I loved the whole series, but i have an extra soft softspot for the Mr Bates and Anna. I guess one of my favorite parts when they were finally allowed to be happy
My favorite part was when it was found out that Edith was going to be higher ranking than Mary after marrying Bertie, which was always expected of Mary. Sybil and Edith were my favorite sisters, so, I was always rooting for Edith.
Me too I always hated how they ignored Edith and pushed her aside for precious Mary. Like other posters, Edith and Sybil were my two favorite upstairs characters and I was beyond happy that she ended up with a good man who was high ranking. In my opinion, she deserved a happy ending.
@@DestinyPifer Have you seen the new movie? No spoilers, but I felt Edith and Bertie were just in it for background filler....sigh! Of course Lady Mary had a significant story line.
I always WISHED that there was a way for it to be uncovered the O'Brien caused Lady Grantham's miscarriage. Thomas hinted that he could reveal it at one point, but I would have loved to watch her get her just desserts for that one. It felt particularly cruel. I was always kind of waiting for it to come back around.
Thomas must've known about O'Brien's actions but it was Bates who put her in her place, suggesting that he knows about "her Ladyship's soap". When Anna asked about it, Bates told her that he'd overheard just these few words from Thomas but it worked against O'Brien as she was terrified.
When Lady Sybil died after childbirth was/is Gut Wrenching to this day. She was young, free spirited, open minded, loveable and wore her heart on her sleeve far more than her sisters. Taking after her American side of the family.
I cried just watching the snippet in this video. It was a horrible scene to watch. Just hearing Branson begging her not to leave him shattered my heart.
I love Downton Abby! Best series ever 👏. I was hooked from beginning to end. This was a great little recap, although there's so much more! I'm going to watch it again soon
@@pattyperkins5007 Thomas started out as a one note villian, but as time went on and we started to see more deeply into the character he became surprisingly vulnerable and likeable. His suicide attempt broke my heart
She decided against it at the last minute, but before she could prevent it. Overall, she was horrible to anyone who crossed her. But, with few exceptions, Sir Fellowes writes characters that aren't completely bad. I can only think of Vera Bates and Mr Green that weren't written with a positive character trait. And maybe Sir Richard.
"Whether you're a Lady Edith fan or not..." I must admit she reminds me of Jan Brady at times ("Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!"), Still, how can anyone help but root for her?
Lady Sybil's death was just beyond... Having so many people of that era to die at home wiith family all around during the final moments was common. But here this vibrant, brave young mother dies at her child's birth for all her family to see. And as painful as death is, a sudden and unexp;ected death is worse as well as living in a society and class that believes in restraint of emotion and to just "carry on"... Beautifully sad.
My favorite parts were the romance between Bates and Anna(he brings her a meal on a tray when she's sick with a cold), Matthew's proposal, the whole Rose and Atticus thing, and the relationship between Daisy and her father-in-law. What the heck, I LOVED the whole series. Have watched it twice through.
I've seen the show twice already when my mother asked me to watch it with her. How could I resist? I absolutely loved Anna and Bates' character, they were genuinely good people and they stuck to their principles through thick and thin. I was very glad that they got their happy ending together in a time and age when servants like maids or butlers were destined to be working in manor houses in their whole lives without a single chance to fall in love with someone and start a family.
I've seen that with snow, but it usually only happens when the snow is light, the flakes are small, and there is wind towards a building. The wind is deflected upwards as it approaches the building and takes the snowflakes upwards with it. Yes, it can "snow up" under those conditions.
Couldn’t agree more with the writer who said only Mary’s happiness seem to matter in Downton Abbey. It seemed like every character would jump at the chance to protect her from ruin from her self-caused scandals! She got better when Matthew was around because he made her a better person and as Edith says in the series only when Mary is happy is she somewhat ‘nicer’. She still got her happily ever after twice with Matthew and then Henry before Edith finally got her happiness with Bertie.
I knowww!!! That's exactly how I felt! I am team Edith and I love her intelligence and spirit. I also find her so beautiful, even if she is awkward. She deserves every bit of happiness, but it felt like the show centered on Mary's prolonged dramas and Edith's fulfillment and growth were repeatedly shunted aside. I completely agree with the journalist's statement. Edith was much more engaging, warm and kind. But to be fair, Edith's writing about the death of Mr. Pamuk to the Turkish ambassador helped stir up the controversy that kept Mary in an abusive relationship with the underhanded, volatile, intimidating Sir Richard Carlisle. It was really hard to watch the constant bickering and snide comments between the sisters who should have been on each other's side against the world.
