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Amph "What is a weekend?" The Downton Abbey Adoration Thread (unhighlighted spoilers after UK eps. air)

Discussion in 'Community' started by Everton, Sep 1, 2011.

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  1. Mar17swgirl

    Mar17swgirl Chosen One star 7

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    ...? Why do you think I wouldn't want to watch a French version of Downton Abbey? :p
     
    Mar17swgirl, Dec 18, 2012
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  2. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    As much as I love reading Balzac -- the Third Republic? How gauche.


    Misa ab iPhono meo.
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Dec 18, 2012
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  3. Mar17swgirl

    Mar17swgirl Chosen One star 7

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    Oh, that. :p Yeah, I kind of forgot about that.
     
    Mar17swgirl, Dec 19, 2012
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  4. darthcaedus1138

    darthcaedus1138 Force Ghost star 5

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    darthcaedus1138, Dec 19, 2012
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  5. Mar17swgirl

    Mar17swgirl Chosen One star 7

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    [face_laugh]
     
    Mar17swgirl, Dec 19, 2012
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  6. Everton

    Everton Chosen One star 10

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    Best worst gif ever. :p

    [​IMG]
     
    Everton, Dec 20, 2012
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  7. Mar17swgirl

    Mar17swgirl Chosen One star 7

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    Oh God, it's so awful it's brilliant. :p Then again, Dame Maggie Smith can make even a ridiculous Santa hat look good. :cool:
     
    Mar17swgirl, Dec 20, 2012
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  8. Everton

    Everton Chosen One star 10

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    Damn straight. :D
     
    Everton, Dec 20, 2012
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  9. Obi Anne

    Obi Anne Celebration Mistress of Ceremonies star 8 Staff Member Manager

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    Finally caught up with watching the season 3 finale. What can I say, it was a perfect ending to a season that I've felt has been weaker than the previous ones. I was stunned by Sybil's death but the way it was played out in the episode itself I knew it would happen from her first symptoms. Strangely enough my favorite character this season has been Tom, and I really didn't like him in the start and the wiay he patronized Sybil. My only minor thing is that I would expect an Irish nationalist to have played a few games of hurling, so hitting or catching a ball shouldn't be something new.

    I can't wait for the Christmas special, which will be broadcast here next Saturday.
     
    Obi Anne , Dec 22, 2012
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  10. SithLordDarthRichie

    SithLordDarthRichie CR Emeritus: London star 9

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    Pretty good Christmas episode I thought, although it didn't really need to be 2 hours long to get done what it needed to do.

    Predictable ending given that it was already known Dan Stevens wasn't going to do Downton anymore, but it was well done to leave you guessing as to when and how it would happen.
     
    SithLordDarthRichie, Dec 25, 2012
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  11. FatBurt

    FatBurt Sex Scarecrow Vanquisher star 6

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    Happy endings are clearly not allowed at Christmas


    Bastards
     
    FatBurt, Dec 25, 2012
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  12. Darth_Omega

    Darth_Omega Force Ghost star 6

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    So every time a baby is born a parent must die? :p
     
    Darth_Omega, Dec 26, 2012
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  13. FatBurt

    FatBurt Sex Scarecrow Vanquisher star 6

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    There can be only one!
     
    FatBurt, Dec 26, 2012
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  14. SithLordDarthRichie

    SithLordDarthRichie CR Emeritus: London star 9

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    To restore equilibrium, Branson should marry Mary :p

    Not sure where the show is going to go with the next series, I hope it will be the last because I fear it going downhill if they milk it too long.
     
    SithLordDarthRichie, Dec 26, 2012
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  15. Miana Kenobi

    Miana Kenobi Admin Emeritus star 8 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Carson should hold a baby in every episode. I'm just saying.
     
    Miana Kenobi, Dec 26, 2012
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  16. Rogue_Ten

    Rogue_Ten Chosen One star 7

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    at least we know bates and anna are safe from death's clutches. the writers like tormenting them too much to ever allow them to escape into the sweet embrace of death
     
    Rogue_Ten, Dec 26, 2012
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  17. Handmaiden Yané

    Handmaiden Yané Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Damn you, Dan Stevens, DAMN YOU for not signing up for series 4. GRRRRRR!

    Also, how annoying was Edna? Glad she's gone. Although I wonder if she'll pull an Ethel and come back as a prostitute..hahaha.

    I wish Clarkson and Mrs. Crawley had gotten together. They were so cute! And yes, Carson holding the baby was SUPER ADORABLE. I died. No, wait, that was Matthew. Ugh.
     
    Handmaiden Yané, Dec 26, 2012
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  18. Platelet

    Platelet Jedi Knight star 1

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    I found this episode a bit stale. We've seen most of it before:
    Man wooing an older woman at a carnival (twice in this ep)
    Rehash of the Thomas and Jimmy saga
    Housemaid falling for a member of the family, leading to her departure
    Birth of baby and subsequent tragic death of parent
    The return of Rose, who I didn't find endearing the first time - and her family didn't change that impression
    Lady Edith's choice of another man her family won't approved of

    I did like the moments with the Bates, baby Sibyl, and dancing Moseley, but otherwise this one seemed sluggish. And of course I'm sad about Matthew :(
     
    Platelet, Dec 27, 2012
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  19. Rogue_Ten

    Rogue_Ten Chosen One star 7

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    The return of Rose, who I didn't find endearing the first time - and her family didn't change that impression

    [​IMG]

    SON, you lost yo damn mind? rose is a hottie fo sho
     
    Rogue_Ten, Dec 27, 2012
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  20. darthcaedus1138

    darthcaedus1138 Force Ghost star 5

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    Haha shrimpy
     
    darthcaedus1138, Dec 27, 2012
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  21. Handmaiden Yané

    Handmaiden Yané Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I didn't like Rose the first time I saw her, but I liked her in this episode. I agree that some things were reused, but I thought the Jimmy/Thomas thing was less of a rehash and more of a closure plot line.
     
    Handmaiden Yané, Dec 27, 2012
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  22. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    I like Rose. :( I also like Shrimpy too. Poor guy.

    And I suspected that it was going to be a hunting accident or something -- when the baby was born and the episode was winding down, I thought we'd made it through okay, but as soon as I saw the car I was like "oh, they're going for a T.E. Lawrence here"
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Dec 27, 2012
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  23. Everton

    Everton Chosen One star 10

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    Just seen it. Very angry at Dan Stevens right now. The whole thing felt like a pick-up scene shot later than the rest because they didn't know what Stevens was going to do until it was too late to do anything else.
     
    Everton, Dec 28, 2012
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  24. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    It's possible, though part of me suspects we have the baby because Stevens was leaving -- there had to be Crawley continuity.
     
    GrandAdmiralJello , Dec 28, 2012
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  25. Rogue_Ten

    Rogue_Ten Chosen One star 7

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    crawley continuity!!

    i love how the nature of the show makes it quite difficult to simply write out the aristocrats - they pretty much have to die. which means, unlike in real life, they have a much lower surviveability than the servant class
     
    Rogue_Ten, Dec 28, 2012
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