And like Lord Merton, a near walk-on part at first.

More like Protector and Protected, a dynamic they both enjoy. And, though rarely admitted, one enjoyed today.

Or assume it's not a farmer's child, but that daughter of someone close to the family, or a friend of Edith's, being raised in comfort and care. I think that was the story Edith told Drewe at first.
But what would be perfect would be Detective Mary deciding that Marigold is the secret daughter . . . of Robert or Tom.

"Kudos to the actress playing Miss Cruikshank"
Phoebe Sparrow, so you can say I remember her when.
Like Maggie Smith in "The Pumpkin Eater".

No, that's her characterization, and that's what she did for the role. Have you seen Jessie Buckley as Marya in "War and Peace"? Her face is almost like a fist unless she's with someone who loves her, like Andrei, and then she's radiant.

The tell that the first dog, Pharaoh, was so useless on set was that even Hugh didn't like him. Watch him with kids and dogs; he loves them.

After the bloodbath of Season 3 and the backlash, JF's been very shy of violence to main or even seen characters.

He's from the British Heart Association, there to out Mrs. Patmore's "This breakfast will kill you" menu.

Actually, we were all played:
“The casting of Edith was a challenge. Just as you would never cast a boring actor to play a bore, so, when you are casting a plain character, the last thing you want is a plain actress. It’s a trick, really. You need someone who is attractive, but in a different way, allowing the others…

Tom's intelligent, good looking and youngish. He's not as eligible as Henry or Evelyn, but still very eligible. This is an excellent book about the disparity of numbers between men and women after the war.
http://www.theguardian.com/…

It also means that they've been without husbands longer than her, and their chances are less than hers; three men at the table, two of of whom are practically swooning at her feet.
It's like the lecture scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", except that was supposed to be comedy.

I worked at a school. We had guys who couldn't keep both shoes tied at once, but who could look at a room full of people and see the one vulnerable person in it—usually a girl.
It's almost feral.

Whole bunch of them on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watc…
Most including the Odious Spode
Acorn has a bunch too.

And he's pledged eternal gratitude to her for making him miss the canonization of St. Peyton Manning.

Well, Highclere was "Totleigh Towers" for several episodes of "Jeeves and Wooster". I keep hoping that yet another hospital discussion will be interrupted by Hugh Laurie's cheery Bertie, saying "What ho, Crawleys!"

Maria Doyle Kennedy, and she was very hard to miss—DA's equivalent of Waco Johnny Dean, the bad guy who steps in midway through and takes over the narrative completely.

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/…

Highclere was used as a set for "Jeeves and Wooster", as Totleigh Towers, and don't I long for another hospital discussion to crashed by Hugh Laurie in plus-fours calling "What ho, Crawleys?"

Actually, he's more her class than Matthew was. They're both cousins of lords, but Bertie grew up always visiting the castle and living the country life, while Matthew is solidly urban upper middle class—or UHB if you're a Whit Stillman fan. Mary even thought he couldn't ride.

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