@@rawdaaljawhary4174 Maybe the reason for their unballanced chances in happiness whas portrayed in the show to display how easlily the oldest sister could get married in high social circles while the others didn't have an inheritance and a massive estate to offer so they had a harder time finding proper husbands.
@@fanni24 The entire first series detailed the entail and that the heirs (male) were killed and the uncertainty that it caused. The girls could not inherit. Period. The bickering was likely due to Mary’s dislike of Edith and Edith’s jealousy of Mary’s beauty, confidence and preferential treatment she received.
Mary was the only one who could ensure the survival of Downton…of course it is her happiness that is tops. This was uneealistic for the time, but what the heck…young women knew they had a duty to marry the correct person regardless of their feelings.
Luckily for her, she fell in love with Matthew even though it all started with the family members trying to arrange their relationship. Then she gave birth to a boy so from that moment on, Downton and her life was secured and she could live a little and find love in unexpected places.
My favorites were Matthews proposal to Mary, Moseley’s passing the school test and being offered to teach and a cottage, Edith’s relationship with Bertie, Thomas’ becoming Head Butler, and , of course, all the Dowager’s one-liners!
I'm watching Downton Abbey on behest of a dear friend and I'm still shaken as a obgyn how realistic was Sybils death... The drug to safeguard women from eclampsia what we use in present day magnesium sulfate .. made me cry even more !!!
I finally got my husband to sit down and watch Downton with me. He got ADDICTED and loved the show……….and then Matthew died. It’s been a month and he’s still so upset that we can’t even talk about it yet
@@yespls4184 It's sad how he had to be written out of the storyline because the actor wanted to leave the show. But I guess the main reason it was so horrible is because it shows how everything can happen in life, even the smallest mistakes like taking your eyes off the road for a few seconds in the joy of becoming a father, can cost your life.
@@barbaras6792 She had a character not many people could pursue. I really liked her scenes with Matthew and Mr. Carson as they gave us a good insight to what the real Lady Mary was like. She had a slightly snobbish persona for first-time observers but she was also very dignified and honourable for example when Matthew met Lavinia. She accepted her with dignity and truly meant it it that she wanted Matthew to be happy, even with someone else.
Matthew’s actor…can’t remember his name broke off to pursue other roles for which we don’t really remember him, so it’s a pity he didn’t stick around, for a role that wiuld have been timeless. Mary didn’t sleep together…but the death of Matthew we are not furious about, just that we assumed he had been written off not that he had asked for that!
The only movie I saw him in afterwards was some movie where he's a rich yuppie who's wife is kidnapped and murdered quite horrendously, and he has dark hair and looked like he lost a lot of weight. That was several years ago. Haven't seen him on anything else. He must be doing "theatre".
I remember watching the scenes with Sybil giving birth and then dying, and my heart broke in two. The moment Sybil's physician said that [she] appeared to be retaining water in her legs and ankles, and then Sybil complained about headaches, I was like "[Crap!] She has eclampsia! This is not going to end well." If that scene served no other purpose I hope it persuaded women to visit their obstetricians and take care of themselves during pregnancy.
It was still a time when women could easily die during childbirth. The family wanted to trust the best doctors in the coutry (like we would nowadays, too) but medicine wasn't too advanced back then and they made a mistake not listening to Dr Clarkson.
To be honest, I thought they will connect her death to Sir Richard who could have been the murderer of Mrs Vera Bates too. That would have been an exciting plot twist! Sir Richard disappeared from the story rather oddly.
@@verabolton I think he was more into making his wealth and ranks rather than caring about anybody else around him. He seemed like an unpleasant figure with not many good personality traits and when Lady Mary rejected him, he probably went back to London and wrote those stories about her out of revenge. I didn't like the fact that the show jumped to Matthew and Mary's wedding right after the engagement and we didn't get to see how they prepared for their marriage and how they got over the gossip that Sir Richard stirred.
