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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 416136" data-attributes="member: 5079">An interesting observation, and not far off from me wondering why this family wants to maintain their royal positions.&nbsp;&nbsp; More than once, I wanted to yell at the screen &quot;Just abdicate!&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sympathy for royals isn&#039;t high on a list of my concerns, but it seems like they&#039;re all trapped in a self-destructive loop; spending their lives propping up an institution that I&#039;m not sure has any purpose beyond propping itself up.What did you think of S5?Yes, I think that was ultimately my reaction.&nbsp; I lived through this s*** and I didn&#039;t particularly enjoy being dragged through it again.&nbsp; I did somewhat appreciate that the seasons took what seemed like a contrarian position, making Charles more sympathetic than Diana.&nbsp; There was one episode that I just totally skipped, as it appeared centered on William and Kate; I simply do not care about them.My only other real complaint about the last batch is that I thought some of the casting was iffy; surprising since I thought the cast choices in the first two batches was great.&nbsp;&nbsp; I didn&#039;t think Dominic West looked or sounded much like Charles, which was distracting after how good Josh O&#039;Connor had been.&nbsp; And the third Queen Mother had no continuity with her two predecessors.&nbsp; I kept wondering who this dotty old woman was who kept wandering on screen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 416136, member: 5079"] An interesting observation, and not far off from me wondering why this family wants to maintain their royal positions. More than once, I wanted to yell at the screen "Just abdicate!" Sympathy for royals isn't high on a list of my concerns, but it seems like they're all trapped in a self-destructive loop; spending their lives propping up an institution that I'm not sure has any purpose beyond propping itself up. What did you think of S5? Yes, I think that was ultimately my reaction. I lived through this s*** and I didn't particularly enjoy being dragged through it again. I did somewhat appreciate that the seasons took what seemed like a contrarian position, making Charles more sympathetic than Diana. There was one episode that I just totally skipped, as it appeared centered on William and Kate; I simply do not care about them. My only other real complaint about the last batch is that I thought some of the casting was iffy; surprising since I thought the cast choices in the first two batches was great. I didn't think Dominic West looked or sounded much like Charles, which was distracting after how good Josh O'Connor had been. And the third Queen Mother had no continuity with her two predecessors. I kept wondering who this dotty old woman was who kept wandering on screen. [/QUOTE]

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