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#1 Five questions for 'Downton Abbey' finaleMay the FORCE be with you!
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02-17-2013, 09:23 PM
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Rats!
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02-18-2013, 12:56 AM
I knew who was going to die!!!!
Excellent Season III with IV coming!May the FORCE be with you!
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02-18-2013, 10:23 AM
"Today, [the American voter] chooses his rulers as he buys bootleg whiskey, never knowing precisely what he is getting, only certain that it is not what it pretends to be." - H.L. Mencken
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02-18-2013, 06:30 PM
The writing is too obvious. You could tell when he said that they had done their job and produced an heir, the father finally admitted that the SIL's more modern ways were saving their way of life and that the young couple kept talking about how wonderful things are, that it was going to hit.
Now we'll have to wait til next season to see if Mary marries again, the fate of the spinster/about to be mistress sister and whether the ex-chauffeur/BIL will end up with either of the sisters. Does this sound like a high class soap opera?
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#7 Re: Five questions for 'Downton Abbey' finale
02-19-2013, 03:01 AM
The entire finale seemed abrupt. The new mais's sudden appearance and departure seemed contrived, as did the accident that's been alluded to. The just doesn't seem to be much character or plotting development compared to earlier seasons.
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02-19-2013, 10:18 AM
"Today, [the American voter] chooses his rulers as he buys bootleg whiskey, never knowing precisely what he is getting, only certain that it is not what it pretends to be." - H.L. Mencken
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02-19-2013, 01:55 PM
It's a shame. They could have written him out with a posting to the colonies or a business trip to America, without killing off the character (Other shows have gone much further for actors, the most extreme example being when the writers of the Superman radio show invented Kryptonite so that they could write a story arc in which Superman spent two weeks in a closet, moaning, while the actor took a break). The character was the fulcrum of a very subtle conflict on the show, as he was a traditionalist in his moral outlook, but pragmatic in business. He forced the stodgier characters to confront modernity, without being a scold.
It certainly seemed that way. The maid subplot with Branson could have been done much better over time, as it was with his pursuit of Sybil. In fact, it would have reversed his role, making him the out-of-reach member of the family. And, if he acted on it, the family would see him as no longer worthy of Sybil's memory, while not acting on it makes him a lonely, isolated figure. They could have played that over a story arc and really built the suspense. It was a wasted opportunity.--Odysseus
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