When watching 48:1, it really felt like I was watching a multi-level political thriller, what with the next battle of wills between QUEEN ELIZABETH & PM THATCHER, the UK’s role in the Commonwealth of Nations, the growing Apartheid in South Africa, and the crucial role a lower-decks Buckingham Palace employee would play in this. All in all I really enjoyed this story on multiple levels.
On the political and worldwide level, it was interesting to see the UK’s role in the international stage given what the UK used to be as an empire, and serves as a reminder of how the show started from post WW2. On the leadership level, it’s again both entertaining and fascinating to see the Queen and PM at odds again, as their both strong characters of presence handled well by Olivia Colman and Gillian Anderson respectively.
Going further down, we reach my only nitpick of the episode as we follow Michael Shea, palace press secretary. His story and role was good, but it was hard for me to get invested given his both his importance and lack of prior tales. We even get to see the royal siblings get some time as we get our first real scene of CHARLES, ANNE, ANDREW & EDWARD together reacting to political events. Probably my favorite scene in the episode, given how Charles is during this moment.
Add some other good scenes via excellent editing & camera work, plus a very strong prologue that has the surprise return of a previous actor, and this is one I’m definitely going to enjoy rewatching in the future.
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