Is there seriously no topic for this show??

If no one else is watching it, you should really check it out. Sundays on PBS at 9pm. You can catch up on Season 1 on Netflix.

If you are watching...
Mr. Bates + Anna?
Mary + Mathew?
Sybil + Branson?


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1/22/2012 11:37:43 PM

great job selling it

1/22/2012 11:54:55 PM

Best show on TV atm. Anna would get it.

Fuck Thomas. And Ms. O'brian is a cunt too.

1/23/2012 12:00:21 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs5_E1J_9hY

1/23/2012 12:07:52 AM

Sell it? Fuck if I know how to do that. Patton Oswald made the point tonight that the first thing you see in the intro to every episode is a dog's ass (or arse since they're brits).

Sold?

1/23/2012 12:36:09 AM

BigT,

Agreed. But they are humanizing both characters more this season.

I did like that Thomas got a dig at his lordship this episode though. "I don't work for Mr. Carson, anymore."

1/23/2012 12:37:31 AM

oh my god! When Matthew walked into the concert as Mary was singing I just bursted into tears!!!!!

1/23/2012 4:45:54 PM

I heard PBS will be airing a marathon soon!

I'll be catching up then!

1/23/2012 6:46:27 PM

*SPOILERS*
On last week's episode:

I am usually a fan of Cora, but ever since they started turning Downton into a recovery facility she has become less sympathetic. I mean, it is war time and they're whining because they only have half the study to eat breakfast in? That half of a room looks as big as my entire apartment.

So I really felt sorry for Isobel when Cora was giving her politely-bitchy routine. Basically telling her she wasn't needed in running the home (despite the fact Isobel has been trained as a nurse).

Then I just got pissed off later when she finds out her servants are running a soup kitchen and swoops in and takes the whole thing over and giving orders. So now she knows how to run a kitchen TOO?? Apparently being a lord's wife means you're prepared for anything.

1/26/2012 3:39:14 PM

Also (no spoilers)...

Does any one else think it is odd that NO ONE has voiced a coherent, political argument against the War?

I mean, Branson has said he opposes the war, but the only reason he offered was that he didn't want to die. That's fine, but he seems willing to give his life in the fight for Irish Independence. So there must be something different He came off like a physical coward instead of a courageous pacifist. Is that on purpose?

I've been thinking about this ever since I learned that Julian Fellowes (creator and head writer of the show) has a peerage and holds a Conservative seat in the House of Lords. I wonder if he is letting his political/class sympathies leak into the show.

1/26/2012 4:02:39 PM

Pretty sad episode.

William is dead. Mathew is paralyzed.

But hearing the Duchess try to work a telephone was hilarious.

1/30/2012 10:24:55 PM

poor matthew

1/31/2012 9:29:51 AM

keep watching the season gets better

It is Cora's house and Isobel was definitely stepping on the lady of the house's toes.

I thought it was high time Cora found her backbone.

2/1/2012 11:38:20 PM

^ If it were not for Isobel, would Cora have allowed Downton to be turned into a recovery home? I doubt it. Her "finding her backbone" basically amounted to her pulling social rank and "taking back over the house" once contributing to the war effort made her lifestyle too uncomfortable. Not exactly virtues I admire in a person.

But that's just my opinion.


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2/7/2012 1:35:48 AM

*Spoilers*

Wow, in this weeks episode cousin Phillip comes back from the dead (sorta, maybe). After the Titanic sank, he got amnesia and lived in Canada for 6 years before joining the army and recovering his memories after getting caught in an explosion. Sounds just a littttlllleeee soapy (it would have been better if he was Phillip's evil twin separated at birth), but I don't mind much.

The big deal of the episode imo came at the end. Mr Bates' wife is dead. She was found the day after Mr. Bates returned from London with a bruise on his face. I seriously doubt he killed her, though. I mean, this guy refused to sully Anna's honor by letting her be his mistress. Now he skipping "though shalt not commit adultery" and going straight to murder? I doubt it. But it will be cool to see what actually happens.

2/7/2012 1:46:30 AM

I've never seen this show

But the SNL sketch about Spike TV picking up Downtown Abbey was one of the few funny sketches on the show.

2/7/2012 10:46:35 AM

Is this the season finale???

It was a two hour episode, so I assume it was (but I have not watched it yet).

2/13/2012 9:09:16 AM

^NO IT WASN'T

I was pleasantly surprised though when I looked at my clock and saw it was 10:05 and it was going to be two hours

The finale is this Sunday, which is also the tunnel painting evening soooooooooooo..... decisions, decisions....

2/13/2012 11:15:59 AM

so i just watched season 1 in one sitting

fucking rad

2/19/2012 10:08:56 PM

^^ So glad you mentioned it wasn't the finale. Christmas special is on now. Recording to watch tomorrow. Looks to be awesome.

I am really hoping that Mr. Bates beats this murder rap. I just don't see him as a murder. But, if you push him, who knows.

2/19/2012 10:18:03 PM

Just watched the finale and was pretty pleased with the whole thing (except for what happened to Mr. Bates).

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2/20/2012 11:39:35 PM

^ agreed. I thought it ended pretty quickly though. I thought for sure they were going to go inside and announce it to the family or something, but it just ended

Such a long wait until next season.

I think I may rewatch North & South to take the edge off of

2/21/2012 4:00:42 PM

EVERY ONE OF YOU

2/21/2012 4:12:40 PM

fuck me this is one of the best shows I have ever seen

3/5/2012 9:47:39 PM