Tudors 4x02

It’s the season to be merry at the Tudors’ court, and King Henry has not only invited his daughter Lady Mary, but also his recently divorced wife Anne of Cleves – all very awkward for her royal crumpet Catherine Howard (despite all the lavish presents). Lady Mary (an amazing Sarah Bolger) has grown to become a heroically stoic young woman much like her mother, Catherine of Aragon. She struggles to suffer silently all the queen’s spiteful jealousy. Queen Catherine does bond, however, with Anne (an awkward Jess Stone). The mindless chattering and cackling of the young Queen and her retinue is about as infuriating as watching Hugh Hefner’s latest girlfriends twit and tweet. Since her only education at Lambeth took place in the bedroom, it’s not surprising that she soon agrees to meet that boy Culpeper in her bedchamber. The lad had already been working his way up enjoying the loins of Lady Rochford, her majesty’s lady-in-waiting. While the king’s festering wound continues suppurating, he remains bent on provoking war somewhere, and sends a general to the North to harass James, King of Scots. Honestly, though, it’s all rather unexciting, I’m afraid...