The affectionate relationship between Crozier and his steward Jopson is also a welcome addition to the show that is nonexistent in the book (from what I recall). As you pointed out, the scene in which Jopson describes his mother’s laudanum addiction was beautifully touching because is his love for her, but also…

A standout scene for me was Blanky telling FitzJames about his experience with John Ross and Fury Beach. Ian Hart is such a superb actor, and he excelled here, his quiet, steady, almost conversational tone a stark contrast to the story he’s telling. And that long pause after FitzJames asks him if he would have stove…

FitzJames is such an interesting character and Menzies’ performance as him is excellent.

In general Show Hickey has a lot more depth and character than his book self.

It’s rare for a show to meet my hopes so well. The atmospheric horror and the nautical period setting made me unreasonably optimistic about it and it has not disappointed. I really want to read the book, but I want to wait until the show is over (without doing the AMC Prime thing).

Dr. Stanley said in (I think) episode 2, after a very long, rough night, he was mixing his Latin and Greek and that was his cue to turn in. Tonight, he coldly turned away Mr. Collins. he turned away Mr. Goodsir. He probably already knew what was happening on some level, but he just couldn’t go there.  When he set the…

Though I agree Dr. Stanley has clearly gone mad, I think there is a germ of beneficence in what he does. As he ha borne witness to the worsening situation, coupled with his growing madness at the hands of lead poisoning or supernatural forces, I believe that when he is told by Goodsir that the rest of the canned food…

Resident Pens fan here: You are basically right, we don’t have a ton of Defense depth unless Matta turn it on plus we have so many extra games on us over the past 2+ seasons

The Pens should have had their brooms out from the beginning though. If the Flyers could take 2, a team with an actual goaltender could be a real threat to them.

The Pens scored 28 goals in 6 games and won the series 4-2 and you’re saying the Flyers gave them trouble? lol. Come on now. They Flyers played well at times, but the Pens exposed their weakness and made them pay. How about the Pens PP defense. Amazing this series.

Looks to me like the Flyers could really use a good goalie. Dunno if anyone’s thought that before. Just something they should look into.

Hockey’s enormous playoffs and half the teams getting in has always made it difficult for me to take the plunge to get fulling “in” to hockey. It just turns the already-long regular season into a glorified preseason.

I love the show so far. The only complaint I have is that it doesn’t seem cold enough. Dudes are frequently outside with no hats and you can’t see anyone’s breath. Then they’re outside the ship and it’s “bundle up so your nose doesn’t fall off!” I want to believe these men are desperate and painfully cold.

This show has made many improvements on the book, but one visual that I wish they had kept in, was how they treated the comatose crewman in the book. In that version, the wound was much smaller, and the doctor fashioned a new piece of skull to close the wound using a gold sovereign. It’s a powerful image with a lot of…

This is the first time I’ve really watched AMC since the end of Mad Men and the commercials for other AMC shows are ludicrous. I’m glad they’re taking risks that led to great shows like The Terror, but one of those looks like a parody of a SyFy reject and the other is named ‘McMafia’ which is clearly a working title…

Speaking to the lead poisoning theory, it still has its place in the Franklin mystery, but its role has been de-emphasized from its initial place as a central factor in the destruction of the expedition.

I think they knew it was around in the book - hence the ‘pagan’ parade that one of the officers raged about.

It’s been a long time since I read the book, so I don’t recall how heavily Simmons went on the ‘lead poisoning from the soldered food tins’ theory about what caused so many deaths among the enlisted men (who ate much of their food from the tins) but not the officers (who by and large didn’t) prior to the last known…

Blanky is what’s called “ A good man in a storm”. Every captain would want to have a Blanky with him.

combined rage and despair over the state the Erebus and the Terror are in, out here during their second winter frozen in place;