Spoiler Alert!
Weill, last night when Sybil died in childbirth just caught me totally by surprise.
Spoiler Alert!
Weill, last night when Sybil died in childbirth just caught me totally by surprise.
It certainly threw me, a bit of too much realism...
I can't read the above comments, 'cause I'm only in the middle of season two. haha I taped the season 3 show last night and can't watch it until I get through a few more episodes.
Maybe there will be an answer to this in the future......and don't tell me anything about what I say, but why the heck do they keep Thomas and Mrs. Obrien around when they are such troublemakers?
(I know, I know......they are the ones we love to hate) haha
I've been watching way too many past episodes in too short a time, but I want to get caught up. I'm only to the point where they are using Downton Abbey as a rehabilitation hospital for the wounded soldiers.
I told DH last night, when I watch this show, I end up feeling 3 things: I feel like eating, cleaning up the house, and ordering people around.
Oh no! She was one of the characters I liked the most - the rebellious child who escewed the family lineage and trappings for a simple life with the commoner "help".Originally Posted by Florence
Well I didn't see THAT coming. I thought it was very well done and the scene between mom and daughter brought tears to my eyes. The scene between sisters left me wanting to kick somebody.
I was shocked too. And kind of glad that it happened. Life wasn't perfect for anyone back then.
CathyA, you'll see a different side of Thomas and Miss O'Brien soon.
Yes, likewise! Edith to sister Mary, after their sister dies: "can we be friends now?" Mary: "I think not, but maybe we can be more like sisters." or words to that effect - geez, your sibling dies and you can't forget the past and reach out to your last remaining sibling??
Okay........I can read all these posts now, since I spent the entire day watching season 2 and the latest episode of season 2! good thing I didn't have to be productive today!
Even though the cook's assistant Daisy can drive me crazy, I really liked the progression of her dealing with her guilt of being dishonest about marrying William, and finally her realizing that it was a good thing. I loved how William's father wanted her for a daughter now. How sweet!
I have one question about something...........I thought it was very strange when Robert (the Earl) kissed that maid a few times. It just didn't make sense to me. He wasn't that kind of person, and hadn't she only been working there a very short time?
Oh....one more question..........Does anyone know how the Earl came to marry Cora, an American? Also, Patrick (who supposedly died on the Titanic, but really didn't...maybe) had an American accent. Why did he have an American accent, yet he was the next heir in line.
Can't answer the bit about Patrick's accent...
But as for Robert and Cora's marriage, I'll just repeat my post from earlier in the thread...
The Crawleys really needed the $$$ to keep Downton going. If you've ever read (or seen on PBS) The Buccaneers (Edith Wharton?), it's exactly about that sort of situation. I recently read a wonderful book about the American heiresses going over to Britain to catch themselves a titled aristocrat for a husband. The titled aristocrats needed the American cash. The book explains a great deal. The book is To Marry an English Lord.
There were a great many of these sorts of marriages.
Probably the most well-known of these American heiresses was Consuelo Vanderbilt who married the Duke of Marlborough.
Mary is always practical. That's what makes her Mary, in the same way being scheming makes Edith Edith, and being sweet made Sybil Sybil.
The line was more along the lines of, "... let's be sisters for each other now ..." - i.e., in their time of mourning, at least as I took it to mean.
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