![]() ![]() Whalley’s performance is excellent, combining the vulnerability of a beaten wife with the steeliness of a woman determined to survive. Her lies spring from a desire to remain positive in the face of criminality and daily drudgery and she serves as a warning to Mary of what she may become if she remains in this life. ![]() Little more than a damsel in the novel, here Patience has been written as a multi-dimensional figure. One such welcome change is the expansion of Aunt Patience’s role. Initially arriving at the inn with a strictly black and white moral view of the world, she is quickly worn down by the morality of the locals, which is more of a murky grey.Īs with any adaptation, changes to the original text have been made, but largely for the benefit of the story and the characters. ![]() In doing so, Frost establishes Mary’s isolation in this world. Emma Frost’s adaptation quickly gets to the heart of the smuggling ring using the inn as its base and thrusts Mary into the action. The first episode wears its Gothic sensibilities on its sleeve there are ever-lengthening shadows, enigmatic figures glimpsed from afar and a mystery to be solved. ![]()
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