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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My god, the writing is absolutely atrocious.  I can't understand how the creator of Downton Abbey - a beautiful, well-written show - could also have created this drivel.  And the only time they're not filmed on a set is during the very few outdoor scenes in Newport.

[b]And Jack's alarm clock - why on earth isn't he getting the full $600,000?  [/b]Why should he have to split it with an already fabulously wealthy man?  If Larry Russell was a true gentleman, he would insist Jack keep all of it.

Does Julian Fellowes just hate Americans and is making this show awful on purpose?[/quote]

Because he didn't know how to market or sell it.  If the show was true to history he probably would have gotten $100 shiny dollars and the buyers would have negotiated only with Larry and Jack would never have known what it sold for.[/quote]

+1 I was waiting for that to be the plot, and mildly surprised that Larry had “only” taken half. [/quote]

Agreed, but I like where they are taking it instead, with Larry continuing to be friends with Jack and maybe sort of mentor him about being wealthy in NYC.

A central plot of the show is that the Russells are "new money." Yes, Larry was born into wealth, but to parents who were not and who have normalized the idea that if you work hard enough, you are entitled to whatever you want. Larry is totally open minded to Jack in part because he's not as hung up on the idea that there is some uncrossable divide between a butler and a railroad baron.

So while it's still kind of unrealistic, I like Larry and Jack becoming friends, and Larry cutting a more fair deal with Jack over the money (keep in mind Larry negotiated an extra 200k out of the deal, the idea that it's unfair for him to take half ignores the fact that without Larry, Jack would have been completely swindled by those guys) is part of that. Plus with Larry's guidance and connections, we will get to see what it means to have the opportunities of NYC open up to someone who just came into a fortune like Jack. I think it could be really fun.[/quote]

Heck, without Larry, Jack never meets with those guys in the first place.[/quote]

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