The Our Girl Addicts Thread 74 Stay focused. we're now watching Downton Abbey

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This is our tenth anniversary of sharing our thoughts on Our Girl series one and have subsequently watched the other three series, followed by Soldier Soldier, The Musketeers, Spooks and Hustle so thought it was time to try something different. Please join us and share your thoughts if you have ever been a fan of Downton Abbey. We are currently on series two, episode seven.

Sorry - enjoying it too much. Isn’t the American awful. How ever did Cora turn out so well.

Violet calls Matthew's tux his "play clothes"

Matthew is quite understanding about the problem with his evening jacket.

Carson gives Mrs Hughes a blasting for not putting some wine glasses out. He doesn't know of course about her visit to Dr Carson,

Maybe the rough American edges have been smoothed off since Cora has lived in England.

I reckon being young when she arrived in England and 30 years of Violet have probably smoothed any rough American edges.

Sir Anthony and Lord G have a heart to heart about Edith.

Robert has a quiet word with the old duffer about staying away from his daughter - in a gentlemanly manner.

Thomas is making an enemy of O’Brien.

Poor Matthew

Mrs Hughes is stressed and very short with Carson.

Well done Mrs Hughes for speaking your mind. Carson is totally up himself!

All this conniving to get money

Watch out Thomas, you've upset Auntie O;Brien.

Meanwhile the fast American ladies maid gives Alfred a kiss. Daisy does not approve.

Edith receives the letter from Sir Anthony. Probably something like "It's not you, it's me".

Edith has had a "dear Edith" letter from the old Duffer. She doesn't have much luck at the breakfast table - the farmer's wife warned her off too.

O'Brien on the rampage

Isabel is do gooding for the fallen women who have degraded themselves and now Ethel turns up needing help.

Back at the doctor's Mrs Hughes sample will take two months to analyse - I will resist the urge to compare with the current service levels of the NHS.

Edith is in danger of becoming a stalker!

Does she really like Sir Anthony that much or is it just that she wants to be married and not the poor spinster sister? (What an awful word spinster is).

Edith is desperate

Isn't amazing how easily they can travel from York to London and back in a day back in 1920 - hard to believe, but then....

I think she's just fed up of being in the shadow of her sisters and, yes, becoming an old maid. She's also right about the shortage of suitable young me to marry.

Oh Anna tells Mr Bates about the lack of finances

.... and would you send an evening jacket to be mended to your London tailor on the train these days? Hmmm.