We last left Hotel Portofino and the glorious Italian Riviera in November 2023. Although less than a year has passed in our world, two years have passed in the lives of the Ainsworth family, and it is now 1929.
The drab, murky aesthetic and subdued mood of Starve Acre is a too-easy shortcut around an oppressive atmosphere without having anthing novel to say in a saturated genre.
While Catherine raises money for her palace in Italy, her children and council members ignore her instructions, bringing France closer to war in this week's The Serpent Queen.
It's time to convene another COBRA! There's trouble down the mine and an equally horrific disintegration in PM Robert Sutherland's marriage in the premiere episode of Season 3, Rebellion.
