Friday, March 22, 2019

Tom's Netflix Recommendation: Knightfall


Tom loves Netflix and has found some good series to watch.  In today's blog, you'll read about his recommendation to watch the series called "Knightfall."

ABOUT KNIGHTFALL :  This original series on Netflix, in partnership with the History Channel, picks up in the declining days of the Knights Templar, after their defeat at Acre and expulsion from their last stronghold in the Holy Land.  
The series has all of the trappings of really good characters:  a corrupt Pope Boniface, a disillusioned protagonist Simon de La Tour Landry, torn between a forbidden love of his queen and his quest to possess the Holy Grail, a young farmer who joins the Temple to avenge the savage murder of his young girlfriend, a queen trapped in a loveless marriage is driven by her lust for the more masculine knight with whom she could never really be free to have a relationship with.  
Downton Abbey fans will appreciate seeing the return of Jim Carter (Carson) and Tom Cullen (Viscount "Tony" Foyle) to the small screen.  Gina McKee turns in yet another wonderful performance (I've always liked her since I first saw her in The Forsythe Saga).