We have our first flashback to a young Philip — handsome, tall, pouty — and you can tell just by looking at him that this is a very different kind of kid than the one he will one day have. It’s also a gorgeously constructed episode, beautifully directed by Stephen Daldry. The actor-writer-director has two very different new projects in very different media. Episode cast overview, first billed only. We get a handy little epitaph to this episode: Prince Charles remained at Gordonstoun for a further five years. Well, then, you are in luck because this episode takes a long hard look at the inner workings of young Prince Charles and his father Philip — both as an adult and as a child. View production, box office, & company info. The Crown (Trailer) Season 3 Teaser: The Crown. Kids don’t seem to like him. *Icy theme continues*. He can’t stop imagining the crash and he leaves school still in his pajamas and jumps in a boat. Morgan, who wrote Paterfamilias with Tom Edge (Strike), and director Steve Daldry explore the Nazi backdrop of Philip’s youth with curiosity and sensitivity. Log in or link your magazine subscription, David Fincher Confirms the ‘Very Expensive’, Are You Ready? He puts his foot down and insists Charles go to Gordonstoun, where he can get away from all this royal nonsense and become his true self. Where is he? (If Elizabeth sniffed somewhere off camera, we did not hear it.) this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. It uses the dual timelines from Charles’s childhood and Philip’s childhood to powerful effect: Young Philip walking behind the caskets of his beloved sister and her entire family, past an endless sea of Nazi salutes. We flash back to Philip’s childhood in Nazi Germany. Hello, it’s Sara V, here, taking over for the final stretch. It’s an incredible tableau – the Third Reich brought to life with a verisimilitude transcending the usual jackboot cliche. He needs toughening up. (I’m convinced — convinced — that this episode is some serious foreshadowing to three seasons from now when The Crown tackles the Diana years and her death. He’s still awful in this episode, but he’s understandably awful, unlike that time earlier this season when he threw a fit about having to give a speech. Strictly Come Dancing 2020: can Nicola Adams go all the way? 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And that crushing scene that begins with Philip trying to be generous to what he thinks is happening in Charles’s head, and winds itself up into Philip exploding at him. Uncle Dickie escorts Philip to his Scotland-bound plane. She's hurt and angry, but those feelings are superseded by dignity, which is the very essence of who she is. The results are very interesting. Philip doesn’t care how awful his son’s existence in Scotland is. Each Sunday we will screen two episodes beginning at 6:00 p.m. with a twenty minute intermission between. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. The plane really did crash, killing Philip’s sister and her whole family. He calls Cecilie, demanding that he be allowed to leave because everyone at the school is crazy. But there’s also a small voice in my head that’s muttering, “Oh, sure. Follow PEOPLE’s daily royal coverage. Hahn scolds him for his use of violence, and Philip gets more construction duties as punishment for his behavior. Paterfamilias “This isn’t the real world,” he tells the son as an orderly cuts the Prince’s sardines at the breakfast table. If Gordonstoun represented hell on earth for Charles – "Colditz with kilts", he notoriously dubbed it – Philip's time at the school, where physical fortitude is as highly cherished as academic success, represents the crucible in which boy becomes man. As it turns out, Philip’s time at Gordonstoun wasn’t a vacation in St-Tropez either. Sign up for PureWow to get more daily discoveries sent straight to your inbox. Their stories are not the same, of course, and this is what Philip blinds himself from seeing, much to Charles’s detriment. Interwoven with Charles’s lonely sojourn – “imprisonment” is perhaps more accurate – at spartan Gordonstoun boarding school in the north of Scotland are flashbacks to Philip’s own tragic coming of age at the same institution. Use the HTML below. Philip complains to his sister, who agrees with Hahn. This just gets him beaten up and hated. DUN DUN DUN. Ed Power; 9 December 2017 • 10:45am. Trailer: A Delicate Matter. 