The third and fourth episodes of ABC’s limited series Galavant aired tonight, and it was just as delightful as its premiere.
Two Balls
Oy vey!
The episode opens on our intrepid trio arriving at Sid’s hometown, where Sid reveals that he may have been exaggerating slightly in his letters home. Welcome to Sidneyland, the happiest place on earth — at least, for Sid’s parents. As far as the village is concerned, Sid is the dashing and successful knight, and Galavant his squire. A ploy that Galavant isn’t all that happy about playing along with.
Isabella, however, is. Her home of Valencia is famous for two things — its cabbages, and its theatre program. Which means that she has the perfect opportunity to put her improvisation skills to the test. Well, again. She introduces herself to Sid’s adoptive Jewish parents as his betrothed, much to Galavant’s bemusement.
Meanwhile, King Richard is taunting the remaining Valencian populace in an attempt to entertain himself. When his attempts fail, he calls on a eunuch to advise him on how they used to have fun before King Richard invaded. “We used to have balls,” he replies, sending both King Richard and Gareth into a fit of laughter — and us too. What can we say? A little dirty humor gets us!
So it’s balls all around — one for the Valencian’s, and another to celebrate Isabella and Sid’s “engagement.”
Major Dillweed
Continuing the trend of catchy tunes we’ll be humming all week, Galavant comes to the realisation that he doesn’t treat Sid quite as well as he should through a song-and-dance. The other squires liken their employers to jackasses in cans, and though Galavant eventually gets into the spirit of the song, it slowly dawns on him that they’re describing him.
Madalena and the Jester rejoin King Richard just as he commences the ball for the Valencian people, though it isn’t quite the event that he’s hoping for. After setting the final remaining crops from their land on fire in front of them, a terrible joke from the Jester, and some “dancing to the death” to the tune of the Executioners, King Richard allows them an open season to declare their true feelings about him. Though they start of being directly about his personality, the eunuch ill-advisedly states the one thing everyone has known since the premiere — that Madalena and the Jester are “doin’ it” behind King Richard’s back. Richard declares the ball over, and orders the eunuch put to death for his indiscretion.
Back in Sidneyland, things appear to be fairing much better. Galavant and Sid share a heart to heart, and Galavant admits to the real reason that he took on Sid as his squire — he was the only person who had been true to himself. He tells Sid that he’ll keep up the ruse, but that he should be proud of who he is. This spurs Sid on to finally tell his parents the truth about his not-so-glamorous career.
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