"I would never be happy with anyone else as long as you walk the earth."

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Day 10 - Favorite Matthew and Mary scene of S3.No one who saw 3x01 for the first time would have any reason to suspect how disappointing Mary and Matthew's arc in S3 would be. And the door scene on the night before their wedding was the pinnacle of the episode. For some, ( Read more... )

"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... )

"Are you at all political?"

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Day 7 - Your hopes and dreams for Matthew and Mary's S3 relationship, prior to S3 airing.

Well, first of all, I know I am fangirling all over eolivet these days, but she nailed today's meme topic and on the off-chance you have not stopped by her page first, you should check out her post . What a vision she had for Mary and ( 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... )

[Downton Abbey S3/S4 Spoilers Ahead]

This week, The Powers That Be could not seem to speak with one voice, so I think it is important that we, the Downton fandom, do. Amidst the panic over possible S4 plotlines, I decided to stop gnashing my teeth and do something a bit more productive. ... So I wrote an open letter to Julian Fellowes. A more succinct, abridged version (courtesy of ( 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... )