When Robert said "There's something about her" I really thought he was going to say something about how odd she seems.

I like that theory and you are right. It would almost make the endless Green business worthwhile.

I used to be a Mary/Tom shipper. When Mary was coming out of her funk and coming to life and finding her calling as Mistress of the Estate, she seemed like she might become an interesting character and an actual human being. Her friendship with Tom brought out the best in both of them. It was not just that she was…

Of late I think of Cliffordville.

So, the abusive school marm and the crazy bereaved mother who kidnaps a child to replace her own deceased daughter turn out to be the heroes.

Every now and then, The Twilight Zone hints at more depth than it is willing to follow through on. Horace's mom's meltdown, and the implications regarding his idillic childhood, are a great example.

I don't understand why anyone thinks that Thursday is an example of good use of the hour long format. It's one of those episodes that is clearly setting up for a punch in the gut. From the moment the flying saucer arrives, even before Benteen begins to unravel, it's clear that not everyone will be going home. I was…

Why does it have to absolve Edith? Why does anyone have to be an Edith fan? As a matter of fact I don't particularly like Edith and never have, either as a character or as a person, but that's not the point. Or maybe that is just the point. There is only so much I can stand to watch someone being used as a punching…

Are you talking about the acting, or the way their characters are written? Because I think the script treats them more as props than as people. Even the best toddler actor in the universe couldn't do much with these roles. But I imagine at this age acting ability consists mostly of not melting down on the set.

Once Cora got over the initial shock, she might move past her anger that Rosamond and Violet knew, and ask herself HOW they knew. It's not because Edith confided in thme but not in her mother. It's quite simply because they paid a little attention to Edith and even spoke to her occasionally.

In season 2 the obnoxious Tory dinner guest called Tom a grubby little chauffeur and drugged his drink so that he would embarrass himself in front of the family. That was before Tom had been really accepted so it was more than a prank. He had been sweet on Sybil, so there was jealousy as well as classism.

Not really. For one thing, she quite thoroughly exacted revenge, and not by revealing something unsavory but true (and let's face it, Edith did nothing more than tell the truth. Not to justify what she did which was pretty awful but there is ultimately only so much blame that can be attached to the messenger) but with…

No it wasn't a cutting remark. Mary was pretty subdued in that scene. I think the reason it may have come across as cutting is because, wow, what kind of person is THAT attached to their animosity?

It's not about owing Edith any particular kindness. It's not even about treating her with the bare minimum of decency, which would be quite a few steps up. If Mary were simply chilly and unfriendly or even outright rude towards Edith, no one would care much. Mary has been keeping up a steady stream of kicking Edith…

Oh, absolutely, and I would have liked if they had stuck with that plotline as well. At least, if they could come up with anything other than Lord Grantham blusters and resists change, Mary and Tom bring him around, and everyone is happy. (when this plot first came up, when Matthew was still alive, there was the real…

Have you ever watched Jeeves and Wooster? The upper class twits all seem to have asinine sounding nicknames. I doubt anyone would bat an eye at Shrimpy.

Well, Lord Merton could always pull a Robert and plunge the estate so deeply into debt that his son would have to sell it. It would almost be worth it.

Except that Cora is half Jewish and she is the most dimwitted of them all.

It's a shame, The Independent Edith plotline had promise. Imagine Mary coming to realize that after devoting her life to being the cool one, Edith was the one who used the 20th century to become a career woman, while Mary's measure of success never progressed beyond having the most guys in love with her.

It was an American caricature of a British snob. Spratt is even worse. Butler to the Dowager Countess would have as much professional pride as Carson. It's simply implausible that he would behave as he does.