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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I must've missed something. The last episode when they presented Sophie to the queen, why did they tell the queen Sophie was the daughter of Penwood's cousin?[/quote]

They're making up a lie so she can marry Benedict and blackmailed Araminta into going along with it.  The Queen knew they were lying but decided to roll with it.

But if course surely the knew Lord Penwood would know, so maybe they should have also bribed Cressida into playing along.[/quote]

How is the new Lord Penwood related to Sophie/her father? Uncle/brother?[/quote]

We don't know, just that he was the next male heir after Sophie's father died. Likely he is not her half brother, as it seems like if that were the case, Sophie would have known him growing up and he would have been more involved in the first half of the season. Probably a cousin or other distant relative. Sophie's dad left no direct heirs (i.e. sons) they would have looked through the Penwood family to find the closes male relative.

I do feel they did a bad job of explaining everyone's relationships on this season and that contributed to the lackluster feel of the season. It was annoying in the first couple episodes when it wasn't 100% clear that Lady Penwood was Sophie's stepmother and Lady Penwood's daughters her sisters. Because Sophie is serving as a maid, and the flashbacks are somewhat vague, I am not sure I even understood the relationships properly in the first episode when Sophie meets Benedict, so instead you're like "uh, who is this woman? are we supposed to know?" And then that just snowballs as the season progresses. It just felt like sort of lazy, imprecise storytelling.[/quote]

You're supposed to know bc it's Cinderella.[/quote]
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Even if someone is unfamiliar with Cinderella I don’t know how it could have been more obvious that Sophie was an illegitimate daughter to Lord Penwood and Amarinta her stepmother, hence Amarinta’s daughter’s are Sophie’s stepsisters.

I enjoyed this season more than many posters, and thought Sophie and Benedict were adorable. I haven’t found Benedict very interesting before so I was surprised at how compelling they were. I enjoyed the subplots for Violet, Charlotte and Lady Agatha, and Mrs. Mandritch. It felt like they didn’t know what to do with Penelope, and I hope they figure out something better next season.

My complaints are that it was so on the nose with Cinderella, I would have liked a little bit more suspense. And I didn’t need to have Amarinta let off the hook so easily. I’d have rather seen her suffer a bit![/quote]

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