Seriously, if my boss yelled at me like that - even if I was a steel-spined badass - I'd feel like shit. And possibly avail myself of a private stall in the ladies room to weep uncontrollably. Don't judge me.

Whoever sews the darts in her blouses and jackets is a genius. Women with higher cup sizes could sure go for that kind of clothes manufacturing nowadays, but nooooo.

Agreed on a woman shooter - the camera only framed the assassin obliquely and/or from a distance but couldn't disguise the small frame under the suit and hat. I'm thinking Dottie. Perky blondes are always suspicious, man.

Sad to say, you're probably right. I think she only had one in her. That came out dirtier than I intended.

(after having shawarma)

I agree - Bay is like most Hollywood directors in that he cherry picks his material and, in the case of "based on real events," (and real people) he whitewashes. The same thing is being talked about right now with the biopics on Stephen Hawking and Alan Turing and MLKJr. Saving Mr. Banks and A Dangerous Mind and The…

Ew.

Edwardian England meets Mad Men: where a women trying to get birth control is mad slut-shamed.

Aw, it's cute that you think so.

I submit that Universal Soldier was a competent film as was Pain and Gain. The former had a female character with actual human agency and a sense of humor (played by the underrated Ally Walker), while Pain and Gain dumped the incessant orange filters, canted angles, and whiplash to tell a coherent story in a visually…

And then the Earl's fucking head will explode and Mary will ascend the throne.

I had such high hopes for Edith when she started a writing career in spite of the frowns of disapproval from her father and grandmother. Why does Fellowes immediately drop this aspect of the character as soon as she has sex and gets knocked up? Can a woman not do BOTH in his world?

Good point. I wonder if Fellowes is setting up the One True Love scenario where Mary loved Matthew and will only ever be "fond" of any other man. If so, she might as well shop for one that she can be friends and compatible lovers with, since love is off the table. It could also be that playing out a grand passion on…

#5: I'm hoping Gilly is boring in bed, too, and that his whole plan to seduce her so skillfully that she chooses him backfires. Perhaps he'll simply lie there and think of England.

Totally rooting for Isobel and the Doc - they have medicine and social reform tendencies in common and could do go work together. Unlike the whole Grantham clan, they could actually accomplish something for their community. Plus, you know, they're pretty adorable together. I love Penelope Wilton - she plays the…

No, it's cool. You're not a douche.

I'm seeing an anonymous complaint/accusation being delivered to Edith's parents in the future asking them where their daughter was, oh, about a year and nine months ago. Also, since the Dowager knows about Edith's secret pregnancy, she'd be SUPER suspicious if she suddenly brings this kid up to the manor. Edith is so…

She, like Tom at one time, refuses to see the humanity in the Crawleys, only their class and privilege. She paints them all with the same brush as any other aristocratic family and seems, in her way, as blind as the Earl.

Like he has the crazy wife in the attic or like he himself is crazy? Either way, Mary has screwed the pooch on this one (no pun intended). I appreciate her sensible approach to sex and marriage - because she's certainly right to seek true compatibility beyond the drawing room - but I can't help thinking of Groucho…

You make a good point. I was imagining a time shift where their respective decades' office politics overlapped and hijinx ensued. And there's pie.