Downton Abbey Fans - starts tonight! (possible SPOILERS!)

I'm with ya' girls. So sad. And, next week's episode looks to be rather serious as well. LOVE this show, though!
 
Word on the street is that Shirley MacLaine is going to be joining the cast for Season 3 as Lady Grantham's mum . She'll definitely be a good combatant for the Dowager Countess!
 
Darcy Baldwin said:
Word on the street is that Shirley MacLaine is going to be joining the cast for Season 3 as Lady Grantham's mum . She'll definitely be a good combatant for the Dowager Countess!
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Yep - they posted that on their FB page yesterday. Wonder how long it will take for Season 3 to make it our way?
 
Shirley MacLaine, that should be good. I'm trying to get my Mom to start watching, the rest of my family rolls their eyes at me. LOL
 
I want to watch this too....it isn't on Apple TV in Canada. I wonder if I can find it elsewhere?
 
Unfortunately netflix (Canada) doesn't have it either....so sad. Hopefully they will someday soon.
 
I just watched this week's last night and I was so sad. :( Can't wait to see what happens next week though.
 
Oh, that was fun to watch, Lydia! I love watching the cast interviews on PBS, too. I don't want it to end this week :crying:
 
LOVED the ending :wub: and am now in Downton Abbey withdrawal until the 3rd series starts!

Love British period drama: Upstairs, Downstairs; North and South (Richard Armitage!); Jane Austen (there are so many wonderful movies and mini-series based on her books); the Tudors.

Looks like it will be Dicken's "The Old Curiosity Shop" with Derek Jacobi on PBS Masterpiece Classic next week.

What will everyone be watching until the third series finally arrives?
 
Loved it! I'm wondering what will happen in the next season though. I can't think of any major events in history in the 20's until the stock market crashes in 1929. We've been through the Titanic and World War I. I was really happy with how they tied up the story lines for us, and I really loved Violet last night. :)
 
i'm not reading a thing in this thread. i just finished watching season 1 and the first episode of season 2. i.am.so.hooked.
 
Ooooh - Last night was so GOOD! I am super excited for the next season . . . wish we didn't have to wait. I want to watch Upstairs, Downstairs. So, maybe that will keep me occupied. :) I'll have to check out some of those others that origami listed.
 
ltarbox said:
Ooooh - Last night was so GOOD! I am super excited for the next season . . . wish we didn't have to wait. I want to watch Upstairs, Downstairs. So, maybe that will keep me occupied. :) I'll have to check out some of those others that origami listed.
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"North and South" is on Netflix streaming!

I would love to hear what others recommend! :)
 
ltarbox said:
Ooooh - Last night was so GOOD! I am super excited for the next season . . . wish we didn't have to wait. I want to watch Upstairs, Downstairs. So, maybe that will keep me occupied. :) I'll have to check out some of those others that origami listed.
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Upstairs, Downstairs is super short. I think only 4 episodes. It's been a while since I've watched it, but I remember it being very short series. I'll be checking out the others that Origami listed too!
 
ripal said:
Upstairs, Downstairs is super short. I think only 4 episodes. It's been a while since I've watched it, but I remember it being very short series. I'll be checking out the others that Origami listed too!
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I think the 2011 version of Upstairs, Downstairs has only 4 episodes as it was a short miniseries. I think it's on Amazon for streaming.

The original 1970s version of the show had about 4 or 5 seasons, I think. One season is on Netflix for streaming and you can rent the discs for the other seasons. If you like (love!) Downton Abbey, it definitely has its roots in the Upstairs, Downstairs series.
 
*Celeste* said:
oh man i just finished up season 2. what a great ending! can not wait for next season!
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The last 5 minutes of it was just beautiful, wasn't it? :wub: I bet it's somewhere on YouTube to watch it over and over till next season comes around! ;)
 
I was so sad to see this season end. Man I love this show! THE BEST Lady Grantham line was in that last episode, plus the last 5 minutes...sigh.
 
In a recent interview by the writer/creator , Julian Fellowes, here's info on why he chose this time period:

JF: One of the reasons we chose 1912 is that the world was seemingly – I say, seemingly – very serene. In fact, there were all sorts of issues — women’s rights, workers’ rights, and across Europe, democracy and the legitimacy of monarchy – all pulsing away. But they hadn’t really broken the surface in a lot of people’s minds and of course it was all going to go up in flames two years later. So by starting it in 1912, it meant that we could have that post-Edwardian serenity, followed by the first World War, followed by the ’20s, a time of immense social change. You had the first votes being given – not to all women, but at least to some women – in 1919, and you have union activity, you have the Russian Revolution, you have all sorts of troubles going on across Europe. And that gave us right there, three series where each would have a very different mood. Which was rather an attractive idea, really
 
Finally got to watch this tonight. Awww....YAY that Mary and Matthew got together. Love them! So sad we have to wait so long to get to a new season though.
 
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