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by Staff | Fan Fun With Damian Lewis | April 30, 2025
tep inside the Tudor Dynasty with us as we handpick our favorite superlatives for each episode of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – from ‘who wore it best’ fashionable costume and top villain, to outstanding scene and perfect cinematography – and everything else in between!
You can revisit any previous “best of” reviews here:
episode 1 Wreckage
episode 2 Obedience
episode 3 Defiance
episode 4 Jenneke
episode 5 Mirror
Up this week for our final installment:
Episode 6: Light
USA Air Date: Sunday, April 27, 2025
Plot Summary: Cromwell is stripped of his titles and brought to the Tower of London on a charge of treason. He has no friends to speak for him but plenty of enemies among his prosecutors.
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Who Wore It Best – Rafe Sadler
This teal green ensemble is a stunning color. The picture doesn’t do it justice.
Menacing Mirror – The Bookended Boat Rides
Cromwell has been arrested by his enemies in the King’s council and escorted to the Tower of London royal apartment by the same boat that escorted Anne Boleyn to her demise. Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light opened with Anne’s boat ride in episode one and the series ended with Cromwell’s boat ride in the finale. Ominous parallels.
The Three Stooges, Plus One – Wriothsley, Norfolk, Riche, and Gardiner
Cromwell volleys verbal jousts during his interrogation as he sits across the table from his worst enemies and former friends. Cromwell utterly decimates these Stooges, pointing out the illogic of each question lodged at him. It was a riveting scene.
Best Quote – Thomas Cromwell
“A man made Earl in the morning and kicked out by afternoon.”
Soundtrack Suggestion – ‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday’ by U2
The Constable of the Tower of London tells Cromwell that the King has granted him mercy to be beheaded with an axe instead of hanging or burning, and the execution will occur on the same day that Henry will marry Katherine Howard – Sunday, July 28, 1540.
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Who Wore It Best – Thomas Cromwell
This week I’m not picking an outfit for my “Who Wore It Best” pick; however, Thomas Cromwell certainly wore his composure well in the face of a sham interrogation. How he didn’t lunge across the table at Riche and Wriothesley is a testament to his self-control.
Et tu, Brute? – Thomas Wriothesley
I think Cromwell expected Riche to throw him under the bus, but I think “Call Me” piling on was a surprise to the Earl of Essex. Wriothsely couldn’t even look at Cromwell he was so ashamed!
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