#Herschel loves Annie though

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TURN 4.10

Wow, that was a hell of a finale.

Hampton Court! I've been there! When they did the flyover the last time King George showed up, I nearly jumped out of my chair going "I KNOW THAT PALACE. I HAVE WALKED IN THOSE GARDENS." (Is it sad that I know that? Is it sad that I know this is Handel?)

"My legacy would be as the King who lost the americas." Yep, George. That's about the long and short of it.

Was that ...sound strictly necessary?

RUN CICERO SWEETIE. Oh, bollocks.

Oh, goodness, that house. Oh dear.

"Laundry for Major Hewlett." "I didn't send any laundry out." "I know, sir. That's just what I told your man so he'd let me by." ZING. And there it is, in twenty words or less. Abigail is practically invisible in this social culture, making her the ideal spy.

HEWLETT IN CIVIES. I'm so sorry, he looks real good, ladies.

Some things never change, and obsequeious Dutch merchants are apparently one of them. Myheer DeJong, we shall be very glad to see the last of you. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

So I think we can all agree Hewlett's a changed man, but you know what I really appreciate in this scene? That he's back to 'the world should be fair' Hewlett from Season 1. Talking about debts owing and paying back Abigail by getting Cicero and Akinbode out of prison. A jaded man doesn't do that. A reformed man with his own second chance does.

"The man you knew as John Graves Simcoe is dead and gone." Metaphorically, you mean. Hewlett, you sly bastard.

Man, everyone looks so nice in thier sober black suits after four seasons of peacocking around in uniform. Simcoe's not an exception. "Indulge a hobby, find a wife." "I need a post, sir." Oh, the poor love, his expression here. This is the same feeling I had in season two when he was in the Quartermaster's office being made fun of. His world is just GONE and he has no idea what to do with himself. War is literally all he knows. And Clinton knows it. That line about the dogs, man, that was harsh. "Start the gentry. Get a lady." (Canada is very cold, John, hinthintwinkwink. I'm sure there's a delightful young miss where you're convalescing named Beth or Bess or Lizzie or Elizabeth or something.)

You know, I am all here for Caleb making bawdy jokes, but they're like, not good any more. More Season One Caleb, please.

I was never a ride or die Annlett shipper, so I know I'm not in the majority here, but I like that Selah's trying to...appreciate Anna? We don't see much of her side of things, but I'd like to think that in time, they grew into love, a better love than what they had before. And if they didn't - well, not all our stories can end well, I suppose. Anna does seem to get the short end of the stick, though.

Aw, Akinbode is learning to read. This is great. And it's the Moses story, too. Cicero knows where it's at.

Wow, Robert is...wow.

"Such as your opinions about my wife." WHAT DID RIVINGTON WRITE ABOUT MARTHA. I would not like to be on the recieving end of that conversation. Rivington looks about ready to die.

Rogers? Really? After a whole season? Wow, we really are trying to tie up all the loose ends here. I literally do not care.

Anyone wishing to learn more about George III and his mental issues should go check out Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George. Stellar performance.

Aw, man, Abe's waiting tables. And what on EARTH is that Caleb's wearing? Everyone else seems to have gotten a nice suit and Caleb looks like...a hobbit.

GEORGE IN CIVIES.

"Maarten." DRAG HIM SELAH. OH, he looks SO HAPPY.

"So, she drank me under the table, which is how I learned her name..." I'm going to do something with this. I'm not sure what it is yet, but it is going to involve Annie Lewis being a very canny little miss who only pretends to drink Caleb under the table. Because really. "And she is...is..." "About to be Anne BREWSTER." Well, it only took me four seasons, but I finally got her. And Mary - though I would have liked to see the pair of them. And I rather think we're getting Mary Floyd and Elizabeth Schuyler confused - William Floyd was a congressman and Philip Schuyler was a general, not the other way round.

Much as I would have liked to see George go home to Mount Vernon, kiss his wife, hug his grandchildren, and go to sleep in his own bed, this version of peacetime works, too. He talks with Abe about cabbages. He's a farmer again.

This is a very nice parallel to the opening scene. Thomas is running around, Mary is hanging laundry, there are cabbages.

I think Kevin McNally doubled for Old!Abe. Which I'm okay with.

EDMUND HEWLETT AND CAROLINE HERSCHEL I CANNOT EVEN. And Caroline is real?! And discovered comets??! And WROTE BOOKS?!

And Simcoe's in his cozy little cabin in Canada.

And that's the end. Heavens. What a ride. This was one of the first shows I got to participate in fandom in real time for, and I”m so very, very grateful I got to share it with all of you for the last three years. It’s been such fun.

So what’s next? Rewatch? More fic? Patient waiting for the new Harlots season to start?

#turn AMC