With Constance, Aramis and Queen Anne all in mortal danger, the Musketeers race against time to foil Rochefort’s plans. The battle with Rochefort ends, as war with Spain begins Well, that wasn’t the finale I was expecting – and it was much the better for it. Although not lacking in action, there is a surprising degree of introspection and a focus on character as much as spectacle that manages to successfully combine darker and deeper moments with some lusty fight sequences in a way that the programme has struggled to do throughout this season. From the opening rescue of Constance through to Porthos taking on Spanish spy-master Vargas’s men single-handed to the climactic sequence in which the Musketeers storm the palace and each of them takes their turn at outduelling Rochefort – who stubbornly fights on, Terminator-like until D’Artagnan, as promised, delivers the killing blow through his chest – there’s plenty of musketeering and swashbuckling swordplay. But it’s in the quieter moments, of which there are many, that the episode really shines. The plot itself is standard, predictable fare, served up without an excess of trimmings. D’Artagnan, Athos and Treville rescue Constance in the nick of time. Rochefort manipulates King [...]
Trending Articles
More Pages to Explore .....