And: Which, god, you have to be good to sell lines like these. And he is. Extremely good.

Oh God, yes. So good. Can't be said enough times.

I watched the last episode of the BBC version last week, and Colin Firth just doesn't do it for me. Not that he ever did. But now it's ten times worse. I kept comparing their portrayals, their acting and their yumness and Firth kept coming short.