Earlier this year, after the first stills were released, I looked at a number of the stills and speculated on the scenes and what could be happening in them. So, how did I do? I am going to have a look back at some of the stills and my speculations to see, this first post will look back at the Kate and Anthony still and the still with the first look at Francesca. I will follow up in the next few weeks with a look back at the Peneloise and Polin stills, and finally at the Penelope and Colin stills.
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Kate and Anthony
The still of Kate and Anthony was released in December 2023, I wrote my post on it in January 2024. I looked at several aspects, including the setting, the pose and what the scene could be conveying, so how did I do? Well, quite honestly not that well as my speculations were mostly incorrect.
I thought that the setting was most likely in their bedroom, I was close, but not quite there. This photo was o in Kate's study which, we discovered from the tour of the set is connected to her dressing room. But whilst it was not technically their bedroom, it was part of their private suite of rooms.
I read the pose in this still as a a protective pose and speculated it was related to Kate being pregnant, but also commented it could be comforting/reassurance, or intimacy. Whilst the scene was not connected to pregnancy, or comfort, it was an intimate scene, and showed the Viscount and Viscountess continue to maintain an intimate and close connection. I think in terms of saying that it shows Kate trusts Anthony was correct, though that was not part of the scene in question.
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Francesca
The next still I will look back at is the one of Francesca and you can read what I initially wrote on it here. I looked at the expressions on Violet, Francesca and Hyacinth's faces and speculated what the scene could be about, so how did I fare with this still. I actually did better with guessing what this still was about than I did with the Kate and Anthony still, so let's look at what I got right, almost right and wrong.
When looking at the expressions on their faces, I thought that Violet looked surprised, Hyacinth looked like she was holding back a laugh, and Francesca showed some reserved happiness. When we see the scene in episode four I think this certainly sums up the varying expressions at play. It was easy to conclude they were reacting to someone out of shot, and I suggested it was likely either a family member or maybe John, and as we see in the scene it was John that the three of them were reacting to.
I had two theories for this scene, and whilst one was almost correct, the other was completely wrong! The first theory was that it was after John had requested permission to court/marry Francesca and Anthony had come in to tell her. The second theory was that it was John asking Francesca if he could speak to her alone (in order to propose). Though the first theory was completely wrong, the second theory was almost there, with John requesting to call on Francesca.
