I'll take honesty at the risk of seeming improper than a fake friendship just to keep someone from being slightly offended. Its not like Tom didn't know the family initially thought lowly of Tom and the marriage. And the main theme of the entire series is the changing of culture and the merging of the classes, so the…

Normally, I agree that off-screen resolution is irritating and lame, but I actually liked the way we found out about Robert making the deal. Since we all assumed (as Mary did) that he would be petulant and unreasonable about Mary's actions, we got to experience the relief of his decision with Mary, instead of just as…