Yes! I'm surprised, it seems very naive of him.

Yeah, I picked up on that too, especially in character interactions.

No milk for you!

It reminded me of a Gillian Flynn novel, a grim and cynical crime story set in a downtrodden small town. It's kinda awesome already.

Yeah, I rather thought it would be 1), only without the rape.

Grantham plops his grandson on the table, loses the game, sighs heavily, and asks everyone to not tell his wife.

*snerk*!

I kind of thought the story would be about Bates being all dark and brutish—like he had been with the vicious wife and the prison baddies—because of Anna being friendly with that servant. Maybe he'd act badly about it and upset Anna. I would have preferred my speculative storyline, not a rape, and I can't even…

Truly. I would like her to narrate my life story. She could make it sound so much more interesting.

Geez…remind me to get out more. That sounds super fun!

And he has a zillion dollar smile, which I loved. Did I actually see some bling on his teeth, too?

"I assume, although I so rarely spent time with her, or any other of our few students."

FOUR uses of the word "basically" in the first two paragraphs.

Hike up your pants just like mine! YEAH!

Awww! How sweet!

Engelbert Humperdinck?

Hey, I read that was a birth-mark kinda thing on IMDB, which may be true for all I know.

Even a self-important clock is right twice a day, I guess…

Personally, I think is a way to have some new injustice befall Bates and Anna. Aargh, again, show?!

My dad saw Maggie Smith on TV once, and when he learned she's the same age as my mom, he said "I'm glad you don't look like an old lady like Maggie Smith does!" He really is somethin', that dad of mine.