Downton Abbey - No spoilers!!

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Anonymous wrote:Once you're married, tradition says you can have a ladies' maid and you can have a breakfast tray in bed. Apparently marital duties were considered that strenuous for a lady, the effects even lasting into widowhood.

Mary said she had something medical she wanted to be seen to right away, but that it was nothing dangerous. Anna Behhhts just went along because she's the ladies' maid. See above.

I don't like how the servants were speaking out of turn so much to the Crawleys this episode. I mean, they always do to an unnatural degree to advance the plot, but servants did not speak without being spoken to.

Thomas's bitchy remark about the former housemaid while serving at table? That would have gotten him fired by a real employer. Lazy writing.

I think one of the most unrealistic storylines is Daisy speaking out of turn to Cora. She is one of my least favorite characters - so simple and dense, always in a snit about something, and, in the example of Mr. Mason, completely entitled. I wanted to slap her every time she expressed her outrage and indignation. Give it a rest, Daisy. Stop with your demands.

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I thought last night's episode was one of the most boring yet. It seemed like everyone was just saying their lines as announcements to the audience - status reports, if you will. I think the writers are getting lazy, knowing this is their last season.

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Anonymous wrote:ok medical question here…so if Anna gets a 'stitch" to keep her cervix shut, then doesn't someone need to take out the stitch or if not, then wouldn't the cervix tear upon childbirth and she'd bleed out?

If so, What happens usually in this situation? Does the woman spend the last month in bed so as not to go into labor? Do they schedule a C section?

Yes they do remove it at some point. I wonder if she'll go back to the fancy London doctor at some point.

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I was surprised we didn't see any more of Edith's new friend, the man who helped her with the magazine that night. If this is the last season, they'd better get cracking since we all know he'll be her love interest. Not much time left!

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Anonymous wrote:Carson is being very rude to Thomas. I can't quite figure it out either -- it's like this big U turn with no idea of how we got there.

Who else thinks that Mary and Branson are going to end up together?

I thought they might be hinting at this (Mary & Branson) in the most recent episode.

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Did something seem off with Carson at the end of the last episode?

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Re Carson

Hadn't he effectively been in that room since coming onboard as a second footman in the current Lord Grantham's grandfather's time?

He took his name off the door as a start to this new chapter.

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Anonymous wrote:Carson is being very rude to Thomas. I can't quite figure it out either -- it's like this big U turn with no idea of how we got there.

Who else thinks that Mary and Branson are going to end up together?

I thought they might be hinting at this (Mary & Branson) in the most recent episode.

They're like brother and sister. Ew.

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Anonymous wrote:Carson is being very rude to Thomas. I can't quite figure it out either -- it's like this big U turn with no idea of how we got there.

Who else thinks that Mary and Branson are going to end up together?

I thought they might be hinting at this (Mary & Branson) in the most recent episode.

They're like brother and sister. Ew.

Agree. Total EW!

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Anonymous wrote:Carson is being very rude to Thomas. I can't quite figure it out either -- it's like this big U turn with no idea of how we got there.

Who else thinks that Mary and Branson are going to end up together?

I thought they might be hinting at this (Mary & Branson) in the most recent episode.

They're like brother and sister. Ew.

Agree. Total EW!

They were definitely hinting at it with him asking about her suitors etc.

Go away Daisy, you're so annoying.

We are definitely heading for a big medical situation with Robert.

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Anonymous wrote:Carson is being very rude to Thomas. I can't quite figure it out either -- it's like this big U turn with no idea of how we got there.

Who else thinks that Mary and Branson are going to end up together?

I thought they might be hinting at this (Mary & Branson) in the most recent episode.

They're like brother and sister. Ew.

Agree. Total EW![/quote

I think they've been hinting at this for a while. I read an article back in college about how in 19th century England, it was expected that one would marry your dead sister's husband--or the reverse (marry your dead brother'so sister). The article said one was absolutely expected and the other was absolutely taboo. I think it was marrying your dead sister's husband.
I'll be disappointed if Mary and Branson end up together--it's like whenever aan and woman get along, they have to be matched off.

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Edith's green dress with beaded tiara things may be one of my favorite Downton dresses ever. Soooo...pretty.

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That green dress does look good on Edith, but it would look FABULOUS on you, 22:27!

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Anonymous wrote:Carson is being very rude to Thomas. I can't quite figure it out either -- it's like this big U turn with no idea of how we got there.

Who else thinks that Mary and Branson are going to end up together?

I thought they might be hinting at this (Mary & Branson) in the most recent episode.

They're like brother and sister. Ew.

Agree. Total EW![/quote

I think they've been hinting at this for a while. I read an article back in college about how in 19th century England, it was expected that one would marry your dead sister's husband--or the reverse (marry your dead brother'so sister). The article said one was absolutely expected and the other was absolutely taboo. I think it was marrying your dead sister's husband.

Okay--should have googled before I posted. There was a legal prohibition on marrying your dead wife's sister until 1907--even after that, clergy could refuse to perform the ceremony as sort of incest. It was apparently one of the biggest public debates in the 19th century. I guess marrying your dead brother's wife would be okay, though? Or marrying your dead husband's brother? We need an English history professor on this thread.
I'll be disappointed if Mary and Branson end up together--it's like whenever aan and woman get along, they have to be matched off.

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Anonymous wrote:That green dress does look good on Edith, but it would look FABULOUS on you, 22:27!

This may be the friendliest thread I've ever see on DCUM. You're all the best! No Daisys on here! Only Sybills...