@@fanni24 Agree. Society those days was not big enough to disappear like Sir Richard did with no trace at all. I found his figure rather exciting and I don't know why the story ignored him (he wasn't even written out of the story!) Probably something to do with the contract with the actor? Or the author didn't know what to do with the monster they created? Just guessing. Either way, I think it was a sloppy work.
@@verabolton I agree. The only flaw I found in the series was that sometimes they jumped weeks or months in the storyline, even when something important was happening. This time we didn't get to know the end of Sir Richard and Lady Mary's story and it left a void feeling in many of us.
I hate to say it because I kind of like her as a person but the way Elizabeth McGovern chose to play the Countess was just plain not good. I wouldn’t say she can’t act, because she can but her characterization of Cora was bad. It was mostly the annoying voice she chose.
Sybil and Matthews deaths both happened because the actors wanted off the show to pursue bigger film careers. Dumb move by both of them. She’s done nothing and his only big film is Beauty and the Beast, but the only actor in that that people remember is Emma Watson (and her heavily auto-tuned voice).
I told myself finish the series. Got to 5 and felt there was enough to peek! the rest seems obvious, needless to say. One thing to add, I did not know how popular this show really was! wow! 🤩🤩
All the major actors in DA have given many outstanding moments , but so have some of the actors with minor parts. I really enjoyed the brief scenes with Lady Susan Flintshire, Rose's mother. Lady Flintshire's dislike of her husband, Lord " Shrimpie" Flintshire, and her daughter, Rose is very apparent in almost every scene.
I think Sybil's death was the hardest emotionally since women STILL die or suffer lasting complications all the time in childbirth (and that information is actively hidden from young women because people gotta have lots of those bayyyyybeeeeees to keep the cogs of society turning).
Unfortunately the two moments that stick out to me the most are 1. Sybil’s death and 2. Matthew’s death. But there are certainly some good moments that stick out as well. Mary and Matthew’s wedding, Anna and Bates’ child being born in the finale, Sybil’s new pants, Matthew’s snowy proposal to Mary….
It is a superb series , but there are some flaws. in my opinion: 1) the character of Mary is given far too much importance .She is a despicable person , and her ugly behavior is given a pass by almost everyone, which is simply not realistic . Also, Michelle Dockery's accent is phony ; 2) Matthew's character should not have been killed off ..he was too important ,and his departure was too sudden ; 3) Frankly , Edith's character is the strongest of the Crawley family . There should be a way (perhaps in the upcoming movie) to demonstrate her superiority over Mary as a woman and a person .
Least favorite was Cora and her odd head position most of the time, coyly bowed but looking upwards subserviently...even though it was her fortune that kept Downton afloat...often repeated in the script. She portrays the character as such a passive, unassertive person. BORING! Give me Violet or Isabelle any day. Loved them constantly.
I have to say that Bates believing that Anna hit her head on the sink was one of the most stupid moments in the whole show. It was more than clear that something else happened
He didn’t believe it. He never believed it. He was suspicious of the story from the start. He knew Anna was lying and set about to find out what happened. It’s clear as day in the show.
Now that you mention it, her hair did look too perfect with that dark colour and no gray hairs at sight. We could say that she had good genes but looking at her almost bald brother and her mother who had that terribly red hair, it didn't look natural either. Maybe in America it was in fashion to dye hair?
It was rumoured that he didn't want to be associated with Matthew's character for the rest of his career, he wanted to try out other genres other than period drama. I think he didn't really make it with movies like the remake of Beauty and the Beast tho. Look at Laura Carmichael in The Secrets She Keeps, Michelle Dockery in Defending Jacob or Joanne Froggatt in Liar. All three are really good crime-thriller series, I'd advise to take a look at them.
I love this show but its full of inaccuracies. For example in 1910s Turkish people didn't have surnames. It was something like "Kemal, son of Ahmet" instead of surnames
Hate to say it, but I never really got into this show. I love the homes and the antiques and landscape, but there were simply too many characters and storylines.
"Emotional roller coaster"? Try cheap soap opera. Fine production values (great settings, swoony costumes, excellent actors -- who were wasted on this tripe) but it was only skin deep, which took away any real emotion. It was no Upstairs Downstairs.
In the first 3 seasons, Edith is kind of frumpy, especially compared to Mary. Then, they really stepped up her wardrobe and she started looking elegant & classy.
The end was disappointing! It had been happy endings for everyone, finally, Barrow was out of Downton and then they kick out Mr. Carson and make Barrow the butter! I really did not like that at all!
