downton abbey

And thus we come to another end of a Downton Abbey season. A season which saw some rather outlandish events happen, but which managed to nonetheless end on a smashingly good note. I absolutely adored the Christmas Special, because it was everything that is good about the show, and practically nothing that’s bad. Ready for my rundown? ‘Cause here we go: Matthew and Mary–How can I not lead with this story? Because it was just executed so well throughout. You’ve got Matthew, riddled with guilt and wanting to punish himself for the rest of his life–and totally set on doing

It’s Monday again, and that means yesterday was Sunday. And THAT means that yesterday was Downton Abbey 2.something or other. Better yet, it was a double dose–two hours of Downton, when I was only expecting one. (I kept wondering how in the world they were fitting everything in to 1 hour–then I checked the time.) As always, here I am with my responses to the various ongoings at the manor castle thing. AND THERE ARE SPOILERS, so don’t read this if you haven’t watched the episode yet. Ready? First off, I want to make sure that I state very clearly

Here we are at episode 5. An episode which suddenly made me seriously worried that this show had jumped off the deep end and given up any shred of respectability. SPOILERS AHEAD!!! Let’s get this right on the table–the plot line with Patrick the long lost heir coming back from the dead to lay claim on Downton? As soon as the wounded soldier blurted out that story, a wave of dread shot down my spine. No. They wouldn’t do that. The writers couldn’t do that to me. Could they? It was everything I’d been complaining about last week–the over the top

First off, as usual, this post has a bunch of spoilers in it. If you haven’t had the chance to see the latest episode of Downton (episode 4), then you’d darn well better not read this post. Got it? Because there are some fairly major spoilers this week. So I have to give the show some props right off the bat for not being predictable. I’m relieved that my guesses last week ended up being wrong–because really, who wants to watch a show where you know what happens each week before you watch? You might as well just turn the