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BBC series Black Narcissus wrapped up this evening with the three-parter finishing the story in a shocking manner. The BBC and FX miniseries gave a fresh 2020 take on the classic tale of forbidden desires set against the punishing backdrop of the Himalayas. Express.co.uk looks at the main plot points from the Black Narcissus finale.
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Black Narcissus
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There are two ways of looking at
Black Narcissus (BBC One). You could say it’s a complex exploration of colonialism, religious dogma and the dangers of suppressing individual desire. Or, alternatively: two nuns go mad over a man.
Sister Ruth and Sister Clodagh both went weak at the knees for handsome Mr Dean. Clodagh (Gemma Arterton) managed to keep her feelings under control, albeit with the revelation that she became a nun because – of course! – she’d been dumped by her boyfriend. Ruth (Aisling Franciosi) went fully bonkers, although admittedly she was half-way there before she arrived in the Himalayas.
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Black Narcissus viewers horrified as Sister Ruth plummets to her death after fighting Sister Clodagh in tense finale
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Updated: 30 Dec 2020, 8:59
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BLACK Narcissus viewers were left horrified tonight after Sister Ruth plummeted to her death after fighting with Sister Clodagh.
The final episode of the three-part mini-series aired tonight, and saw the underlying tensions between the two nuns reach boiling point.
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Sister Ruth plunged to her death in the finale of Black Narcissus
Sister Clodagh (Gemma Arterton) had tried to get her priest to take Sister Ruth home, claiming the new convent in the Himalayas that they had set up was making her unwell.
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