"The System" is a much stronger episode than the first, which mainly aims to show how flawed, outdated & fragile the monarchy really is, in reality & the modern world; maintained to propagate a lie & perpetuate a certain false narrative (for the betterment of the UK's global image) that's closer to a fantasy, when someone dares to deviate from that written aforementioned narrative, the situation increasingly looks to grow untenable & tensions flare as a consequence.
Director Jessica Hobbs therefore plays upon that instability - brimming beneath the surface - by imbuing a growing sense of foreboding through the installment, analysing the circumstances both sides found themselves in & how they came to be about with a surprising maturity & deference, portraying the conflicting perspectives with enough sympathy to detail their opposing views - without skewing the depictions by forcing her own opinion on the audience.
Thus, I'd say it's a very well disciplined take on the story we've all grown up watching (leaving it to the viewer to decided for themselves) & I must commend the creators for being extremely careful, so as not to sensationalise with gratuitous embellishments etc. Whilst additionally not shying from the more controversial subject matter, likely to antagonise royalists. There are questions to be asked - but it doesn't provide answers.
Director Jessica Hobbs therefore plays upon that instability - brimming beneath the surface - by imbuing a growing sense of foreboding through the installment, analysing the circumstances both sides found themselves in & how they came to be about with a surprising maturity & deference, portraying the conflicting perspectives with enough sympathy to detail their opposing views - without skewing the depictions by forcing her own opinion on the audience.
Thus, I'd say it's a very well disciplined take on the story we've all grown up watching (leaving it to the viewer to decided for themselves) & I must commend the creators for being extremely careful, so as not to sensationalise with gratuitous embellishments etc. Whilst additionally not shying from the more controversial subject matter, likely to antagonise royalists. There are questions to be asked - but it doesn't provide answers.