I like Mary a lot (I may be one of the few who do), but even I found it a little cruel and hypocritical for her to snipe at Edith at such a moment. She did, after all, spend (how many?) months in a fog of grief after Matthew's death. She should be able to sympathize with Edith's shock and pain at least enough to…

And his constant posturing about "I don't want anyone to get fired, I'll just put up with the hazing" compared to his hypocritical threatening comments to Barrow…..

Why do you think he said "Why are you here?" in the earshot of one random witness? That was the equivalent of his note, apparently.

Please do let the door hit her. Please.

He probably threw himself to his death specifically to frame Bates. That "framing Bates" stuff is all the rage now.

Exactly. I love the conversations between Tom and Mary precisely because they are platonic but still affectionate. They are able to speak to each other about things they wouldn't admit to anyone else (e.g. Mary's illicit trip with Tony, who the heck would have thought she'd just come out and admit it to Tom like she…

I'm the opposite. I can't watch earlier seasons without wanting to smack him even more. Even his earlier version from season 1 no longer seems sympathetic to me; he is set up as an honorable man, but his constant attitude of martyrdom just kills the character for me. In the end of season 1, his refusal to explain…

Edith really has put herself in an impossible position. She should claim the daughter (since apparently Edith is determined to strip her from all families she's been placed with), move to London, and live as a single mother working for the newspaper. The Adventures of Edith Crawley… it could still happen.

Or maybe, seeing as they're her parents, she just didn't want to know what kind of noisy, apparently energetic game they'd be playing in their bedroom.

I think that is the first time in years that we've seen Tom actually step out of Wishy-Washy Land and make a decision about his personal life. Way to go indeed.

You both make a good point. Would anyone in the Family even notice Edith long enough to realize a little girl had followed her home?

See, that's the thing. I don't think Clarkson would be happy with Isobel. Half the time in the earlier seasons he is rolling his eyes behind her back. I can't remember him ever really commenting on how intelligent or charming she is, even when she was pushing him to try new treatments in his practice. The only…

Most of the bullying against Molesley makes me feel a bit bad for the character, but this reverse-bullying was hilarious.

And replaced her with a doggie-double?

Her reactions are always priceless. Between tonight and last episode's casual lie in response to Spratt's reveal about Mary and Gillingham, she consistently remains the most entertaining character on the show.

In the split-second silence before Mary spoke, I said out loud, "Shut up!" I was glad that finally someone on the show backed my opinion up instead of just sitting around in awkward silence. Politeness has its limits after all. Bunting said she would try to be nice but she wasn't trying for even a moment. Her…

Am I the only one who likes Lord Merton? I think he and Isobel would be cute together. I don't understand exactly why she is so set against any potential marriage to anyone. I'm glad she didn't accept the doctor, but Merton seems like a good-natured person who is genuinely interested in her.

Mary, you idiot. For someone who doesn't want to end up smack in the middle of a scandal, she seems to go out of her way to leap right into the middle of every scandalous situation she can.

Poor Lavinia. She doesn't deserve that.

I'm sure he just happened to be sitting there, trying to imagine the accident/crime scene… and picture the murder happening… and stuff. That's something cops do, right? I've seen it on countless TV shows.