They exchange smoldering looks. Have any of these characters learned anything? None of my friends watch Masterpiece and I have no one to share my grief with. Marriage and children was never a vision I had for myself. The horses gallop along a beautiful stretch of beach. There is the suggestion that Sanditon will rise again, but will it be less posh than originally envisioned? i find the end of episode 8 to be unfulfilling, to say the least, maddening and a tease, at best. Yarrrr! Im dissatisfied As you said this is what I invested my time in? Still quite a good series but not within Janes vision. I felt like the endings of the story line were hurriedly done. James Stringer takes this moment to ask Charlotte for a dance. I would love to see a second series, there is a lot to work with here from a writers perspective. Seaside resorts were developed all along the English coast, but Sandiston seems a little close to Brighton to replace that resort. So disappointingonly one minor storyline wrapped up (Esthers). Davies and his writers failed on so many levels to pick up on Austens clues. While disappointed overall in the show did enjoy your comments! A recap of episode 1 of season 2 of Jane Austen's unfinished novel . Hah! We were left going huh? after investing all that time in it. He hies back to Sanditon several weeks after his departure, causing ulcers and sleepless nights for kith and kin. Description. The couple meanders along the Downs, lost in tender emotions and lust. Does anyone recall a scene from Becoming Jane where she turns to her sister, Cassandra, and mentions that she will give all her heroines a happy ending in her honor (paraphrase). and coming out of it on the other side, the way Esther did (dark to light), I think it would improve his character and my opinion of him. Hes so dreamy. Episodes 1 - 3: Sunday, March 5 at 7, 8 & 9PMEpisodes 4 - 6: Sunday, March 12 at 7, 8 & 9PM. By agreeing to marry Ralph, Charlotte has admitted defeat. We may receive books (physical or digitized) and DVDs for review purposes. How can you not! J. ), Personally, I will stick to the Sanditon ending as written by Another Lady. Its not perfectly Austen either, but it is a good deal better than this! The scene segues to Georgianas bedroom. Sidney visits Tom in the drawing room and catches Charlotte going out to adjust the final finishes to her ball gown. Charlotte has both sense and sensibility, though she lacks an older sister. I do love all her work but it is the depth of her characters here that are vibrant and compelling. Thank YOU for allowing all of us to vent and share in our love of Jane. We all see the right wayand even Lady Georgianawhy was she even in the plot if not to have her give money on the promise that she can marry her true love, too? Arthur interrupts to ask Miss Lambe to dance. This! The TV series Sanditon has a total of eight episodes. (#1 goes to the London ball, and #3 to the assembly ball at the beginning of the series.) All wrapped up, tidy, and happy! Please us all with the follow on, not forgetting the present cast which were all so well chosen. I got much too carried away and meant to but neglected to acknowledge Vic. And poor Charlotte. I plan to follow up this mini-series with this book. He despised Tom Parker and the fakey upper class! I would hope Clara comes back but if its again these seething melodramatic absurdities Id just as soon skip her doing more handjobs. Lady Susan certainly couldve ridden to the rescue, or perhaps Tom couldve groveled enough to make Lady Denham forgive him. I dont understand why Lady Susan couldnt come to their aid after being such a dear friend to Charlotte and being so understandably critical of Lady Campions relationship with Sidney. Sidney was most amiable by the end of episode 7 and in the finale he left me not wanting to invest any more time and energy in him and his relationship with Charlotte. The only thing I regret is the sense Tom has hell be all right. Perhaps we should plan a simple country wedding. The dancing continues, with Lord Babb and Esther, Arthur and Georgiana, and the rest of the assembled guests having great fun. Although a happy ending is not necessary, there are several loose ends. (sigh, hopeful,) I spend way too much time trying to figure things out, much of that having to do my own healing and restructuring my own understanding of events so that I can facilitate a new vision for myself to move forward. Up until then, had we ever seen Arthur and Georgiana together? I agree. I give the third ball in this series a rating of 2. OF THE COACHING AGE, VOL. I actually loved Esthers character and glad she and her Lord got a happy ending. What did TOM do to rectify the situation he put himself in? I wonder what she's up to. It would make him feel real. Then Charlotte drops a bombshell - "Sidney is a wonderful man. "Do we have a rebel in our midst, Captain Fraser?". Feeling her lungs start to burn, Charlotte pressed down on her stopwatch, let