Albert is literally a prince among men. He saves his wife from a shooter, then invents a bullet-proof umbrella because she insists on going out again. The only shame is that there are three people in this marriage: Victoria, Albert and Peele.
Seriously, Club-Foot?
Ringlets are not a good look for you, Harriet.
Sorry, Baroness. You are so stuck in England.
Don't call Scotland England, Albert. That's a big no-no.
Oy, the closet gays.
The Duke of Athol has an army, even today.
Cock-a-leekie is yummy.
The servants are having way more fun. Could this poet be more depressing?
Ha, Victoria elbowed her husband to start the clapping. Love it.
I guess there will be no sexytimes in Scotland for these two...Okay, I was wrong. Turns out bagpipes make Victoria hot.
Fog can be useful. Victoria looks gorgeous with her hair down.
The duke is freaking out. Then again, who really wants to be known as the guy who lost the Queen in a forest?
Men never ask for directions, even two hundred years ago.
Heavy dresses and crossing a stream on a horse do not mix.
Someone is certainly the Duchess of Sensitivity. Not.
The crofters have no idea who they have in their house.
Skerrett deserves a little fun.
Haha! Albert's her secretary at the "factory"!
Wealth and a palace are not all they are cracked up to be. Sometimes it's nice to learn how to darn a sock.
Idiot soldier. You rode all over the Highlands looking for her, and you don't even know what she looks like?
Now that is a hair ornament!
The ceilidh is definitely more fun.
Never go to Culloden, Duke. You will be struck by lightning.
Ms. Cook is okay with the gay.
Back to real life.
Aww. At least Francatelli filleted the fish for them.
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Victoria Season 2 Episode 6
The potato famine has hit Ireland.
What a depressing church service. The minister is definitely of the fire-and-brimstone variety.
It was definitely not a good thing to be Irish and living in England, and a Catholic at that.
The real Ernest was married by 1842, but had VD.
What a twat. Even Peele is like, "What did you say?"
Whoa, girlie. That was dangerous. But effective.
Eww.
I feel so bad for the doctor. He has a duty to his parish, but also a duty to his family.
Seriously. SOMEONE STAB THIS GUY. Victoria is wishing she could send him to the guillotine.
Mercury? To treat venereal disease?
The doctor quoted the Bible. Mike drop.
This is the governing body of an empire? Makes you wonder how anything got done.
There's poor, and then there's starving.
You were a gigolo, weren't you, Francatelli.
Funny thing, when the prince consort makes you eat your words. Albert's not just a pretty face. He makes it a point to read up on all kinds of matters.
I do love the good doctor.
Haha, Peele is so awkward.
The doctor's wife is not much of a helpmeet.
See, Penge? It's just a toilet.
Point goes to Traill!
Poor Ms. Cleary. She's likely to never see her family again.
It's a heck of a thing that the doctor got sick doing his Christian duty.
What a depressing church service. The minister is definitely of the fire-and-brimstone variety.
It was definitely not a good thing to be Irish and living in England, and a Catholic at that.
The real Ernest was married by 1842, but had VD.
What a twat. Even Peele is like, "What did you say?"
Whoa, girlie. That was dangerous. But effective.
Eww.
I feel so bad for the doctor. He has a duty to his parish, but also a duty to his family.
Seriously. SOMEONE STAB THIS GUY. Victoria is wishing she could send him to the guillotine.
Mercury? To treat venereal disease?
The doctor quoted the Bible. Mike drop.
This is the governing body of an empire? Makes you wonder how anything got done.
There's poor, and then there's starving.
You were a gigolo, weren't you, Francatelli.
Funny thing, when the prince consort makes you eat your words. Albert's not just a pretty face. He makes it a point to read up on all kinds of matters.
I do love the good doctor.
Haha, Peele is so awkward.
The doctor's wife is not much of a helpmeet.
See, Penge? It's just a toilet.
Point goes to Traill!
Poor Ms. Cleary. She's likely to never see her family again.
It's a heck of a thing that the doctor got sick doing his Christian duty.
Outlander Season 3 Episode 5
Aw, did Claire make that ornament?
Hello! This is worse than ER. Is that a fork?
Have faith, Joe.
