He’s a shitstain of a man, but boy he does love Elizabeth and, more importantly, he needs desperately to believe he has her love in return. It was stunning success: he burst into tears! He practically kissed her feet! Men love bitches, etc! Well, in keeping with that, Elizabeth knows she has to dial in her wife game, hence an episode filled with a lot more “whatever you think is best, my beloved!” and “of course I shall accompany you to London, we should be parted less,” and George is eating it up. You’ll remember that at the end of our last encounter, Elizabeth tried (and landed) a “bitch George the heck OUT and tell him he cannot imply vile things about their son’s parentage” maneuver. Poldark is coming out of the gate strong this season! The shirtlessness, yes, but also in the newfound resolve of its characters to, well, get their shit together a little bit? Domestic felicity, in my opinion, is honestly all that matters in the question of human happiness and flourishing, and our characters have been just atrocious at it. Less than 11 seconds into the season premiere, our Lord of the Scythe is wet, shirtless, and just furry enough to be interesting (R.I.P. Well, whatever Ross has or hasn’t been up to in terms of his own personal spiritual formation, O can tell you this: He has not been slacking at the gym. My friends, these long tiresome months without Ross and Demelza have weighed heavily on all of us, but are at last at an end! Surely they, like we, have become wiser and kinder since last we spoke. Photo: Courtesy of Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece

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