Best episode so far
Having spent years living in the Middle East myself , The scenes in the village where the training camp was in Lebanon seemed so realistic ... the children running out to them etc .
I hasten to add I have never been inside any kind of “ training camp “
I get I am sidestepping the human and political issues A LOT here .
Like others of you have said , I too am loving the depiction of when travelling around Europe was “ glamourous” and crossing borders and changing currencies . I remember as a child going on family holidays taking the car across on the ferry( pre channel tunnel )to the foreign adventure of “ the continent “
Postcards home rather than Instagram and Facebook merely adding to the “ mystique”
The language barriers dealt with by my mother shouting loudly and “helpfully “in English and my DF. saying “ No Bumbelinadance’s DM use the phrase book “ 😋😋😋
I also read the book at 13 when I dreamt of being allowed to go off interailing in my denim cutoffs and kissing a dark , handsome older boy .
I also remember my bed as a student being a mattress on the floor ( what I referred to as a futon ) just like in that frightful bedsit and the Helga was having Hot noisy sex in the next room ( I wouldn’t have cheated on Gavi either )
Gavi Is definitely emotionally invested in Charlie
Way beyond “ professional “
That scene in the bar where they were exchanging sideways glances and he was looking at the bracelet just sizzled ! God I so would (
My money is on a different ending to the book after seeing that )
Still feel wardrobe department got it bang on but for 5-10 years earlier ......my only criticism .
Thought Charles Dance was great
Does Florence Pugh remind anybody else of a young Kate winslett ..?