The classic TUDORS formula: tons of sex scenes, fabulous costumes, laughably over-the-top drama, haunting music and beautiful cinematography.
It's all here, and this second episode of the series is where the fun really begins. Henry is having an incredibly exciting affair with sweet, mild-mannered Bessie Blount, a blonde goddess with a very submissive personality. But then he breaks it off to start a war with France. Because he's like that. But then cunning Cardinal Wolsey talks him out of starting a war and signing a peace treaty with the King of France instead. So they all go over to France and there's lots of fabulous looking people walking around, and Henry and King Francis of France suddenly take off their shirts and get into a wrestling match. Because they're like that. Anyway, Henry gets his ass beat in the wrestling and ends up feeling stupid and spends five minutes throwing furniture around, looking just like singer Dewey Cox in the movie WALK HARD. Because he's like that.
Meanwhile, there's this incredibly thick-headed, goofy duke who thinks he should be king and Henry shouldn't be. And this knucklehead keeps stomping around and scowling, and he sounds like a cross between Ned Stark and Homer Simpson. So then Henry's best friend Charles sleeps with the goofy guy's daughter, just to push him over the edge so they can laugh at him.
So then while he's in France Henry meets Mary Boleyn, Anne's sister, and Mary goes down on Henry and he really likes it. So he takes Mary back to England and then dumps her for no reason. Because he's like that.
Oh, and there's lots of jousting and costumes and people talking about sex and people having sex. Because they're like that.
It's all here, and this second episode of the series is where the fun really begins. Henry is having an incredibly exciting affair with sweet, mild-mannered Bessie Blount, a blonde goddess with a very submissive personality. But then he breaks it off to start a war with France. Because he's like that. But then cunning Cardinal Wolsey talks him out of starting a war and signing a peace treaty with the King of France instead. So they all go over to France and there's lots of fabulous looking people walking around, and Henry and King Francis of France suddenly take off their shirts and get into a wrestling match. Because they're like that. Anyway, Henry gets his ass beat in the wrestling and ends up feeling stupid and spends five minutes throwing furniture around, looking just like singer Dewey Cox in the movie WALK HARD. Because he's like that.
Meanwhile, there's this incredibly thick-headed, goofy duke who thinks he should be king and Henry shouldn't be. And this knucklehead keeps stomping around and scowling, and he sounds like a cross between Ned Stark and Homer Simpson. So then Henry's best friend Charles sleeps with the goofy guy's daughter, just to push him over the edge so they can laugh at him.
So then while he's in France Henry meets Mary Boleyn, Anne's sister, and Mary goes down on Henry and he really likes it. So he takes Mary back to England and then dumps her for no reason. Because he's like that.
Oh, and there's lots of jousting and costumes and people talking about sex and people having sex. Because they're like that.
