The white supremacists want to turn one of their own into a god, and then place that god in the office of the president. 

The episode randomly turning into an extended David Lynch Dune parody is the sort of tack I most enjoy from this show.

Morgan has said he envisions the show running six seasons. No specification as to when exactly he envisions the show ending.

You don’t need to actually go to the RSC to benefit from accent prestige, and black Britons benefit from that as much as their white countrymen.

I laughed at the “chillingly plausible” bit.

The Spidey cartoon added that part.

Weirdly enough, this episode’s plot twist is heavily reminiscent of an episode of the 1990s Spider-Man cartoon where a masked hero from the 1940s (the Black Marvel) is revealed to have been a black man, unbeknownst to all the other members of the American Six, his superhero team from that period.

Meth is a hell of a drug.

The dysfunctional marriage cycle is indeed something you only really need to go over so many times, particularly within the same generation. But the Falklands War was a huge geopolitical event that Andrew happened to be right in the middle of, serving as a pilot, and with the Queen and the Duke seeing one of their…

Next season, Thatcher and Diana are going to, presumably, be the big new characters. I imagine that the Falklands War will provide a spotlight for Andrew, even if the show decides (similarly with Anne) to not give his relationship drama real focus.

Helena Bonham Carter really was the standout of this episode. I’m excited to see more of her next season, and honestly, from a historical standpoint, Margaret doesn’t lose her sass as she gets older, but the tragedy and loneliness is always there. It will be a meaty season for her I suspect.

Season 4: get hyped for the Queen vs. Thatcher!

I had never heard of the power cuts caused by the 1974 miners’ strike, and was baffled that any government would think that such a catastrophic disruption to everyday life would ever work out for them electorally.

That Camilla was considered an unsuitable match for the Prince of Wales is pretty much a matter of historical record, not something the show made up. Now, the exact specifics of what went down are known only to a handful of people, and there are a number of different accounts, but several of those do indeed state that…

Now that Hiram has tried to cancel Thanksgiving, I look forward to his attempt to steal Christmas.

Anne turned out to be one of the highlights of this season, which I wasn’t expecting going in.

I agree that it’s somewhat awkward to replace Alex Jennings for what ends up being only one episode, though Jacobi does an excellent job, as you’d expect.

If the movie isn’t making money, there’s no financial benefit to keeping it in theatres.  We’re well past the point where audiences just went to the theatre to peruse the marquee and decide what to see.

You could really imagine a scenario where Disney attaches any of the Fox movies they bought they think will bomb to a Marvel movie.

At this point I pretty much expect the Queen to live as long as her mother did, putting Charles on the throne at age 79 or so.