To no avail, of course, but thatвЂ™s brain fever for you. To Lord FalmouthвЂ™s credit, he called Dwight back into service just after the doctor got to trepanation. It was tremendously sad! Demelza was by his side, shooting down his final requests for some hope that they might be together (I think that was the right thing to do but I would be very conflicted in the face of a dying war hero who worshiped me).ДЄs Hugh weakened, Lord Falmouth decided that DwightвЂ™s more modern approach to medicine wasnвЂ™t cutting the mustard, and instead brought on a More Traditional Old-Timey Cornish Doctor, who immediately ran through the Prestige Drama Checklist for bad medicine: leeches, purging, cupping, vomiting, sweating, and, should we have time, trepanation. What about Hugh, you may be asking? Well, it will come as little surprise to you that Hugh spends the vast majority of the episode on his deathbed, with the exception of the rest of the episode, in which he is simply вЂ¦ dead. Political machinations everywhere! George (eventually, after much fluttering and suspense) loses his seat in Parliament to one Captain Ross Poldark. Elizabeth can be a fool, but sheвЂ™s very good at accepting things as they are and making the best of them.ДЄh, yes, the setback. In this most recent episode, when GeorgeвЂ™s greatest-ever setback at RossвЂ™s hands could have thrust a new wedge in between him and Elizabeth, you can tell thereвЂ™s a new strength between them. windswept warm earthy peasant girl,вЂќ you know? ThereвЂ™s only so far you can go with вЂњaristocratic classic beauty v. And itвЂ™s making Poldark darker and twistier and more enjoyable, at least for me. If Dwight and Pug Lady do have children, theyвЂ™ll be next in line.

WeвЂ™re watching Ross and Demelza fumble their way through this transition now, just behind George and Elizabeth. People are connected in marriage by shared responsibility, honor, commitment, children, and a heap of other things besides infatuation. I didnвЂ™t say it was more fun, mind you, but itвЂ™s what two people are left with when they have gotten to know each other well enough to realize that the person theyвЂ™ve signed on for is not really the same person who wakes up next to them every morning, but they still keep going. Marriage is a lot more interesting than falling in love.

Photo: courtesy of Mammoth Screen for MasterpieceДЄfter a few seasons of push-pull, will-they-or-wonвЂ™t-they romantic plots which havenвЂ™t particularly elevated the caliber of the show (as opposed to our blood pressure), weвЂ™re finally starting to see a more mature and more interesting set of marriages take shape.

Poldark season 2 episode 2 recap