I think we're more sympathetic to Molesley because we've seen him doing manual labor and seen the episodes of when life is unfair to him (like Violet's butler sabotaging Molesley's potential gig, and Matthew disparaging him).
At the same time, Molesley was very foolish to turn up his nose at the footman job when he…

Tangent: I wish we could see who downvotes us. some people seem rather liberal in that. Since this is mostly about a person's opinions, the only time I downvote someone is if they're actually being a db. If everyone here posted the same opinions, it would be boring and not worth reading. I even upvote stuff I…

I just feel like they need to provide more of a cultural context for the stuff they do that they want to be controversial. When they do a certain thing, and they want you to feel a certain way, well, they at least need to play something like "The Sad Saga of Anna and Bates" soundtrack so I know something important is…

I tried to stream it online — but it was all recorded. Still very cute. The Hallmark channel now hosts the Kitten Bowl… That was online. It was actually kind of funny… they had a livestream of the thing, and it was just the kitties sleeping. :)

No need to promote Scientology by linking to their ad… but I saw at least two ads for them: one right before the Super Bowl, and one during. Hey, with the slave labor they employ in the Sea Org, they can afford splurging on Super Bowl ads (I remember they did so last year, too).

This may have already been mentioned in the comments, but I was hoping the reviewers would bring up the Budweiser, Yay, American Military!! ad. The one that featured a parade in honor of a young soldier returning from war and the town threw him a parade, sponsored by Budweiser. I was feeling cynical the whole Super…

This episode was my favorite of the season: liked it a lot. One impression I am left with from Season 3 is how Mycroft-heavy it is. I liked it better when Mycroft was more focused on his job than with Sherlock himself. (Also, Lestrade wasn't given all that much to do this season. Missed him! Was he even in this…

I still love me some Downton Abbey, but I've found the past several episodes to be rather dull. I think this might be due to lack of any real conflict: or maybe I just don't care enough about the people in question? For instance, we don't really know the young gardener that Isobel convinced Violet to hire. I couldn't…

Totally. That was a strange exchange. Daisy lashes out at Ivy because William's not into her (Daisy), then Mrs. Hughes says Ivy had it coming.

^THIS

Wasn't that pee, not butter?

did the fake finger in the chili scandal happen posthumously? I consider that a Wendy's low point.

TROLL

Troy and Britta: (Did) not want. I'm an old school, Britta and Jeff kinda gal.

I just now finally saw this. I kept hearing how disappointing season 4 was, that I managed to be okay with it due to low expectations. I kind of liked this episode, and preferred this episode to the Heroic Origins one. And the Pierce's haunted house one.

True dat about the rope — I guess I assumed it was transparent-ish originally and they were showing it to us non-transparently for explanations's sake? I could believe The Kiss, though (even if the shattered glass thing messed things up) because I saw it as further manipulation of Mollie by Sherlock. As in: "Well…

LOVED the call-it-as-I-see-it exchange between Thomas and Edna on the stairway!
Wondering, too, who this "older" lady's maid of Thomas's is: a relative of his, maybe?

It wasn't a super-strong indicator, but I think as soon as Anderson pointed out that the flaws in the explanation, we were meant to doubt its validity. And I believe Sherlock's face, when Anderson began to poke holes in the explanation, revealed something like: "Well, of course it's not TRUE, but I guess you've grown…

He's also, though, proven himself to be able to fit into the family. He has managed to play along, and shown that he is wise about the business standpoint. So I do think he is actually seen as an asset now.
And it can't hurt that he doesn't talk politics anymore at the dinner table.

Watched the episode a second time; never noticed before that Lord Grantham has a "secret doorway" into his library! He simply swung it open - revealing that the books on the door don't appear to be real. (Understandable from a production point of view,but maybe he should have pretended the door was a bit heavier.)