Downton....**********SPOILERS*************

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That is so funny, Darcy!!!

We're just now finishing up Season 2 (on DVD) and have been waiting to start Season 3. My husband has been so good to watch it with me. But I couldn't resist reading this thread and finding out the spoilers. Now I'll just need to keep it from DH...wish me luck on that one!
 
I thought it was totally tasteless the way they came on right after the show and were like "Aww. So sad. Well, here--buy it on DVD!"
 
Stacey42 said:
I read an article yesterday, can't find it now, but Fellows was talking about a number of things to do with Matthew and then they shifted off into a conversation about the showing airing in the US months after it does in the UK and that really not working so well with the internet and spoilers etc and apparently they'd like to air it at the same time in both countries but PBS isn't sure they should because of the network programming they would be up against in September pulling away the audience. But apparently they are talking about it.

Maybe they should just put it on BBC America and solve that problem. Works for Dr Who.
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As long as episodes are available on Microsoft or iTunes, then that is fine with me. (That's how it works for Doctor Who. We usually end up watching Dr. Who the day after it broadcasts because we could no longer justify the huge expense of cable television when we were only watching a couple channels and many days never even turned our set on!)

However, I really do like that it is on PBS. For one thing, we love public television. Public television is much more accessible than BBCAmerica. Not everyone who has cable gets BBCAmerica, either because their cable company doesn't carry it, or because their cable company puts it on an expensive tier. I hope that PBS can work this out. I am pretty sure that Downton Abbey isn't even a BBC show, but an ITV show.
 
Darcy Baldwin said:
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I saw this on FB yesterday and was so tempted to share it on my wall! But DD(19) haven't watched it yet.. she doesn't even know about Sybil yet, so I couldn't share.

So, what do I do? I storm into her room asking what is she doing. When she told me that she was watching Revenge, I was like why aren't you watching Downton Abby? My younger daughter started laughing hysterically! "Mom, I thought you came in here to tell her to get to her homework rather than watching TV! instead, here you go, getting mad at her for not watching Downton Abby!"

What happened is, she wanted to watch it with her friends (after watching first few episodes with me) and that didn't work out. So, now she has to catch up on it and doesn't have time for it! But, I can't wait to talk about it to her anymore!!!
 
MommaTrish said:
Here's what I think is going to happen:
Branson and Mary are going to be forced to run the estate together, they're going to clash, butt heads, and fight, and in the middle of one such fight they'll end up getting it on. They will carry on in such a way secretively for a while, then someone is going to find out, or Mary will end up pregnant.
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Ooh - this would tempt me to watch it and not give up on the show all together, lol :p
 
origami said:
As long as episodes are available on Microsoft or iTunes, then that is fine with me. (That's how it works for Doctor Who. We usually end up watching Dr. Who the day after it broadcasts because we could no longer justify the huge expense of cable television when we were only watching a couple channels and many days never even turned our set on!)

However, I really do like that it is on PBS. For one thing, we love public television. Public television is much more accessible than BBCAmerica. Not everyone who has cable gets BBCAmerica, either because their cable company doesn't carry it, or because their cable company puts it on an expensive tier. I hope that PBS can work this out. I am pretty sure that Downton Abbey isn't even a BBC show, but an ITV show.
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Yeah, Downton is ITV...the BBC has Parade's End and Upstairs Downstairs, and it's funny to read the snobby comments from BBC actors about Downton.
 
Traci Reed said:
I was actually more sad at Sybil's death...I was never really attached to Matthew, but it was still sad :*(
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Same here. Sybil's death stuck with me for days... but Matthew's death was just meh. I guess I'm in the minority when I say that I'm looking forward to the next season now.
 
I have ALWAYS really liked Branson, but I think Mary is too cold for him. Sybil was passionate. I can see him with the new girl. BESIDES, Mary was freaking about Edith wanting to be with a man who owned a magazine, she would never go for an-above-his-station chauffeur.
 
terrab said:
Same here. Sybil's death stuck with me for days... but Matthew's death was just meh. I guess I'm in the minority when I say that I'm looking forward to the next season now.
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I'm the other way around - Sybil didn't bother me much at all, but Matthew got to me. I, too, am worried about another season because the whole gist of the story was finding a suitable heir for Downton and saving it. That's been done...now we're getting into soap opera LOL

Here's a good article about the show and why Fellowes wrote it the way he did, etc. (BTW, if you love British TV - this is a really great blog to follow)

http://tellyspotting.org/2013/02/20...ains-the-series-3-downton-abbeyoller-coaster/
 
I don't have BBC America. Dangit. I've been wondering about Upstairs Downstairs because I watched the first two seasons on Amazon and was wondering when the next one started.
 
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