{"id":13239,"date":"2022-05-13T02:12:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T02:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/apple-tv-plus-the-essex-serpent-pits-faith-against-science\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T02:12:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T02:12:01","slug":"apple-tv-plus-the-essex-serpent-pits-faith-against-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/apple-tv-plus-the-essex-serpent-pits-faith-against-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV Plus’ The Essex Serpent pits faith against science"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the start of Apple TV + ‘s The Essex Serpent<\/em>, Victorian wife Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes) is delivered from her husband, a brute who once, during sex, branded her with a red-hot poker on the neck (leaving an S-shaped scar). The sadist dies, apparently of throat cancer, despite the attempted intervention of brilliant young doctor Luke Garrett (Frank Dillane). Suddenly free, Cora feels both grief and immense relief. In a sense, the monster is dead.<\/p>\n

But elsewhere at the same time, another one is born: a legendary leviathan that hunts the brackish waters of Essex on England’s marshy eastern coast. The dragon-like beast hunted locals back in 1669, and now, more than 200 years later, villagers fear it has returned. When amateur natural historian Cora reads newspaper reports of the serpent, she leaves her di lei London mansion and heads to the isolated fishing village of Aldwinter. Serpent fever spreads, and faster than you can scream “witch!” Cora is getting blamed for the troubles. This lushly shot and gracefully acted series traces the collision of two worlds: Cora as sophisticated Londoner and proponent of science, and the isolated English village where paganism and puritanism threaten to tear the social fabric, despite the efforts of kindly vicar Will Ransome (Tom Hiddleston ).<\/p>\n