SPOILER ALERT: I have finished Season 3. If you have not...then turn back NOW.
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It's taken me a longggggg time to be able to sit down and discuss the end of Season 3. I knew Dan Stevens was not going to stay forever. I just didn't know his departure would come so soon! Did everyone else?? Am I just "the last to know"???
I read that he was offered a 3 year contract when the series started, and decided not to renew when the time came. Planned on doing 3 years...and that was it. My question?
WHY?!? (screamed like Nancy Kerrigan)
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| Has anyone seen my career? |
Why don't these stars recognize a good thing when it's staring them straight in the eye? He's a relative newcomer! Why leave NOW?! I get that you want to do other things...might not want to be pigeon holed...yada yada. But DUDE! Did you not see what happened to to David Caruso?!? That could be YOU! 20 years from now, you could find yourself singing showtunes in some sad little bar attached to a Holiday Inn in a shitty part of London, taking requests and talking about the good old days back on Downton Abbey. Seriously. And now they've KILLED YOUR ASS OFF. You can't come back, even if you wanted to. Couldn't you have taken Kilwillie aside and asked him to send you back up to Inveraray Castle ("Duneagle, my ass) to learn the estate-running tricks of the trade?? "
Bye Mary...don't wait up!" (not that she would anyway).
I am just heartbroken. Matthew was the best thing about that show. Well...next to the Dowager Countess, that is. And what about his mother? Oh she is going to be devastated. I wonder if she'll be too upset to help the ladies of the evening anymore. Maybe she'll ship Ethel off to go frolic with the Grantham's 16 year old sleazy cousin.
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| MARY, MARY, MARY!!! |
And poor Edith. Can this poor girl ever get a break? Why are they doing this to
us her? It's maddening. Just find her a nice
old chap and let her get married for the love of all that's holy. It really isn't that difficult, is it? Are they just going to continue to dangle these unattainable men in front of
us her for the rest of the series?
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SPOILER ALERT: I am about to gossip about something someone told me about next season. It's not really much of a spoiler but just in case you want to know ZERO...skip the next paragraph.
I hear they are bringing in someone for Mary for next season. The casting is allegedly down to a few men. It's too bad they killed Mr. Pamuk. He was tasty. I could have gotten over Matthew a lot faster had I been able to look at Mr. Pamuk on a weekly basis.
Moving on... WHAT happened to Cora's mother? I can't lie - I wasn't thrilled with Shirley Maclaine's character...but the season is now over and we haven't heard from her again. I thought she was coming on for good.
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Glad to see Mr. Bates is back for good...but Lordddddddddddd my eyes. Ever since we were treated to the "love scene" between he and Anna, I have not been able to keep anything down but liquids whenever they show them being cutesy together. Blech. Mr. Bates needs a makeover right quick.
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I love Thomas. I just want you to know that. He's so broken and torn inside. The poor soul. He would be such a different person with the right influences. Not that mean old O'Brien who whispers in his ear - or whispers in others' ears to get them to be mean to him. He's obviously grappling with his sexual orientation - and it seems to me he probably had a rough childhood. He just needs to positive guidance! I was happy Jimmy reached out at the end. Thomas deserves his respect. He made a mistake and paid the price. Now it's time to MAN UP and be decent to him. (Jimmy gets on my last nerve. I can't quite put my finger on why.)
I was SO HAPPY that HO got fired. Ick. Poor Tom is trying so hard to do what Sybil would have wanted. That ho just wanted to hook up with him and get HERself a place at the richie-rich table upstairs. Ain't no amount of training would have taught THAT bitch how to use 7 different forks. No way.
OK that is all for now. Looking forward to season 4. If you are missing Downton, try an upstairs/downstairs show that is set in modern day...in a much smaller manse...with Scots instead of English...called Monarch of the Glen. It's more of a dramedy and the scenery is fantastic. And it stars Julian Fellowes, himself...aka Kilwillie! (Ever ask yourself where he got the idea for Downton? Mmm hmm.)
Unless Thomas does some groveling, I'll not be on his team! He is a sneak, lyer and cheater and doesn't care who he steps on to climb his ladder. I agree with you over 'James'. He doesn't really fit in yet.
ReplyDeleteI am such a sucker for a tortured soul - especially a male tortured soul. I really feel like we've only scratched the surface with Thomas and there is so much more going on than meets the eye. I think he's always trying to prove something - but to whom? Others? Or himself? I'd reallyyyyy like them to delve into his upbringing.
DeleteSAP, party of 1?? ;) I really should just see him for the ass he is. LOL
Hi Carol--you are just too funny! I sent this out to a bunch of friends, and I could hear their laughter all the way to NJ! One friend especially lost it over the "7 forks!" Yes, Matthew / Dan will rue (sp?) the day that he took himself off DA (remember that original drummer for the Beatles? dumb move!).
ReplyDeleteYes, nancy, thomas has done a lot of bad stuff, but he is such a lonely self-abusing (whoops!), sad mother-beep, and mr. carson is so tough on him (not really), and o'brien is really the evil one (soap, anyone?), that we have to cut thomas a bit of a break--if chubby bates can forgive him, come on!
and, yes, mr. chubbs needs to keep his hat on (sing that line, as i just watched the full monty again) and keep his shirt on--and the sheet pulled up over his head--in any future bedroom scenes. (for a tastier/younger mr. bates, watch "Lark Rise to Candleford" on pbs--mon. or tues. nights in NJ.)
jimmy is just a jerk. and a boring jerk. although his sitting down to read the paper with thomas was sort of sweet.
blondie hohoho--she got the boot boot boot! go, mrs. hughes!
back to matthew: in a true soap opera, he could have just bumped his head and wandered off into the hills and downs of england...and returned in another year or so (after realizing that one stays with a hit series--they don't LEAVE!). mary ---ugh---she is just so so ugh and mean! get over yourself, girl! edith now has the better clothes, has more boyfriends (although questionable), and better hair, and a ...gasp...JOB!
oh, speaking of a job...have to run! if you haven't seen it, and if you have HBO - catch the reruns or on demand episodes of "Parades End," set in approximately the same time period as DA. 5 episodes, a British production, so super good! --Julie in Jersey
You rock, girlfriend! Tell your friends to come discuss!
DeleteOMG I have't even finished reading your post yet because I had to stop and comment at your BRILLS point about Matthew in soapland (I was a Young an the Restless gal, back in the day.) WHY DID THEY KILL HIM???? Kilwilie must have been really pissed at him to off him like that. And no Matthew every week? Oh the pain! (LOL Princes Bride "No, to the pain!")
LOVE Mrs. Hughes for getting rid of that skank. I hated her. Ugh - go rub your breastesies up against another Irishman you wench.
Parades End - thanks! I need a new show now that Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad are over. And The Walking Dead is soon to end, too. My summer tv is looking sparse.