'Fargo' Season 4 Episode 5 Recap: The Doctor Is Out ... ‘The Crown’ Recap, Season 2, Episode 9: Paterfamilias . The comedian chatted with us on Instagram in front of her glorious wall of hats. He has been bullied at his previous school and Elizabeth wants him to go to Eton. Philip staggering into the dining hall, finally admitting he needs help. ), Dr. Hahn claims to understand Philip’s anger, but his mission is to rear a generation of men who put fury behind them and embrace their pain and struggle. Save Matt Smith as Philip. Jewels on Film: THE CROWN (Season 2, Episode 9) "Paterfamilias," episode 9 of The Crown's second season, is light on jewelry but heavy on (very altered) "history." We flash back to a morning when young Philip didn’t want to get out of that same bed. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Just what the royal family needs—more drama! He tells Charles that the palace life he’s in is not the real world and Charles must say goodbye to those nice clothes in exchange for some drab jumpers instead. (Not for nothing, he was also in desperate need of links to people who weren’t all Nazis. She tells him that she agrees with the school and will instead be flying to London for a wedding. The detective leads Charles in to the hall, and Philip’s eyes narrow just a little, and he hits the word “courage” in his speech just a little too hard. Come early and pre-order from our menu fit for the Queen!Based on an award-winning play ("The Audience") by showrunner Peter Morgan, … Elizabeth thinks she’s informing her husband that Charles is going to Eton, but Philip is having none of it. (Remember that year the blond reporter in Australia was referring to in episode two? It consists of ten episodes and was released on Netflix on December 8, 2017. (Episode 9: Paterfamilias) Much of season two of The Crown dives into the personal life of Prince Philip, examining his past and present demons. 3 of 3 people found this review helpful. Yours is to honor your word and keep your husband,” he hisses. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. Afterwards Philip clambers into a cockpit to fly the Prince home – a “treat” for his son. He basically threatens the state of their whole marriage if she proceeds: “Honor your word and keep your husband.” Yeow. When he goes home for the funerals of many of his family, he is despised, as he walks down the streets of a Nazi infested world. Charles scurries into the embrace the royal retinue, who show him more love than does his own flesh and blood. Looking for something to watch? Looking for a movie the entire family can enjoy? Can’t think of a better reminder that every vote counts than to interview people who lost their elections by just one vote. After all, Charles has parents! He gives his father a profound look of suffering. Add the first question. As in the Churchill dispatch, The Queen (Claire Foy) is downgraded to bit player in her own story. RELATED: ‘The Crown’ Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: The Kennedys Are Coming to Dinner. Add the first question. Philip insists that Prince Charles attend his alma mater in Scotland and reminisces about the life-changing difficulties he experienced there. More Stories You’ll Love. It is absolutely gutting. Can’t hear you through my silent screams. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. (We’re noticing a clear cold-water theme here. This is Philip’s brother-in-law, the Grand Duke of Hesse – husband of his beloved sister Cecilie. Even so, embracing pain is not on Philip’s agenda. There is a Duke of Edinburgh award, too. © 2010-2020 Wow Media Products, Inc doing business as PureWow. Release year: 2016. Tekashi 6ix9ine Speaks After His Prison Release in Showtime Doc. The boys all rush to help complete the gate. Writer Peter Morgan repeats the trick in the second season, and once again in episode nine, Paterfamilias – a self-contained weepie that, with a little padding, could have been released as a stand-alone feature. But taking Charles out of school is not an option. More Stories From our Partners. Philip is beaming as he booms out a cheery halllooo to the boys, and takes a deep, satisfied breath that the school is still so gray and cold. SHARE 7. Charles writes to his uncle Dickie about how happy and relieved he is. Philip is not interested and suggests that Porchey is more than a friend but Elizabeth refutes this, telling Philip he is the only man she ever loved. The three-part series will premiere in early 2021. National Treasure Tiffany ‘New York’ Pollard Returns to VH1 for Reunion Special. Instead, he threatens his wife that breaking promises to him may have more of a consequence to the crown than Charles being bullied. He arrives in Hahn’s office with a bloodied lip and a dark expression. His Dark Materials star Dafne Keen: ‘I thought coronavirus was a meme’, Under the Strictly Glitterball with Jamie Laing: 'my feet look like trotters but I'm ready for this', What’s on TV tonight: Count Basie Through His Own Eyes, The Queen’s Gambit and more. Where to Stream: Aside from the Antarctic athletics, we see that manual labor is also not Philip’s cup of tea.