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Why they too aren't exploring sun spots
 
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Galileo's practical experiment
 
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The Pope is dying
 
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Ludovico comes to warn Galileo
 
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The fierce protests of his housekeeper
 
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Ludovico pleads unsuccessfully with Galileo
 
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Ludovico leaves without seeing Virginia
 
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Virginia arrives in the depths of distress
 
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Treatment of scientific equipment
 
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Action as opportunity
 
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Bigger reactions
 
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More reaction
 
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News from Rome
 
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The stakes are raised
 

 
 

Director's Notes: The news from Rome

Bertie Carvel, who plays Ludovico, says that he hasn’t quite made up his mind whether, when his character brings the news from Rome, he intends to warn Galileo not to take the news as the green light to explore sun spot theory, or whether he is really threatening him not to do so. Howard prefers the direct threat.

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