Again, tons of stuff happened this season and not all of it was for the better.
Ross (Aidan Turner) finally accepts a life in politics, meaning he spends most of his time in London, six hundred miles away from the lovely Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson).
George (Jack Farthing) is still really bad but Oswald (Christian Brassington) is the worst, trying to get his wife, the lovely but meek Morwena (Ellise Chappell) committed to a mental institution.
And then he dies. Sorry, I know I shouldn't sound excited about that but I am. However, Morwena's struggles are far from over. She has her dreadful mother-in-law (Rebecca Front) to deal with, who is convinced that her son is murdered (which he sort of is) and continues his battle to have Morwena committed to an institution. Morwena does suffer from a late-term miscarriage and is strangely okay with that, as she knows that she wouldn't be allowed to love this child and sadly, she's right.
At least her story has a happy ending, mostly because Drake's (Harry Richardson's) a rare saint among men, I mean, he's wretched to his fiance, leaving her at the altar but while they'd be content, they would not be truly happy. I mean, Morwena has deep scars from the constant raping delivered by her jerk-face of a husband but she is getting there as she and Drake have a far deeper connection.
On the other hand, Demelza and Ross aren't in a good place by the end of the season mainly because Demelza is nearly assaulted by the jerk with an inappropriate name of Monk (Max Bennett). He's also in the parliament and preys on the difference in class and background and tries to get Demelza to sleep with him but it doesn't work. Unfortunately, Ross doesn't believe her and things get worse between the two of them and for whatever stupid reason, Ross and Monk Adderly duel and Monk ends up dead, which is just great. Demelza returns home, upset.
The Poldark marriage is not the only one in trouble. The Enys family is also in trouble. Dwight (Luke Norris) and Caroline's (Gabriella Wilde's) baby dies from a heart defect and both are distraught, a familiar position for the Poldarks but they deal with grief in different ways. Caroline needs to the thriving social life of London while Dwight needs his work. But they fortunately seem to be moving in the right direction by the end of the season, thank goodness.
The biggest surprise is that Elizabeth (Heida Reed) dies at the eleventh's hour. She is finally pregnant again, the mere thought of her and George having sex literally makes me want to throw up. However, George still doubts the paternity of Valentine (with good reason) so Elizabeth drinks this gross sounding concoction to induce her labor early, which works but she gets this weird infection and dies. But at least George believes that she just goes into labor early for whatever reason.
The main problem with this season, other than London is just more boring than Cornwall, is the aging of Geoffrey Charles. He's really old now, like sixteen and already boozing and gambling. He should only be around twelve so, yeah, this is an issue. However, I think he will really be able to stand up for himself against George and that is setting up to be an epic battle next season. Also, they need to give Sam (Tom York) a love interest, ASAP.
That all being said, the scenery and acting is excellent, absolutely the best in the business, even though all the men are jerks, except for Dwight and Demelza's brothers. Grade: B+
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