A Most Human Episode
This is the episode about the final days of Princess Margaret, the flamboyant counterpart of Queen Elizabeth. While there were challenges in the relationship, they remained loving sisters. Margaret has pushed the envelope over the years, eating unhealthy food, smoking, drinking to excess, and it finally drives her demise. She has a mild stroke. She ignores the doctors' orders and has a second. Built into this is an evening after the announcement of VE day where she and Elizabeth decide to go into the crowds outside the palace. For the first time in her life the heir to the Crown takes a chance and is embraced by a group of jitterbuggers and other young people. She dances and carries on and is human. The strength of this episode, however, is the loving interaction of these two women. One of the best two or three episodes in the entire series.
- Hitchcoc
- Dec 28, 2023