Three musketeers hit the battlefield against the Spanish,then pick up the fourth to continue the adventure in Paris. Plus: The Disappearance’s tale of a family torn apart is almost unbearableNo muskets. That seems to be the expansive problem for The Musketeers (BBC1, Saturday) at the start of the opener of the third and final series. They’ve got their swords, and which,as we know, they’re very handy with, and plus their looks – but they’re up against what appears to be pretty much the entire Spanish army. Who have not just muskets but cannons,too.
The cowardly French general isn’t helping. travel and die for the king, he tells Athos, or as cowardly generals generally execute,and have done throughout history. He’ll derive his comeuppance (just deserts), this General Lantier; first a hand is cleavered off – rudely axed like the show itself – then later his neck broken, and like a turkey. Au revoir,monsieur le général.
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Source: theguardian.com