The Reel Rejects - QUEEN CHARLOTTE 1x03 & 1x04 REVIEW – WHAT IS GEORGE HIDING & WHY DOES IT HURT SO MUCH?!

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Starting point is 00:01:45 You get to ask us the questions. It'll help guide these reviews. See our shooting schedule day and day out. And as always a big thanks to Prepper for putting these highlights together. Gee, it was a heavy couple of episodes. This is, I mean, heavier show in tone as we've established. But how are you? This was, yeah, how are you feeling as of two thick boys. This is really good. This is about on par with Bridgeton, if not better than a lot of Bridgeton in some ways. It's strong storytelling.

Starting point is 00:02:17 It feels like some of the best stuff we've seen so far from the world. I like an episode that can recontextualize everything that we've seen up to this point, re contextualize an entire performance and would change the rewatchability to knowing these things. Yeah, like whoever plays the king, I think does a fantastic job. Their chemistry is undeniable. Yeah. And watching how their relationship has formed and got into this point, it's like an arranged marriage situation.

Starting point is 00:02:44 It's very easy they could have done some type of cliche thing, but this whole thing seems so complicated because it's got this whole thing about air and keeping Britain's feeling strong while dealing with the situation with the Americas. And then you got the whole thing with race involved, and unity and all the politics that encompasses, but the show's done a great job at managing to have all these big political stakes whilst doing something that is very character-focused and intimate. It's like it's called Queen Charlotte, but it's so much about everybody else as well. It's so much about Lady Danbury. It's very much about the king. And then, you know, it's like knowing where things were headed with the king early on,

Starting point is 00:03:27 like, okay, yeah, I see where this is going. I wasn't like fully like locked in with him. I liked him a lot, but I wasn't like fully emotionally connected. I guess I didn't, because I, I wasn't fully aware as this episode has demonstrated the most recent one, how all this was already kind of a spiraling downfall for him prior to even him meeting her. I thought it was more like under control. We were going to watch it get worse.

Starting point is 00:03:54 Apparently it's been like God awful and terrible this whole time. And everything he was doing also, it just changes so much. And he kind of felt like, The episodes prior made it feel like aloof and like, yeah, he was keeping his distance for reasons not like he, like because he cared about her. But what did not register at all in episodes one through three, especially one and two, was that he actually had a desire. He had a wanting for her. It wasn't just keep her at a distance, let roles be fulfilled.

Starting point is 00:04:22 So much of the motives of what he was doing to better himself were rooted in trying to heal so he can actually be with her. that changes a lot of like the romance and the care even seems like him going back downstairs to be in that chair changes a lot. And even for the mom, you know, she's very, she kind of seems like cunning and ruthless. But they've really layered her to make you kind of understand a little bit more of why. It's like when you got this amount of pressure and stress, it makes you stupid. It makes you act in ways that are not reasonable and say things and behave in ways that are not great. And can also reveal some truths and make some other things look worse than they are. She's got some flaws.

Starting point is 00:05:06 But she is a mother. So yeah, I liked it a lot. I thought this was great. I thought the last two episodes were really, really good. I was very suckered into this. Yeah. How about you? I would agree wholeheartedly.

Starting point is 00:05:18 This especially has felt really nice. And I feel like I'm curious to know how it would feel if you don't watch it in a Bridgeton sequence. But I feel like it would still be just as. engrossing and strong. And yeah, I like that you get this whiplash, or it's easy to appreciate in hindsight, the sort of whiplash of getting to know George over the course of the show, him going from very charming to very aloof and, you know, borderline oftentimes disrespectful in various things. And, yeah, you know, like a dysfunction of sorts is always part of the charm, the troopery, the back and forth of the show. But yeah, they've drawn something here that is like really,

