North and South Napoleon and Josephine

[@ambermeanswell]

They are a perfect couple. That show really knew what they were doing matching people up.

[@julieporter7805]

I am so in love with this fun fascinating duo of contemptible little worms. I even have an AU Fanfic in mind where they escape and become a wild west outlaw duo ala Bonnie and Clyde. Sort of like if Jesse James and Belle Starr teamed up. It disregards Heaven and Hell in that Orry is still alive and they are still a couple. Instead of getting even with George and Orry, they are more concerned with wealth, excitement, power, living their own lives away from the past, and survival.

[@WestIndianAK]

Phillip Casnoff had the best-sounding Southern accent in this whole series :)

[@candiceschoice941]

Akil Alleyne , as someone who's lived in half a dozen southern states, I can tell you he has the worse, overly exaggerated, obnoxiously corny, put on southern accent in the history of film. No southerner ever talked anything like that, only someone who has no ear for accents trying to do a southern one would sound that awful.

[@robertisham5279]

@@candiceschoice941 I still liked his accent

[@WestIndianAK]

@@candiceschoice941 Oh, I'm sure no one in the South sounds that way *nowadays.* From what I've read and heard, at least, the aristocratic, non-rhotic (i.e. with Rs dropped at the ends of words) Southern accents have all but disappeared (though I find some modern Southerners, like Jimmy Carter and Morris Dees, still speak that way to some extent). But I stand by my opinion: I like the way that accent sounds. Of course, as Black man, I would be remiss not to note that the sociopolitical history behind it is just plain ghastly (yes, I'm talking about the slavery, segregation, and all-around legacy of violent, murderous white supremacy). But as a purely aesthetic matter, I like that type of Southern accent. Sue me 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@FreshRose-z3s]

@@WestIndianAK you're right. The R-less southern accent is almost obsolete in the new millinium. The hard R's have taken over. My dad and aunt were born in 1930's central North Carolina and they spoke with an R-less accent all their lives. In the 19th century, many east coasters were descendents of England. Hence the R-less speech. Scottish and Irish immigrants settled more inland, away from the shore and closer to the mountains. So Phillip Cassanoff's accent is dead-on.

[@wanya_telborn]

It’s literally the worst

[@Eli08ish]

Ashton was evil as hell but she took no shit.

[@nathanjohnson4655]

I'm glad they were paired up in this sequel. He was both an enemy of brother Orry and George Hazard, who were the hub of the whole series, yet paired up with Orry's sister. I wish they would've gotten married. Imagine him as Orry's brother in law! Philip Casnoff is undoubtedly one of my favorite well know/unknown character actors. He can make you hate him, but yet this series wouldn't have been any good without him. When he left the series after George kicked his butt and he came back later in book 1, I was very pleased, although I knew he would! Teri Garber is a great actress too! :)

[@debadritadass8598]

So hot! why does Philip castoff have to be so adorably cute and funny?! I'm in love...

[@bprest1]

I'm glad Ashton wasn't afraid of him. :)

[@ProctoLion]

@bprest1 "Take your hands off me!!!" I love when she hollers that at him. Ashton takes crap from nobody!

[@Sheba386]

My favourite characters .Thanks for uploading this.

[@dolemitedavis]

Ashton and Bent (El..)...What FUN.

[@TokyoSpike]

Great combination of ruthlessness with Bent and his genuine concern for Ashton -- at heart this is a really lonely guy who wants to feel important and loved. He's still a jerk, of course, but an interesting one :-)

[@robertisham5279]

Much better than his novel counterpart who was always lonely guy.

[@suzannebenz8928]

I really enjoyed NORTH & SOUTH!

[@bprest1]

I loved him in Book II.

[@robertisham5279]

Who Bent?

[@nathonics]

Philip Casnoff is one of my favorites! I was concerned in the scene where George Hazard kicked his butt that he wasn’t going to be back, but I was thrilled to see him again later in the series as the war got closer. Truly a class act! Teri Garber is great too and so beautiful, even today!

[@kevindahlenburg2528]

They were the perfect evil couple and it’s time to rewatch the series

[@lucius1976]

Like Napoleon and Josephine - but his empire was kind of short-lived

[@LBF522]

Bent was only like Napoleon in his own deluded mind.

[@ashtaylor2885]

A match made in hell

[@robertisham5279]

Was miniseries Bent raised by an aristocratic family. I mean he has an upper class southern accent like Orry, or Ashton or Justin Lamotte. Unlike the accents of Charles Main or Salem Jones who come from humble backgrounds and have a different southern accent.

[@LBF522]

I believe he was the illegitimate son of a congressman.

[@WestIndianAK]

FWIW, they also completely reworked his character from the Bent in the novels, who (though still racist as hell) was a bisexual white Northerner whose mental illness stemmed from the fact that he was inbred.

[@thedukeofswellington1827]

Doesnt she know that Napoleon throws Josephine away?

[@KentuckRoad]

Luxury, Pleasure and Power, The true worth of a Southern Planter's Son. Oh to have lived in that glorious time. Surrounded by Servants that stand around just waiting for my command. To have a Southern Belle to Court like Ashton. To know that you are better than others, to know you can have your every desire. It's a wonderful dream I would love to have and never wake up from. I was born for such a life........

[@steverouse1976]

KentuckRoad There was no air conditioning at that time. Imagine dressing in those stuffy outfits in the middle of the summer in the South with no AC.

[@siobhanofarrell4646]

Until some fed up slave decided to poison your ignorant, arrogant, arse - that mentality stinks worse than month old milk - and I certainly don’t think Jesus would approve of it - Mr. TBN.

[@robertisham5279]

@@siobhanofarrell4646 Are you black?

[@WestIndianAK]

@@robertisham5279 With a hella Irish name like Siobhan O'Farrell? Possible, but I doubt it. However, I *am* Black, and I second Ms. O'Farrell's motion.

[@sunshinef263y]

Kentucky road moron. Or troll. Both suit your ignorant ass.

[@jeanne_guitton]

I wonder if they know that Napoleon and Josephine divorced.

[@robertsilva8097]

I want to Declare myself to be Emperor

[@susannajamieglenney_1]

They deserve each other! Yuck!

[@dawnhopkins7593]

I hated bent because he killed orry main!rip patrick swayze.......And constance Hazzard he murdered too......Im glad he finally die in book 3!!

[@KmT81]

The Couple of the Villains. Future Inmate#99S233 NikolaÏ Stanislofski

[@sycamoreleaves74]

If that was not the most evil couple in history I don't know what is - gold diggers, users, materialistic, scheming

[@michellekinder3051]

Cleopatra and who she was hooking up with at the time. Cleopatra and Anthony had her siblings killed and so much more. The only way she was stopped she realized Octavian was immune to her.

[@oliviablackburn3907]

So if you're going to be just like them, then you'll stop making love and her pug wont let you on the bed with her. Haha. Josephine put her cute pugs over napoleon and one day he got mad because he wanted to get in bed with her and he decided to push the dog out of the way and it bit his leg pretty badly. Lol. Theirs was not a good relationship goal.

[@donfontana8282]

This scene was a rip off of the much better Gone With the Wind.