out a long breath and opened her eyes. My plea to the powers that be is to think of your audience and order up at least one more episode to tie up loose ends and provide Charlotte with the logical ending she deserves. In Sanditon season 2, Miss Heywood swore she wouldn't be beholden to a man again and she decided she wouldn't marry anyone now that Sidney is gone. Good news, bad news: the hero returns to save the day but sacrifices his lovely damsel and his own happiness. I agree completely with these statements. Most of the time Austen qualifies her happy ending by ironies and other astringent comments or a downright melancholy possilibility in the future (Persuasion). Hopefully, at some point, someone will take him to task and appoint a manager to rein him in. She and Sidney would not have been allowed to roam the countryside alone, Tom would not have been allowed to wander town and try and charm the Prince Regents special lady in shirtsleeves without a jacket on!!! You expressed yourself beautifully and I like your take on this series. A second series is demanded But when. Also, Charlotte was 22, and she never seems quite that age in this series. Or someone else will have to do it. The first in a painting class to demonstrate her rebelliousness, and the other in a scene with Sidney to show her contrition for bad behavior. This denouement is occurring too soon! I am thinking of Persuasion now, and though this is a reverse situation, where the man chooses to marry for money (for whatever reason) instead of for the love of his life there arises an opportunity for a do over. That is a plausible ending if there is another episode for Sanditon. She says, coyly, Sure why not? And off they goin the exact opposite direction of her destination. Sadly, there will be no second season. Regency manners require her to accept this invitation or bow out from dancing for the rest of the evening. If the marriage did go forward I can see Mrs. Campion dying in childbirth, opening the way for Charlotte and Sidney, but who would want him after their heart being destroyed. Good thing Jane isnt alive to see this or shed hire a hit man to take Davies out! I have loved reading your perspectives. Still liked it, but feel it needs a good solid ending at the least. You may think yourself the savior of Sanditon, but you have done so at the price of your character.. Fans of the show on PBS won't want to miss Sanditon by Kate Riordan. Sanditon is a sleepy tale based in a seaside village. A chance accident brings Charlotte Heywood to Sanditon, a seaside resort on the cusp of dramatic change. He is a Harlequin Romance hero a pulp fiction depiction, and a mere shadow, of Janes best male portrayals. Loved the usual Austen story. The members of PBS passports can stream them. Miss Lambe is a young lady-probably a niece-under Mrs. Griffiths' care, richer than all the rest, and very delicate health. I could go on and on but suffice it to say, it was the transformation of the character unfolding that was actually changing me. Sanditon has been some kind of a revelation for me, I havent figured it all out yet. I am sure something happens and Sidney becomes free to be with Charlotte. I cant quite see the match, but found the insinuation intriguing. The viewer is immediately transported to the same intersection of the Sanditon set that they have seen repeatedly. Sanditon fans got the kind of very good news that once seemed like it was never coming earlier this year: not only is the period drama returning for a long-awaited second season, but received an . What are you up to with Charlotte? Spirited and unconventional, Charlotte is shocked by its scheming and ambitious. And I dont think Stringer would have been a good match for Charlotte because they only started to develop his personality and character in the last two episodes. I find it odd that so much money was spent on costumes and a few lush sets and so little on the town of Sanditon. I think Andrew Davies must have had his mind on an entirely different novel. He never warmed up. Thanks so much. Georgiana Lambe's (Crystal Clarke) sugar boycott in Sanditon season 2 is based on a real event that happened in the 19th century. We do deserve one more episode. But almost anyone can know her intentions when she took up the pen. sat on his steed in regret as he watched his Marianne marry Colonel Brandon. The opportunity is there for a real love story, but not until she grows up a little and he commits to being honorable and seriously understanding his responsibility to protecting her and her money. I think: *WTDFJH? Sanditon Season 3 opens with Charlotte Heywood returning to Sanditon for her best friend Georgiana Lambe's (Crystal Clarke) 21st birthday. I loved the ending for Lord Babbington and Esther. Please find Mr Stringer someone nice he is quite unsuitable for Charlotte so I imagine Sidneys wife will die a gruesome death leaving him all her vast wealth, and then we can be left in limbo