Episode

Act of God

by Julian Jarrold, Peter Morgan, Michael Culkin, Kate Phillips, Simon Chandler and 24 others

When dense smog cripples London for days and creates a serious health hazard, Churchill’s inaction leaves him vulnerable to his political enemies.

(5 total)

Characters

Peter Morgan (5)Queen Mary (2)John Lithgow (2)Eileen Atkins (2)Sir Winston Churchill (2)Queen Elizabeth II (1)Claire Foy (1)

“There comes a time where one must draw a line in the sand.”

— Peter Morgan, Queen Elizabeth II, Claire Foy, imdb.com

Tagged: Time, draw a line in the sand, Limits

“To do nothing is the hardest job of all. And it will take every ounce of energy that you have. To be impartial is not natural, not human.”

— Peter Morgan, Queen Mary, Eileen Atkins, imdb.com

Tagged: hardest, Job, Energy, impartial, Natural

“Monarchy is God’s sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth. To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards, an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives. Monarchy is a calling from God.”

— Peter Morgan, Queen Mary, Eileen Atkins, imdb.com

Tagged: God, Grace, dignify, Earth, Ideal

“People have to be angry at someone. But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything.”

— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.com

Tagged: angry, leader, React, react to everything

“Where there is heroism there will always be hope.”

— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.com

Tagged: Heroism, Hope, Optimistic