'Sanditon' Recap: Episode 5

As Sanditon continues, it’s time to dive into the most British of all traditions: Cricket. This week’s installment revolves around the annual town cricket match, which serves as both an actual game and a social occasion, as well as the reason for most of the characters to be in the same place at the same time. Drama!

Now, I have almost zero understanding of how cricket works, which I suspect truly marks me as an American, but in all honesty, the highly anticipated annual town match was little more than noise to me, as various attractive men prance around on the beach in flowing white shirts while carrying wooden mallets and shouting incomprehensible terms and instructions.

At least the scenery is beautiful. Is it the seaside that makes all these random men so good looking? Maybe.