'The Crown' Season 6, Part 2 Trailer Remembers Who The Series is About

Netflix's decision to split The Crown's final season in half was not really that hard to understand. The streaming service wanted to take advantage of the show's fanbase and get as many viewers watching the show as possible. Since it cannot actually admit that weekly releases of episodes have proven to be the more effective model for that, it did the same thing it did with Stranger Things Season 4, dividing the season in half and releasing it in two pieces, spaced about a month apart. The natural breaking point was Diana's passing, as her arrival has been the lightning rod around which the entire story revolved.

Seasons 1 through 3 were "Before Diana," Seasons 4 through 6, Part 1 was "Diana," and now Season 6, Part 2 is "After Diana." During the "Diana years, the story retreated from Queen Elizabeth, ostensibly the main character in the series, to the point that Season 6, part 1 made her a complete afterthought. But with Diana now a fading memory, it is now time for Elizabeth to step back into the spotlight. She is the survivor of the family in many ways, not just outliving Diana but her mother and sister along the way as well. Little does she know how long she'll keep calm and continue.

However, the trailer uses the occasion of her Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary, as a chance to look back across the decades the show has covered and bring closure to a story that's still not over. Queen Elizabeth II may have passed, but the monarchy rolls on.