Timothy M.

Granger always lives up to our best expectations, including gifting a bottle to his devoted man servants.

Granger should have asked for the bottle of lavender oil to take back, but I guess he would have had problems hiding it on his person. Let's hope Winkler gets one of the bottles as reward for buying a good supply.

The best thing about this series is whenever Granger shows how clever, honorable and kind he is. Trust him to find a way to reward loyal and talented sailors with jobs, while saving money and advancing his house building at the same time.

I would guess Caroline is clever enough to realize that agreeing to this scheme will earn her some credit with the Queen, Amelia and Granger, which might help her return to polite society and gain the influence she craves. But how will her oldest son react to Granger suddenly being with his estranged wife again?

But I wonder how they will prevent the midwife and the servants from spreading gossip about who was the real mother of the child. And unless Amelia was very fast in realizing her pregnancy, so she is less than two months gone, the timing of the birth could bring trouble. Though if they stay secluded at Cowes for a few extra months, they may be able to carry out the deception.

Let's hope Granger will get much more quality time with Calvert in future years as a reward for all this trouble.

For once both Will and Jeremy made sensible decisions at the same time. I look forward to reading future Will parts without any mention of his ex-brother. I will be polite and say that hopefully Jeremy will become as adult as his name at some point, and that his reward will be future happiness with Kris.

Some of my favorite CAP moments are those where Will calls his family on their hypocrisy and unjust behavior. Will has plenty of faults, but being dishonest and dishonorable are not among them. Hmmm, I wonder whether that is why Jeremy is so attracted to Kris, because he is a lot like Will.

They should just write JJ off as a member of the family - most of us have done that years ago.

On 6/2/2024 at 5:38 AM, Daddydavek said:

I think there a couple of pieces of the puzzle about Kris that we haven't learned yet. 

I agree, including whether the parent, whose father this is, knows about it. Kris could have a paternal grandfather who is a prince and a maternal grandfather who is a Nazi spy, although is seems as if they are talking about the same parson.

If Kris lives a life of integrity, honesty and charm due to his imagined heritage, it may not be a good idea to tell him. But if they do, I think they should let JP tell Kris on his own. Kris should be the one to decide whether he wants to tell his snobbish boyfriend now, later or never.

George is so clever, he flatters the King by asking his advice and at the same time gets his approval for his new mistress.

On 5/1/2024 at 5:29 AM, Canuk said:

"Surprisingly" ; there's understatement for you! 

So back to my reaction to your initial word; "gobsmacked" may be more appropriate. 

  I'm glad someone noticed how unusual my comment was. My defense of JJ will probably never happen again.

Surprisingly, I'm on JJ's side for once. His family, including Will, should just leave him the fuck alone to settle into his relationship with Kris.   They just invade his home at a time they decide, without asking for permission, or even having the decency to calm his fears ahead of the visit, even though they know how vulnerable he is.

But of course it was still stupid of him to be deliberately late, mainly because he didn't listen to what Kris wanted. I don't care about him being rude to Will (who was in his 'I-need-to-teach-him-a-lesson' mood), but he should be more sensitive to Kris' feelings and needs.

Good idea, Kris ! Get Jake to ride those German assholes, who are taking your money and doing fuck-all to solve your inheritance case. Being ex-military Jake is the perfect choice even though he doesn't speak German. It got Brad on your side even more, as he knows Jake loves feeling useful and clever (which he is).

If Travis doesn't learn to think before he sulks, and in particular if he doesn't stop accusing Will of something he didn't do, he will break both their relationship and Will's heart. If he had just told Will 'I got another email from my sister, who is finally playing the Woe is Travis card. I'm not sure she means it, do you want to give me your perspective?' then Will would have been supportive. But Travis wants to hold on to his hate for now, which I can understand, but Will could probably find a solution. After all, Taylor is doing this apologizing as part of her therapy (according to Zach), so Travis can probably acknowledge her attempt in a way that will help her, without doing the forgiving and forgetting which he is not yet capable of.

At least Granger managed to warn Calvert beforehand, so he wasn't caught totally by surprise. I think George should hire a private investigator to check out Chalmers and his relationship to the man who was hanged. That may bring up stories about this Chalmers vowing to get revenge on Granger.