Downton Abbey continued

[AndHarry]

Following on from the first thread...

It took me ages to get to sleep last night. I'm not particularly maudlin in general but that was shocking.

Predictions: Isabel and Mosley die.

Oh I think Anna will be pregnant
And alarm bells rang at her'ill kill myself' line
Christmas special ??

X posts northern - your list of death options has made me chuckle though!

She's a a drip. All she has going for atm is being the only character about who nobody has yet said 'but what if you/she is pregnant'.

Mrs Hughes was bloody good though. She soon dealt with that baggage.

Mrs Hughes was awesome. Silly pickle.

Thomas wouldn't have the balls to bump him off. He's sly and nasty but not really vicious. Remember how crap he was when he was swindled over the black market stuff and then again with the dog. He's just not effective enough. If anybody kills the evil valet it will be Anna.

I was willing Mary on to say 'Don't be such an absolute arse Tony! Do you think I don't know one rich wench is as good as another?'

I don't think Thomas lacks courage, he just wouldn't risk his neck.

God yes maybe Anna will kill him and she will hang. If he attacks her again I'm going to stop watching.

Pickle confessed he was in a pickle. Mrs H searched evil's room and found a copy of 'married love'. She confronted evil and assured Pickle that no way would evil have got up the duff till she was sure Pickle would marry her -then she would have got up the duff (the suggestionwas with any Tom, Dick or Jimmy? around). Evil basically agreed this was the case and cleared out under threat of no reference.

The significance of married love being that in it Marie Stopes tells you how to avoid pregnancy. The slight flaw in all this is that MArie thought mid month was the 'safe' period and I think we can all tell her that's a crock of nonsense. But anyway seeing as Pickle was drunk as a lord (arf) I think there's a decent chance of coitus interruptus anyway.

Or indeed no coitus at all

We saw two prams in the background so presumably a new nanny. What was the point of the nanny story?

Yay! Brilliant Mrs Hughes giving
Minxwitch what for!!!
Slo glad she packed her bags
and buggered off

The nanny story was like Gwen's typewriter or Pickle's brother. It happens, it's quite interesting and then it's never heard of again.

The nanny storyline was to give Lady G something to do other than look out from under her fringe and sigh "oh Rabbit".

Can someone please tell me, didn't Daisy inherit a farm from her FIL? If so, why is she still working at
Downton?

I know! Williams father wanted her to go into the farm with him and made the perfectly valid point that she had probably 50 years of working life, and did she really think houses like downton would still be going in 50 years? I thought that was a big "authorial voice" moment but no, they've carried on

Daisy is just irritatingly stupid. I don't know why the redoubtable Mrs P puts up with her nonsense.

Just when we thought Mrs Hughes was getting soft ...

In one episode Mrs H. has become the Big Power behind the house. Surely she has her own plan for Nigel Harmon??

TBF Gwen's typewriter was the scene setting for her wanting to train as a secretary, and for Sybil's first reach across the social divide. So it did lead somewhere.

nanny story was possibly just to set up fatty bum bum and lady can't put on gloves to think Thomas was super reliable and get in the next dodgy lady maid

Mrs Hughes kicked some serious butt in that episode.

I believe Green will have to be bumped off somehow. Candidates to do this are Bates (too obvious), Anna (to protect her husband and therefore possibly writing her out of the show as she will be hanged as a consequence) or Thomas. Not sure how yet.

they cannot get rid of Anna. I'd be circling Julian's house with a placard if she's killed off.