Downton Abbey

Mamie

Isn't it strange to say I enjoyed it too, when someone died . As you say poor Sybil and good acting.

When the prisoner he shares a cell with tried to plant a blade in his mattress and the search found nothing, didn't he take the blade from between the brickwork and put it back there? Or am I wrong and it's his wifes letters.

No Sherlocks are we?

Was it a blade? It looked like an old cigar to me!

Whatever it was was wrapped in what looked like a bit of old sacking...

Looked like an old bit of toast - I used to find them in DS's bed when he was he was about 10!

I used to find stale biscuits behind DD's chest of drawers.....

Poor Sybil We all know about pre-eclampsia (I was induced with first baby because of it) but I had never given any thought to eclampsia. I was quite shocked, but as Tim Pigott-Smith never gets to play goodies, I knew something was going to happen as soon as he appeared on the scene. So poor old Lord G, I don't think his wife will forgive him.

And she'd better make sure her breakfast tray isn't skew whiff in future. I thought her teapot was going to slide off like the grand piano on the Titanic.

Oh merlot I thought that too It was very good last night, I had a weep but it was an enjoyable weep!

I must also confess that I shed a tear or two - I didn't know that was going to happen.

I've just watched it on SkyPlus....I more or less knew what to expect from an 'OMG Poor Lady Sybil' post on Facebook.....which annoyed me, but that would be a whole other thread
It was all very well acted apart from the 2 medics who stood like lemons at the end of the bed and made no move towards a clearly distressed and dying patient. Not very convoncing.

I wonder if in those days there was nithing they could do?

"nothing" duh!

I'm loving it, very good death scene, poor Sybil, the nicest of the sisters. What about Bates, did he do it after all?

Radio Times just arrived; three page spread on Bates.......................he won't say if he'll be released, but as they feature him I reckon he's here for a few more weeks!

I hope the Bates story soon gets sorted. I'm getting bored with it now.

Please please please

This show has all the appearance but absolutely NONE of the content or storytelling ability of pre 1990 BBC or any UK TV period drama.

It's like it's all written by some hideous machine that has never heard of Dennis Potter nor watched his Royal Television Society Lecture back in 1993

Dennis Potter 1993 MacTaggart lecture Edinburgh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlAbeI-Vst8

Well, at least it hasn't got a talking head floating in a tank. Or a man having his naughty bits lathered by a nurse. I could go on....

Who cares? I enjoy it for what it is....very light entertainment on a Sunday night.

I think I'll pass on that, thanks, Tony.

The Downton plot lines are silly, but not nearly as silly as the new New Tricks. I can see why James Bolam decided to leave if he'd seen the scripts. Nothing to do with the actors, they carry it along as well as they can. I'm waiting for someone to go and have a shower........

And I was moved by Lady Sybil's death as well. Excellent actors, superb sets, wonderful costumes......pity about the plot!

It's been announced today that Downton Abbey will return for a fourth series in autumn 2013

And this is a Spoiler Warning - don't look if you want to keep it secret, but this link will reveal some of the Christmas Special plot:

www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/downton-abbey/9699693/Downton-Abbey-Christmas-Special-plot-details-revealed.html

Did anyone see yesterday's Downton Christmas special? I thoroughly enjoyed it, but what an ending! We were left in no doubt in the last scene.

Brilliant! I'm going to miss him!