






Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestIn 1919, Major Brendan Archer arrives in Ireland to reunite with his fiancée, Angela Spencer. Unfortunately, the family home, The Majestic Hotel, is a decaying shadow of its former self, as is Angela. Puzzled by the changes, Archer's attentions are soon drawn to her lively friend, Sarah Devlin, a passionate Irish Nationalist. They fall in love, but the Major soon discovers some disturbing aspects about their relationship, which threatens to explode into violence, destruction, and murder.
Acting
Ian Charleson's brittle restraint against Emer Gillespie's fire
Production
The Majestic itself—a character drowning in dust and peeling wallpaper
Writing
J.G. Farrell's novel adapted with mordant wit intact
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