Yeah! The way that guy sneered the words, "middle class," made me seriously wish for him to have to work for a living.

I think she has guy friends (Blake, Tom) but no women friends - so you're probably right. She hasn't had to really interact on a non-competitive basis with other women, so she imagines such a rivalry between Granny and Isobel.

I don't think either woman has had romance on her mind for quite a while but Isobel can still consider it a possibility (surpriSING HERSELF< I'm sure), especially after the exceptionally sweet proposal from Lord Merton. Violet has memories of her time with Karagan - but I think that's just there to inform us of it and…

I was thinking the same thing as Molesley opened the door for scary Larry (or whatever his name is). Take away their inheritance, Merton, for being ungrateful dicks!

I was appalled at how clueless and shallow Mary was in that scene. Oh, you're upset, Granny, that your obsequious cousin will now rank above you. Not, you live here alone with 2 bickering servants and no friends close to your own age or sensibility to talk to, that sucks. Jesus, woman, try taking your head out of your…

And particularly egregious was Isobel's comment, trying to be understanding toward them for just punching her in the stomach in public, that Merton's sons loved their mother and don't want anyone taking her place. Fuck those snotty snots. They are grown men, not little boys. Christ a-fucking Mighty, enroll them in the…

Absolutely. Movies from this era had no problem with portraying women as having "the best friend." Snarky, with a side of gumption.

And the show already established, by Thompson's and Sousa's flustered reaction to Angie's fake crying, that the SSR agents can't read beneath the surface of any woman's outward demeanor. They don't see the steel in Peggy, Angie's tear made them instantly awkward, and Dottie's sugary femininity blinded them to logic.

I'm scared she's going to go in there immediately and throw out Peggy's stuff, with gusto.

Upvoted for resurrecting "the bee's knees"!

Seriously, one good kick at the zombie's legs and he would hit the floor, where Tyreese could just stomp his ratty little skull. No need to distract the zombie by letting him bite your arm so you could pick up a rock with the other hand. Kind of defeats the purpose.

I did appreciate Mary's practical approach to taking precautions but, in fairness, she put the whole weight of that enterprise on Anna and took no personal responsibility herself. She didn't care to notice how uncomfortable Anna looked the more "favors" Mary asked of her, especially as she just assumed Anna could find…

Yes, she did say the device belonged to Mary but Bates is such a fucking Guy that he thinks he's got Mary's sex life all figured out. He thinks that Mary couldn't possibly have pursued non-marital intercourse - for pleasure - after her husband died. He thinks widowhood = dead-below-the-waist until the next…

I like your description of Mary ("self-possessed, confident, arrogant, and witty"). It's spot-on and does account for qualities in a woman that, if she'd been a man, might possibly be more appreciated. I find her lack of sympathy toward her sister a bit off-putting but, from her perspective (and lacking all the facts…

I kept think that sitting in that position and doing jumps has got to be hell on the lower back. You'd have to torque your whole torso to remain A) on the horse, and B) in the rigidly upright posture they seem socially required to maintain. I'm with Mabel and her jodhpurs and her crop and her knee high boots — if…

Couldn't they find a moderately cute kid to play a character called "Marigold"?

Yeah, but Edith just inherited a publishing empire - or at least a publication of some sort - and, with Hitler rising in power on the Continent, anyone with a newspaper is going to be in the thick of it. Edith now has an independent source of income, an identity outside Downton, a profession that she's already had…

I had Comcast for Internet and for TV - and thought they were the only game in town - until I found out my local phone company could hook me up with cheaper Internet. So I called Comcast and very nicely asked to cancel my Internet service BUT KEEP my TV. They said, sure, but you'll pay the same price. I asked them to…

What was that thing between Frank and Annalise where they were talking about Hannah being a problem and he says something like, "If you want me to take care of it, just say the word"? What is he, her enforcer, her muscle? Was he offering to off the pesky sister-in-law? And he said it in a way (and she reacted in such…

Yes! Suddenly she just shot to the head of the Bland Pack by being all kinds of cool at the dinner table, bilingually!