Poldark-Season 2, Episode 8

   Fred Armisen has a funny bit on Late Night with Seth Meyers. He egotisically pretends he watches EVERY tv show. Doubting his claim, Seth will name a show & ask him to describe it. It's always very far off the mark.  He might describe The Sopranos as " A show about a family of opera singers who run a bakery." It's silly but funny every time.
  I tend to start watching shows I never watch. Just a crazy curiosity to see what's going on. Trouble is, I never start a show from the beginning. I'll jump in on whatever episode is current and try to catch what's going on. Let me state, this is an asinine way to try to watch anything. Now, I'm going to write about it.
  I'm starting with Poldark. An even better way to start is twenty minutes into the broadcast. Keeps me even more clueless.
  The first scene I watched was with hot dwarf from The Hobbit and a red-haired lass having a hellacious fight, ending with dishes on the floor and no makeup sex. Cut to a guy who looks like actor Alan Tudyk getting dumped by a Lana Del Rey lookalike a week before their wedding.
  I can't figure out what the hell is happening. Lana Del Ray is being advised by an old bird woman and collapses on the floor when a cabbage patch-looking girl enters the room.
  Red-hair girl goes to a party without her husband (still fighting), where she kisses another man and has fake moles on her face and heaving busom.
  I must also add that I can't hear what's going on because my child is being so loud. This is going to get harder to figure out.
  I can't hear, but, damn, Poldark is distraught. You don't walk on a beach in your clothes if you're happy. Maybe it's because Lana Del Rey has married the guy she has dumped. He shouldn't be sad. All the villagers are filthy and he's very clean. First world problems.
  There's men in a cave. It's starting to look too much like The Hobbit. Now, it's back to Lana and Alan Tudyk. Nope, back to the men. Nope, Poldark on a horse. He has something to tell his wife. Too bad I can't hear it. She doesn't want to hear it. He's hot, I'd give him a listen. Besides, she owes him. She almost slept with a mustachioed man at that party.
  No one is happy on this show. Alan Tudyk and old bird woman exchanged steely gazes. Poldark looks off from a distance as Lana Del Rey hugs a child.
  No idea what this show is about and not sure I'll watch another episode. That guy would have to take his shirt off first.