Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, and Elizabeth Debicki join Netflix’s royal drama for season 5.
What do we want fromThe Crown the truth, or the most interesting version of the story?
Certainly, creatorPeter Morganhas never claimed thatThe Crownis entirely factual.
Dominic West, Teddy Hawlee, Elizabeth Debicki, and Timothée Sambor in ‘The Crown’ season 5.Netflix
It begins and ends withBritannia.
The vessel has begun to fall into disrepair, however, and fixes would cost millions in taxpayer money.
“She’s a creature of another age,” says Prince Philip (Jonathan Pryce).
“In many ways she’s obsolete.”
Therein lies this year’s theme: Tradition versus progress, the status quo versus a society in transition.
Still, the episode concludes with the book’s release, and then the subject is effectively dropped.
The same can be said for her infamous “There were three of us in this marriage"Panoramainterview.
“Ipatiev House,” the season’s requisite Philip episode, is another oddly timed interruption.
“After 47 years of marriage, we might ask ourselves, how are we still alike?”
The new ensemble is very strong.
all the sacrifices she’s endured at Her Majesty’s behest.
Did this really happen?
Probably not, and either way, we’ll never know for sure.