Whoa, Brianna can draw!
This is a good professor.
The ghost of Frank.
Did she meet a man, Joe? You have no idea.
I love the cars of the sixties. Even the taxis were chic.
Sorry, Roger. You've come at a really bad time.
Leaving the guy who thinks he's your boyfriend alone? Not classy, Brianna.
Holy---! That is so freaky.
Claire's face...
The choice is between the Claire the woman and Claire the mother.
Outlander meets Bones.
Nice mention of the Caribbean. They just snuck it right in there.
Brianna looks good in tartan. And she's clearly destined to be an architect.
It's true that history is fluid, but some facts are set in stone.
Frank was shtupping a student?!
I love this scene between Claire and Brianna.
Anybody else notice how mother and daughter wear tartan a lot now?
She still wears Jamie's ring!
If you still love Jamie sure as hell still loves you.
Ha, this conversation with Joe is hilarious! Nowadays, that's a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Claire the hospital thief.
Highland women could have used a Singer.
Wow. Who knew Claire could design clothes?
I love how Brianna always calls Claire "Mama" now.
I wonder how two people would be able to go through the stones. Do you hold hands?
Brianna kind of has to marry Roger now. Who else would understand her?
Omigod!! I would have liked to see how she made it from the stones to Edinburgh, but I'll live.
How is it that the stones take you to the exact year and place you want to go? She could have ended up in the Civil War South, for all she knows.
Beautiful shingle, Jamie.
JAMIE! (And just like a man, he hasn't aged a bit.)
Bwahaha! Guess Jamie needs a doctor, stat!
Hello! This is worse than ER. Is that a fork?
Have faith, Joe.
Whoa, Brianna can draw!
This is a good professor.
The ghost of Frank.
Did she meet a man, Joe? You have no idea.
I love the cars of the sixties. Even the taxis were chic.
Sorry, Roger. You've come at a really bad time.
Leaving the guy who thinks he's your boyfriend alone? Not classy, Brianna.
Holy---! That is so freaky.
Claire's face...
The choice is between the Claire the woman and Claire the mother.
Outlander meets Bones.
Nice mention of the Caribbean. They just snuck it right in there.
Brianna looks good in tartan. And she's clearly destined to be an architect.
It's true that history is fluid, but some facts are set in stone.
Frank was shtupping a student?!
I love this scene between Claire and Brianna.
Anybody else notice how mother and daughter wear tartan a lot now?
She still wears Jamie's ring!
If you still love Jamie sure as hell still loves you.
Ha, this conversation with Joe is hilarious! Nowadays, that's a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Claire the hospital thief.
Highland women could have used a Singer.
Wow. Who knew Claire could design clothes?
I love how Brianna always calls Claire "Mama" now.
I wonder how two people would be able to go through the stones. Do you hold hands?
Brianna kind of has to marry Roger now. Who else would understand her?
Omigod!! I would have liked to see how she made it from the stones to Edinburgh, but I'll live.
How is it that the stones take you to the exact year and place you want to go? She could have ended up in the Civil War South, for all she knows.
Beautiful shingle, Jamie.
JAMIE! (And just like a man, he hasn't aged a bit.)
Bwahaha! Guess Jamie needs a doctor, stat!
Monday, October 2, 2017
Outlander Season 3 Episode 4
Sawny makes his "first" appearance in the post-credits.
Aw, Fiona likes Roger. Brianna thinks it's cute, too. But when did we bring Fiona in on our secret?
Caitriona Balfe is sure to age well.
Well that was easy.
Oh, John took Jamie to England?
Interesting queue you got there, "Alexander". It's not as sexy as your French one.
Aw, don't worry, buddy. Brianna isn't really lost.
The girl knows cars.
Oh, we're calling prison "employment" now? Got it.
I like this girl. I didn't catch her name.
Ha, Jamie's trying to tell her John's gay!
Sorry, Joe. She's got Jamie-on-the-brain. Good luck with your surgery. Self-confidence is clearly not a problem.
Geneva is going to wash that hand with lye the second this guy is gone. If she doesn't throw up first. That's what you get for being a rude, insufferable human being.
Someone's hatched a plan. Five bucks says she spooked the horse herself.
Point to Jamie.
Yep, John still has the hots for Jamie.
Brotherly discord is afoot.
Okay, Geneva is clearly evil. But you have to admit, that was brilliant blackmail.
Yeah, no one heard the world's loudest door.
"You may disrobe." There she goes with the sexy talk.
Well, at least she got the butt first. That came out wrong...
And the student becomes the teacher. I do not think Claire would be proud, strangely enough.
Trying to explain hormones to an eighteenth-century maiden is hard.
Ruh-roh. Jamie, you are the father!
Ah, the pearls.
Now that's a house!
Poor thing. Claire probably could have saved her, ironically.
Jamie finally has a son. Who wants to bet he has red hair?
Who let that guy near a knife?
Er...Jamie just killed a peer of the realm. While on probation.
You're a good woman, Your Ladyship.
Well, the boy got Jamie's face, but not his red hair.
So close.
That lady reminds me of when Claire was a traveling minstrel.
Yeah, Jamie. Must you go?
So Isobel married the gay. Who had better keep his hands off Willie.
It's sad that Jamie lives in a world when nothing is given for free.
Depressing ending. I hope Willie remembers him as he grows up.
Aw, Fiona likes Roger. Brianna thinks it's cute, too. But when did we bring Fiona in on our secret?
Caitriona Balfe is sure to age well.
Well that was easy.
Oh, John took Jamie to England?
Interesting queue you got there, "Alexander". It's not as sexy as your French one.
Aw, don't worry, buddy. Brianna isn't really lost.
The girl knows cars.
Oh, we're calling prison "employment" now? Got it.
I like this girl. I didn't catch her name.
Ha, Jamie's trying to tell her John's gay!
Sorry, Joe. She's got Jamie-on-the-brain. Good luck with your surgery. Self-confidence is clearly not a problem.
Geneva is going to wash that hand with lye the second this guy is gone. If she doesn't throw up first. That's what you get for being a rude, insufferable human being.
Someone's hatched a plan. Five bucks says she spooked the horse herself.
Point to Jamie.
Yep, John still has the hots for Jamie.
Brotherly discord is afoot.
Okay, Geneva is clearly evil. But you have to admit, that was brilliant blackmail.
Yeah, no one heard the world's loudest door.
"You may disrobe." There she goes with the sexy talk.
Well, at least she got the butt first. That came out wrong...
And the student becomes the teacher. I do not think Claire would be proud, strangely enough.
Trying to explain hormones to an eighteenth-century maiden is hard.
Ruh-roh. Jamie, you are the father!
Ah, the pearls.
Now that's a house!
Poor thing. Claire probably could have saved her, ironically.
Jamie finally has a son. Who wants to bet he has red hair?
Who let that guy near a knife?
Er...Jamie just killed a peer of the realm. While on probation.
You're a good woman, Your Ladyship.
Well, the boy got Jamie's face, but not his red hair.
So close.
That lady reminds me of when Claire was a traveling minstrel.
Yeah, Jamie. Must you go?
So Isobel married the gay. Who had better keep his hands off Willie.
It's sad that Jamie lives in a world when nothing is given for free.
Depressing ending. I hope Willie remembers him as he grows up.
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Review: Twice As Wicked
Twice As Wicked by Elizabeth BrightMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A whole lot happened in that prologue.
Someone actually tried to poison him?
She wants to kill him, but she saves him from a rogue chandelier? Is it a case of "If I don't kill him, no one else can"?
Wait a minute. He thinks his own brother is trying to kill him?
I would have loved to have seen the inside of Westminster Abbey. It was closed when I went to London.
Huh. Lady Claire might actually be the culprit.
Nicholas is decidedly less evil-sounding than I expected.
It's so much easier for a woman to undress nowadays.
Life would be so much easier if women made all the decisions.
I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Review: The Scot Beds His Wife
The Scot Beds His Wife by Kerrigan ByrneMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
That's child abuse!
Damn, I wish his mother could get a divorce, or at least run away with Thorne, maybe even Liam.
Thank God his mother survived!
Crap, I thought Liam would turn out okay. I guess that night was the tipping point. Is Hamish the one who was hanged? Because I wouldn't have minded that.
Did the government allow you to change your last name like that?
