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shallownessDownton Abbey 4.7
Pig rescuing definitely makes it to the mental list of Downton ridiculousness (miscarriage by soap, Matthew’s injury, even dead!Lavinia approves etc etc).
Ok, fine, so Mary/Tom is definitely not happening. Even Evelyn and Gillingham can dimly grasp what’s coming. After all, they mud wrestled. It is inevitable (although I was glad Cora called Mary out for being rude to a guest). Still, let’s wait and see how Blake handles George. I did love Mary’s aplomb at facing Ivy at the crack of dawn. And that she had no idea who Ivy is, because she’s not one of the originals.
I wait to see what whatshename’s name is, although I was with the man in the moustache on their talking all over the politician. See, Tom Branson, you don’t have to go to the US after all to find suitable ladyfriends! I don't know if it was wise to make her a brunette.
(As I sat down to this episode afraid that Tom was definitely going to go and that Violet was dying, I’m quite chuffed with how this episode turned out.)
I LOVED that Isobel now seems to have adopted Tom – which makes heaps of sense as he was her dead son’s bro and after the fellow feeling nursery scene and was urging him back to life, as she had been. urged
I am still convinced that the Doctor loves Isobel, despite seeing all her faults. Her determination to be Violet’s nurse as a way of paying the family back, and hey, because she was the best person for it - Cora and Mary might have wanted to help, but probably wouldn’t have been as good – was lovely. I do, as always, enjoy Violet-Isobel.
Mrs Pattmore-Mrs Hughes’ alliance to stop the dreaded downstairs love quadrangle saga was one of the best things about it. That, and Carson dimly realising that Mrs Hughes is a conniver.
Molesley stumbling on Thomas blackmailing Baxter may turn out to be brilliance.
Mrs Hughes’s scene with Green was definitely brilliant. RIGHTEOUS WRATH. He has been warned. It’s the least surprising thing ever that Anna’s attempt to stop Bates from knowing who her rapist is and killing him is going to fail. I liked that it’s going to be because of well-meaning Downton people manouvering to keep Bates at home. I loved Mary for her reaction and attempts to help.
Actually, Gillingham was being self-indulgent. He’s engaged now! And nobody else seems to care about Mabel’s maid-servants. It would be preferable if Green was dealt with by the law, if for nothing else than I don’t think the writers have thought through Bates killing him or learned from the tediousness of Bates in prison.
But hey.
Something else I felt quite strongly about was Edith’s line about Sybil carrying off a child born out of wedlock. Shurrup, Edith, that’s hardly fair. Sybil fell in love with a nice Catholic boy who she had wrapped around her little finger, and even when they eloped, they never went beyond hand-holding. The thing about Edith (well, there are lots of things) is that she wants the status and respectability – she is one of the people who talks about those women in Maida Vale - but she broke the rules of that society she holds so dear, she was weak and fell for ‘I love you darling, I’m going to become a German and divorce my mad wife for you’ sweet nothings. She knew she could get pregnant, and now she is.
I did have a lot of sympathy for her, for all that - Blake is never going to disappear in a country Britain was at war with and is unlikely to have a mad wife - and it was beautifully played by Carmichael and Bond, but apparently Sybil is still my favourite.
I think we actually need to know what happened to Gregson soon.
I’m slightly annoyed by Rose too, for being so ditzy. It all matters a whole lot more to Jack than her – I think he’s more serious about her, and kind of has to be to risk so much more than she does. I thought that scene on the boat and Cora telling Robert that his going to America was an act of love felt a lot more staged than most of the other scenes.
Among all the callbacks and awfully similar plot-lines, it was nice to have a goodbye scene with all the family and staff. There were also quite a few new views of the house from the outside scenes.
Pig rescuing definitely makes it to the mental list of Downton ridiculousness (miscarriage by soap, Matthew’s injury, even dead!Lavinia approves etc etc).
Ok, fine, so Mary/Tom is definitely not happening. Even Evelyn and Gillingham can dimly grasp what’s coming. After all, they mud wrestled. It is inevitable (although I was glad Cora called Mary out for being rude to a guest). Still, let’s wait and see how Blake handles George. I did love Mary’s aplomb at facing Ivy at the crack of dawn. And that she had no idea who Ivy is, because she’s not one of the originals.
I wait to see what whatshename’s name is, although I was with the man in the moustache on their talking all over the politician. See, Tom Branson, you don’t have to go to the US after all to find suitable ladyfriends! I don't know if it was wise to make her a brunette.
(As I sat down to this episode afraid that Tom was definitely going to go and that Violet was dying, I’m quite chuffed with how this episode turned out.)
I LOVED that Isobel now seems to have adopted Tom – which makes heaps of sense as he was her dead son’s bro and after the fellow feeling nursery scene and was urging him back to life, as she had been. urged
I am still convinced that the Doctor loves Isobel, despite seeing all her faults. Her determination to be Violet’s nurse as a way of paying the family back, and hey, because she was the best person for it - Cora and Mary might have wanted to help, but probably wouldn’t have been as good – was lovely. I do, as always, enjoy Violet-Isobel.
Mrs Pattmore-Mrs Hughes’ alliance to stop the dreaded downstairs love quadrangle saga was one of the best things about it. That, and Carson dimly realising that Mrs Hughes is a conniver.
Molesley stumbling on Thomas blackmailing Baxter may turn out to be brilliance.
Mrs Hughes’s scene with Green was definitely brilliant. RIGHTEOUS WRATH. He has been warned. It’s the least surprising thing ever that Anna’s attempt to stop Bates from knowing who her rapist is and killing him is going to fail. I liked that it’s going to be because of well-meaning Downton people manouvering to keep Bates at home. I loved Mary for her reaction and attempts to help.
Actually, Gillingham was being self-indulgent. He’s engaged now! And nobody else seems to care about Mabel’s maid-servants. It would be preferable if Green was dealt with by the law, if for nothing else than I don’t think the writers have thought through Bates killing him or learned from the tediousness of Bates in prison.
But hey.
Something else I felt quite strongly about was Edith’s line about Sybil carrying off a child born out of wedlock. Shurrup, Edith, that’s hardly fair. Sybil fell in love with a nice Catholic boy who she had wrapped around her little finger, and even when they eloped, they never went beyond hand-holding. The thing about Edith (well, there are lots of things) is that she wants the status and respectability – she is one of the people who talks about those women in Maida Vale - but she broke the rules of that society she holds so dear, she was weak and fell for ‘I love you darling, I’m going to become a German and divorce my mad wife for you’ sweet nothings. She knew she could get pregnant, and now she is.
I did have a lot of sympathy for her, for all that - Blake is never going to disappear in a country Britain was at war with and is unlikely to have a mad wife - and it was beautifully played by Carmichael and Bond, but apparently Sybil is still my favourite.
I think we actually need to know what happened to Gregson soon.
I’m slightly annoyed by Rose too, for being so ditzy. It all matters a whole lot more to Jack than her – I think he’s more serious about her, and kind of has to be to risk so much more than she does. I thought that scene on the boat and Cora telling Robert that his going to America was an act of love felt a lot more staged than most of the other scenes.
Among all the callbacks and awfully similar plot-lines, it was nice to have a goodbye scene with all the family and staff. There were also quite a few new views of the house from the outside scenes.
