[ When we last left Mary (Julianne Moore) and George (Nicholas Galitzine) in Mary & George Episode 4 (“The Wolf & The Lamb”), everything seemed to be going pretty well for them both after a few setbacks. Mary finally managed to get John (Tom Victor) married to Frances Coke (Amelia Gething) despite Lady Hatton (Nicola … Read more
[ The synopsis for Mary & George Episode 4 (“The Wolf & The Lamb”) promises a showdown between Mary (Julianne Moore) and Lady Hatton (Nicola Walker), and we certainly get that — but we also get a whole lot more. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves — let’s pick up where we left off. When last … Read more
[ Starz‘s Mary & George is the story of an ambitious mother, Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore), and her exceptionally charming son, George (Nicholas Galitzine). It’s also the true story of how George seduced King James I (Tony Curran), propelling his family to the top of the heap in Jacobean England, to his mother’s delight. However, … Read more
[ Mary & George Episode 3 “Not So Much as Love as by Awe” borrows its name from a letter sent between King James I (Tony Curran) and lover Robert Carr, the Earl of Somerset (Laurie Davidson) in real life. The Starz show’s creator D.C. Moore paraphrased the letter to Decider thus: “Somerset was playing … Read more
[ When last we left our dear Mary (Julianne Moore) and George (Nicholas Galitzine) in Episode 1 of Mary & George, they were scheming about how to get George back in front of (and perhaps under) King James I (Tony Curran). For Episode 2 (“The Hunt”), we start off with Mary visiting a local brothel … Read more
[ Mary & George Episode 2 “The Hunt” ends with a major moment for young George Villiers (Nicholas Galitzine) and his king, James I (Tony Curran) — and a key turning point for the Starz show. **Spoilers for Mary & George Episode 2 “The Hunt,” now streaming on Starz** After pursuing the king for a whole … Read more
[ Starz‘s scintillating new series Mary & George follows the wild true story of the ruthlessly ambitious Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore) and her incandescently charming second son, George (Nicholas Galitzine). In the 1610s, a recently widowed Mary pushed her beautiful boy into journeying to France, so he could be polished into the perfect cosmopolitan courtier. … Read more
[ Mary & George is one of those shows that comes along that I always worry I can’t be unbiased about because it’s precisely my kind of television show. Starz‘s latest provocative period drama ditches the Tudor era or pages of Philippa Gregory to take us inside the scandalous court of King James I, the … Read more
