The Crown · Season 2 · Netflix
The Crown Season 2
The Crown Season 2 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.4/10. 10 episodes on Netflix from 8 December 2017.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Season 2 extended the Foy era through the Suez Crisis, Philip's restlessness, and the slow negotiation of what their marriage actually was. Matt Smith's Philip was given more space, using it to make the Duke complicated in ways the usual understanding about him doesn't allow. The writing's strategy of using historical events as pressure tests for the royal marriage, with each crisis revealing something new about the trapped people inside the palace, was at its most precise here.
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Standout Episodes
The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.
- E1Misadventure8.2
A taut opener that makes marriage and empire crack through etiquette, silence, and the dangerous confidence of old institutions.
Full review of E1 → - E2A Company of Men7.5
A sharp chamber of dropped signals and public speeches, strongest when ceremony cracks under politics.
Full review of E2 → - E3Lisbon8.1
A sharp hinge hour where political succession and marital panic move in parallel, with silence doing the hardest work.
Full review of E3 → - E4Beryl8.0
Austere, sharp and visually sly, the hour turns Margaret’s search for love into a study of royal performance.
Full review of E4 → - E5Marionettes8.4
A precise media-age monarchy hour where the sharpest attack comes from the man trying to keep the Crown alive.
Full review of E5 → - E6Vergangenheit8.3
A controlled, severe hour where the Queen's smallest refusal carries the weight of a monarchy protecting itself.
Full review of E6 → - E7Matrimonium8.2
Margaret gets her wedding, but the episode makes every vow carry pride, scandal, and unfinished damage.
Full review of E7 → - E8Dear Mrs Kennedy8.1
A sharp political hour where one dance outplays the briefing room, until Kennedy's death shatters the frame.
Full review of E8 → - E9Paterfamilias8.0
A severe, disciplined hour where school choice becomes inheritance, and protection starts looking dangerously close to harm.
Full review of E9 → - E10Mystery Man8.1
A chilly finale where private facts become public risk, with silence doing more damage than speeches.
Full review of E10 →
Season Over Season
Matches Season 1 in quality; the Foy-Smith partnership deepened into something genuinely moving.