I caught that glance too; the subtle stuff like that keeps me watching. You're right about the guest stuff, but in case it happens when they're married, I expect a quiet admonishment from a protective husband.

I'll bet that's a highlight of the actual Highclere tour now—by popular demand.

"Another one of her hopeless cases?" Or something to that effect last week.
Given Mary's own taste in men—which includes Pamuk and Carlisle—and her judgement of same—how far into that week of sin did she decide that Tony was a bore, but stayed on for the sex?—she's a poor judge of anything.
She never understood…

Definitely leave her all the farm gear and moveables in the house, and put in a good word to the owner as well, which works better if the owner is a man like Robert.

Mary has no female friends—only menials and enemies.
You could see that at the dinner. "I am not a war widow."
No, my husband died on a leafy lane of his future estate, in a top-of-the-line roadster with leather seats, not some squalid trench.

What JF does best is modify a character if he sees what the actor does with it. He said that after the first few episodes, he saw that Lesley Nicol could be the downstairs Violet, and wrote her that way. He said that Kevin Doyle's usual TV run was serial killers or murder victims—I think he was a victim twice on…

We haven't seen him for a while, but the lawyer Mr. Murray, over a bottle or two of port would have a wonderful tale to tell.

She's on at least two Midsomer Mysteries—one as a upper class vamp, one as an upper class ditz trying to be a farm wife.

Back in season 2 she volunteered to nurse William Mason through his dying days at the Abbey.

To be fair, Chamberlain hadn't much choice. He met with his service chiefs, who told him what he already knew. The Ten Year Rule, which was an annual statement by the government that no major war was expected for ten years, had only been stopped in 1932, and Britain's rearmament was not yet ready. His Air Force…

Thought you meant this:
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Everything's better with Roger!

Cole's most famous prank, mentioned by Tom; note the participants.
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Explains some of the appeal of the show; we're being worked upon by skilled directors using subtle tricks while we're focused on script clangers..

Matthew started putting the estate on a proper basis, aided by Tom—and not helped by Mary, who thought Papa was being put on an ice floe. Then Tom took over, with Mary watching him, and now she's in charge, for a few months.
I can't see her deciding to go over to winter wheat or soybeans, and even if she does she'll…

When you're in a group, and there's a problem and someone has to take charge? Talbot is the one that people look to—and he looks like he's used to it.

"There's forty strong men between him and the title"
Cut to: Violet studying a family tree, big black pencil in hand.

So THAT'S where Henry Talbot is!

He showed up at the reception, and just in time to join the toast. The speech was over, and drawing off the Crawleys probably relieved the rest of the guests, who could now be themselves.

Wilton's gone toe to toe with PENELOPE KEITH. The way to deal with an overplayer is to underplay, and draw your lines out.
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Because she was reacting to another child, instead of boring old grown-ups.