Downton 2/24

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Anonymous wrote:I dunno. Americans in the 20's were pretty annoying--with their giant raccoon coats, F. Scott Fitgerald, drinking gin out of bathtubs, dancing the charleston and all that aw' shucks jiggly american enthusiasm and boorish worship of money. To the British, they really saw americans as the annoying little brother who thought he showed up at the last moment and 'saved their bacon' in the war. Accurate portrayal of 1920s americans really.

Yeah, because EVERY American acted like that, just like EVERY American in 2014 acts like the characters on Girls.

Exactly. So tired of these cliches on TV. There are plenty of obnoxious people in all countries and cultures, including England.

Then why is one of the most popular topics on this board the Kardashians? I am ashamed to hear well educated women go on about them and similar trash TV, such as the real housewives of any place.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought that Rose was Rosamund's daughter, but Edith pointed out that Rosamund is not a mom.

How are Rosamund and Rose related to lord and lady grantham?

Rosamund is Robert's sister (the Dowager Countess's daughter).

Rose is the daughter of family friends (Shrimpy and Shrimpy MacClare), whose estate they visited last season.

I believe Rose is related as Robert has referred to her as his niece on more than one occasion. Can't quite figure out what the relationship is between him and Shrimpy/Shrimpy's wife, but I think they're family.

Shrimpie's wife is Robert's cousin.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought that Rose was Rosamund's daughter, but Edith pointed out that Rosamund is not a mom.

How are Rosamund and Rose related to lord and lady grantham?

Rosamund is Robert's sister (the Dowager Countess's daughter).

Rose is the daughter of family friends (Shrimpy and Shrimpy MacClare), whose estate they visited last season.

I believe Rose is related as Robert has referred to her as his niece on more than one occasion. Can't quite figure out what the relationship is between him and Shrimpy/Shrimpy's wife, but I think they're family.

That's true; according to this link:

http://downtonabbey.wikia.com/wiki/Rose_MacClare

Rose is Violet Crawley's great-niece. It doesn't explain how, though.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like how the story moved at a snails pace for the entire season and then jumped ahead a few months in the last episode. Nothing interesting has happened. Recap:

-Mary has men at her feet. This is a recurring theme since Pamuk
-Edith is whiny and can't get a break
-Lord Grantham has his head up his arse
-Violet makes snarky comments about "class"
-Isobel and Tom both feel "out of place"
-Boringness from the kitchen staff
-Thomas feels the need to have all these inner circle details that never really amount to anything
-Someone died

Yawn. I want more to happen.

Agree. Seems the characters were totally out of character the first 3 episodes. Fellowes got lazy in the writing and went for drama. Cheated the fans but not keeping the characters true. Boring season.