Well said. When I made my earlier comment, I hadn't yet watched the whole season. I agree that Elizabeth and her internal conflict has become more compelling in the later episodes.

Fair enough. Glad you're enjoying it. I haven't bailed yet, so they still have time to win me over by the end of season one.

I think she's submissive because she consistently submits — to the tantrums of her husband, to Parliament, to tradition. Every time she shows a little spark or a will of her own, she ends up backing down in the end, assumably for what she thinks to be the greater good.

Yes, Dillane was outstanding in John Adams. He brought something to the part I'd never seen in other portrayals of Jefferson, a kind of intellectual duplicity. He didn't present Jefferson as a villain exactly, but as a complex man struggling with his own ideals and ambitions. It was an understated but effective…

So far The Crown has been frustrating to watch. It's visually sumptuous and well-acted, but there's just no getting around the fact that the principal character is bland and submissive. That might work if the characters surrounding her were complex and provocative, but they really aren't. For the most part, they're…