Starting point is 00:05:55 it's just as like tragic as it is sorted and all that stuff. And like, this still has some of the fun elements of the class satire that Bridgerton can sometimes bring or the class commentary, I suppose I would say. But, like, yeah, this is more heartbreaking, certainly, even in the little things, even in that whole bit between Violet Bridgerton and Lady Danbury, the whole your fortunate thing to be able to grieve and to be able to miss a person rather than, yeah, having to have put up with somebody and to have kind of put up a face for them. And, yeah, just like all the interesting little, especially as of these episodes, you see these interesting little mirrors or parallels between different characters and, and yeah, you know, different people going through the same things on different parts of the timeline and stuff. Yeah, it's really well conceived. And it's impressive because this is an original expansion on the material. So, yeah, it's like it does nicely to comment on the precariousness of the advancement of society. And it's kind of neat that they lead with that first and then they dive.

Starting point is 00:06:55 It's like I agree. It's like they've had a really nice grip on keeping things very personal. But you're always aware of the fact that like having a personal life while you're at the pinnacle of society is really precarious and hard. And yeah, it's like we don't spend a ton of time doing king and queen duties. But like that stuff all feels like it's always in the room, which is nice. And it, yeah, makes the personal stuff feel more desperate. And yeah, I like the way they handle Dr. Monroe. And I feel like we can even segue into the first question with this. We want to. want to. Friends, what is your relationship with eating healthy right now? As many of you know, last year for me, it was all about aesthetics. Dropped a bunch of weight, got really disciplined, took some photos. But this year, it became about maintenance. Now it's about performance. I've been running a lot more. I'm training for a Spartan race right now. That's right. Trying to be a man. But incorporating all this with a busy life, it can be a challenge because, you know, life doesn't slow down. Like many of you, constantly on the go, always feel like I'm rushing against time. And that's where these naturally placed bottles have really come in handy for me.

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Starting point is 00:09:06 with my code Rejects at Hewle.com slash rejects new customers only. Thank you to Heel for partnering and supporting our lovely little show. I guess I'll just do that. Care Bear, Your Majesty's G and J. Dr. Monroe is from Bedlam, the UK's first mental institution. I didn't even realize that was short from Bethlehem Hospital. In the 1700s, Bedlam practiced what are now known to be dangerous psychiatric treatments. Hospitals. So its name became synonymous with chaos and uproar, total bedlam question. How do you feel watching Queen Charlotte's depiction of early psychiatric care? Was it hard to see the brutal origins of a science now so vital to our well-being? Yeah, like when that guy stepped in, it's really fascinating because early on it seems like a ray of hope. And then the first, you get, the more sinister it seems. And beyond that, where you end off, you're sort of like, I cannot tell with this guy. And part of you can easily see the sort of like, this is just the best

Starting point is 00:10:01 knowledge we have at the time, which is scary. Because like, this dude could kill the king in earnest, just out of like methods gone awry. I also can't tell if I can trust this guy. And, you know, it makes you kind of wonder and paranoid in the peripheral of everything that's happening around just the hope that they could find love together. And yeah, I really like the Roshaman aspect of them filling in all these blanks and showing why. And I think that's a really relatable thing. When you, like, have a plan, you're like, no, no, no, I need to do all this stuff. And I got to work this out so then I can finally be in a good place to go be with this person for some reason.

Starting point is 00:10:39 And from your perspective, you have all this stuff that you're doing. And then when you show it to them, they're like, you just showed up here at random, you know, thinking that we could have a nice dinner. But, yeah, I don't know. There's just so many great human flourishes and details. and then to see the early onset of psychiatry here is fascinating, because yeah, it's our psychiatry, psychology, mental health operations of any kind. And I mean, you're very well versed in that.

Starting point is 00:11:02 And I know we were both very suspicious of the doctor. But like it's a fascinating thread to pull into something like this because it kind of gives you like a historical. There are lots of shows about like, oh, here's the early origins of like forensic science and police work. And so to have a thread here, not only of the cultural and the personal, but then also something like this is, I don't know, I felt pretty fascinating generally. The doctor, I don't know, like, did you... I know we were both suss of that guy, but I don't know, what did you take from that?

