But even if the general public never finds out and everyone in the house knows, what will that be like for Marigold? Won’t she be living separate lives a Crawley while in the house and no one’s around, and something else whenever outside the gates or when there’s company? At this point, the Crawleys are legend for their disastrous dinner parties. It seems that people are discovering/guessing the secret at a rather rapid pace. It was fun to see the children figure more into the story this season, but what of their futures? Will Master George grow up with the sense of entitlement of his mother, or will grandma Isobel be able to put her beak in enough to make sure he has some of the middle class virtues of his father? And what of the relationship between George and cousin Marigold? They are growing up in the same nursery, but are they separate but unequal because of birth? Will they get along like Mary and Edith? Will Marigold remain the secret Crawley? It doesn’t seem like that’s possible. Who does that sound like? But back to our season recap… What’s the Matter With Kids Today: Kissin’ Cousins: It is too middle class for the liking of these staff people in question so they are leaving. And it’s a funny thing just recently there was a gossipy story in a British paper claiming that staff at the Kensington Palace, home of Wills and Kate, have been quitting because they don’t feel the household is royal enough. Maybe she’ll have her baby there, and leave it with Mr. Note: She will not be visiting Highclere Castle, but rather Ealing Studios where all the downstairs scenes are filmed. Season 6 is already being filmed and in fact, one of the big news stories this past week was the announcement that the eight months pregnant Princess Kate will be visiting the Downton Abbey set on March 12. One is thinking an explosion of Tweed is what really killed William.Ī couple of years ago, Lord Fellowes had said Downton would end with Season 5, but that was then and this is now.
Yes, when the swells get together for an event or a holiday, they do not celebrate with fireworks. And it took the downstairs village to raise her and see her over the hurdles, carrying their young dreams with her. What else did we learn this season? It’s all about the tweed. We also saw Daisy start thinking about education, and opportunities (and limitations) taking a personal journey that mirrored much of society. This season we notice more empty seats at the staff dining table, and standing at attention to receive visitors are hall boys and lower ranked maids, and still not in numbers as in Season’s past. For example, in Season 3 when Anna spent much of it wearing one of Mary’s dresses, a hand-me-down, from Season 2. And it is the same with subtle changes viewers can pick up on in the background. This is a show so vast and yet detail oriented that stitches on costumes that will never be seen on camera are bespoke and sewn meticulously by hand. On Downton Abbey, nothing is insignificant, really, no matter how small. Small changes are like snowflakes, one doesn’t usually think much of them until they pile up. That is when you look back and realize what has been lost (or gained).īut there are big changes and small changes. But the thing about change is, one doesn’t usually recognize the end of an era until that era is well and truly over. Change has been the constant theme since that morning in 1912 when the bicycle messenger rode up to the house with the telegram.
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If anyone has been playing a Downton Abbey drinking game where the code word was ‘change’, they’d be spending the off-season in a twelve step program.
Maybe that’s why we love it so… The Times They Are a Changin’:Ĭhange. I think that is one of the things we find so much fun about Downton: There is a place for us in it. There is story in what is said and there is story in what is not said. Lord Fellowes has a masterfully economic way of storytelling that leaves breathing room, giving the viewer’s imaginations a space to play. Watching Downton Abbey is almost like being a little kid and having someone read you a bedtime story. But like life, it is sweet while it lasts! Yes, Downton Abbey is like life: It all goes by too fast. Then suddenly, it’s here, and before you know it, it’s over. When a Downton Abbey season ends, it is always the same for fans we look out upon that long, long stretch until next January, and it feels like forever. ‘My, people come and go so quickly here!’ ~ Lady Dorothy Gale
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