Source – ITV

This week I watched Downton with my sweetie in his hospital room. The TV was small and I sorely missed my subtitles (especially to catch the Dowager’s zingers) but at least we were together. (He’s slowly doing better by the way. 🙂 ) I came home and rewatched it with my mom so I could get all the parts I missed.

Anna & Bates – Well, Anna’s secret is finally out and that is good news and bad news. The good news – I could not have loved Bates more when he told Anna that she had nothing to be ashamed of and, if anything, he loved her more because of what she suffered. Thankfully, Anna fell back into his arms, back into his cottage and was once again sharing knowing looks with him. However, because this is Downton, we cannot have a lovely moment without some disaster looming on the horizon. Sweet Bates menacingly vowed to avenge his wife and I cannot say that I blame him. I just pray to God that if Green is served his justice it is not by Bates because I cannot do the “Bates in jail” storyline all over again.

Mary – I knew that kiss from Lord Gillingham was going to shake up Mary. I didn’t realize just how taken she was with Lord G until we caught her wiping tears away as she was writing to congratulate him on his engagement to that girl he doesn’t really love. It was amusing to see her so jovial at the sight of Napier. (He was in Season 1 as the friend of drop dead Mr. Pamuk.) Also, she was definitely feeling like her old self with her verbal jabs at Edith.

Robert – I was pleased that Robert showed a softer, less haughty side by helping out Mr. Drewe. I just hope it all works out okay and doesn’t backfire.

Edith – Ay yi yi. Things are not going well for Edith. First she signs questionable papers without reading them and then she loses her virtue to a suspicious wanna be-Mr Rochester with German overtones and then he leaves her without any word and now she is (I am assuming) with child. Sigh.

Thomas and Baxter – This is an interesting development as Thomas is trying to create an O’Brien 2.0. Although Baxter is doing his dirty work (thanks to blackmail??) I don’t see the evil streak in her that was in O’Brien or Edith. She seems more like someone who has been forced to do his dirty work in order to protect a secret. Time will tell.

Mrs. Crawley – You could tell that Isobel was feeling better. She was getting back to her slightly annoying “I know better than you” attitude. She means well but the Dowager said it best – “I wonder if your halo doesn’t grow heavy. It must be like wearing a tiara around the clock.””

Random Thoughts

• We didn’t see much of Rose this week, besides her offering to help Cora plan Robert’s party. I have a feeling she has the perfect person to provide the musical entertainment. 😉

• It was nice to see Tom and Mary with their absent kids. I am still wrapping my head around the way the nanny basically raises the children and not the parents.

• Joseph ‘Eeyore” Mosley once again provided us with some comic relief.

• I hope Tom is not actually leaving.

• Best lines of the Dowager – when she nicknames Isobel “Queen of the Rebels” or tells her “Wars have been waged with less fervor.”

Downton Abbey Facebook Recaps

Here’s the link to HappyPlace.com for their hilarious Downton Abbey Facebook Recaps. (Note: Some comments are a little crude or use questionable language so if that is no bueno for you, skip it.)

• If Downton Abbey took place entirely on Facebook – Season 4, Episode 4.

Let me know what you thought of the episode! 🙂

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