Season 3 started where the last season left off: Chair/Seline is gone, Commodore is broke now that Dodo has taken his money, and Hortense is believed to be dead. These things are resolved in the first episode and status quo is quickly re-established with Dodo buying back the house from the bank and Hortense reappearing.
As in the previous seasons Lillian and Beatrice are obsessed with becoming famous, Frederick is his usual stupid self, and Peepers is still in love with Dodo. This season there are however some developments character-wise, as season 3 is a bit more serialized and there are actual character arcs which the previous seasons lacked due to their concern with reestablishing status quo after each episode. Storylines these season include Peeper and Dodo's relationship, Frederick and Beatrice's relationship and Frederick's presidental campaign. There are of course still episodic plotlines featuring various members of the ensemble cast.
As always Lillian and Beatrice are the main focus, followed by Frederick, Peepers and Dodo. Albert and Victor meanwhile only appear in the first half of the season. Blanche on the other hand thrives this season as she has a few interesting storylines. The other characters, as usual, appear with sometimes minor, sometimes major roles.
As always the humour is pitch-black and the series goes to truly dark places at times. Humour is used for social commentary of both past and present times, revealing the social wrongs of the early 1900s and today, though this season hints at the present state of things much more overtly.
As the series was cancelled, "President Bellacourt" is now the series finale, which - despite cliffhangers - works surprisingly well. This is due to important revelations and developments of the characters: Lillian, who was actually happy during her amnesia, remembers and finally gets what she has always wanted - becoming famous. Beatrice and Frederick realize being together is the thing they want most, with Frederick actually coming himself to the conclusion that Beatrice and the mystery woman are the same and Beatrice realizing that Lillian has always needed fame much more than she did. Ending the series with the catastrophe of Frederick becoming president is very fitting and in keeping with the tone of the series.
As in the previous seasons Lillian and Beatrice are obsessed with becoming famous, Frederick is his usual stupid self, and Peepers is still in love with Dodo. This season there are however some developments character-wise, as season 3 is a bit more serialized and there are actual character arcs which the previous seasons lacked due to their concern with reestablishing status quo after each episode. Storylines these season include Peeper and Dodo's relationship, Frederick and Beatrice's relationship and Frederick's presidental campaign. There are of course still episodic plotlines featuring various members of the ensemble cast.
As always Lillian and Beatrice are the main focus, followed by Frederick, Peepers and Dodo. Albert and Victor meanwhile only appear in the first half of the season. Blanche on the other hand thrives this season as she has a few interesting storylines. The other characters, as usual, appear with sometimes minor, sometimes major roles.
As always the humour is pitch-black and the series goes to truly dark places at times. Humour is used for social commentary of both past and present times, revealing the social wrongs of the early 1900s and today, though this season hints at the present state of things much more overtly.
As the series was cancelled, "President Bellacourt" is now the series finale, which - despite cliffhangers - works surprisingly well. This is due to important revelations and developments of the characters: Lillian, who was actually happy during her amnesia, remembers and finally gets what she has always wanted - becoming famous. Beatrice and Frederick realize being together is the thing they want most, with Frederick actually coming himself to the conclusion that Beatrice and the mystery woman are the same and Beatrice realizing that Lillian has always needed fame much more than she did. Ending the series with the catastrophe of Frederick becoming president is very fitting and in keeping with the tone of the series.
