Final episodes of Wolf Hall come to life, at last

As noted in previous posts I have not been a big fan of Wolf Hall, neither book nor BBC series, which seemed to me very stodgy, slow-moving, and underplayed, but I have to admit that WH - BBC really picked up quite a bit in the last two (of 6) episodes of the season. In episode five, for the first time, we had a scene of dramatic action - King Henry thought to have died while watching joust, incredible chaos and anguish before Cromwell/Timothy Rylance saves the day with a 16th-century version of CPR - and a powerful dramatic confrontation between Cromwell and Henry. For the first time, the series had some light and heat. The final/6th episode was even better, as we see for the first time the evil and vindictive side of Cromwell's ambition, as he builds a case against Anne Boleyn, leading to her execution (sorry for the spoiler - what, you didn't know?) as well as to the banishment from favor of serveral courtiers who'd dissed Cromwell and his then-patron, Wolsey, sometime previous. Rylance throughout does a great job in his understated way, playing the part as cool and interior rather than as greedy and conniving. Though the key to Cromwell's success is his extraordinary perspicacity, neither the teleplay nor the novel, in my view, make his intelligence particularly remarkable - but he is very bold, and willing to do anything including murder to keep in favor. Perhaps it's because at last we're familiar with (most of) the figures, but the 6th episode was by far the most accessible in the series. Obviously, there will be another season and I'll probably watch it - it helps that we're seeing an interpretation of history, so there;s an edifying aspect to watching this TV show, but I don't think Cromwell is as compelling a lead, evil character as some of his TV counterparts - Walter White, Stringer Bell, even, in the legal field, Patti/Glenn Close in Damages.