Starting point is 00:11:27 I thought we weren't supposed to trust him, like, right off the bat. I thought they lit him like a villain. That's fair, too. And, I'm living like he was Dracula. That's fair. And, I mean, in one of those medical galleries, I'm never really used to being in there when, like, good things are happening.

Starting point is 00:11:41 I'm sure there's history. Plenty of fine developments happened in a medical gallery. I mean, I thought maybe we were wrong by the fact that he actually did calm him down. It won't start becoming a... like crazy experiments. Yeah. Like, oh, this guy's like definitely, it seems like he's just so much more

Starting point is 00:11:55 interested in his own science than actually achieving the objective of healing him. That's a good point. More about, like, discovering even more of what's wrong with this guy, even though that's like you have to in order to heal. The objective doesn't seem to be, it seems like he's more got a case study

Starting point is 00:12:09 on his hands than he does focused on healing his patient. Yeah, it's like a test subject more than he has a patient. The show wasn't like telling me, though. They didn't like go, okay, we're going to put leeches here. Why? He's going to eat this. Why?

Starting point is 00:12:24 Ice bath. Why? We were watching things happen, but it wasn't telling me what like the justification was to doing it. And that was something I wish the show was doing because that's where my mind was going. I'm like, I don't really know why they're doing this. I know that back then they had their cigarettes. We used to help treat health. like and then the calm your nervous system and your anxiety down so they like literally prescribe like

Starting point is 00:12:52 like i believe it was like cocaine or heroin maybe both were yeah you know they were drugs used as treatment so and and i would hear why to use them so obviously they had their what their reasoning to do these before i was right or wrong i was just more curious to know like what was the justification as to why they would use these specific weird goobie foods and and what the what the purpose of the ice baths were and how that was supposed to heal his brain. And it's interesting in hearing it to a world now that it's obsessed with like cold plunges and shit, you know, which has their own like mental health benefits. I take cold showers several days a week for like a minute to two at a time. So like I like hearing these things, but I didn't,

Starting point is 00:13:36 which they were telling us more of like what they were doing because they've kind of kept his disease. I thought it was basic like Alzheimer's, but it seems like so much. more than that. Then again, I don't really understand Alzheimer's. My grandma died and she had Alzheimer's. And I remember being privy to that, how horrible that is to interact with someone with that and how heartbreaking that can be. But I'm also not, I don't have the knowledge to know, like, do you start hallucinating to that extent? It seems like there's an element of hallucination. It seems like some kind of dementia situation or something. Yeah, but yeah, it's, it's toward the limits of what I even know. And I mean, I've experienced dementia with elder family members and stuff like that. And,

Starting point is 00:14:14 Yeah, like there's disorientation and yeah, you'll, they'll be in another kind of world and or place and they might or might not recognize you. But yeah, it's interesting because too, I mean, like, I don't mind the show not quite being clear about, I'm sure somebody who's like an expert will catch it right away. But like, yeah, I'm sitting here going, what is exactly is going on with him? And because they don't have a word for it, I'm okay with not kind of fully grasping the modern context. But it is a, yeah, I would agree. It's one of those things where it's like, yeah, it's nice because it makes you want to go out and, like, read about this, but also it would be neat if the show brought some of that knowledge in, not that I'm, like, mad at them for

Starting point is 00:14:50 not doing that, because it's not like the point, but since they brought this added element of historical value, you know, it's like it would be neat to, yeah, get the theory. Because especially, you know, George just establishes a character who loves science and the method and all that stuff. So it would be appropriate to do that. But, but no, it's been very effective. And, yeah, just the recontextualization of moments has been great. The two. The two, Two, Brimsley and the other guy, really enjoy them too. And Lady Danbury, this is always an MVP. Yeah, I think what they're doing with Brimsley and, yeah, the other guy forget his name.

