(And Ross gets an entire montage dedicated to him riding throughout the countryside to talk to rich backers.) To be fair, while I’m sure Pascoe is a lovely man – and has certainly been a great friend to Ross over the years – we’ve yet to see him do anything the resembles actual work, so I’m not shocked he’s less than great at his job. On the plus side, this banking nonsense gave us what is possibly the funniest sequence this season, as Demelza, Prudie, Sam and Zacky all pretend to be random customers bringing cash to deposit at the bank George is targeting in order to demonstrate that it is awesome and trustworthy. George is the worst (Photo: Courtesy of Mammoth Screen for BBC and MASTERPIECE) (If only so we aren’t constantly subjected to these wacky schemes.) They’re both MPs now, couldn’t we see them battle it out about something political? At least that would be new. I get that the Ross versus George rivalry is a big piece of the show, but surely there’s a better way to let their relationship evolve naturally. As a threat, this plot never even tried to feel serious.

Mostly, this continuing feud isn’t saying anything interesting about either of them, and it isn’t even fun to watch anymore.ĭid anyone actually think that George’s Scooby Doo villain- style plan to wreck the town bank would be successful in the end? This show is called Poldark, and no one even bothered to pretend that Ross and his family have suddenly become destitute paupers for more than like two minutes. Sure, Ross is a pompous do-gooder sometimes, and George is the definition of scummy, but I honestly fail to see what either could have at this point that the other wants. Seriously though, what are they even fighting about anymore? Both men are well off financially, successful, married to the women of their choice and part of the cultural elite in that they are literally making the laws that govern their country. (Need more details? Last week’s recap is this way.) Whitworth, however, is convinced she’s now damaged goods, and rejects Drake, because this show can literally never let us be happy for more than five minutes. Drake decides to marry the nice but drippy Rosina, but can’t go through with the ceremony after he learns that the odious Reverend Whitworth has died (thank goodness!) and Morwenna is free. Previously on Poldark: Ross finally goes to Parliament and does his job, which appears to be making a lot of progressive speeches and inventing what is essentially welfare. Elizabeth finally got interesting this season (Photo: Courtesy of Mammoth Screen for BBC and MASTERPIECE)

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