In contrast to "A Very English Scandal" -- which was delightful, clever, fast-moving, and often very funny, and in which Hugh Grant and Ben Wishaw played colorful, essentially likable characters -- the warring aristocrats in this follow-up series are monsters of selfishness: scheming, lying, overprivileged snobs whom it's virtually impossible to care about.
The "English" miniseries seemed to end too soon; three episodes just weren't enough. Although it's the same length, this "British" sequel feels at least one episode too long. Though Claire Foy flashes an occasional insincere grin, she mainly holds the same sour expression throughout the series. I've enjoyed her in everything from "Little Dorrit" to "First Man" to "The Crown," but here, though it's not her fault, she soon bored me.
Henry Kissinger supposedly said, of the Iran-Iraq war, "It's a pity they both can't lose." I suspect that most viewers will feel the same about the legal war between the Duke and Duchess of Argyll.
The "English" miniseries seemed to end too soon; three episodes just weren't enough. Although it's the same length, this "British" sequel feels at least one episode too long. Though Claire Foy flashes an occasional insincere grin, she mainly holds the same sour expression throughout the series. I've enjoyed her in everything from "Little Dorrit" to "First Man" to "The Crown," but here, though it's not her fault, she soon bored me.
Henry Kissinger supposedly said, of the Iran-Iraq war, "It's a pity they both can't lose." I suspect that most viewers will feel the same about the legal war between the Duke and Duchess of Argyll.