HOLLYWOOD —Sixteenth century England was certainly a place I would never want to be. Especially with the ruling King Henry The VIII who on Sunday night’s episode was falling deeper into dementia, while his subjects had to bow and honor a man who appointed himself the head of the Church of England and claimed his superior morality and even restraints of brutality on his people, while managing to crop the heads off of many innocent people’s shoulders and demanding autonomy when it came to the day-to-day decisions of his realm.

Princess Mary seemed as if she was starting to get herself out of the doldrums in plotting with the Ambassador to England from Spain about the possibility of her being next in line for the thrown and not her young brother Prince Edward. Henry was filled with euphoria for a while, believing his wife Queen Katherine Howard may be with child. Like all monarchs, Henry has a desire and need for as many male heirs to the thrown as possible. His joy soon turned to disappointment and then outrage when his teenage bride would later report that she is not with child.

What Katherine did not report, however, was that her affair with Thomas Culpeper not only has began but is continuing in a very illicit manner, which her ladies will eventually spill to others at the King’s court and it will be hell to pay when a middle-aged Henry finds out he’s been played a fool by a young girl.

Henry visited Heever Castle, which is now the home of his fourth wife Anne of Cleaves. Though Henry found her disgusting and unattractive when he first married her, so much so that he failed to consummate his marriage and then divorced her, he has now a lust for the woman who like all women in his opinion, should honor and obey him. Anne’s ability to not fight with Henry is not only for her benefit and safety, but it is very alluring for the King, who finally slept with a woman, he must have forgotten he legally had named his sister at the time of their annulment. Like all things with Kings, Henry is able to compartmentalize decisions to suit his whim, plus no one would dare remind his majesty of any mistakes he could possibly make.

The actress who portrays Queen Katherine is finally growing on me. It finally made sense. Her immature actions, her stupidity and her gestures are supposed to be those of a possibly 15-year-old girl who finds herself in a world she has no business being in. Though fans know from history what her deadly fate will be, the actress often surprises me with twists and turns in the storylines, that the writers and director are brilliantly tossing in from time to time. This is perhaps why “The Tudors” is one of the best series on television. Despite having knowledge of the historical facts, the writers, director and actors use their own nuances to entice and intrigue the viewer and we don’t know what is going to happen or we at least push out of our minds what we know are the facts and take an opportunity to live this exciting story through the eyes and actions of our favorite actors who portrays rich and fascinating characters on this show.

Last week’s episode was nothing short of sensational and exciting, with this week’s coming closer to Henry’s realization of his wife’s adultery and treason. It’s not to late to check this series out. Though it is the final season, which is titled “The Final Seduction.”

“The Tudors” air on Showtime on Sunday night’s at 9 p.m.