When last we saw our royal Norwegian pals, Martha and the kiddos were preparing for their Atlantic crossing to America (hey, that’s the name of the show!) and Olav and King Grandpa were enjoying the indifferent comfort of their hosts, the English royal family. So far, in Episode 3, not much has changed. In Scotland, Olav inspects, and then dismisses for the day, a brigade of young Norwegians who are, I’m assuming, the incipient satellite Norwegian resistance.

Last week, we watched as Norway pretty much fell to the invading Nazis, so it’s probably not a surprise that this episode is starting off… intensely. Florence the Ambassador, who for some reason didn’t evacuate with the rest of the group, approaches what appears to be the smoking ruins of a city. Meanwhile, in the woods, Olav and other survivors stumble around trying to establish who’s still standing. Olav finds a discarded armband that he seems to immediately recognize as belonging to his dad, and clearly fears the worst, but so far, so good: King Grandpa is still alive, if shaken.

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Atlantic Crossing, MASTERPIECE’s newest drama, has a lot of elements that would ordinarily be highly appealing to PBS audiences. World War II-centric…

Every season, the Drama After Dark team gathers ‘round the (currently virtual) conference room table to watch the latest and greatest in all things drama. This month, our colleagues at MASTERPIECE are bringing us Atlantic Crossing, a historical dramatization of the relationship between US President Franklin Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Martha set against the backdrop of WWII. I’m here to recap the show as it happens. Our story begins in the lush green hills of the Hudson Valley in 1939. “But wait,” I hear you cry. “This is MASTERPIECE we’re talking about — shouldn’t we be in Derbyshire or something?” Prepare yourselves, friends: we’re not in the proverbial Kansas of the English countryside anymore: we’re in the good old US of A, and we’re making our way across New York state on a train.

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From the supremely goofy to the starry eyed, the self-obsessed to the downright evil, Kyle MacLachlan doesn’t necessarily disappear into his character as much as he brings facets of his own personality to the fore. To paraphrase Walt Whitman, he contains multitudes.

There’s only one episode left for Mags and Thorny to make up and the kiss a bunch? Preposterous. Alas, the only way to get that sweet sweet romantic payoff is to actually start the episode, so on with the show!

It’s a truth universally acknowledged: one of the best parts of period dramas is the costuming. And while Rachael New’s Miss Scarlet and The Duke had…

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