Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess Violet
To: afraidfortherepublic
My entire family enjoy the show, but season 5 has been a drag. Maybe 6 seasons is enough.
2 posted on
03/02/2015 3:52:50 PM PST by
napscoordinator
(Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Maggie please stay!
3 posted on
03/02/2015 3:53:54 PM PST by
Albion Wilde
(Why would you want to "fundamentally change" a country you love?)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Love her performance. Missed her movies over the years. Now hoping to catch up.
5 posted on
03/02/2015 3:56:59 PM PST by
nfldgirl
To: afraidfortherepublic
The show is over as far as I’m concerned.
Finis.
.
6 posted on
03/02/2015 3:58:42 PM PST by
Mears
(To learn, who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."~~Voltaire))
To: afraidfortherepublic
I mean, I certainly can’t keep going ... To my knowledge, I must be 110 by now. We’re into the late 1920s.”
Haha....I love Maggie Smith.
7 posted on
03/02/2015 3:59:03 PM PST by
Politicalkiddo
("He repays everyone for what they have done; He brings on them what their conduct deserves.")
To: afraidfortherepublic
To my knowledge, I must be 110 by now. We're into the late 1920s
Ok, so last night's ep was Xmas 1924. The show started with the sinking of the Titanic, in 1912. So only 12 years have passed over the course of five seasons.
If Smith is saying that they're up to the "late 1920's" she might be referring to where Season 6 will start. So I suspect that going from Season 5 to Season 6 will involve a major skip-ahead on the magnitude of several years.
To: afraidfortherepublic
She was quite the cutie...
To: afraidfortherepublic
Saw her as Lady Macbeth in Stratford-on-Avon (Ontario) in 1977.
She's complaining that now after Downton Abbey she can't go anywhere without being recognized, despite a lifetime on the stage and screen beforehand.
12 posted on
03/02/2015 4:03:44 PM PST by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
To: afraidfortherepublic
I am pretty sure the writers are going to off the Earl of Grantham with a heart attack.
14 posted on
03/02/2015 4:05:04 PM PST by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If obama speaks and there is no one there to hear it, is it still a lie?)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Looking good and kicking butt at 80!
15 posted on
03/02/2015 4:06:55 PM PST by
Ken H
(DILLIGAF)
To: afraidfortherepublic
I thought I read recently that Season 6 would be the last season. The creator has gone on to other projects. His daughter is currently in charge of D.A.
23 posted on
03/02/2015 4:17:56 PM PST by
TomGuy
To: afraidfortherepublic
Violet is the best character on Downton. She was fun but the show has “jumped the shark” . It’s characters are incoherent and it has started to repeat plot points.
25 posted on
03/02/2015 4:26:29 PM PST by
Varda
To: afraidfortherepublic
If she is leaving the show should certainly end. I expect it will.
If they do try to extend it, they may as well queue up Henry Winkler for a guest appearance with his water skis.
27 posted on
03/02/2015 4:31:50 PM PST by
rhinohunter
(Freepers aren't booing -- they're yelling "Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz")
To: afraidfortherepublic
The Dowager Countess and downstairs boss Carson are the best parts of the show. Mrs. Hughes is wonderful, as is Mrs. Patmore. Mary's a cold beeyotch and Edith is pathetic. Cora's over the top serene act is really grating and she's not a very good actress. Mr. Barrows is quite evil but he has shown some brief moments of humanity. The Bateses are cute but the bad luck tone to their lives is getting old.
So that's my opinion of some of the actors. There is no charge. :)
To: afraidfortherepublic
I can see that they're running out of ideas...just as did Upstairs/Downstairs.
To: afraidfortherepublic
perhaps she will be offed by the Bateses. It looks like they might be setting up a spin off with the butler and head housekeeper.
38 posted on
03/02/2015 6:25:57 PM PST by
marsh2
To: afraidfortherepublic
Hate to see the old gal go. She is a fine actress with a long and distinguished career. Think the first time I saw this women was in a flick called the Prime of Miss Jean Brody, maybe during the late 60s. A real screen talent.
To: afraidfortherepublic
Downton Abbey is far superior to the dreck on American commercial television.
43 posted on
03/03/2015 9:50:10 AM PST by
Polyxene
(Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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