EPISODE
SEASON
The Crown - Season 2
A drama charting Elizabeth the second's ascension to the throne and the political climate at the time.
1948, London, England, UK
1955, Brentwood, Essex, England, UK
1961, Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK
4 February 1956, Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
1973, London, England, UK
January1938, Kent, England, UK
December 07, 2017
By putting the viewer at the table with the wealthiest and most powerful people in the country, The Crown blinds us to the experiences of the kind of people we know and care about in real life.
December 06, 2017
"The Crown" succeeds because it gives us this fresh perspective on the world at that time, and in many ways, the events of the royals then are not that far from what's happening today.
December 06, 2017
The Crown isn't here to sing the praises of the orderly turnover of a parliamentary democracy, but only of the lasting fortitude of Her Majesty, long may she rule.
December 04, 2017
A can't-miss piece of entertainment.
December 07, 2017
I'm assuming that creator Peter Morgan meant for it to be comedy. There's really no other explanation for why Jeremy Northam played Prime Minister Anthony Eden like he's having a nervous breakdown in every scene.
December 01, 2017
The most striking aspect of series two is the portrait of the Royal marriage as turbulent, even unhappy. It's an uneasy watch, with the viewer constantly wondering: did that really happen?
December 06, 2017
When The Crown connects the personal lives of England's monarchs directly to the country's fortunes, that's when the series shines brightest, exposing the fitful evolution of a family that remains one of the most compelling institutions in the world.
December 06, 2017
Many of the season's wounds are self-inflicted in particular Morgan's mystifying fascination with Prince Philip, who despite Matt Smith's best efforts still comes across as a whiny man child.
December 07, 2017
Morgan not only has a series to match his 2006 Oscar-winning movie, The Queen, but finally one to exceed it. The Crown -- the second season, anyway -- is magnificent.
December 03, 2017
For a series that claims to show the people behind the personas, it is stiffened by its own wealth and rank.