Elizabeth McGovern always bothered me as Cora. There were scenes where her reactions seemed odd or forced. The rest of the cast kind of outpaced her when it came to acting ability.
@@pattyperkins5007 I think she kind of had an inability to portray the period. Her physicality often bothered me because it was at times too "modern", often in the way she stood or sat. I know that is nitpicky, and working in theater for the last 25 years can exacerbate that, but for me the mediocre acting just sticks out
A piece of fluff (and like all such pieces, falsified history beyond belief) that outlived its welcome . A better writer would have developed Sybil's character (and Tom became sickeningly innocuous - plus a better actor with more gravitas was needed to play him) as she was the most interesting of the sisters. After Matthew's death, the show went downhill and was extremely boring. The only saving grace of this show and the one eating up every scene was, naturally, the magnificent Dame Maggie Smith, in fact, her scenes with the lovely Penelope Wilton were the best part of the entire series.
What was your favorite part of Downton Abbey?
Kamal Pamuk haunted Lady Mary all the way to the End of the series.
The castle and the setting back in that time period
I loved the whole series, but i have an extra soft softspot for the Mr Bates and Anna. I guess one of my favorite parts when they were finally allowed to be happy
The marriage of Mrs Huges & Carson
The Dowager.
My favorite moment was when Lady Edith finally had her happily ever after.
My favorite part was when it was found out that Edith was going to be higher ranking than Mary after marrying Bertie, which was always expected of Mary. Sybil and Edith were my favorite sisters, so, I was always rooting for Edith.
Mine too!
Me too I always hated how they ignored Edith and pushed her aside for precious Mary. Like other posters, Edith and Sybil were my two favorite upstairs characters and I was beyond happy that she ended up with a good man who was high ranking. In my opinion, she deserved a happy ending.
@@DestinyPifer Have you seen the new movie? No spoilers, but I felt Edith and Bertie were just in it for background filler....sigh! Of course Lady Mary had a significant story line.
I always WISHED that there was a way for it to be uncovered the O'Brien caused Lady Grantham's miscarriage. Thomas hinted that he could reveal it at one point, but I would have loved to watch her get her just desserts for that one. It felt particularly cruel. I was always kind of waiting for it to come back around.
Her Ladyships soap
"Just deserts"
Yeah… that one’s, still, “stuck in (my) craw”.
Thomas must've known about O'Brien's actions but it was Bates who put her in her place, suggesting that he knows about "her Ladyship's soap". When Anna asked about it, Bates told her that he'd overheard just these few words from Thomas but it worked against O'Brien as she was terrified.
O"Brien was the best character in it!
I hated the whole Anna/ Green storyline. From her assault to being in prison for his murder. I could have done without that
I agree I hated seeing that happen to poor Anna.
agreed - but isnt real life like that ? sometimes its how we react to what happens to us that matters the most.
Such a wonderful series......loved it from start to finish! As bad as Matthew’s death was Sybil’s was far worse to me.
When they found Thomas inside the bathtub after he tried to commit suicide, that was so heartbreaking :(
When Lady Sybil died after childbirth was/is Gut Wrenching to this day. She was young, free spirited, open minded, loveable and wore her heart on her sleeve far more than her sisters. Taking after her American side of the family.
Bellissima Cora ....
Tanti caratteri di donne forti e belle
@@carlamartelossi7903 Thank you, but a translation please. Graci.
The actress wanted off the show to try to make it in movies.
I cried just watching the snippet in this video. It was a horrible scene to watch. Just hearing Branson begging her not to leave him shattered my heart.
I knew something was wrong as soon as Matthew left the hospital. Hated it!, but loved how George was blonde haired blue eyed just like him.
I love Downton Abby! Best series ever 👏. I was hooked from beginning to end. This was a great little recap, although there's so much more! I'm going to watch it again soon
I hated O'Brien from the beginning. She wasn't a character I love to hate. I just always hated her and was thrilled when she left the show.
She was disgusting..and Thomas yuk
@@pattyperkins5007 Thomas started out as a one note villian, but as time went on and we started to see more deeply into the character he became surprisingly vulnerable and likeable. His suicide attempt broke my heart
Even O'Brien had remorse. She was rotten a lot. But she was by Cora's side during the Spanish Flu.
