Downton Abbey

[harrietthespook]

Ladies....as we were?

I'd be surprised if Edith didn't get an offer or two after all her good work.

Did anyone else think that a Matthew who was concious would have had something to say about being washed by his ex-fiancee/cousin? That bit made me sqiurm!

Bet she didn't do below the waist....nothing wrong with his arms I don't think?!

I'm wondering (in quite an unseemly fashion) what he is doing about his poos and wees. Would he not have noticed a problem with them before he idly got round to mentioning he hadn't moved his legs for a while?

I think she would have done the lot. I doubt anyone would have been keeping up with her down-below hygiene TBH. Once he was at the hospital the nurses would have been keeping that bit in order while he was on morphine so he wouldn't necessarily have been 'with it' enough to notice.

Her down-below hygiene could be positively lethal, for all we know. After all, Pamuk died of something...

His, his, his. Let's not even start on hers. Please :o

I agree there is plenty of scope for spinal recovery. If JF really wanted to keep him knackered he would have blown the lovely legs etc right off!

I expect Isobel will be up with all the latest spinal developments and then be bested by Violet applying a bracing poultice.

Looking at the preview on the ITC website - the war finishes on Sunday.

So, what´s the point of the "heir"-for Mary to realise that she does love Matthew-even without DA?

Alas too late as she is now entangled with Sir R!

Matthew recovers, marries Lavinia-she dies having a son.

Mary marries Richard who commits suicide over something.

So M&M eventually marry & discover he is the heir-& there´s a spare!

But does the spare die in WW2?

But that´s OK as M&M have son(s).

yy someone will cure matthew by dropping him or something, violet ordering him moved upstairs to marys room; carson drops him, isobel furious but then he says
worry not, mother, my legs are working and little matthew is standing right to attention

good. am sick of the war. bring on the flu! lets see some women die too

her down below hygiene - yuk thank god i finished my egg sarnie

look i just want M&M to marry, have babies and live happily ever after ok??

No- Lavinia shuffles off, dies of a mixture of flu and a broken heart. Mary continues to nurse Matthew, and during a routine bed bath, tries a little shuffle and gets an unexpected twitch in response. With a few weeks more careful nursing, Matthew's manhood is restored to its previous morning glory, and proposes to Mary on Christmas Eve. Edith, meanwhile, was smugly set to inherit Downton after taking up with the creepy Patrick imposter, but his deception is uncovered when O'Brien intercepts a letter from Bates's evil wife and realises that he is actually her bitter old lover whom Bates had bludgeoned into disfigurement with a shoehorn. In a fit of rage, Edith fulfills her driving vocation and runs him over with a farm threshing machine. Nobody can tell the difference, and the family assume that he too has succumbed to Spanish Flu. Matthew and Mary inherit the estate, and argue about whose mother gets the Dower House. The End.

Yes, me too. Sir R can marry Lavinia, Bates' wife will nlast him with a shotgun and then fall into a canal and then everyone will be happy. Except Anna. She can marry... Thomas?

all sorted then lebof nice one.

no no no.

Sybil invites emmeline pankhurst to dinner and chains herself in her pantaloons to emmsy, with Pickle joining in. The recuperating soldiers clap them on and whistle.

Lord G develops gout and needs morning massage by the new maid

Mary thinks this is marvellous and massages matthew every day, this progresses to a daily handjob at 9am sharp after breakfast, with Isobel nodding and smiling in the back of the room

one day thomas walks in and decides to be straight as he didnt realise women were so...'useful' on the downstroke;
he proposes to Anna and they leave to open a sauna in Rippon

Masterbates is devastated and buries his head in Mrs Patmore's bosom; she decides there is life in the old woman yet and proposes to him, he smacks her on the rump with his walking stick and agrees

O'brien picks up the unwanted shoehorn and shoehorns the titanic survivor to death 'No-one will tek this howse off mi lady' gritting her teeth

Cora, bored with Lord G and his gout, asks Molecom the creepy valet to dress her each morning; he turns out to be full of vim and vigour when it comes to lacing corsets

I think Sir Anthony Strallon will turn up wounded and succumb to Edith all over again.

First off- POOR DAISY!!!! Mrs Hughes was so harsh with her.

Now onto to Pickle- he's eeeeevil! How rude was he to his supposed undying love when she asked him to drive her to the hospital to help look after Matthew- she can go if she wants!!!

And I hate the whole emotional manipulation he does with her. As I said last week if we're meant to swoon at a forbidden love storyline the whole thing's a massive fail.
Not to mention there's so much contrivance to get a scene between the two of them. I mean why would the lady of the house go to the garage when they staff for that?

Speaking of contrivance how convenient that Lavinia was sobbing in bed half undressed with her door wide open just as Mary was walking by? And telling Mary that she and Matthew could never be lovers- don't you mean man and wife?

This is too ridiculous. I hate Anna and Bates as well. I'm only watching for Mary/Matthew Edith and Violet right now.
And talk about character assassination with Lord G. He used to be so nice and now he sulks when hbis wife can't attend a social function because she is RUNNING A MILITARY HOSPITAL AFTER FOUR YEARS OF WAR???? Tosser.

anonacfr - I agree, all lord Smug Fat has done is walk about in his uniform for the last 4 years and get more and more annoying. Anna and Bates are too dull and mismatched for words. Lady Mary is really boring this season, much better when she was ballsy and bitchy IMO. The Edith / farmer story line was pointless and she doesn't seem to have much of a role. Thomas could be put to much better use and even he seems to be getting a bit nicer (or maybe I am imagining that) Can't see where the Ethel / baby storyline is going - maybe he will be left at the nativity scene at Christmas. All this said, I will of course keep watching and still do enjoy!

"she is RUNNING A MILITARY HOSPITAL AFTER FOUR YEARS OF WAR???? "

She´s not though, is she?

I´m sure she doesn´t have to be so involved-she wasn´t at first-until O´Brien told her that Isobel was getting above herself.

I'm worried that Branston is going to rape Sybil. If he does and it gets handled like the Pamuk thing (when Mary basically went along with it), I will be really cross.

I think CORA is going to die of flu.

You lot are pricelss!!

diddl yes why is Lady Cora running around being Head Girl of the hospital-I thought that was Thomas' job?

Sybil counts sheets & moves bandages around, Edith does the Lady Almoner job beautifully & Mrs Padmore & Daisy have the kitchen under control ...

WTF is she doing other than Neglecting Lord G which can only Lead To Trouble??

Actually despite Branson's condescension I think it was established that Sybil does a bit more than just serve tea to randy officers.

Diddl it does seem that Cora has kind of taken over Isabel's position and as such is supervising the staff etc at DA- which is kind of a big job.

Bottlebank I don't think there will be any rape. Remember this is supposed to a love story. She might resist him initially but will soon surrender to his Irish charm, give up her career and identity and bear him a dozen children.