If Netflix’s most successful venture into the realm of “prestige TV” no longer demands a browser tab open to the Windsor family tree, or deserves plaudits for its inspired casting, its sixth and final season, which concluded Thursday, still mustered its share of creative inspiration.
The prevailing wisdom, at least as measured by Metacritic, would seem to hold that “The Crown” began to lose its way when Princess Diana entered the picture - or, perhaps more precisely, when Elizabeth II left it.