The Tudors (TV Series) The Death of Wolsey (2007) User Reviews

Best episode yet ... attention SPOILERS..

[eborix13 · 10/10 · 11 March 2008]

In spite of the discrepancies between this episode and the true historical events I still consider the 10th episode to be the best one yet. Up until now I couldn't determine which character is good or evil. The final scenes in which Wolsey makes his las confession are superb.

The parallel drawn between his confession and the stage show wants to portrait Wolsey as an evil man. This is the image that the previous episodes suggested about Wolsey. But in his final words, which seem very sincere, we can see that his intentions were not always evil and he was a victim of the circumstances. This totally changed my opinion about Wolsey. Also seeing all the other from the court enjoying the show we get a glimpse of who they really are.

Great acting by mr Sam Neil and a great soundtrack (wish I could find out the name of the song which plays during the confession).

New writers who didn't even look at history?

[jrhochstedt · 1/10 · 24 August 2022]

It's embarrassing to see a great series descend into absurdities so excessive, especially having Wolsey commit SUICIDE.

Also, the author of the Beggars' Supplication, a pamphlet that prompted Thomas More's Supplication of souls, is shown as being burnt personally by More, when he died of plague after having been charged by the Bishop of Wareham. Nor could More have exhorted the man being burnt to recant, as he was NOT a priest.

Nor was Henry an advocate of the Protestant doctrines he had condemned only a few years earlier, but rejected the position of the pope to rule over all national churches.

These aren't trivialities, but harm the drama of the actual history. Which is unfortunate, because the first nine episodes were entrancing (mostly).