Obsessed With PBS: Downton Abbey S2, Part 6

OH MY GOD, WHERE DO I BEGIN!?!?! This week’s episode hit all the soap opera highlights: forbidden kisses, a wedding, an arrest and a funeral.  I half expected Mr. Pamuk to burst through the doors, claiming to have been “cured” through a revolutionary surgery in Istanbul.  I believe I said variations of “WHAT?!?” a few …

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Obsessed With PBS: Downton Abbey S2, Part 5

“Mr. Fellowes, we told everyone in the telegram scene that [EVIL] Mrs. Bates has died.  There’s no need to show her corpse–” “It is my gift to Mandy.” Thank you, Julian. My only question is if Matthew’s and William’s injuries induced the heebie jeebies, how come EVIL Mrs. Bates’ death didn’t spark a little spring …

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