again, wondering whether he and Charlotte will marry in Series 3, which I will definitely not buy. At any rate, if youre going to touch our beloved Jane Austens work, PLEASE give it the respect it deserves and end it like Jane would. R.W. It would have made a perfect, mutually beneficial marriage of convenience if they had married. Well Miss Heywood? I like heartbreaking stories and despite Austen always giving her stories happy endings, this wasnt an Austen story because she never finished it. Ive sworn, after each episode, of this Davies debacle that I wouldnt watch another one, but like the proverbial train wreck, I DVRd it and next day tuned right in: However, this time I read your review first, got a great laugh and finally enjoyed an episode without actually having to watch it! Miss Lambe is a prize well worth the winning. I agree that the Sidney character as written by the Davies team comes nowhere near Austens heroes, because, as you say, he is written with a lack of wit. I, too, am somewhat disappointed in the ending but if is not implausible, on the contrary. I watched Sanditon some time ago and did not think at the time that I would want to see a second season, but now I do, just to give Vic a fresh whetstone for her wit. There are 2 good dvd versions of P&P, the BBC miniseries with Elizabeth Garvie and the 1995 BBC version with Jennifer Ehle. Also, Charlotte needs to go back to not being afraid of speaking her mind and maybe spend like any time with some of the ladies she made friends with in Sanditon. Miss Georgiana Lambe (played by Crystal Clarke) is a wealthy heiress from the West Indies who is most certainly not afraid to speak her mind and make her opinions known. Ive just finished reading Sanditon by Jane Austen and Another Lady, in which Miss Lambe is a nonentity (disappointing), but this story starts off by bringing Georgiana to the viewers notice and then then huh? Crystal. I wish you every happiness, she says like an automaton. The viewers were cheated. Our main protagonists and characters are assembled, beautifully dressed and ready to party, except for Georgiana, who confronts Sidney. In their scene together he says all the words that a hero would say at the VERY END of a romance, but we are only halfway into the story! I kept waiting for Charlotte and Diana to walk to the circulating library, an important component of fashionable resorts, and a hub of social activities. Well, clearly, we move onto Charlotte Bront. I would have liked it if Lady D had *faked* her deathly illness (and that we knew she was doing so). Plus, why is the elder Stringer working for a gentleman when he hasnt been paid in an age? I totally agree with the hysterically funny description of Sanditon town in the finale recap above! Vic Sanborn, founder of this blog, is supported by a team of talented and knowledgeable writers about Jane Austen and the Regency era. I thought that they were strongly hinting that Arthur is homosexual, and that he was also confessing that to his sister when he said know nothing about ladies not for me lifelong bachelor. Of course, it could be interpreted eithe way. The midsummer decorations are more than adequate and the beau monde & villagers look smashingkudos to the costume and prop departments. But why did the siblings not council Sidney who they all knew now loved Charlotte, No, dont go to Lady Campion. Sidney is the Willowby character from Sense and Sensibilities. Where did you find the BBC version of Sanditon? No, noplease not another season. I take care not to throw that precious liquid at the screen whenever Lady C smirks. Sanditon Episode 3. As James and Charlotte dance, he tells her hes found an excellent situation in London as an apprentice. The show kept trying to depict Tom learning from his mistakes and starting over better, but ultimately I dont think he changed at all! i am praying there will be either a second set to this series or, at least a final tying up of so many loose strings. Later in the series, Georgiana gets kidnapped to be a man's wife because Otis had mentioned her when he had debts to pay, and after she is safetly back home she breaks it off with Otis because she can't trust him anymore. The only reason for a man to ride pell-mell after his lover is to reclaim hernot to rub salt into her wounds. It was a nice change for the evil scheming woman to get a genuine redemption. Really to leave a Jane Austen story in such a shambles is a travesty. The writers gave her a talent in organizing events. Otherwise, Sanditon season 2 wrapped up its major storylines: Alison married Captain Fraser, Tom and Arthur Parker finally got Colonel Lennox to pay the money he owed to the town, Georgiana learned that Charles Lockhart was the fiend scheming to marry her for her fortune, and Sir Edward Denham is now being punished by Lady Denham for his cruel I agree that there are too many loose ends in the final episode. 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