Downton Abbey Discussion continued...

[ErikNorseman]

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I think Mary and Matthew would only want the baby if it was a boy

Surely Mary & Cousin Matthew will try to take the baby off the chauffeur and bring it up otherwise what's the point of that infertility storyline?

Don't I know it Georgina!

Oh x post with everyone

Yes Davros it is.

Dr clarkson knew she wasnt herself though. How could a stranger determine that? They should have listened to the doc that knew her all her life.

Mary will probably put the baby in training as her new ladies maid.

There will be some heated custody storyline alright.

I really didn't see that coming! :( Thought Pickle would get killed doing something rebel-ly! Agree about him doing a runner with the bambino.

If I must.

Surely they could have done CPR?

From inheritance point of view baby could't be Mary and Matthew's.They need boy of their own.
They've only been married a few months though !

Part of the catholic wedding service requires a promise that the couple accept the children God sends and that any such children will be brought up in accordance with the law of Christ and his Church. I imagine Branson expects the baby to take his name and follow his religion.

I've read both Past Imperfect and Snobs (bought the two novels in one in a shop abroad - only english book in the place). They weren't very good. Very similar themes/characters. It probably wasn't a good idea to read both together but my options were limited (pre-Kindle days). I hadn'tt watched DA at this stage - only started with the box set of series 1 last year.

I was a little surprised that Sybil was killed off, I'd have preferred her husband, Bates, or Mary to disappear.

I hope the canadian returns as the long-lost heir, can you imagine Mary's face!!

I thought that was heartbreaking. Really by the time Dr Clarkson was detecting problems it was already too late for Sybil. The feminists of the 1920s had a slogan 'Having a baby is 17 times more dangerous than being a miner and mining is men's most dangerous work'. Not catchy but sums up this scale of tragedy.
Women in the UK today should not ever die from eclampsia. In living memory it was very different. That's worth remembering.

Dd1 and I have sobbed horribly and I've deleted the episode straight away from the planner. That death scene was unbearable.

I love Pickles, feck you all.

He is easily the best looking man in the cast.

And God, he really loved her.

I think actually there will not be too much disagreement over the baby, because I think Lord Fatty Fuckhead 6 will be too cowed to make a fuss and Cora is firmly in Team Pickles now.

Yes Church of Ireland is Protestant.

MaryZed what Irish bits are you unsure of? (apart from the issue of Branston ever going over to Britian and getting a doff your hat to aristo's job?)

Yes, you can't not be married in Catholic church and have non-Catholic babies.

I presume the actress who played Sybil asked to be released from her contract rather than was told she was being killed off. As DA is sooo big in America I'd imagine a few of them have had some tempting offers.

Wonder what would happen to Matthew's money if Canadian heir reappears?
Also,Isabel should have been there at birth,she qould have sorted the emminent DR out alright

Tom will marry Edith and bring up baby Sybil!!!

she looks like that girl michelle ryan who used to be on eastenders. she went to hollywood as well i think.

I've been unimpressed with the way they've dealt with the Irish issue. They should have just left it out rather than shoe horning it in without examining it properly.

I hope Edith and Isobel join forces to campaign for women's health etc. Because whatsherface will turn out to have syphillis or something.

have deleted it from planner straight away too. Genuinely traumatised by the realism of death scene, especially as used to lack of reality on DA usually!
Have taken to drink :-(

Yes, I also thought it was strange they didn't send for Isabel, who's noted for her powers of wimmin's medicine. Odd, surely, for Lord Tosspot 6 to take the lead on medical decisions about childbirth? I would have thought Cora would have taken control of the situation - and if not her, Violet.

Who's whatsherface?

What happened tonight on Downton happened to my granny's sister sixty years ago. Same age as Lady Sybil was. It has always struck me as utterly tragic but that scene really hit home to me what a terrible death it ws. So upsetting and awful.