Mes amis , before we get on to the review, I have to tell you I have now watched the entire Season 2 and I have issues. I have feels and rage and conflict. Opinions like I have never had before about a TV show. NeverOverIt But I will not go into detail, not until we get to the scenes of the Big Issues, and not when I have a review to get through.
So let us begin. We see Louis on stage in a small opera, in his glorious Sun King costume from Series 1, and he gives a monologue as everyone looks on from their seats. A minister is murdered. And now, his wife. It is an odd scene, with Marchal behind them, giddy with laughter, then we see Colbert, Bontemps, even Cassel… all laughing.
Louis is livid. And am the king! We pretended you were because we find it amusing! Apparently, a foot servant to the second chamberman. Then who is king? The doors open in the balcony and a figure walks through, the sun illuminated behind.
Louis wakes in his bed, bleary-eyed and alone. He looks exhausted. Montespan is stood at the window and we see mucho nakedness as he gets his robe and Montespan looks sad and resigned. She believes their union will end soon, and gives him all the reasons why — scandal, the queen, the church. But Louis has duties to attend to, and so does she, implying their newborn child. She is screaming about having a child under her own roof. She says Pascal must speak to Montespan.
The Queen knows Montespan has people of her own at court, and will turn everyone against her. The show portrays the queen to be quite a bit smarter and manipulative than she actually was. Louis, Bontemps and Marchal are walking through a tunnel and Louis is disappointed with Marchal, demands a taster for his immediate family. The social powders are now banned from the salons and anyone caught with them will be punished.
