculous to me how far away the carriage stopped from Hannibal. I mean, why would they stop there and why would Charlotte get out when she takes like 15' to say say his name (presumably to confirm his identity and purpose). I assume they stopped 50' away from each other so the horses and carriage would not be in the shot, but it just seemed weird. And I'm not usually one to notice stuff like that :P
What did you guys think about the “I’d thought you given up on Miss Heywood” “I wasn’t thinking of her.” Exchange.
It sounded like He was thinking of proposing to Lydia??? Or did I read that wrong.
I think he wasn't telling the truth there. It sounded defensive to me. Curious what everyone else thinks. I got so scared for a minute that he was going to propose to Lydia on their horse ride (turns out Lydia was meeting her mystery man) but I guess they wanted to lead us on that way for some added drama, as if there wasn't enough already!
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I think you are right about this. Second time through it was really clear he was lying/trying to cover his feelings.
I thougth that he just wanted to speak more about their previous topic, Samuel's forming relationship, and that was A's way of saying "pls don't change the subject"
I like this. I think it requires another rewatch, just to be sure.
Good idea, rewatch it is then! I will stop and replay so many times...
I was super hoping to see Fralison at the Heybourne wedding, which would have made sense given they’re sisters? If only 💗
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Contracting issues is the only explanation I can think of, especially cause we know they filmed the two seasons at the same time!
They have said it was Covid restrictions.
No one from her entire family were present... I was trying to see if anyone in the background might be her mom or dad, but nope, I guess they boycotted the whole thing because they didn't approve of her discarding Ralph...
Honestly I don’t think we are meant to read into it, I think it was just logistical restraints in filming due to budget and Covid 🙈 I’m going to go ahead and assume the family was there and use my imagination here
I think you're right, I just thought it was funny that their friends were all there, and then his family but not hers. Didn't think about it the first time, but the second.