@avclub-61938d93498e7f0ed5e6527b1cee656a:disqus Basically you are saying that people who haven't had the opportunity to see a TV show at the first cutting edge of its release have no right to not be spoiled.  They have no right to go onto comment boards and post their thoughts about the series as it occurs in their…

You know, I'm having a hard time remembering him being wrong so often as to have earned the "incompetent" stamp.  He was reluctant to use that one risky procedure in season one because he was unfamiliar with it.  He booted that one suicidal officer (the one who killed himself) to make room for urgent patients.  He…

Aha!  I wondered why Jimmy seemed so familiar.  He does look exactly like that guy from the Mentalist.

We never saw those pantaloons again.  Another victim of the writer's plot expediency?

Yeah, it was an extremely odd way for her to respond, considering all the times since the first season when Edith and Mary have pulled together.  It was blunt and almost cruel, and I'm surprised she was written that way.  Is their petty sibling squabbling so severe that she would really crush Edith's olive branch over…

I don't blame Edith at all for the way she's acted, and I don't think she has complained unreasonably.  In this season alone, her own father has stepped in to ruin a potential marriage and a budding outlet for her intellect, all with casual indifference.  I would be frustrated too, if I were her.

Yeah, I was pretty appalled by both doctors just hanging back watching her die.  Granted they couldn't save her, but shouldn't they have at least dosed her with something to ease her into death?

I guess it was supposed to be shock, but I have never been a huge fan of her acting in general, so the moment just read as wrong to me.  I would have liked to hear her speak a bit softer, to at least imply the aftermath of crying, but she spoke at the exact same volume and with the exact same tone of voice as usual. …

I must have seen it when I was five or so, and I clearly remember being scared out of my mind by that science teacher's death.  For weeks - maybe even months - I slept with my back pressed against the wall, bundled up by blankets to protect me from all the gremlins that had to be lurking under my bed, and terrified…

I must have seen it when I was five or so, and I clearly remember being scared out of my mind by that science teacher's death.  For weeks - maybe even months - I slept with my back pressed against the wall, bundled up by blankets to protect me from all the gremlins that had to be lurking under my bed, and terrified…

I must have seen it when I was five or so, and I clearly remember being scared out of my mind by that science teacher's death.  For weeks - maybe even months - I slept with my back pressed against the wall, bundled up by blankets to protect me from all the gremlins that had to be lurking under my bed, and terrified…

I must have seen it when I was five or so, and I clearly remember being scared out of my mind by that science teacher's death.  For weeks - maybe even months - I slept with my back pressed against the wall, bundled up by blankets to protect me from all the gremlins that had to be lurking under my bed, and terrified…

he really did, in-universe, pull a Jekyll-and-Hyde switch once they were married and treats her like crap when they're at home and she just doesn't want to admit to her family that it was a mistake after all.

Good points, @avclub-c027a095f6633553f8f45a0ce00fd45d:disqus , but I think Ms. Patmore actually says "he's not a ladies' man" to Daisy.  That and the way she was dancing around with different verbiage instead of just coming out and saying "he'll treat you poorly because he's a jerk" reduces the ambiguity.

He's a dick to his own wife, though, and that is unforgivable.

Does O'Brien not know that Thomas is gay?  Because I'd assumed it was common knowledge among the staff, or some of the staff… and if anyone knew, I'd have sworn O'Brien did.

Holy crap, it was the same farmer!

Exactly the issue I had with this review too.  This episode might not be the best standalone episode, but I'm hoping it is building a foundation for future plots.  If it is not and it turns out to be a poor episode, period, I take it back, but right now I think it is a bit harsh to condemn the entire season three (or…

Both my hands are up for that last comment.

The point about Matthew taking an interest in the estate is good, but I don't think Robert's failure at managing the estate properly is really consistent with his characterization throughout the series.  The guy says that Downton Abbey is his life's work yet doesn't pay attention to the books and financial matters?  I…