Victoria (2016): Season 2

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PBS | ITV | Season Premiere Date: January 14, 2018

Summary: Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman) disagrees often with her Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel (Nigel Lindsay) as she adjusts to life as a young mother with sage advice from Duchess of Buccleuch (Dame Diana Rigg), her new Mistress of the Robes in the second season of the drama.

Genre(s): Drama, Documentary

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E9. Comfort and Joy
Air Date: December 25, 2017
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S2:E8. The Luxury of Conscience
Air Date: October 15, 2017
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S2:E8. The Luxury of Conscience
Air Date: February 18, 2018

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Mike Hale

Jan 12, 2018

The need to compress history leads to moments that are maudlin or heavy-handed. But [Daisy Goodwin] has a Julian Fellowes-like ability to keep a story moving and fill it with interesting, engaging characters. ... But the engine of the show, the thing that keeps it from being just another period soap opera, is Jenna Coleman’s inexhaustible, tremendously engaging portrayal of Victoria, a performance whose easy charm can obscure the fact that it’s as subtle and witty as anything Claire Foy does as Elizabeth II in “The Crown.” Read full review

Verne Gay

Jan 12, 2018

The second season is a beauty, and Diana Rigg is in the house, but Victoria still feels like sanitized history. Read full review

David Wiegand

Jan 11, 2018

After its stellar first season, this year’s follow-up is still entertaining, but sometimes treats actual history as a mere suggestion, tries to get away with uninspired writing and is, sadly, boring for very long stretches. Read full review

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Nuschler2131

Jan 20, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILER ALERT!
In history Lord Melbourne dies in 1848--7 years after marriage of Victoria. Historically he became a close confidant and mentor to Albert and remained a close friend to Victoria giving her advice too. Instead the scenes between “Lord M” remain coquettish and coy. Yuck!

Now two episodes in second season Lord Melbourne dies and Victoria remains a child just giving him a windup bird in a cage. Rufus Sewell added a MUCH needed “adult in the room” and has been given just a few cameos here in the first two episodes and then...dies 5 years early!
2nd child born-Edward, then Victoria suffers severe post-partum depression--no history at all of this happening. Scene after scene of her brooding, gloomy, then fighting with Albert.

Then Lord Alfred has a homosexual affair with the PM’s secretary Drummond--uhh never happened as they didn’t meet until much later! In fact Lord Alfred married and had FOURTEEN children. They didn’t even use terms like homosexuals or gay or anything back then. Could he have been gay? Who knows but WHY make up a love scene??? (I am NOT homophobic by any means--just unnecessary.)
Oh and we are back to “Upstairs-Downstairs” with Chef Francatelli back and someone revealing secrets to the media! Mrs. Skerritt in real history came from a wealthy background, not poverty with a sister needing money. The Chef actually only worked one year at Buckingham, the year of the wedding-1841, but the kitchen was terrible and the “royals” hated fancy food, so he left. He had a violent temper and struck a kitchen maid..then went to the finest places in Europe to ply his trade. So why invent these flirtatious scenes with Skerritt and make him out to be this handsome, suave man? He wasn’t nice at all in historical books.

Yes there were “perks” to be had in selling used candles, but it’s been brought up about two dozen times now! Enough!!

I truly think that the writers should be writing MUCH better dialogue showing that this couple, the Queen and her consort were very intelligent people who changed the lives of their subjects for the better! Instead we see/hear a few insipid lines between the extremely expensive galas, wardrobes, dances, and food.

No more. I’ll go back to just watching The Crown.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 13, 2019
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: March 24, 2019
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 14, 2018
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  S2:E9. Comfort and Joy
  Air Date: December 25, 2017
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  S2:E8. The Luxury of Conscience
  Air Date: October 15, 2017
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  S2:E8. The Luxury of Conscience
  Air Date: February 18, 2018
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  S2:E7. The King Over the Water
  Air Date: October 8, 2017
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  S2:E6. Faith, Hope and Charity
  Air Date: December 22, 2017
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  S2:E5. Entente Cordiale
  Air Date: October 8, 2017
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  S2:E4. The Sins of the Father
  Air Date: September 24, 2017
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  S2:E3. Warp and Weft
  Air Date: September 10, 2017
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  S2:E2. The Green-Eyed Monster
  Air Date: September 3, 2017
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  S2:E1. A Soldier's Daughter
  Air Date: August 27, 2017
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 15, 2017