"We don't always get our just deserts."

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Day 9 - Most memorable Matthew scene in S3.

It should not come as any surprise that Matthew's final moments on screen are the ones which will stick with viewers for a long, long time. (And per usual, eolivet deserves credit for putting a finger on just why his death was so disturbing to watch.) I myself have ( Read more... )

"You do feel a certain obligation to shows that raise your profile like 'Downton' has."

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Day 8 - When did you first take seriously the idea of Dan Stevens leaving the show?

Or ... not. We were all irked (well most of us, anyway) when Dan Stevens spoke of Downton in such terms in his October 2012 interview with the Wall Street Journal. He spoke ( Read more... )

"Look for the silver lining."

Day 6 - Most memorable Matthew scene in S2."Somewhere the sun is shining." ... In my pick for Matthew's most memorable scene in S2, the dance/kiss from 2x08 (which, no doubt, tops many people's lists), Matthew and Mary did what they do best in S2: they tried to make the best of things. The scene itself is ( Read more... )

"Nothing but love for the haters."

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The fun continues. As I told eolivet earlier, I am combining Days 3 and 4 this evening in an effort to "catch up" since I have been a day behind (I blame the French 75 and Merlot I consumed Friday evening -- yes I still drink Merlot [no thanks to Sideways] ... but I digress). It also happens that the topics are ( Read more... )

"I've always found this a trying time of the year. ... The leaves not yet out. Mud everywhere you go. ... Give me blizzards and frozen pipes, but not this ... nothing time. Not this ... waiting-room of the world."

[Downton Abbey S3/S4 Spoilers Ahead]

Yesterday, the lovely and talented eolivet posted her very own "How M/M via DS Non-Ironically Ruined My Life Abbreviated 28 Day Meme." ... ( Read more... )

“I’m not shocked … just stunned, and desperately sad.”

[Downton Abbey S3/CS 2012 Spoilers Ahead]

These were the words of Downton Abbey’s Mary Crawley in S2 to Matthew’s erstwhile fiancée, Lavinia, when they learned that Matthew’s war injury would prevent him from fathering children or, as Matthew himself so delicately put it, being “properly married.” The CS 2012, an episode that ( Read more... )