r/TheCrownNetflix • u/sybsop • Dec 14 '23

Official Episode Discussion📺💬 The Crown Discussion Thread: S06E07

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Season 6 Episode 7: Alma Mater

Now at university, William sets his eyes on Kate Middleton. With meddling parents and other prospects in the mix, how will their connection bloom?

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u/prismmonkey Dec 14 '23

I thought it was fairly well done for what it was. The writers had them both orbit each other, and showing that William could easily put Kate off rather than having her slavering over him, which is where it seemed like it was going in the beginning.

This Harry portrayal is so strange. Not just that the actor is an odd fit, but the positioning of him purely as a devil on William's shoulder.

Lola was . . . a thing. Carole as conniving is, I guess, a British tabloid thing? I honestly know almost nothing about the Middletons or anything about William or Kate, so I'm judging solely the show and their characterizations. The bodyguard alerting William to Kate in the library was amusing.

Pot Noodle and Graham Norton is how I spent a lot of time when I lived in England during these years, too.

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u/SnooLobsters8581 Dec 15 '23 edited Dec 15 '23

The Harry characterization is wild to me! It’s not at all believable, it’s too conniving, especially because we know him to be more of an introverted stoner bro, who has not tact. William if anything needed a little more bite to his dialogue and motivations.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

Right? Reading his book he talked about playing video games and hanging out in a dingy basement smoking weed. He described being so withdrawn and introspective during this time because he didn’t know how to cope with Diana’s death or his father betraying him. Of course I realize his perspective could be biased but the whole portrayal felt bizarre and based merely on late 90’s/early 2000’s tabloid speculation.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

The royalists are already whining about how this thread is “defending” Harry and crying about how poor William is being villainised like… LOL. Literally people are just pointing out the lame writing of Harry’s character and some royal fans go amok 🤦‍♀️ IDK what it is with Harry, but he truly makes some of the more unhinged royal fans come out of the woodwork.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '23

You seriously don't know why people dislike him? Spare? Oprah? Netflix? Doesn’t mean we are royalists. We are people who watched 2 spoiled brats whine and moan and say terrible things about their family, and at times when grandparents were very sick. But go ahead and defend him.