26 thoughts on “Gentleman Jack Recap, Part 4

  1. Forget the pigs, I’d go full out Targaryan Mad and a)remove his manly parts, b) tie him up and c) pour army ants on him while my pet dragon incinerates the bastard. (this is after both Ser Brienne and Arya deal with him)

    I feel that this reveal was the root of Miss Walker’s health issues, her timidity and her extreme shyness.

    I love the nouveau riche Rawson ladies clothes. So beautiful, especially the white one, but more in keeping with London and court. Totally out of place here. Opinion: should make Rawson be added to the Mad Targaryan treatment? Remember Vlad The Impaler impaled thieves.

    Great episode. This is so my favourite one yet as GOT is …

    1. “I feel that this reveal was the root of Miss Walker’s health issues, her timidity and her extreme shyness.”

      Exactly! Such good character development (certain other HBO shows could have learned from this). Everything makes sense now.

      1. And I liked the fact that Yara Greyjoy, err, Marian and Anne can get along and have sister moments.

    2. Does anyone else wonder how his older wife falls out of a carriage and dies?

      1. I’m betting on her being pushed out or drugged and tossed out by her druggie husband. All those hours of Law and Order and CSI have led me to this theory.

        Any other suspects?

  2. Thank goodness Anne and Anne finally got out of all those clothes. No wonder poor Anne Walker was frustrated!

    Peter Davidson can be hard to recognize these days. He has nearly snuck past me a time or two. Not that his older, heavier incarnation is unattractive in any way, just different.

    Poor Anne Walker! I was getting suppressed and put upon vibes from her but this is worse than I thought!

      1. Dr. Belcomb doesn’t have the vocabulary but he seems to recognize PTSD when he sees it. He grasps that Anne Walker’s problems are rooted in Bad Things that have happened to her. I wonder if he guesses what kind of Bad Thing? How many women, and men too, were wandering through 1830sEngland with unaddressed sexual traumas? Too many would be my guess.

  3. The screaming pink dress throws off a theory I’ve been working with. We see Ann Walker in pinks and blues, the occasional lavender or pink and blue plaid. I know that “pink = stereotypical ly girly” wasn’t a trope in period, but it’s seemed to me that the more “under Miss Lister’s spell” she’s been, the bluer her clothing.

    Even in this episode after the screaming pink dress, we’ve seen her in blue when she tells Anne Lister that she’s always felt repugnance at the thought of being with a man and that she always wanted Anne, and in lavender halfway between pink and blue when she “confesses” “her” indiscretion and is sure Anne will reject her.

    1. I’ve been trying to see if there’s a specific color theory but I think it’s more what’s flattering on the actress. Sophie Rundle looks really good in pale colors. The screaming pink is a change, & it looks OK because of that tone. I think the brightness is, at least at first, because she’s declared “healthy.”

      1. That dress certainly is loud, and oddly assertive for Anne W. Anne L’s influence?

        1. And in what world would AL want her babygirl in a loud magenta dress like that? No I think AL like her girls soft and pastelish. Soft in the light and soft in the dark. Soft but very much into Anne’s every “firm” move.
          UM HUMM

  4. Interesting. I like how they don’t gloss over the worse parts of the period like child labor and stuff. Although I do wish that we would get some other dress colors besides yellow and pink.

    1. The yellow, green, & blue like Mrs. Priestly & the Rawson ladies wear are very common in period fashion plates. I think that pastels that Miss Walker wears are mostly because they’re flattering on the actress & it emphasizes the character’s sweetness & vulnerability.

  5. I can’t believe you missed showing a screenshot of Anne Lister in her bath with her sexy, hairy armpits! And it’s Anne with an E in Lister and no E in Ann Walker.

      1. she grew her armpit hair for months endured raising her infant over her head showing all her underarm hair for 3 seconds of screen time. she needs to shoot wainwright for that little slip-up

  6. It’s fun to see Lucy Briers (Mary in P+P 1995) as Mrs. Strickland Rawson– almost like seeing a future (though perhaps more fashionable) Mary ca. 1832

    1. Ahhh, interesting! I didn’t catch the actress’ name — IMDB hasn’t updated fully, & I didn’t have time to pause the credits on HBO Go.

  7. I am interested in Eugenie’s storyline. They are not delving very deep into her, but I am happy to see a woman of color represented. The actress is quite lovely and has an elegant bearing. Her moment with Ms. Cordingly was sweet and touching. I like the Sowden storyline, too. Ms. Sowden’s relief at the absence of her husband is pretty awesome. Also…DRACARYS to that Ainsworth fucker. So sad that Ann felt any kind of obligation to his raping ass. And. A reverend, no less. I honestly cried as she slowly revealed her story to Ms. Lister.

  8. Late to the party because it took some time to get the show here in Germany.
    Minor hiccup, weren’t two of the Washington daughters visiting the Sowden’s pig farm? There are six of them and the elder one looked at bit young to have had six children.

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