@@markdavies9117 that wasn't remorse it was guilt.
She decided against it at the last minute, but before she could prevent it. Overall, she was horrible to anyone who crossed her. But, with few exceptions, Sir Fellowes writes characters that aren't completely bad. I can only think of Vera Bates and Mr Green that weren't written with a positive character trait. And maybe Sir Richard.
"Whether you're a Lady Edith fan or not..." I must admit she reminds me of Jan Brady at times ("Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!"), Still, how can anyone help but root for her?
Best Moment Lady Edith marries Bertie Pelham!
Yes! I was ALWAYS Team Edith.
I was SO thrilled for her! I can't wait to see more of her in the sequel to the film, and I hope she and Bertie find their footing.
Lady Sybil's death was just beyond... Having so many people of that era to die at home wiith family all around during the final moments was common. But here this vibrant, brave young mother dies at her child's birth for all her family to see. And as painful as death is, a sudden and unexp;ected death is worse as well as living in a society and class that believes in restraint of emotion and to just "carry on"... Beautifully sad.
There was some sad and good Thomas scenes.
He played the character well...he made me hate him, then like him and back to hate and finally like. I'm glad they ended it on a good note for him.
I agree, he really was his own worst enemy.
My favorite parts were the romance between Bates and Anna(he brings her a meal on a tray when she's sick with a cold), Matthew's proposal, the whole Rose and Atticus thing, and the relationship between Daisy and her father-in-law. What the heck, I LOVED the whole series. Have watched it twice through.
I've seen the show twice already when my mother asked me to watch it with her. How could I resist?
I absolutely loved Anna and Bates' character, they were genuinely good people and they stuck to their principles through thick and thin. I was very glad that they got their happy ending together in a time and age when servants like maids or butlers were destined to be working in manor houses in their whole lives without a single chance to fall in love with someone and start a family.
Only twice? (haha )
Mary and Matthew find themselves alone in the snow...Snow that oddly floats upward and acts like bubbles...
Well it was 70 degrees when that episode was filmed.
I've seen that with snow, but it usually only happens when the snow is light, the flakes are small, and there is wind towards a building. The wind is deflected upwards as it approaches the building and takes the snowflakes upwards with it. Yes, it can "snow up" under those conditions.
Couldn’t agree more with the writer who said only Mary’s happiness seem to matter in Downton Abbey. It seemed like every character would jump at the chance to protect her from ruin from her self-caused scandals!
She got better when Matthew was around because he made her a better person and as Edith says in the series only when Mary is happy is she somewhat ‘nicer’. She still got her happily ever after twice with Matthew and then Henry before Edith finally got her happiness with Bertie.
I knowww!!! That's exactly how I felt! I am team Edith and I love her intelligence and spirit. I also find her so beautiful, even if she is awkward. She deserves every bit of happiness, but it felt like the show centered on Mary's prolonged dramas and Edith's fulfillment and growth were repeatedly shunted aside. I completely agree with the journalist's statement. Edith was much more engaging, warm and kind. But to be fair, Edith's writing about the death of Mr. Pamuk to the Turkish ambassador helped stir up the controversy that kept Mary in an abusive relationship with the underhanded, volatile, intimidating Sir Richard Carlisle.
It was really hard to watch the constant bickering and snide comments between the sisters who should have been on each other's side against the world.
@@rawdaaljawhary4174 Maybe the reason for their unballanced chances in happiness whas portrayed in the show to display how easlily the oldest sister could get married in high social circles while the others didn't have an inheritance and a massive estate to offer so they had a harder time finding proper husbands.
@@fanni24
The entire first series detailed the entail and that the heirs (male) were killed and the uncertainty that it caused. The girls could not inherit. Period.
The bickering was likely due to Mary’s dislike of Edith and Edith’s jealousy of Mary’s beauty, confidence and preferential treatment she received.
fact is the actors of Matthew and Sybil didn’t want to continue their contract playing the characters.
Have to say I never warmed to Bates but loved Anna, she was such a beacon of light in the series
I hate how he couldn't accept help and never stood up for himself!!! He willingly risked that people would think the worst of him
Oh easily, any scene with Thomas being his sinnamon roll self was beautiful. BEST CHARACTER EVER!!!
