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Some stunning, heartbreaking deaths in Season 3... :-(
Season 4 being filmed now in the UK. I wish they'd run Season 4 in both the UK and the US at the same time, so spoilers wouldn't be all over the internet...
I was immensely disappointed with season 3, while I LOVED season 1 and 2. I’m re-watching it, and it’s slightly less depressing the second time through, but not much.
As an aside, my daughter and I counted deaths, and we came up with 11. Downton definitely keeps Grassby’s funeral home jumping. :p
"Cousin Matthew (Dan Stevens) died in a car accident. He was driving back to Downton, so happy he was practically whistling ..."
Good ending. Not good in the fact that Matthew died, but good as cliffhangers go.
I didn’t enjoy Season 3 as much as the prior seasons. Maybe it’s just losing its novelty. There was a lot of PC stuff going on this season.
I’d like to see things spiced up more with some love triangles and/or forbidden/clandestine affairs. Also some new colorful mainstay characters are needed.
Might help to have the story line progress a bit faster. We got 9 months progression last night (Mary’s pregnancy). How about 9 years?
I know it means some of the characters will have to age and/or pass away, but I hope next season begins with the two grandchildren as pre-adolescents or teens to liven things up. The grown ups are getting too stodgy and predictable.
But it’s worth watching for the costumes alone-LOL.
I did not like that Matthew Crowly died. I think season 1 has been the best so far. Seems to me like the story lines are introduced and too abruptly finished. However, I thought last night’s episode was very good. Is it not on again until next January?
I’m just hoping that they don’t find that Carson has been taking PED’s or EPO.
Wait a minute. That’s the TdF thread you often post.
There has been so much drama in Downton and the TdF, I get them confused.