Well, D’Artagnan
has officially joined the folds of the musketeers now. His first major task involves getting himself
imprisoned – talk about hazing the new guy.
No, he’s actually undercover, investigating a possible assassination
plot against the king and queen. While
the musketeers take bodyguard duty, D’Artagnan tries to gather intel and pass
it on to his new friends/associates.
The
musketeers are proving themselves to be cocky but capable. They’re a very swashbuckling trio (now
quartet, of course, but D’Artagnan has a pretty different temperament.) They enjoy a bit of action – in both the
violent and amorous senses – and they
don’t have much problem flouting authority, but they’re definitely loyal to the
crown, and when it comes to getting the job done, they deliver.
Richelieu
is a little less dastardly in this episode.
He liaises with the musketeers about the assassination plot, and you get
the sense that he really considers his ultimate goal to be for the best of
France – it just so happens that France is “best off” when he is in a position
of power as the king’s puppet master.
Funny how things work out like that.
In a
way, he’s like Malcolm, who is unscrupulously devoted to his party and feels it
can only stay on top if he’s running
the show. Richelieu isn’t as
entertaining or awesome as Malcolm, but the parallels are there. We’ll see how much his ambitions actually
benefit France, and how much he just uses France to justify his pursuit of
power.
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