Ep. 33 - SANDITON Wrap Up! (Part 2) Georgiana Lambe and “Mother Energy”
SANDITON Season 3 cast:Agnus Harmon (Sharlene Whyte) and Georgiana Lambe (Crystal Clarke) Source: PBS MASTERPIECE
“…It’s not until she [Georgiana] gets that mother energy that she’s able to right in ways that her relationships with Mary and Charlotte could not give her even though they were there….But it can never take the place of the healing that happened between her and her mother.”
Sharon D. Johnson, Story and Script Consultant for SANDITON and MASTERPIECE
The Boston Sisters welcome back SHARON D. JOHNSON, Ph.D. script and story consultant for the PBS drama series MASTERPIECE and SANDITON. In Episode 33 —Part 2 of our SANDITON Wrap Up!— the conversation focuses on Georgiana Lambe (Crystal Clarke) and the power of “mother energy” in Georgiana’s life.
Georgiana’s mother, Agnes Harmon (Sharlene Whyte), was an enslaved African woman sold away by Georgiana’s father, a white wealthy sugar planter separating mother and daughter. When Agnes Harmon arrives in Sanditon, a freed woman, Georgiana tells her mother about her engagement — a marriage of convenience that will protect her inheritance as well as give her a title. But Georgiana’s mother sheds new light on where her daughter’s true love resides.
SANDITON is based on Jane Austen’s unfinished novel written a few months before her death in 1817. It’s the story of independent-minded women making their way in a world where a woman’s social and economic status centers on making a good match in marriage. SANDITON is available on PBS MASTERPIECE.
Guest: SHARON D. JOHNSON
In addition to being a Script and Story Consultant for SANDITON, Sharon D. Johnson, Ph.D. is a depth psychologist, screenwriter, journalist, and scholar of television, film, and African American arts, literature, and culture. Sharon has joined us on Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters in previous podcasts for discussions about SANDITON (Episode 13) and THE WOMAN KING (Episode 21). Also, listen to our podcast with actress Crystal Clarke (Episode 11) who plays Georgiana Lambe in SANDITON. Part 1 of our SANDITON Wrap Up! (Episode 32) with Sharon D. Johnson was launched April 11, 2023.
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SANDITON Season 3
SANDITON Season 3 series trailer PBS MASTERPIECE
Season 3 Recap
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Episode 32: Marriage, Love, and Friendship
In SANDITON’s 3rd and final season, the theme is women controlling their own destiny. Yet, marriage is still critical for women to secure their financial and social standing. And new arrivals to Sanditon are providing potential prospects and competition.
After a second heartbreak of leaving Alexandre Colbourne’s (Ben Lloyd-Hughes) estate where she was governess, Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) is engaged to Ralph Starling (Cai Brigden), a family friend from her childhood. But Ralph doesn’t recognize that this is a new Charlotte, not the farm girl from Willingdon.
Georgiana Lambe (Crystal Clarke), after defending her inheritance in court, is willing to make a marriage of convenience to fend off fortune hunters and gain a title.
Lady Denham (Anne Reid) connects with a first love, Rowleigh Pryce (James Bolam), and has to decide if marriage is worth sacrificing her title and property.
SANDITON Season 3, Episode 6 trailer PBS MASTERPIECE
Tom and Mary Parker (Kris Marshall and Kate Ashfield), a long-time married couple have a conflict of values about building a profitable business versus building community.
Alexandre Colbourne’s brother, Samuel (Liam Garrigan), a confirmed bachelor, and Lady Susan (Sophie Winkleman) find friendship as their pathway to love.
After escaping social shame in Bath, Lady Montrose (Emma Fielding) is pressuring her two children, Harry (Edward Davis) and Lydia (Alice Orr-Ewing) to marry advantageously for the sake of the family’s fortune and reputation.
Tom’s brother, Arthur Parker (Turlough Convery), awakens to same-sex love at a time when such alliances between two men are criminalized.
AND We have a love conversion theme involving the scandalous Edward Denham (Jack Fox) and the spirited Augusta Markham (Eloise Webb), who is Alexandre and Samuel Colbourne’s young niece.