OH MY GOD. MISS BUNTING, ARE YOU PHYSICALLY INCAPABLE OF KEEPING YOUR MOUTH SHUT? YOU ARE A GUEST IN THEIR HOME. CAN’T YOU READ A ROOM?!
Well, yet another person was too damn polite and insisted that they invite Miss Bunting over for dinner again. This time it’s Isobel. Now, I totally get Bunting’s point of view but seriously, either be polite since you are a guest or don’t accept the invite. Do you think you would be hurting Tom’s feelings? Because I bet he would be relieved. He even tells her in this episode that he loves the Crawleys. If you were a true friend, wouldn’t you take that into consideration when having dinner IN THEIR HOME AS THEIR GUEST? Miss Bunting, if you let things slide as a courtesy to your hosts, you are not compromising your integrity. At this point, you are just being a dick.
I think that is out of my system.
In more pleasant news, Shrimpie’s back! Rose’s pop has come to visit in order to let his daughter know the bad news: he and Rose’s mom are getting divorced. Even though the wife is the relative, the Crawleys still let him come stay. The Dowager Countess even enlists his help in tracking down Prince Kuragin’s wife (or Prince Thingamajig as Lord Grantham calls him. It’s not nice to call people names, Donk). Shrimpie believes Princess Thingamajig is in Hong Kong.
So! Here’s the story on Thingamajig and DC: he had asked her to run away with him years ago! But her husband had given her a fancy Faberge frame with a picture of the children in it. I’m not sure if it was baby Donk’s portrait or the really nice, expensive frame that made her stay. (Awesome DC dialogue: “Hope is a tease, designed to prevent us accepting reality.” Isobel’s response: “You only say that to sound clever.” DC: “I know. You should try it.”)
Meanwhile, Dicky Merton proposes to Isobel. She’s not into it but he asks her to at least think about it. He says he’s not looking to have a wife just to have one but he really loves her. This surprises her so she said she would consider it and—
IS BUNTING GOING TO BE INVITED TO DINE EVERY EPISODE? Not sure I can handle it. I’m certain that Donk cannot. He throws down his napkin and storms out of dinner after Bunting challenges him yet again about his views. YOU ARE IN HIS HOUSE, EATING HIS FOOD. Ugh, need to change the subject…
Fashion Show in London! Mary and Rosamund go to a fashion show and the topic is Edith’s fixation with the pig tender’s daughter. Rosamund, who knows about Edith’s baby, is quite interested in hearing more but Mary sees a “yummy” dress and an equally yummy Blake sitting across the room. They have dinner that night and Mary tells him that she is going to turn down Gillingham. Well, needless to say, Gilly does not take this well when they meet the next day. “Am I bad lover?” he asks. No, she says. Well, then he won’t take no for an answer. “We will get through this together.” This is where Mary is slightly disappointed that Liverpool didn’t end like Pamuk.
Earlier that day, Mary asks Anna to send a note to Lord Gillingham about the Dissing Meeting. But instead she goes to Gilly’s house to drop it off. She is seen there and in Piccadilly (the scene of the crime) by a policeman investigating Mr. Green’s death. This prompts Sgt. Willis to return yet again to Downton. How did Anna get along with Mr. Green, he asks. What I really want to know is—
HOW DOES TOM GET ALONG WITH BUNTING AFTER SHE CONTINUALLY EMBARRASSES HIM? Yeah, they share the same views and all. Sure, he used to speak out like her but he was sensitive to Sybil’s feelings. Or am I remembering this the way I want to because Bunting is getting under my skin?
Moving on. Edith is having a bad week. Not only did Mrs. Drewe close the door in her face when she tried to visit Marigold, she received a call from Michael Gregson’s office. Seems a group of thugs are on trial in Munich that may be connected to Gregson’s disappearance. Donk read about this trial: “They wear brown shirts and go around bully people.” He stopped short before saying, “And their leader’s name rhymes with Maydolf Bitler.”
MAYBE ISIS WILL BITE HER NEXT TIME.
What else did I learn from Part Four? Daisy encourages Mrs. Patmore to write a letter in protest of her nephew’s exclusion on the War Memorial. Baxter sees a syringe in Barrow’s room. Later he freaks out on her when she glances at an advert that he had dropped in the hall. Sad Sack Moseley becomes Sad Sack First Footman who returns to being just Sad Sack Moseley. Donk decides that instead of having a developer put up cheap housing in Pip’s Corner, he thinks they should develop the land themselves. And presumably, bury Bunting’s body under the construction site.
