Several romances do develop, and while I do have some issues with everyone suddenly pairing off, for the most part they feel incredibly natural and overall don’t make the viewer feel like the women involved are there simply to be a prize for male good behaviour. While the majority of the cast is male, the female characters stand out for more reasons than the simple fact that they are female – each possessing their own opinions and motivations, outside of the men in their lives (except Isabella in a few episodes, but there are reasons for that). The first season saw both Madalena and Isabella evolve from the stereotypical love-interests we expected them to be, to complex characters in their own right. Mostly, Galavant focuses on developing strong, female characters. For queer representation however, that is about the extent of it. Stereotypes abound, including a very jazzy Kylie Minogue number, featuring the girl from Neighbours herself. Of course the latter is played mostly for laughs although the comedy is mostly based around Richard’s inability to realise that he is in a gay bar, rather than the fact that gays are funny. ![]() Honourable mention however must go to Princess Jubilee who is, to all intents and purposes, bi, and also to the Enchanted Forest, a gay bar that Richard and Gal find themselves trapped in like some sort of fabulous Circe’s island. Ok so there clearly aren’t any lesbians in Galavant – although I wouldn’t be surprised if there were by next season. Add some giants-who-aren’t-giants, dwarves-who-aren’t-dwarves, magical mix-ups, a very evil wedding planner and a dragon-who-is-definitely-a-dragon and we have an exciting second season, with all the intertextual humour and musical comedy that I know and love from the first season. ![]() Meanwhile, held hostage back in Valencia Gal’s reasonably faithful squire Sid (Luke Youngblood) is forced to placate two very strong-willed people after Queen Madalena (Mallory Jansen) crowns Richard’s childhood friend, Gareth (Vinnie Jones), King – with unexpected results. Stuck with the banished King Richard (Timothy Omundson) after the final episode of Season One, Galavant (Joshua Sasse) must travel to Hortensia to rescue Princess Isabella (Karen David) who is being forced into marriage to her cousin (although she does pretty well for herself without Gal, being the strong, independent, female Beyonce would want her to be).
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