Mary was the only one who could ensure the survival of Downton…of course it is her happiness that is tops. This was uneealistic for the time, but what the heck…young women knew they had a duty to marry the correct person regardless of their feelings.
Luckily for her, she fell in love with Matthew even though it all started with the family members trying to arrange their relationship. Then she gave birth to a boy so from that moment on, Downton and her life was secured and she could live a little and find love in unexpected places.
My favorites were Matthews proposal to Mary, Moseley’s passing the school test and being offered to teach and a cottage, Edith’s relationship with Bertie, Thomas’ becoming Head Butler, and , of course, all the Dowager’s one-liners!
I'm watching Downton Abbey on behest of a dear friend and I'm still shaken as a obgyn how realistic was Sybils death... The drug to safeguard women from eclampsia what we use in present day magnesium sulfate .. made me cry even more !!!
I finally got my husband to sit down and watch Downton with me. He got ADDICTED and loved the show……….and then Matthew died. It’s been a month and he’s still so upset that we can’t even talk about it yet
I stopped watching several episodes after Matthew died.. absolutely hated that he died. Really liked the actor
@@yespls4184 It's sad how he had to be written out of the storyline because the actor wanted to leave the show. But I guess the main reason it was so horrible is because it shows how everything can happen in life, even the smallest mistakes like taking your eyes off the road for a few seconds in the joy of becoming a father, can cost your life.
I dropped the show after that I admit, it was so weird it didn’t feel the same
Aww ☺
I don't understand why they didn't replace him.
We all tolerated Mary only because of Matthew 🤣
No, her character is more complex than that
Oh, no. Why
Wrong. Lady Mary was just fabulous.
@@barbaras6792 She had a character not many people could pursue. I really liked her scenes with Matthew and Mr. Carson as they gave us a good insight to what the real Lady Mary was like. She had a slightly snobbish persona for first-time observers but she was also very dignified and honourable for example when Matthew met Lavinia. She accepted her with dignity and truly meant it it that she wanted Matthew to be happy, even with someone else.
Matthew’s actor…can’t remember his name broke off to pursue other roles for which we don’t really remember him, so it’s a pity he didn’t stick around, for a role that wiuld have been timeless. Mary didn’t sleep together…but the death of Matthew we are not furious about, just that we assumed he had been written off not that he had asked for that!
Dan Stevens.
He did pretty well for himself.
He portrayed Sir Lancelot in “Night in the Museum, Secret of the Tomb”. Very enjoyable!
He plays the beast in the live action beauty and the beast
The only movie I saw him in afterwards was some movie where he's a rich yuppie who's wife is kidnapped and murdered quite horrendously, and he has dark hair and looked like he lost a lot of weight. That was several years ago. Haven't seen him on anything else. He must be doing "theatre".
Check his IMDB page. He has done really well
I remember watching the scenes with Sybil giving birth and then dying, and my heart broke in two. The moment Sybil's physician said that [she] appeared to be retaining water in her legs and ankles, and then Sybil complained about headaches, I was like "[Crap!] She has eclampsia! This is not going to end well." If that scene served no other purpose I hope it persuaded women to visit their obstetricians and take care of themselves during pregnancy.
It was still a time when women could easily die during childbirth. The family wanted to trust the best doctors in the coutry (like we would nowadays, too) but medicine wasn't too advanced back then and they made a mistake not listening to Dr Clarkson.
I still haven't got over the death of the lovely Miss Swyre from Spanish flu!
To be honest, I thought they will connect her death to Sir Richard who could have been the murderer of Mrs Vera Bates too. That would have been an exciting plot twist!
Sir Richard disappeared from the story rather oddly.
@@verabolton I think he was more into making his wealth and ranks rather than caring about anybody else around him. He seemed like an unpleasant figure with not many good personality traits and when Lady Mary rejected him, he probably went back to London and wrote those stories about her out of revenge. I didn't like the fact that the show jumped to Matthew and Mary's wedding right after the engagement and we didn't get to see how they prepared for their marriage and how they got over the gossip that Sir Richard stirred.
@@fanni24 Agree. Society those days was not big enough to disappear like Sir Richard did with no trace at all. I found his figure rather exciting and I don't know why the story ignored him (he wasn't even written out of the story!) Probably something to do with the contract with the actor? Or the author didn't know what to do with the monster they created? Just guessing. Either way, I think it was a sloppy work.
