Regardless… muddy, sweaty, sword wielding Tom is fabulous looking. Doesn’t it get in the way all the time? Also, how can anyone possibly train a horse well enough to stick around when war is raging around them? Because if I were a horse, I would be bailing on that so fast it’s ridiculous. I’m no military strategist, but a cape seems like a terrible costuming choice for battle wear. Tom Hiddleston doesn’t have to wear the curved horn Loki helmet, but he does still have a cape. He got off easy.Īnd of course we have the big battle scene (complete with Shakespearean trash talk) between Team King Henry IV and Team Harry Percy. Plus, he should consider himself lucky he could have been tossed off the side of a cliff to be trampled to death by stampeding wildebeests. Sorry to say, but Hal kind of deserves it.
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Like full on bitch slap with rings and all. And King Henry takes the opportunity to call his son out on all the ridiculous crap he’s done. “Oh no, we have to create a diversion? Maybe me straddling you and sucking on your face will suffice!” Way to cash in on a golden opportunity when it arises sister.īut eventually we do get around to the scene where Hal realizes that he needs to grow up and go to see his father. Bottom line: the real winner here is the prostitute. At least I think that’s what was going on because I was, in fact, distracted. When Falstaff robs some guys and the authorities come looking for him, Prince Hal and a prostitute kiss the hell out of each other as a distraction. He needs to get his shit together.īut thankfully he doesn’t get said shit together before we get to watch some hard core making out. Also, why is some guy in his fifties Prince Hal’s best friend? I know the whole quarter life crisis thing can be hard, but he is a grown ass man and a prince. As far as we can tell, he’s blown off all his responsibilities, and spends his time getting drunk in taverns and playing pranks on his middle aged friend Falstaff. I’m sure it’s more nuanced than that, but let’s carry on…Īnd address the fact that Prince Hal is a “Grade A-douchey-trust fund baby- frat guy” type. Because that’s how conflicts in the middle ages and Shakespearean plays start. The main conflict of the story starts when the king asks this guy Harry Percy to hand over captured soldiers and Percy refuses. Plus he produced Max Irons, so we know he’s capable of amazing things. Jeremy Irons has that deep, commanding voice and that intimidating quality that makes him a convincing authority figure. All that aside though, I’m loving the casting choice. Which is great, because the last time a character played by Jeremy Irons became king by getting rid of the guy before him it worked out super well for everyone. In this episode, the king is now much older and played by Jeremy Irons. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.At the end of the last episode, “Richard II,” Henry IV is crowned king after taking the throne from King Richard. Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur').