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I have to say one thing upfront: I understand that Julian Fellowes is making a huge issue out of the question of hope/faith versus realism/despondency throughout series 2, and I feel very strongly that he also uses Matthew's injury to that purpose. The problem is just that it doesn't work in that case, and I would ( Read more... )

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Episode 2.08 (deathbed speech continued)

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Episode 2.08 (continued)

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Episode 2.08

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Episode 2.07 (continued)

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CONTINUED FROM PART THREE

Episode 2.07

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Episode 2.05

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CONTINUED FROM PART ONE

Episode 2.02
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I'm finally able to round off my Lavinia Swire-analysis, before the Christmas Special will make her completely irrelevant :-)
5 weeks of writing, a 30-page word document, based on a close-reading of the DA Script. Contains pretty much everything I will ever care to say about the character. I have split it into several parts, for the sake of easy ( Read more... )