@@verabolton I agree. The only flaw I found in the series was that sometimes they jumped weeks or months in the storyline, even when something important was happening. This time we didn't get to know the end of Sir Richard and Lady Mary's story and it left a void feeling in many of us.
@@fanni24
The episodes in the run-up to the wedding was taken up by the bankruptcy of the Crawleys until Mr. Swire’s fortune saved the day.
I hate to say it because I kind of like her as a person but the way Elizabeth McGovern chose to play the Countess was just plain not good. I wouldn’t say she can’t act, because she can but her characterization of Cora was bad. It was mostly the annoying voice she chose.
I agree. It felt like Cora wanted to show off her American behaviour intentionally to bother people like her mother-in-law.
Sybil and Matthews deaths both happened because the actors wanted off the show to pursue bigger film careers. Dumb move by both of them. She’s done nothing and his only big film is Beauty and the Beast, but the only actor in that that people remember is Emma Watson (and her heavily auto-tuned voice).
@Nicole Good for her. No sarcasm. I've never heard of it but I'm glad she's doing well.
Check their IMDB. They have done well.
My sister and I could not watch downtown for weeks after Matthew died. We were in absolute shock and devastation
I told myself finish the series. Got to 5 and felt there was enough to peek! the rest seems obvious, needless to say. One thing to add, I did not know how popular this show really was! wow! 🤩🤩
With Carson and Mrs. Hughes, we got the satisfaction we were denied in Remains in the Day
Daisy always got on my nerves
And mine.
Mine, too! She made lots of trouble for herself and sometimes to the people close to her, like Mr. Mason.
Yes! A very annoying character.
Especially after Miss Bunting taught her how to be discontent.
All the major actors in DA have given many outstanding moments , but so have some of the actors with minor parts. I really enjoyed the brief scenes with Lady Susan Flintshire, Rose's mother. Lady Flintshire's dislike of her husband, Lord " Shrimpie" Flintshire, and her daughter, Rose is very apparent in almost every scene.
As the dowager said, "Susan has been in a rage since she played with her dolls."
I love this show...
O'Brien and Janice Baccalieri in a duel would have been great TV.
I think Sybil's death was the hardest emotionally since women STILL die or suffer lasting complications all the time in childbirth (and that information is actively hidden from young women because people gotta have lots of those bayyyyybeeeeees to keep the cogs of society turning).
I liked all the parts that Lord Grantham acted in.He is my now favorite actor!
Unfortunately the two moments that stick out to me the most are 1. Sybil’s death and 2. Matthew’s death. But there are certainly some good moments that stick out as well. Mary and Matthew’s wedding, Anna and Bates’ child being born in the finale, Sybil’s new pants, Matthew’s snowy proposal to Mary….
It was actually Edith who chased Anthony Strallum, not the other way around. No wonder it didn't work out. He tried to stop it several times.
Thought this is “worst” as in quality wise, had no idea this was about emotional weight…
Mary and Matthew didn't meet until the second episode
It is a superb series , but there are some flaws. in my opinion: 1) the character of Mary is given far too much importance .She is a despicable person , and her ugly behavior is given a pass by almost everyone, which is simply not realistic . Also, Michelle Dockery's accent is phony ; 2) Matthew's character should not have been killed off ..he was too important ,and his departure was too sudden ; 3) Frankly , Edith's character is the strongest of the Crawley family . There should be a way (perhaps in the upcoming movie) to demonstrate her superiority over Mary as a woman and a person .
I think the harshness of the sisters, created too much pain and was much to much for the otherwise descent characters. It was completely unbelievable.
The Colin Firth reference 😂 I really didn't see that coming
Mathew proposed near the end of season 1, Mary just didn't except the first chance she got.
If your angry about Matthew dying blame Dan Stevens wanting to leave the series. Sybills death was so sad .
You forgot the scene where Matthew returns to Downton Abbey after he was lost in action.
Least favorite was Cora and her odd head position most of the time, coyly bowed but looking upwards subserviently...even though it was her fortune that kept Downton afloat...often repeated in the script. She portrays the character as such a passive, unassertive person. BORING! Give me Violet or
Isabelle any day. Loved them constantly.
Susan, I couldn’t agree more with your comment. Well said.
