'The Romanoffs': New episode barely meets viewers' 'Expectations'
'The Romanoffs' released the fourth installment of its eight-part series, titled 'Expectations', on October 26. After the last episode 'House of Special Purpose', where we saw paranormal activities on the sets of a miniseries being filmed and altogether a good script, it may have seemed like the anthology has taken a turn for the best, but that wasn't the case in the latest episode.
In this episode, Matthew Weiner, the creator, writer, director, and producer, introduces us to another descendant of the Romanovs family, Eric Ford, who does not use his last name 'Romanoff', just like other characters in episodes one, two and three. However, although he is a Romanoff, he is on the sidelines of this episode, as his wife, Julia Wells (Amanda Peet) is the center of the story.
