@merryapril said:

Yeah, IMO it's the mystery of Geordie's and Johnny's relationship as POWs that's most compelling at this point in the season, even more so than poor Leonard's travails, now that his trial's behind him and he's and serving time in jail.

What did Leonard do?

Homosexuality was still a crime then. But the judge surprisingly showed little leniency in sentencing, leniency that was presumed and hoped for by Leonard's friends, because as a clergyman the judge felt he should've been more circumspect: Leonard refused to implicate Daniel in the trial and instead inferred that his partner in crime was a casual acquaintance. SO he got 6 months in the slammer!

@merryapril said:

Homosexuality was still a crime then. But the judge surprisingly showed little leniency in sentencing, leniency that was presumed and hoped for by Leonard's friends, because as a clergyman the judge felt he should've been more circumspect: Leonard refused to implicate Daniel in the trial and instead inferred that his partner in crime was a casual acquaintance. SO he got 6 months in the slammer!

Oh, I thought that might be it BUT who ratted?

Leonard was targeted by an opportunistic employee at a family amusement park type place, who first caught him in bed (albeit merely sitting and talking) with Daniel, and who subsequently snapped pictures of him (Leonard) kissing Daniel in a park. The original intention was blackmail for money, though ultimately subsequently turned into a mission (successful) to destroy his career as a curate. (PS: The photographer guy seemed, orginally, to have feelings for Leonard. After L gently made it known he - L - wasn't available, the guy seemed hurt and jealous - which was when things went quickly downhill.)

Great summary genplant. Although, Leonard and Daniel weren't even kissing in the supposedly-incriminating photo of them sitting on a park bench -- Leonard just wiped some ice cream off Daniel's lip! It made the sentence seem especially harsh, and unless I missed something (a likely possibility), it seemed odd to me the photo of Leonard and Daniel in bed together wasn't even presented as evidence during the trial. However, I recall it WAS shown (by the creepy resort extortionist) to higher-ups in the clergy -- AFTER he was paid off by Will. That's what prompted the church hierarchy to give Leonard the axe. Feel free to correct me, anyone, if I'm wrong. Where's our friend wonder2wonder, who would surely know for certain?!?!?

What all you've stated there sounds right; my recollection of details from the season's earliest episodes is pretty general at this late date.

^ If I had to put in 12-hour workdays beginning at 4:00 AM like you do, I probably wouldn't even be able to turn on a TV much less remember what I watched. Your synopsis was excellent genplant. It's just that I was SO shocked at the sentencing scene of the trial, especially since the lead up to it led us to believe the judge was fair-minded and tended to go easy on defendants, that it burnished at least some of the details into my memory.

Thanks all.

I just finished watching the newest episode in "real time", for a nice change. In my opinion, it was possibly the best, so far, of the season.

merry, I don't work 12 hour work days, so probably stated something confusingly in one of my prior posts. I do frequently work 10 or so hours though. The 4a.m. weekday wake-up time is for sure a killer. Today I treated myself to a much-needed sleep-in-late day, which is why I'm still up (present time here is 10:14p.m.) despite 4a.m. being less than 6 hours away.

bratface, I hope you'll be able to view the entire season eventually in spite of your reception issues, delayed broadcasts - and all of the spoilers divulged here! IMO it ranks among the very best so far. Often, it seems series run out of steam after just a couple of seasons but Grantchester is still going strong! Good writing, so key, and the ever-fine ensemble cast are keeping it compelling viewing. I'm even warming up to the new curate...

And while I'm at it, I'm enjoying how cheeky Will's stepsister can be at times, especially when she interacts with the new curate. She's definitely a hot mess who's overdue for a reckoning, but nevertheless provides some much-needed comic relief.

@merryapril said:

bratface, I hope you'll be able to view the entire season eventually in spite of your reception issues, delayed broadcasts - and all of the spoilers divulged here! IMO it ranks among the very best so far. Often, it seems series run out of steam after just a couple of seasons but Grantchester is still going strong! Good writing, so key, and the ever-fine ensemble cast are keeping it compelling viewing. I'm even warming up to the new curate...

Thanks, merry. I love spoilers. The only time I hated them was recently when someone said that Bond was killed in NTTD! I wasn't a happy camper about that.

Speaking of lousy reception, I'm trying to watch Adele but we are having a bit of a windstorm so it keeps cutting in & out. I don't care about her talk with Oprah, I just want to hear her sing!

I watched Season 6, Ep. 7 again last night and 2 things stood out to me more than they did when I first viewed it. First of all, I presume Leonard is now the de facto prison chaplain, having helped to reveal the former chaplain's history of extortion and murder. Since Leonard also helped to prove an inmate's innocence, maybe these laudable acts will cause the church to re-establish his eligibility as a member of the clergy. Secondly, at the very end of the episode we see Geordie pulling a soiled piece of paper from beneath the inner band of his fedora, and as he slowly unfolds it - with trepidation - a rather long list of his fellow POWs gradually comes into view, with what appears to be their causes of death written underneath each of their names. Dysentery, beating, beriberi, and shooting are the causes I was able to catch in the brief view of the faded ink. And while it's possible we still may learn in the finale something unethical Geordie and/or Johnny did while prisoners, as I first suspected, it's obvious now that Geordie suffers from Survivor Syndrome, which is terrible enough and may totally explain his drinking and other emotional problems. During one of the many pints he shared with Johnny, he claimed to have forgotten his prison-mates names. Yet, whether he truly forgot their names or not, we now know he's been keeping them close.