Sidney Parker's Tragic 'Sanditon' Write-off May Have Made the Show Stronger (SPOILERS)
In Season 2 of PBS’s 'Sandition,' audience quickly be informed that Sidney Parker will no longer be part of the plot. Here's why.
Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 1 of Sanditon.
The Season 2 premiere of PBS’s Sanditon was a sad time for all fans of Sidney Parker, performed through actor Theo James. When the series — which is in accordance with Jane Austen's unfinished novel left in fragment shape upon her death — ultimate left off, Sidney was once ready to marry his woman, Charlotte Heywood. However, as we be told minutes into Season 2, Episode 1, the wedding ceremony is off. There has been an unexpected dying.
Keep scrolling to be informed what happened to Sidney Parker in Sanditon.
What came about to Sidney Parker?
It is with a heavy middle that we must tell you that Sidney Parker has kicked the bucket. During a commute to Antigua, he succumbed to yellow fever.
Not even prior to the opening credit roll, audience witness his funeral. Then the show cuts to scenes of Charlotte, who has not but heard the tragic information. Sidney’s sister-in-law Mary breaks it to her.
Theo James had sought after his personality to be written off.
While Sidney's death does come as a surprise, there were warning indicators. Theo James had introduced back in May 2021 that he would not be reprising his role as Sidney Parker in Season 2.
He instructed The Wrap, "Although I relished playing Sidney, for me, I’ve always maintained that his journey concluded as I wanted it to. The broken fairy-tale ending between Charlotte and Sidney is different, unique, and so interesting to me ... I wish the cast and crew of Sanditon every success with future series."
That being stated, the show writers needed to reshape the narrative with out him.
Leading as much as the Season 2 premiere, Sanditon's manufacturer Belinda Campbell spoke at a Television Critics Association panel in January 2022 about Theo's decision. According to Decider, who coated the panel, Theo "had other opportunities and decided not to come back.”
“I think, in fairness, his statement about responding to the broken love story aspect of it, I think he genuinely felt that. He felt that it was an original and exciting end and he was happy to leave it there," she stated referring to the statement Theo gave The Wrap.
Furthermore, head author Justin Young mentioned Theo's go out throughout the same panel.
"Theo made it very clear he didn’t want to come back, so we had to think [about] how to engage with that. Obviously, we couldn’t recast because that would’ve destroyed the integrity of our world. It would be implausible. So we thought we need to make clear to the audience right from the beginning that he’s not coming back," he mentioned, including "and we need to let the audience grieve along with Charlotte."
Having Sidney Parker die, versus writing him off otherwise, looked like the best option for the Sanditon writers. As Justin persisted: “It gave us this monumental emotional event at the beginning of the [season] that sets up all the stories,” he said, including “truly, the season becomes about that in a way — how everyone strikes on from Sidney.”
Sanditon airs on Sundays at Nine p.m. ET on PBS.
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