I have to say that Bates believing that Anna hit her head on the sink was one of the most stupid moments in the whole show. It was more than clear that something else happened
He didn’t believe it. He never believed it. He was suspicious of the story from the start. He knew Anna was lying and set about to find out what happened. It’s clear as day in the show.
The part that bugged me in *every* season is Coras obviously dyed hair. Nice women at that time, especially high class women, did NOT dye their hair.
Now that you mention it, her hair did look too perfect with that dark colour and no gray hairs at sight. We could say that she had good genes but looking at her almost bald brother and her mother who had that terribly red hair, it didn't look natural either. Maybe in America it was in fashion to dye hair?
Nope. And certainly not by the rich
Dan Stevens thought he'd got it made, what happened to him?
It was rumoured that he didn't want to be associated with Matthew's character for the rest of his career, he wanted to try out other genres other than period drama. I think he didn't really make it with movies like the remake of Beauty and the Beast tho. Look at Laura Carmichael in The Secrets She Keeps, Michelle Dockery in Defending Jacob or Joanne Froggatt in Liar. All three are really good crime-thriller series, I'd advise to take a look at them.
He went to completely different genres
One of my favorite episodes was at least having one black person on the show....the singer. It shows black people were on the planet in the 1920s.
Dan Stevens and Jessica Brown Findlay wanted to leave. It was their choice to leave so I don’t know why people we’re angry
I love this show but its full of inaccuracies. For example in 1910s Turkish people didn't have surnames. It was something like "Kemal, son of Ahmet" instead of surnames
Hate to say it, but I never really got into this show. I love the homes and the antiques and landscape, but there were simply too many characters and storylines.
I really enjoyed it but agree. There were too many side stories, I could have done without a lot of them
"Emotional roller coaster"? Try cheap soap opera. Fine production values (great settings, swoony costumes, excellent actors -- who were wasted on this tripe) but it was only skin deep, which took away any real emotion. It was no Upstairs Downstairs.
I think Edith is very pretty. Why was she considered the ugly one?
The character of Daisy was 100 % a pain in the *ss. Nothing against the actress, but her character was just awful.
Daisy annoys the heck out of me.
Can’t watch this. The VO is too intrusive. Yuck. 🤢
O Brien was never punished 😕
The show speaks for itself. Who needs commentary on RUclips? Better without.
Right?!! It would have been better playing the audio from the clip as well.
Edith looked, way better, than Mary, to me. She looked looked, far more, elegant in her clothes, too.
In the first 3 seasons, Edith is kind of frumpy, especially compared to Mary. Then, they really stepped up her wardrobe and she started looking elegant & classy.
The end was disappointing! It had been happy endings for everyone, finally, Barrow was out of Downton and then they kick out Mr. Carson and make Barrow the butter! I really did not like that at all!
Carson was ill, not kick out
Cora has such an odd look about her..I don't quite get her..piercing eye look..yuk
Elizabeth McGovern always bothered me as Cora. There were scenes where her reactions seemed odd or forced. The rest of the cast kind of outpaced her when it came to acting ability.
@@tracyroweauthor totally agree..it must just be her as an actress she bothers me .something about her spirit.
@@pattyperkins5007 I think she kind of had an inability to portray the period. Her physicality often bothered me because it was at times too "modern", often in the way she stood or sat. I know that is nitpicky, and working in theater for the last 25 years can exacerbate that, but for me the mediocre acting just sticks out
In the first couple of episodes she had a nice sharp edge to her. Then she adopted this sweetsie, cutesy affect that set my teeth on edge.
The worst moment was when Lady Mary cut her hair! Yuck! 🤢
I just think Matthews death was so short after Sybil's and it was not necessary
A piece of fluff (and like all such pieces, falsified history beyond belief) that outlived its welcome . A better writer would have developed Sybil's character (and Tom became sickeningly innocuous - plus a better actor with more gravitas was needed to play him) as she was the most interesting of the sisters. After Matthew's death, the show went downhill and was extremely boring. The only saving grace of this show and the one eating up every scene was, naturally, the magnificent Dame Maggie Smith, in fact, her scenes with the lovely Penelope Wilton were the best part of the entire series.
Cut the narrative, it totally spoiled it, can’t watch anymore
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no one could listen to this sheliah babble on all through this video. Shocking Awful.
Constable intelligent. Mentalmyown. Knoledgedifferent
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