'Victoria' Season 1: 'An Ordinary Woman' Recap

Previously, on Victoria: Prince Albert arrives in England and virtually overnight everyone Victoria knows is pushing the two of them to get married. Except for Lord Melbourne, obviously, who is busy being sad because he is basically doomed to love the queen from afar. After a lot of that kind of flirting where two people are repeatedly rude to each other to indicate their interest and that’s declared romantic, Victoria proposes to Albert. Lord M decides its time to hang it up as a politician. And the queen’s hairdresser Skerett has a stolen identity and some kind of secret life going on.

This week, we’re barreling toward Victoria and Albert’s wedding. Since we know these crazy kids are going to get there in the end, what can we expect along the way?

So You’re Engaged; Now What? After last week’s candlelit proposal, Victoria and Albert must face the light of day as an actual engaged couple. This mostly seems to involve stolen kisses together whenever possible and a near constant struggle to not be too inappropriate together before they can manage to say their “I dos”. The sexual tension here is getting kind of out of control. Which, again, speaks to the fact that Tom Hughes and Jenna Coleman have fantastic chemistry together. And this is great – and something that you can’t fake. It’s either there or its not and if you’re casting two people to play one of the most famous love stories of all time, it better look like they like each other. Which, luckily, they do. So, yes, there’s a lot of sexual tension between Victoria and Albert. Unfortunately, there’s still not a lot of focus on their relationship beyond that, and I’m still not entirely sure what they see in each other, but. Oh well. Here we are.