Grantchester
Season 7: Episode 4
Will knows better again. Or so he thinks.
Thought Bubbles
Kate Dorsey
Will creates enough problems on his own
Everyone loves telling Reverend
Will Davenport (Tom Brittney) all their petty squabbles and concerns after his
church services. It’s to the point Will hears so many concerns that he starts
to tune them out. Which is why when Bonnie Evans (Charlotte Ritchie) shows up one
morning after service, he is all too happy to turn his attention to someone who
was not at church that day.
Bonnie is at the church to talk
about Cathy Keating (Kacey Ainsworth). Cathy is separated from her husband, DI
Geordie Keating (Robson Green), and Bonnie is worried about how poorly Cathy is
doing despite the front she puts on.
Geordie is staying at the
vicarage with Will, which gives Will direct access to see Geordie is not doing
well with the separation either. Will and Bonnie hatch a plan to get the two of
them together again. Except the plan goes terribly wrong. Both Geordie and
Cathy end the night unhappy.
To make the night even worse,
Bonnie tells Will she wants to sleep with him, and he insults her in response. Will
explains to Bonnie how she is going to feel in the morning if they go to bed
together. That she is not going to be happy about it in the morning. Because he
knows that Bonnie is a widow, and he knows what her feelings are going to be. Because,
despite her protests, Will is more knowledgeable than Bonnie could ever be about any future feelings
she herself may have. Yeah. Right.
This act of men dismissing women is a theme of the episode. Will does it to Bonnie, and the ladies of the church receive it from their husbands.
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Will and Geordie are forced to look at themselves
The women I am talking about are
a group of women who are working together to put together a charity auction.
Their husbands treat them as though they are frivolous human beings. Any problems
or concerns they have are not important and should be ignored. Because actually
paying attention and taking your wife seriously is very inconvenient to the
grand status these men have formed about themselves.
These men are also unkind to
Daniel Marlowe (Oliver Dimsdale), former curate Leonard Finch’s (Al Weaver)
partner. When the men mock Daniel in front of Will, he does a stab back at
them. Wrapped in their self-absorption, they don’t understand that is what Will is doing, but I also must say it was a
weak stab. With how these men treat their wives and Daniel, is it any wonder
one of them ends up dead?
The dead man is discovered to
have quite the secret life. He’s not only having affairs, but he is extorting women
for sex. On top of this, he takes pictures of the women he sleeps with and
shows them to his friends so they can have a good laugh. At first Geordie and
Will laugh too. As they become more disgusted with who the victim truly was
when he was alive, they have to take a hard look at themselves. Because of
their laughter, were they truly any different or better than the man who died?
Leonard reaches his limit
Having sworn off God, Mrs. C.
(Tessa Peake-Jones), former vicarage housekeeper, is now working at Leonard’s
café instead of the vicarage. This infuriates Will because now he must take
care of himself and the vicarage all on his own. How will he ever survive?!
To be fair, Mrs. C. should have
told Will she was leaving. The problem is, instead of looking for the true
cause of Mrs. C.’s departure, Will is far more concerned with how her absence
affects him. There is little to no thought that there could be something very
wrong going on in Mrs. C.’s life.
Mrs. C. working at the café does
not go well for Leonard. During one of the poetry readings at the cafe, Mrs. C.
insults the poetry being presented. She says none of what she is hearing is
actual poetry. To prove her point, she starts reciting her grocery list. Her claim
is, based on how she says the list, that could be poetry too. She recites the
list with stretched out words and long pauses, imitating what the poets
themselves have been doing. It is a hilarious scene, and I completely agree
with Mrs. C. about the poetry. However, I do feel she could have stated her
objections in private. That, however is not something this character would do.
This outburst about the poetry is
Leonard’s last straw. He tells Mrs. C. she can no longer keep her cancer a
secret. She especially cannot keep it a secret from her husband, Jack Chapman
(Nick Brimble), any longer. Reluctantly, Mrs. C. agrees.
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Mrs. C.’s secret is revealed
Leonard gathers Geordie, Will,
Daniel, and Jack at the vicarage. At first Will only cares about the work Mrs.
C. has not done. When he finds out the reason for Mrs. C.’s behavior, he is
very ashamed of how he has acted towards her.
Jack is rightfully upset that his
wife confided in Leonard and not him. He finds this out when Leonard talks
about the great doctor Mrs. C. has.
Let me tell you, he is not a
great doctor. He is an insensitive jerk, and that is speaking kindly.
Upset, Jack leaves the vicarage.
Mrs. C. takes off after him. When she finds Jack, the two of them have a much-needed
talk. During it, Mrs. C. reveals just how deeply she loves her husband.
And there we are! Four episodes
down, and still so much more to go.
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