The Crown: Gunpowder

November 13, 2022 7:43 AM - Season 5, Episode 8

The Queen spends quality time with Prince William. On Guy Fawkes Night, fireworks make for a perfect distraction from Diana's BBC interview.

No Vulture recap yet.
The Crown S5 E8 real history: Diana’s Panorama interview causes fireworks [History Extra]

posted by ellieBOA (5 comments total)

Poor Diana. It is heartbreaking to see her be manipulated like this in such a way that preyed upon her vulnerabilities :(
posted by erattacorrige at 6:20 PM on November 13, 2022 [1 favorite]

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posted by ellieBOA at 12:43 PM on November 14, 2022

The choice of juxtaposing "One Night Only" with the interview, and the interview with Guy Fawkes, are interesting choices there.

Thinking of this, and the Harry/Meghan interview...I guess sometimes your pain is just so big you have to let it out. To everybody. Publicly. You just can't keep that big of a secret, that big of a wound, in any more. No matter what the consequences.
posted by jenfullmoon at 8:08 PM on November 14, 2022 [1 favorite]

The queen sitting around uncomfortably listening to sex jokes, followed by seeing more of that dude than I possibly wanted to see... oy.
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:14 AM on November 18, 2022

The choice of juxtaposing "One Night Only" with the interview, and the interview with Guy Fawkes, are interesting choices there.

This season is full of so many ham-fisted comparisons and metaphors. Peter Morgan is a great writer but he put in so many portents this season, he has characters even comment on how heavy-handed the metaphors are becoming. so strange.
posted by crossoverman at 6:31 PM on November 18, 2022 [2 favorites]