Close the space in the link below. It is, as I had read somewhere, a spoof on D.A. for charity, using almost all the D.A. characters and actors and it is very funny!
KathleenOn 1/23/15, magnolia wrote: > On 1/23/15, Kathleen wrote: >> On 1/22/15, magnolia wrote: >>> Okay, what was "The Thing" that Lady Mary made her poor >>> maid buy for her weekend of love? Mary's, not Anna's. >>> >>> The bag was so small I figured it had to be a diaphragm >>> but ewwwwww...See MoreOn 1/23/15, magnolia wrote: > On 1/23/15, Kathleen wrote: >> On 1/22/15, magnolia wrote: >>> Okay, what was "The Thing" that Lady Mary made her poor >>> maid buy for her weekend of love? Mary's, not Anna's. >>> >>> The bag was so small I figured it had to be a diaphragm >>> but ewwwwww...Mary made Anna keep it after it had been >>> "there"? I suppose she washed it. >> >> >> I found this page on that topic, and will be exploring >> more of > the >> site, Watching Downton Abbey With An Historian. > > > THanks, that site is very informative. Still, ewwwwwww for > Anna. Surely the rich had "keepsake" boxes, drawers, > cabinets with LOCKS where they could store personal things > in privacy? LOL, I know, it's fiction. > > And Anna swore to Mary that she wouldn't tell Bates. In > real life, I wonder if she could store such a thing in a > small cottage without detection and how in the world would > she explain it to Bates if he found it!
I know. That was pretty unrealistic, Mary asking Anna to conceal it in the cottage, as though Mary couldn't find a safe place in her own very private suite of rooms in a 200 room castle! LOL.
Something I meant to bring up earlier: I wonder whether the writer wishes he had chosen a different name for the Downton pet doggie, Isis. At the time the name was chosen, it didn't have the negative connection it has now.
It makes me wonder whether the dog Isis will be written out of the script in the next season.
About Edith and Marigold: I think it's beyond time for Edith to reveal that the child is her daughter. IMHO, that story is beginning to drag on too long.
Novel predicted that Rose would become more likeable and she was right. Again, Novel, have you in the UK seen farther into the season than we have seen so far here in the US?
I am ...See MoreOn 2/08/15, Kathleen wrote: > Something I meant to bring up earlier: I wonder whether the > writer wishes he had chosen a different name for the Downton pet > doggie, Isis.
Odd, but the only thing I think of is the Greek -or was it Egyptian- goddess. Probably because I am so immersed in the time period of the show.
I am already starting to have withdrawal pains, dreading the ending of the series soon. I'm soooooo addicted.
I probably won't post anything since hardly anyone seems to be reading and posting but I will post "SPOILER" if I do.
At the time the name was chosen, it didn't have > the negative connection it has now. > > It makes me wonder whether the dog Isis will be written out of > the script in the next season. > > About Edith and Marigold: I think it's beyond time for Edith to > reveal that the child is her daughter. IMHO, that story is > beginning to drag on too long. > > Novel predicted that Rose would become more likeable and she was > right. Again, Novel, have you in the UK seen farther into the > season than we have seen so far here in the US?
Best line of the...See MoreI didn't expect Downton Abbey would ever affect me this way, but when the plaque honoring Mrs. Patmore's nephew was unveiled, I shed a tear or two, even though I suspected it was going to happen. (The writer attempted to throw us off...would it be a memorial to Isis or one for Mrs. Patmore's nephew? Good choice, my lord!)
Best line of the show: "Get DOWN, you cat!"
The Bates drama is becoming tiresome. Does anyone agree? It's unkind to write so much unhappiness upon that nice couple.
Once again we're being tossed about over Thomas Barrow: Is he a good guy or a bad guy?
WHAT?!?!? Only one more show in this season?? It just began!
Will Mary run away to America with Tom? Will Edith ever find love? Will Rose's mother pay for her evil deeds? Will Mr. Carson EVER just grab Mrs. Hughes and plant a passionate kiss upon her lips? Will Mrs. Hughes then continue to address him as Mr. Carson?
The Bates drama is becoming tiresome. Does anyone agree? It's > unkind to write so much unhappiness upon that nice > couple. > > Once again we're being tossed about over Thomas Barrow: > Is he
It was highly emotional in several different scenes for me. The part where Daisy's first visit to an art gallery saddens her and makes her feel cheated, that she felt like she's been in a tunnel all her life and suddenly walked out into the light - her lot in life as a servant, basically deprived of education and what's out there in the world really speaks to teachers. Very emotional. And even when the evil Susan suddenly breaks down because of the family losing its fortune -or whatever happend to them, I've forgotten - she's revealing that what's underneath all her nastiness is her anger and sadness about having nothing left to leave their children.
They are jerking us around about Mary and Tom, too. Most viewers are dying for them to get together, and the camera DOES stay on Mary's face one second too long, each time she and Tom have a moment of closeness...and then she covers up whatever she's thinking - so slightty it's almost imperceptible - with her usual aloof, cool facade.
Imagine what her peers would do if she and Tom did get together - laugh her out of the country. She'd be a social pariah. Julian got away with it the first time because of Sybil's youth and she was third in line to inherit anything, anyway, if no male heir had been located. Twice now she has had a troubled look after talking with Tony (but he couldn't see her) - once in her hotel bedroom and again after Tom and Mabel told her of their marriage plans.
Newt week's previews show Thomas apparently scheming something so his recent change may have been temporary.
I happened to see a clip of Robert angrily interrupting a lunch Mrs. Crawley gave so that her maid could transition into respectable work after giving birth out of wedlock and resorting to prostitution- he demanded the ladies all go home with him rather than ruin the family's "reputation" by being in the same room with such a disgraced woman. In those days you could not even be seen with such a person. So that is another reason why the idea of his accepting Edith's child is so preposterous but then all the kindness and fraternizing on the part of "upstairs" toward "downstairs" would never have happened in real life, anyway. Merigold, the plaque for Mrs. Patmore's nephew, and the frank admission to Cora that he hadn't been attentive or appreciative of her, his unreadiness to have his dog put down just yet, all endeared Robert to millions of viewers.
Everyone across the country is complaining about the Bates crisis but I will be satisfied if Mary and Cora and Rose will just STOP holding all those dinners!
And the other thing that will make me happy is if just one person posting on all the public forums across the United States will just spell "the Bateses" correctly. It's not "the Bates" and it's not "the Bate's" or "the Bates'". If one isn't certain, just write "the Bates family". Arrrrrrrrggghhhh.