Downton Abbey anyone

[CMP69]

Or am I just an old gimmer with a period drama fetish

Is Mary going to appear?

And will she come to the lunch looking fucking awesome

Of course

I wish my butler was as nice as Carson.

Ha!

And she's in half mourning

Go Mary!

Quick everyone have a fake and remarkably unitelligible conversation before Lady Mary arrives! Actually laughable.

Yay! Go on Mary

I could so write this stuff

A WILL

Go Mary! Shake those old fuddy duddies up!

It's picked up a bit now, it only took...ooh, 50 minutes and about helf an hour of advertisements.

Well, overall I enjoyed it. We complain every series that Ep 1 is crap and then it gets great. Bring on next week.

Plus I enjoy the threads as much....

Chub you need a Sunday night name change to ChubJF it's been like sitting with Mystic Meg

I love it. I love it being ploddy and predictable and then one of the ones who can really really act (DMS, Penelope Wilton, Phyllis whatsit) does something wondrously perfect and I get a happy glow.

I actually felt a bit sorry for Lady Mary and Mrs Crawley. Everyone going "come on, move on, get over it" - it's only been six months! If DH suddenly died I'm not sure I'd be up to getting out of bed six months later.

excellent, sitting through 573468 adverts was worth it

I love Mr Bates!! I actually love him! Ohhhhhh Mr Bates!!

Actually that's a point... how long was a wife supposed to be in mourning for at that time?

I did enjoy it too, wasn't there a not very subtle theme of helping others though?

Eagerly awaiting the whole jazz scene and accompanying scandals to come. The dresses are going to be gorgeous(as ever).

To rewind there are death duties because twatty had given Matthew half of everything already to show that they were partners.

Loved it.

Thanks to MN for alerting me to the start of this series! Looking forward to next one.

To bed I must! Hectic day/week ahead!

Six months in black, six months in lavender.

Mary is still in morning. Purple, lilac was acceptable morning colours after a while of dressing in black.

Daisy must be rising thirty now. Why are they still portraying her as a teenager?

TBF bookofruth in 1922 the entire world could have been in frozen mourning given what they'd gone through. Chin up carry on was the order of the day.