What just happened?
Really, Sam, You just met a hot Highlander, and you're thinking you might have to shoot him one day?
What is he, in the mafia? Does he always travel in a pack?
Whoa. She is really taking this acting job seriously. If I didn't know better, I'd think she actually was Alison Ross.
A lot of cursing going on.
Small world.
They did not have that phrase in the 1800's.
Yep, Callum knows.
She keeps tripping up with things that the Scottish-born Alison would know.
He was going to shoot a pregnant cow! Shouldn't he know the signs of labor if he is going to be a cattle baron? Although it is cute how mesmerized he is by the miracle of life.
Shoot, she's pregnant. A baby is always a blessing, though.
Damn, things just escalated quickly. Her brothers-in-law must have followed her.
When did Dorian enter the picture, I wonder.
Aw, I sense a love match between his mother and Callum's father.
Only he could propose, and in the next breath plan their eventual affairs.
Should pregnant women be taking laudanum? I always wondered.
Whose name will she sign on the marriage certificate?
Yeesh, a branding iron? Ouch!
I like how she talks back to His Lairdship.
Does this make the real Alison a bigamist?
Um, guys? Did you forget you're outside, and that he was about to go on a ride with other men?
They're just so cute together!
Colleen was schizophrenic.
Just when you think your problems are over, the cops show up.
Sex on a train.
They say the true test of a relationship is travel.
Ruh-roh!
Haha, I know, right?
Such a great set-up for future books.
I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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Sunday, September 24, 2017
Victoria Season 2 Episode 5
Your great-uncle is now your grandfather, Vicki.
Albert can draw!
Sorry, Baroness. No French food for you.
That is a beautiful ship. But Albert and Skerrett are a little seasick.
Louis-Philippe is interesting.
The duchess is scandalized. Of course.
Lord Alfred is still bitter that his crush is getting married, to a woman.
Victoria is loving France, you guys.
The French will come up with anything to enhance themselves.
Antoinne looks like he would never work a day in his life.
Jenna Coleman doesn't look much different.
PETA would have a field day with the king.
Now that's a croquembouche!
Albert is not a happy camper. Secrets will out, though.
Muttonchops were not a good look.
Give it a rest, girl! Ernest is not for you.
The duchess is not a fan of phalllic-looking bread.
The men are so over this garden party. Time for manly pursuits in the woods.
Of course it's cold and wet, Antoinne. It's water.
Drummond is having the time of his life. Fully clothed, Ernest? Don't get sick, now.
I think those two have officially come out of the closet.
Haha, you had us all going there for a minute, Victoria!
I really wish DNA tests had been invented, for Albert's sake.
All it took were some grapes. I feel bad for the Spanish queen, who will have to wait longer for a husband.
I owe you an apology, Peele. I thought you were being entirely too pessimistic, but you were right.
I knew she'd get knocked up in France. And hallelujah, she's happy about it!
Albert can draw!
Sorry, Baroness. No French food for you.
That is a beautiful ship. But Albert and Skerrett are a little seasick.
Louis-Philippe is interesting.
The duchess is scandalized. Of course.
Lord Alfred is still bitter that his crush is getting married, to a woman.
Victoria is loving France, you guys.
The French will come up with anything to enhance themselves.
Antoinne looks like he would never work a day in his life.
Jenna Coleman doesn't look much different.
PETA would have a field day with the king.
Now that's a croquembouche!
Albert is not a happy camper. Secrets will out, though.
Muttonchops were not a good look.
Give it a rest, girl! Ernest is not for you.
The duchess is not a fan of phalllic-looking bread.
The men are so over this garden party. Time for manly pursuits in the woods.
Of course it's cold and wet, Antoinne. It's water.
Drummond is having the time of his life. Fully clothed, Ernest? Don't get sick, now.
I think those two have officially come out of the closet.
Haha, you had us all going there for a minute, Victoria!
I really wish DNA tests had been invented, for Albert's sake.
All it took were some grapes. I feel bad for the Spanish queen, who will have to wait longer for a husband.
I owe you an apology, Peele. I thought you were being entirely too pessimistic, but you were right.
I knew she'd get knocked up in France. And hallelujah, she's happy about it!
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