OverviewAnne wants to enter the selection for the Holy Beginnings Festival’s sugar confection. Glen refuses due to the policies of his predecessor. Anne thinks it’s a chance to rebuild the workshop, but will she be able to get everyone to pull together in time?
Our Take
Glen tells Anne to not participate due to the apparent bias against the workshop after the previous monarch introduced the selection. As the workshop was never chosen, Glen’s father, the workshop’s previous master, stopped participating in the protest. After spending a day assigning the artisans to craft a confection, Glen tells Anne that he changed his mind and will have the workshop participate on the condition that if the workshop is not selected, Anne will be dismissed and Challe’s wing will not be returned to her. In preparation for the selection, Anne discusses what to make and the workshop decides to research the winning workshops from previous selections. They consult Elliot, who provides them with journals of previous masters written in a language only Bridget can read. Anne approaches Bridget hoping to get her to read the journals in exchange for a bird confection she made, but she refuses. At night, Orland tells Anne he took Challe’s wing and gave it to Glen, while also explaining why Bridget became the person she is now because she cannot become an artisan as she would inherit the workshop and Glen feels the responsibilities are too much for her. The next day, Anne decides to make something with a snow motif having settled on making something to help Glen. Before the artisans get to work, they rush out after hearing a distress call and find Elliot wounded.Overall, I’m wondering if any of this has a point. This separation arc is tiring and I’m hoping it ends real soon, it’s like at this point why should I even care about Anne and Challe’s relationship when the show wants to do everything possible to make sure they barely even see each other? Also, I don’t what Anne is trying to accomplish, but she shouldn’t have to play therapist with Bridget and pretend to be nice to her after all the shit she put her through, I’m never going to feel bad for Bridget. And it feels like they’re making it out to be that she’s never had control over anything in her life, so that’s why she wants to control Challe which is all kinds of stupid. On the bright side, Anne finally convinced Glen to join the selection. Now it’s just a matter of bringing all these people from diverse backgrounds together to create a piece that not only exemplifies Paige’s workshop, but Glen and his family. Going to be a tough ask. But if anyone can do it, it’s Anne.