The Tudors
The Definition of Love
TV Flash files “The Definition of Love” as hour 16 of 38 in the TV Flash guide — The Tudors (2007–2010) on Showtime, season 2, episode 6, aired 2008-05-04, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E06: listed hour 16 of 38 in the The Tudors guide, hour 6 of 10 in season 2. It aired 2008-05-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “His Majesty's Pleasure” (S02E05). Next is “Matters of State” (S02E07).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
As the Reformation gathers pace, Sir Thomas Cromwell becomes ever more powerful as propagandist-in-chief of a new moral order. Royal confidence has given way to doubt. Henry is haunted by the memory of the executed Thomas More, while Queen Anne Boleyn's insecurities border on paranoia. Her husband's affairs continue and an effort to have her daughter Elizabeth betrothed to a French prince fails when the French King refuses to recognize the infant Princess's legitimacy; Anne's interference with policies both foreign and domestic also anger the King, as he expected her to play a more submissive role after receiving her crown. As a result of this debacle, deep fractures begin to appear in Henry and Anne's marriage. Meanwhile Charles Brandon feels remorse for being unfaithful to his wife, but resumes his friendship with the King.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Definition of Love sit in the The Tudors guide?
S02E06 is listed hour 16 of 38 — hour 6 of 10 in season 2, season 2 episode 6.
When did The Tudors S02E06 air?
The Definition of Love aired 2008-05-04 and is listed at 60 minutes.
How accurate is The Tudors?
Looser than some prestige cousins. Accuracy arguments are the aftertaste; the series never slowed the seduction to wait for them.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, and a court that dresses viciousness in velvet. The Tudors is Showtime historical soap — Jonathan Rhys Meyers smolder, Natalie Dormer's Anne Boleyn, and accuracy arguments that never once slowed the seduction.
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- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII
Jonathan Rhys Meyers’s Henry VIII turned The Tudors into Showtime historical soap — movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, a court that dresses viciousness in velvet. Natalie Dormer’s Anne Boleyn, accuracy arguments that never once…
- Henry Cavill as Charles Brandon
Henry Cavill's Charles Brandon smoldered through The Tudors as court muscle — Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, Showtime historical soap dressing viciousness in velvet. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Natalie Dormer's Anne…
- Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn
Natalie Dormer’s Anne Boleyn made The Tudors’ velvet viciousness a seduction — 2000s Showtime historical soap, Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers smolder, accuracy arguments that never once…
- Sam Neill as Cardinal Wolsey
Sam Neill's Cardinal Wolsey dressed The Tudors' viciousness in velvet — Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, Showtime historical soap, Jonathan Rhys Meyers smolder, Natalie Dormer's Anne Boleyn. Accuracy arguments…
- Maria Doyle Kennedy as Catherine of Aragon
Maria Doyle Kennedy held the first marriage as Catherine of Aragon on The Tudors — Henry VIII with movie-star abs, wives as foreign policy, a court that dresses viciousness in velvet. Showtime historical soap, smolder, accuracy arguments…
- James Frain as Thomas Cromwell
James Frain’s Thomas Cromwell worked The Tudors like foreign policy in velvet — Henry’s court, wives as strategy, Showtime historical soap that never let an accuracy argument slow the seduction. Quiet menace with a ledger. TV Flash files…