Emma, episode 9 &10

Things I love about Emma:

-The way Hakim wanders around the Jones house, always under foot without actually doing anything. He's the epitome of a aimless dilettante, and heir of fortune with no real ambition, a prince who has nothing better to do with his time than tour London in a giant elephant and offer commentary about his friend's love life. I'm a bit of a Hakim/Vivi shipper, though Vivi would have to grow up a few more years. I can see it as a Gigi sort of thing. (I really need to rewatch that movie sometime.)

-The way Emma's mistress doesn't seem to care that Emma's social issues have been a consistent problem for her staff household operations or that the girl may leave her service at any moment, but seems instead to focus whimsically on the romanticism of the whole entanglement.

-That William and Vivi have the green eyes of their mother, and they're the impulsive ones, but the thoughtful, serious children have their stern father's blue eyes. The details are a wonder in this series.

-That the littlest Jones child still has to cry to remind everyone that he exists.


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