The House Of Eliott – Series Three

 

Picture: C+     Sound: C+     Extras: C-     Episodes: B-

 

 

Acorn Media concludes The House Of Eliott with the final Series Three set and though it never gets too much like a soap opera, I have to admit that I could only take so much.  To recap, this is the story of two sisters (Louise Lombard and Stella Gonet) who thought their lives were secure, but when their father passes away and they find there is not the fortune they were expecting, they go into the 1920s fashion world.  Now that sisters Evangeline & Beatrice have to gone through the learning curve, while avoiding poverty, they have to figure out where to go next and all of it is surprisingly believable.  The world populated by three-dimensional characters continues to hold and The House Of Eliott continues to be rich enough to stick with.  However, we recommend you begin with the first set, reviewed elsewhere on this site, to get the full impact of the series.  Also, the final 10 hour-long episodes again have no titles.

 

The one thing I can say is that it never feels like there is any kind of lapse between seasons, as if the cast and main leads shot all three seasons almost non-stop.  That is not easy and the teleplays have that kind of flow as well.  That is impressive and since the show goes out of its way to create the past, that only helps.  The sister characters are likable, but were not ones I felt totally compelled to love and embrace.  Still, their story reflects the plight of so many women before the suffrage except that they had a chance.

 

The full frame 1.33 X 1 image is again nice and clean from the analog PAL video, with good color throughout.  The Dolby Digital 2.0 is stereo and is likely the original TV broadcast audio, but has no Pro Logic surrounds.  This time, extras are again on DVD 1 and only include text cast filmographies; the least of the three sets.  They quit while they were ahead and wrapped up things nicely.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo