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Poldark · Season 2 · BBC One / PBS Masterpiece

Poldark Season 2

Poldark Season 2 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.6/10. 10 episodes on BBC One / PBS Masterpiece from 4 September 2016.

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BollyMeter7.6/10The ten-episode second series expands the social canvas and deepens the Warleggan antagonism, though the extended run occasionally dilutes the first series' propulsive energy.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Series 2 expanded the episode count to ten and broadened the Cornish social world, bringing George Warleggan's financial antagonism fully into focus as the series' central conflict. Jack Farthing's Warleggan proved an effective foil, meticulous and cold where Turner’s Poldark was impulsive and warm. The expanded canvas works as a strength and, at times, a drag, as the ten-episode structure gives the writers room to breathe but also allows some stretches to run slower than the debut series. Eleanor Tomlinson's Demelza continues to act as the show's moral compass, and the production values remain exemplary throughout.

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Season Over Season

Warleggan's expanded role deepens the class conflict at the series' core, though the longer episode count tests the narrative's pacing.