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Scene Stealer: Jenna Coleman [Victoria, S2]

March 7, 2018

Season 2 of Victoria confirms Jenna Coleman’s masterful ability to rule the screen In many dramas, the second season is where the lead actors hit their stride and Jenna Coleman on PBS‘ Victoria is no exception to this rule. She knows Queen Victoria [...]

by Amanda Prescott

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Victoria Season 2: Final Verdict [PBS]

March 4, 2018

From military defeat to economic reform, season 2 of Victoria handles a wide range of issues The second season of Victoria on PBS proves there is a lot of substance underneath the big-budget costume drama exterior. Although showrunner Daisy Goodwin adds [...]

by Amanda Prescott

Victoria Roundtable 2×07 “Comfort and Joy”

February 27, 2018

Prince Albert is the ultimate Christmas fanboy This week on PBS, Victoria ends Season 2 with turning the palace into a winter wonderland. Prince Albert (Tom Hughes) is super busy cosplaying a lumberjack and ordering handmade ornaments from Prussia. He is [...]

by Amanda Prescott

Victoria 2×06 “The Luxury of Conscience” Roundtable

February 21, 2018

Peel’s call to “Choose the future, not the past” defines this week’s episode This week, Victoria covers a lot of ground to tie several of the ongoing plot lines together. Sir Robert Peel (Nigel Lindsay) makes a push in Parliament to repeal the Corn Laws. [...]

by Amanda Prescott

Victoria 2×05 “The King Over The Water” Roundtable

February 13, 2018

Queen Victoria escapes from a gilded jail Victoria moves the setting once again, this time to the rolling hills of the Scottish Highlands. Two assassination attempts on Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman) and Prince Albert (Tom Hughes) have turned the castle [...]

by Amanda Prescott

Victoria Season 2: Four Episode Challenge

February 8, 2018

A new season means new decisions for Her Majesty The Show: Victoria The Network: PBS The Genre: Period/Biographical drama The Challenge: Give a show four episodes with which to draw you in, impress you, challenge you, make you feel something deeply. Four [...]

by Amanda Prescott

Victoria 2×04 “Faith, Hope and Charity” Roundtable

February 6, 2018

All eyes are on Ireland’s less fortunate Victoria this week takes a very somber turn. A combination of drought and fungus has wiped out the potato crop in Ireland. Thousands of farmers and their families can’t afford rent and are starving because their [...]

by Amanda Prescott

Drama After Dark: The CW orders 6 pilots, Katherine Heigl joins Suits, Shut Eye ca...

February 3, 2018

ICYMI: The Alienist sets TNT records, Shut Eye is cancelled, This Is Us hits series high, and more! If you missed last week’s Drama After Dark issue, don’t worry! You can get all the info with the full article here! Hulu has officially cancelled Shut Eye. [...]

by Sarah Jeanne

Victoria [2×03] “Entente Cordiale” Roundtable

January 30, 2018

A clash of cultures: Britain vs. France British-French relations dominate episode 3 of Victoria. King Louis Philippe (Bruno Wolkowitch) is seeking to marry his son to the Spanish Queen Isabel. Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman) believes that the potential [...]

by Amanda Prescott

Drama After Dark: Paul Bettany may play Prince Philip in The Crown, The Mighty Duc...

January 27, 2018

ICYMI: Fox’s The Resident sees a drop in ratings following its second episode To catch up on past news, check out the last issue of Drama After Dark here. Fox’s new medical drama, The Resident, saw a 60% drop in ratings and viewership following its second [...]

by Ariba Bhuvad

Victoria [2×02] “Warp and Weft” and “Sins of the Father” Roundtable

January 23, 2018

A medieval-themed ball to save the economy Victoria Season 2 continues with another doubleheader. “Warp and Weft” picks up the thread of growing social inequality left from last season. The silk makers of Spitalfields, a neighborhood in London still [...]

by Amanda Prescott

‘Victoria’ [2×01] “A Soldier’s Daughter” and “The Green-Eyed Monster” Roundtable

January 16, 2018

A fight against feminine fragility. The second season of Victoria on PBS kicked off with an action-packed premiere and second episode. “A Soldier’s Daughter” brings viewers into the middle of a military crisis. While Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman), was [...]

by Amanda Prescott

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