British atrocities against Irish nationalism were colonialism, not fascism, and equating the two is ignorant.

"Yes, you do seem forgetful on the subject, thanks for admitting that"

I think I remember reading somewhere that Cora's father was a Jew who converted to Episcopalian at some point, maybe when marrying Martha.

Apparently we were in 1923, so truly nobody in England would have heard of the Nazis at this point. The Beer Hall Putsch hadn't even happened yet.

"Maybe that's the origin of the word"

I have to admit that I like it when a show uses a historical reference that I get and I know few other people will get. Good old Wat Tyler, you should have kept going and put Richard II and all those other bloodsucking aristocrats to the sword.

"And then that bit at the end where you can practically see the dollar signs pop up in her eyes when she realises Blake is actually heir to a title and fortune!"

Yes, there's nothing wrong with Thomas being a villain, but for God's sake at least give him something to do. Anything.

BTW, the business with Teapot Dome is a major anachronism. Somehow I got the idea that we'd been in 1924, probably because they were talking about Teapot Dome in the first place. But apparently Season 4 was supposed to be in 1922. Teapot Dome did not break as a big scandal until after Harding's well-timed death in…

Just a couple of weeks ago I opened up a paperback of mine and found a pay stub from 1998. Of course, I didn't kill anybody that month.

Ha, forgot about that eight-month time skip, yes. I'd like to think that the ticket was actually a signal that Bates was innocent—that if he had taken a trip to London to murder a guy, he would not have been imbecilic enough to keep the ticket in his coat pocket for the better part of the year, instead of, you know,…

I like to think that in her youth Mrs. Patmore slutted it up without shame.

I would love this. Do a time skip if you have to. Have Elizabeth watch the Berlin Wall opening up on CNN.

Hamlet dies in the end.

Poppy Drayton looks like she weighs about nine pounds. I was expecting her to keel over and die of anorexia right in the middle of a scene.

Thrilled this show is back.

I believe FX runs episodes on their own website.

No such thing as spoilers for a program that's already aired.

You need to talk to more women. The ladies love figure skating.

Disgraceful that the pretty white girl got picked ahead of Nagasu, guess NBC had all those promos and storylines already worked out.