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Once again i'm hooked!...just started season 4...

I still have to watch the christmas special before starting season 3,but i just can't after the last character was killed and i know who gets killed now i am not sure if its going to be the same. Does it get better?

Andreina !

i really had my doubts re whether that pitch of excitement could sustain itself for yet another season, and indeed it did...the 2 hours just flew by...

I only recently discovered Downton Abbey. I watched the first 3 seasons in 2 days and i am completely addicted. I am very pleased with the beginning of season 4. I was concerned after the season 3 finale but they have handled things beautifully.

It is VERY addicting.........can't wait to read the book written by the REAL occupant of Downton Abbey...

I love Downton for the sheer escapism, entertainment, the gowns & the houses but above all for Maggie Smith - I just love the woman - she can say so much with an arched eyebrow! The BBC really do this type of period drama so well.
Anyone watching it should be aware that it is a very satinised version of history & probably bears very little relationship to the lives of those who lived and worked at the real Downton ... especially those "down stairs".

Just wondering if anyone's read " Lady Almira and the real Downton Abbey ? " by the Countess of Carnavron ...

I love Downton Abbey! No, I haven't read it yet, but I'm dying to. Season four is finally on PBS in the states and I'm so excited. Episode two though. Just, oh my god. I cried. I still really miss Sybil, she was definitely my favorite. I think I'd have to say that Edith is my favorite now. Being a middle child, I can really relate to her and how she feels so insignificant sometimes. Now, it may be an unpopular opinion, and I'm sorry to offend, but I cannot stand Mary. I think she is rude and snobbish and annoying and half of the time she talks, and I can do is sit there and roll my eyes. I love Michelle Dockery, but I can't stand Mary.

Ashley Hiddles wrote:I love Downton Abbey! No, I haven't read it yet, but I'm dying to. Season four is finally on PBS in the states and I'm so excited. Episode two though. Just, oh my god. I cried. I still really miss Sybil, she was definitely my favorite. I think I'd have to say that Edith is my favorite now. Being a middle child, I can really relate to her and how she feels so insignificant sometimes. Now, it may be an unpopular opinion, and I'm sorry to offend, but I cannot stand Mary. I think she is rude and snobbish and annoying and half of the time she talks, and I can do is sit there and roll my eyes. I love Michelle Dockery, but I can't stand Mary.

Ashley!
i agree re Mary!...she definitely needs to lighten up!...i love Edith too, my fave STILL is the grandma, Maggie Smith, i smile everytime she comes on...her son is such a STIFF!...loved the tongue lashing she gave him, i was LOLOLOL...

Maggie Smith is just perfect! I adore the Dowager. Hahaha yeah he is, I was so relieved when she lit into him. He needed it!

i'd love to go visit that castle......i love England!

Yes! It's definitely on my bucket list. What's it called? Highclear, right? I saw a special on pbs about the estate and the house. Breathtaking.

So it's true - you Americans are all closet Royalists

Ashley Hiddles wrote:Yes! It's definitely on my bucket list. What's it called? Highclear, right? I saw a special on pbs about the estate and the house. Breathtaking.

yes, i saw the same show...wonderful!...

my husband was the " real " anglophile, if he was here in view of Pinocchio / vs. the military he'd be outta here...
( he was a highly decorated war-hero )...

he often spoke of retiring in the " Lake District "....

we even LOVED the food there, which most Americans bitch about ..guess cause there was no Mac Donalds there....

Lake District is beautiful! I don't know much about the food, but, yeah, most Americans can't survive without a steady diet of processed meat substitute.

I never said that... Hahaha, that may very well be true. I just really really really want to see that house. It's just gorgeous.