Queen Victoria Syndrome
- Episode aired Nov 9, 2022
- TV-MA
- 55m
A much-needed update to the Royal Yacht draws scrutiny to the Queen's reign. Hounded by the press, Charles and Diana have a second honeymoon in Italy.A much-needed update to the Royal Yacht draws scrutiny to the Queen's reign. Hounded by the press, Charles and Diana have a second honeymoon in Italy.A much-needed update to the Royal Yacht draws scrutiny to the Queen's reign. Hounded by the press, Charles and Diana have a second honeymoon in Italy.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAs season 5 begins, the cast turns over for a second time. Most cast members are replaced by considerably older actors. For example, Imelda Staunton is 18 years older than Olivia Colman, Dominic West is 21 years older than Josh O'Connor, and Jonathan Pryce is 27 years older than Tobias Menzies. However, in the role of Diana, Elizabeth Debicki is only 5 years older than her predecessor Emma Corrin.
- GoofsAt 35:27, one of the pipers wears a modern sport watch.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Norma Major: What's the matter?
John Major: When you imagine the problems you might be confronted with as prime minister, you imagine tricky sessions at PMQs. The economy in free fall. Going to war. You never imagine this. The House of Windsor should be binding the nation together. Setting an example of idealized family life. Instead, the senior royals seem dangerously deluded and out of touch. The junior royals, feckless, entitled, and lost. And the Prince of Wales, impatient for a bigger role in public life, fails to appreciate that his one great asset is his wife. It's a situation that cannot help but affect the stability of the country. And what makes it worse is it feels it's all about to erupt. On my watch.
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- SoundtracksEmotions
Performed by Mariah Carey
Written by David Bryon Cole, Mariah Carey & Robert Manuel Clivilles
Produced by David Bryon Cole, Mariah Carey & Robert Manuel Clivilles
I say this because I'm seriously confounded how the writers & producers opted to omit all of that interesting inspiration (from historical fact) in order to prioritise speedily leaping to this section of the late monarch's era... When it does very little to justify why this warranted the rush, since it's off to such a tediously slow start here. Hardly seems comparably engaging & therefore, to me, feels sadly disappointing.
Moreover, I've reservations as to the quality of the re-casting; from his introduction, Dominic West oddly doesn't seem to be able to decide whether he wants to try doing the recognisable Prince Charles voice or not (flitting in & out of it between scenes) & Jonathan Pryce isn't even bothering to attempt Prince Philip either.
Of course, the cinematography's gorgeous & production values are mightily impressive (at times, resembling a Bond flick, aesthetically) but it doesn't have the same focus that the earlier seasons did & that abundance of style seems to compensate for a noticeable dip in substance. Whether this is because the crew has lost its lead director (Benjamin Caron) who previously steered the production through its prior years or the magic simply can't retain itself forever, it admittedly felt almost as if S1 (an an example) succeeded by holding its attention to a small ensemble of iconic characters. Thus, as the family grows, each member's pulling at the other's story & competing for screen time, increasingly spreading it all a bit thin with each & every installment.
- W011y4m5
- Nov 14, 2022
Details
- Runtime55 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1