Starting point is 00:15:24 But like even episode four did a lot to enhance his character. Depiction in a way I didn't expect. Because you see it through this, they both are like super dedicated to their guy, you know. Well, I thought he was a little bit naive and aloof too, but you're like, oh, no, this guy's like got his finger on the pulse. Yeah, it's like they both know a ton and they're both like aware of how fragile this situation. situation is and they love each other, but are also, like, protecting the interests of, yeah, of their... It's not a good job on illustrating the perspective without ever really cluing you into what the actual,

Starting point is 00:15:53 what the reality is going on. They didn't like doing any, like, fun, cheeky shots to, like, clue you in. Yeah. Like, I like what he learns about the queen coming to the observatory, and he starts to clean up and everything, and he has to, like, act surprise when she's there. Like, whoa, what are you doing here? You know? Hey, welcome. Come on in.

Starting point is 00:16:10 Yeah, I like, I like seeing all that, because I bought it when. she showed up and he was like, whoa, what are you doing here? Yeah, totally. No, it's a really good iteration of that because it doesn't clue you into like, oh, there's definitely something else. It just seemed like he's a quirky guy. And then, yeah, to realize that there's something much greater lurking beneath the surface. Yeah, it's got good nuance on the characters. And, yeah, people I was sympathized with that I didn't expect to.

Starting point is 00:16:35 That whole scene at the end between Charlotte and the princess was great. Yeah, top notch. We're going to move on to Jay Rushden real quick. Might as well. Jay Rushden. Take it away. What's your favorite kind of tea, if there is any? My favorite tea currently, I mean, like during the day, I'm like a green tea guy.

Starting point is 00:16:55 But my favorite tea right now is this blend that I do with yogi, which is their featured ones are Kava, stress, relief, relaxed mind, and mindfulness. And I've been taking that before I go to bed. And I have been going to, I have been able to fall asleep faster than. than normal. Take a while from me. It just takes like two hours for me to fall asleep. I don't really fall asleep well.

Starting point is 00:17:17 But I am falling asleep faster. I've noticed me getting more tired quicker when I take it. And it does help slow my racing thoughts down a bit. I may I have to do like other methods to slow my thoughts down. But I have noticed it has been a nice assist for calming my heart rate down

Starting point is 00:17:34 and calming my brain down. And I'll simply like put in my mind to rest. So those three blends right there are my current favor. What about you, John? Not bad. My teas are pretty basic a lot of the time. I mean, either like a chai or a Thai iced tea. There you go.

Starting point is 00:17:48 Like a chai or a Thai iced tea or something like that. Or like, yeah, like a very sort of like soft, sleepy time sort of chamomile. Yeah, I'm usually drinking tea if I'm trying to be mellow or I'm trying to like feel better. So like, you know, like a wellness tea or something like that. It's off the tipping bath. But when I'm under the weather and I need to feel better, garlic tea is the business, which most people are going to think is disgusting, but I think is great. So that's for you. Care Bear. Bedlam was the inspiration for several fictional hospitals, including DC's Arkham Asylum. I think that's the biggest thing is when they said

Starting point is 00:18:25 Bedlam, I'm like, okay, I don't know the exact, like, historical, you know, it's like I understand the connotation and like the general insane asylum idea that comes with that. But like being here, I'm like, they mentioned Bedlam and I'm like, okay, where are we in the sort of, we're obviously looking down at the practices, but are we at like full horrific conditions just now? Because yeah, it's like, at first you're like, okay, Bedlam Origins, how awful is this going to be from the start? Or should I just assume that this is going to be absolutely awful from the start? Yeah, it seems like it got it is. Good stuff though. Well, thanks for sharing that, Carebear. Yeah, thank you, Carebear. Anything else to tell the people before we hit it?

Starting point is 00:19:00 No. Guys, stay regal. Thank you for attending our Royal Ball. And, you know, go get yourself a cold plunge, and we'll catch you for season this episode's five and six. Be well.

The Reel Rejects - QUEEN CHARLOTTE 1x03 & 1x04 REVIEW – WHAT IS GEORGE HIDING & WHY DOES IT HURT SO MUCH?!

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