After losing their young daughter and business ventures gone sour, Ross and Demelza are heartbroken, and during an emotional moment, Ross is arrested for his part in a looting a shipwreck. We get these long, sometimes languid, always beautiful, takes that bookend tense and quick dialogue-ridden standoffs between characters – as evident in tonight’s two-hour premiere.Īt the first season finale’s tragic cliffhanger, we see the show’s core couple at a very low point. Each episode of Poldark, only an hour-long, packs a lot of story in and moves through time at a breakneck pace, which is nicely juxtaposed by the filmmaking of the show. Much like other PBS Masterpiece series, the structure of these British made period pieces are quite distinctive.

Enough drama to make you leave each episode wondering if you just watched a feature-length film insteadįor its first season, Poldark flew mostly under my radar, but during a boring lull in my Labor Day weekend a few weeks ago, I gave it a try, and well, kind of fell in love with the characters and their stories.

Strong, but distinct female leads as seen with the tenacious Demelza, Heida Reed’s Elizabeth and Ruby Bentall’s Verity.

An unexpected yet swoon-worthy romance with Eleanor Tomlinson’s Demelza.

Brooding, handsome and progressive hero in Aidan Turner’s Ross Poldark.

If I were to think of a series that checked all the boxes that would make it so something I’d love, the PBS Masterpiece drama Poldark is definitely one of those rarities.

To say Poldark is totally my kind of show is an understatement.

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