![]() “How needful would you say is honesty betwixt husband and wife?” Oh dear. We got to see some great scenes between Ross and Demelza, even if they were weighted with falsehood (because he was keeping his spying secret). “You ’ad all them Frenchies fooled and me besides.”Īside from this slightly messy masquerade, there were many exciting moments, some supremely joyous, some unbearably sad. ![]() “Your wife asks no questions?” “My wife knows her place.” Er, hello, have you met Demelza? And what on earth is this liaison with Tess? And the business about being a humble country squire? But of course it was all a ruse. ![]() We were told at the beginning that this was all “five months later”, which was supposed to explain Ross’s personality transplant. There were times when as a viewer you just didn’t know whether you were coming or going. But they also wanted us to think, “Has he really gone over to the dark side?” This is an incredibly ambitious effect to try to pull off and it didn’t quite work. They wanted us to know that he wasn’t really cheating on Demelza and that it was all for the mission. If the “Ross as double agent” storyline had one flaw, it was that they couldn’t decide whether to let the viewers in on the secret or not. ‘They also wanted us to think, “Has Ross really gone over to the dark side?”’ Photograph: Mike Hogan/BBC/Mammoth Screen ![]()
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