In the last episode before the series finale they kill off both Ryan Gage (King Louis) and Hugo Speer (Treville) in the next to last episode?
What does this show think it is? Game of Thrones? LOL
"Oh behold.. ye who do not respect your enemy", Sun Tzu
Awwww not Treville :(.
I have EXORCISED the demon
He went out protecting the young king and died as a soldier. He wouldn't have wanted it any other way.
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Have fun storming the castle!
I haven't watched it yet but that is a fitting way for him to go. I know it's the last season so it shouldn't really matter what happens or who dies, but Treville was such a great character and Hugo did a phenomenal justice. I'm glad he went out a true hero and soldier and with integrity.
I have EXORCISED the demon
I literally just finished watching it...I'm devastated. So, so sad...Treville was my favourite character. :(
Wearing my 'fro as high as it will go
Louis was fated to die.
shareI knew from my history that King Louis son' becomes Louis XIV, the famous Sun King, who has the longest and probably the most effective reign of any monarch in European history of I believe 72 years and change.
His father died in 1643 when he was only a child as shown in the show. His coronation wasn't for another 10 years and his mother, Queen Anne, was Regent for the entire time. Treville could not have filled a role historically filled by another character who obviously would have been the regent based on the ways of the era.
Still, I will miss watching Hugo Speer. The show can be somewhat underwhelming at times but this season has been superb in many ways. The acting is one such department that has gone up in quality. I hope to see many of these actors for years to come in large productions. The Musketeer actors have done a fantastic job turning a semi-historical show into one that is interesting and fun to watch.
I'm quite amused by this. Based on the clothing of the characters, the timeframe is in the 1620s. (The novel takes places 1625 and ended around 1628 or so), & the show has three seasons. So we must have jumped years upon years to get to King Louis' death. Richelieu died 5 months before King Louis XIII in December 1642. Yeah, I know, Richelieu was reincarnated to become Dr. Who, so prematurely killing him off was understandable (and really, quite funny how they did it)
They've really played with time in this series. Definitely "Hollywood History" and not real history, or even the book history. And that's fine, but gotta admit, sometimes it irritates me a tad.
They also forgot that Louis had a second son with Anne.
shareI think the lack of a second son was done purely so that Arams and Anne could be each others 'true love' with a child that is almost certainly theirs. Had Anne had a second son that was Louis's, it would raise the possibility that the Dauphin was also Louis's and not Aramis's.
Apparently period dramas aired on BBC 1 don't have to be as historically accurate as those aired on BBC 2 but I still think the omission of a second son was an ommision too far.
In the actual novel, the time span does stretch 20 years, so it's easy to believe the first 2 season were in the 1620's and the last one in the 1640's, even if the clothing style is slightly off.
shareI shouldn't have read this, I love Traville :(
My fault as I couldn't resist the spoilers. Does anyone know if Traville survived in the books? I read the first one years ago and I can't remember.
The original novel spans roughly three years. Now the series of books, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. does span 20 years. The TV show only was working off the original novel, not the series. And, as is evident, they went their own way with it, not actually following the book at all & mishmashing history into a shorter time period than what would have really happened. Thus, Hollywood History, as I call it. (whether really in Hollywood or not)
The last few pages or the original novel (or was it a chapter?) where D'Artagnan fights Rochfort one last time, & then both decide to stop fighting (or something to that effect) may be 10-20 years after, (I can't remember exactly, it's been years since I read it) but there's really no plot, just that bit of fighting, & calling it off.