Following the tragic elements of Episode 6 from Jinny’s asylum confinement to the death of Lord Richard Marable, The Fourth Marquess of Brightlingsea, Episode 7 of The Buccaneers also delves into the dark themes of divorce and infidelity, but a moment of joy arrives about halfway through the penultimate episode set to Taylor Swift’s “Lover.”
After Nan (Kristine Frøseth) testifies at Patricia St. George’s (Christina Hendricks) court hearing to support Patti’s want of a divorce from Colonel Tracy St. George (Adam James), she leaves the room to find that Guy Thwarte (Matthew Broome) has come to support her, as a friend.
“[It was] so so sweet. I never know what song they’re gonna put on. That’s always exciting to see after they’ve edited, what’s chosen,” Frøseth told Deadline. “Obviously, [I’m] so here for Taylor Swift always. So that was exciting.”
Guy and Nan’s relationship this season has been complicated, to say the least, with a constant back and forth dynamic where Guy first wrote Nan letters that she never read while she tried to ignore her love for him since she married Theo (Guy Remmers) at the end of Season 1. In the fourth episode, Nan visited Guy in Italy, but then she rushed home again to keep helping her sister Jinny get out of an abusive marriage with the power of her Duchess title, which she can only keep by staying married to Theo.
Matthew Broome in ‘The Buccaneers’ Season 2
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“It was really sweet that [Guy] shows up and wants to support her. I like how their relationship is developing. He’s grown a lot,” Frøseth added. “The first time she was going through something really tough, he left. When she told him she was illegitimate, he went away, and now he’s really showing up for her, and it’s beautiful to see how they’re growing together.”
The show’s soundtrack features mostly women musicians, with the addition of a Bleachers and a Lauv song in Season 2. The moment in which Guy and Nan reunite at the courthouse and mirror each other on a staircase and over a railing, respectively, is reminiscent of their meet cute in Season 1.
“We actually had a Taylor song on a different moment, but we loved that staircase sequence of dancing. We were really struggling to find the perfect song, and then we all sort of reached that moment where we went, “Should we?” And we knew the time for Taylor Swift had come come,” producer Joe Innes told Deadline. “We put it on, and we all cried. It just worked, and our hearts were full, and we just said ‘We have to have it.’ Taylor’s team have always been quite supportive of the show, and it was the perfect match. It wouldn’t be a Buccaneers series without Taylor Swift.”
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Season 1 of the Apple TV+ show featured two songs from Swift, “Nothing New” (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) during a different debutante staircase scene and then “Long Live” in the Season 1 finale.
“I think that’s been true every time we’ve used a Taylor song, it was absolutely true of ‘Long Live,’ and it was absolutely true on the staircase in [ Season] 1,” executive producer Katherine Jakeways said. “Every time the Taylor song comes on — and that’s obviously her genius — you just go, ‘Well it’s just perfect.’ Obviously, this is the one that we have to use, because it fits this moment so perfectly. She’s able to tap into something that feels so real.”
“In our head, it should just be a Taylor Swift musical,” Innes jokingly added.
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Guy also supported Nan as she confronted Leighton Meester’s Nell about being Nan’s natural mother, walking her to Nell’s front doorstep. He was there at the end to celebrate Mrs. St. George’s victory in divorce court as well.
