![]() In London, where he intends to confront corrupt magistrate and prison owner Joseph Merceron, he finds himself caught up with star-crossed lovers Geoffrey Charles (his nephew) and Cecily, the daughter of his latest nemesis Ralph Hanson (Merceron’s half-brother). It appears that the only reason for this assassination attempt is for him to discover a cave full of smuggled guns being hoarded in preparation for a French invasion. But in the build-up to the finale, it became clear that the plot was running away from its writer and creator Debbie Horsfield.īy episode seven, Aidan Turner’s Captain Ross Poldark, whose staunch moralism has been fixed to the point of making him, at times, unlikeable, has come-to after being bashed on the head and dropped down a mine. Over five seasons, the BBC adaptation of Winston Graham’s swashbuckling saga Poldark has flirted with ridiculousness to its benefit because, really, this is what audiences crave of the Sunday night drama.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |