I know it might seem to be one of the unpopular opinions but I really think all the deaths made the storyline even more intriguing and exciting. Otherwise, the show wouldn't have been unique. DA gives an extraordinary peaceful yet frightening feeling while watching it. I just love how the characters somehow evolve into new levels after those extremely sad but very important and unexpected deaths. Lady Sybill and Mathew Crawley were two of the most likable characters in the show and their deaths really made the audience miserable. But that made the show unpredictable and different. I don't think these two characters wouldn't get much love and appreciation if they were to remain till the end. They might have given some other storylines of course but their storylines had a somewhat happy ending (apart from their deaths ofc) till then. Sometimes people love like crazy until they get it, that's what happened here. They loved those characters by missing them. And I think missing something/someone is a beautiful feeling too.

In Bridgerton, the family the show/book focuses on is named Bridgerton. The members all use Bridgerton as their last name. But, it’s also there title. Anthony is “Viscount Bridgerton.” This is improper because a noble family’s name and there title are different. For example: Anthony Foyle is the Viscount Gillingham. Robert Crawley is the Earl of Grantham etc. so I don’t get why in Bridgerton, the title and house have the same name. And it’s not just them, the Featheringtons have the same issue. Baron Featherington is the title but their last name is also Featherington. Was this common back in the day or just a mistake by the author and show creators?

What happens if Robert dies before George is of age. Does George become the Earl? Or does someone else manage the estate and stuff but doesn’t hold the title? Ik in the past there have been many female heiresses: for example Eleanor of Aquitaine was the Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right. Though her status or Queen of England, later Queen Mother, outranked her Duchess title. So is it possible under special circumstances for Mary to become the Countess or Grantham???

The Downton timeline needs a correction on these dates.

In Season 6, Episode 5, Violet does not say that Robert's father served in the Crimean War, just "the Crimea". It's more likely Robert's father and Anne De Vere Cole's father were together in Crimea in 1870-1871 when the Treaty of Paris was abrogated by Russia and Russia started building its base in and around Crimea.

Here's why:

Robert's father / Violet's husband could NOT have served with Anne De Vere Cole's father in the Crimean War between 1853 and 1856, Anne De Vere Cole's father was Major William Utting Cole, who was born in 1851. He would have been an infant of age 2 to a very young child of age 5 from 1853 to 1856 and could hardly have been a soldier. That would also push Robert's father's birth to at least 1835 and make him quite a bit older than Violet when they were married (at least 7 years older with her 17 or 18), Anne was born in 1883, which would also have been almost 30 years since they served together, and William Utting Cole was abroad much of that time period.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cole-1349

William Utting Cole was also a second lieutenant in 1870 at age 19. There is no evidence that he served in the Crimean War from his military record. If he had served in the Crimean War in 1853-1856 (at age 2-5) it should be listed and odd it would take him that long to make second lieutenant (ranked in May 1870), given that he so quickly became first lieutenant in less than a year (February 1871)

https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/103776354?mode=transcription

If Robert's father was closer to Violet in age, say born around 1840-1842, he would have been only 29-31 or so in 1870-1871 and William Utting Cole would have been 19. They'd have both been young then and it would make more since as it was closer in time to Anne's birth.

But in no way could Anne's father have served in the Crimean War.

Did anyone else feel like the whole Lord Grantham Jane situation was unnecessary and out of place? It was so short lived and put a stain on his character. Immorality aside, really makes it look like he's having a sad midlife crisis. What are your thoughts?

'If he could just admit the truth, then all four of us might have a chance'

In which episode did Lavinia say it? I think I have seen the scene but I can't seem to find. Or in the X'Mas special, Sir Richard told Matthew this just to spite him.

She should now that she has such a high status, but this particular Lady's Maid doesn't get much mention.

The new #Downton Abbey movie #3 is already in the works. #Spoiler Alert We open up in the Downton Abbey library where the never before seen Mr. Pattinson played by #John Lithgow has arrived with a new collection of books. Among them is set of books for Mary Crawley Talbot, a collection of books by Dr. Lillian Gilbreth including The Psychology of Management, and Applied Motion published in the United States. Mary is thrilled and writes a letter inviting her to Downton Abbey. Dr. Gilbreth is rumored to be played by #Glenn Close.

Close up of Mr. Pattinson reading Swallows and Amazons, a children’s book. The camera pans out to see him reading to the Crawley children in the nursery. The nanny wants him to leave but the children insist that he continue reading the book which he promises to continue the next evening.

George is captivated by the story and doesn’t want to wait. The next day he looks in the library but can’t find the book anywhere. He sets out the to retrieve the book from Mr. Pattinson’s cottage only to discover that he has passed away with the book in his hand. Mr. Pattinson is surrounded by hundreds of children’s books meticulously arranged throughout every corner of his cottage. George flashes back to several times that Mr. Pattinson read to him and the other children, (montage).

George, now a teenager declares that he is going to preserve the cottage as-is as the first children’s library in Downton so that all of the village children can have the magical memories that he has.

I just shed a tear.

Thank you #Julian Fellowes

I wanted to ask you for some unpopular opinions. I'll go first: I hate Matthew because he just annoys me. Especially in season 2

I will not admit to how many times I've watched the series in its entirety. I do a lot of writing and schoolwork and tend to put the show on in the background. In the latenight hours, I rewatch the same few episodes....one of them being the one where Bertie announces at brekkie that he and Edith are going to wed.

As a sidenote: Edith started it with her snide remark. I guess she just couldn't help herself. Mary had been stewing over the whole Marigold thing and Bertie becoming the new hot shot was the final straw.

Here's the thing I only just noticed.......Bertie doesn't say anything when Robert says he must go and write gobs of letters....though Mary was in the room at the time. He could've easily spoken up and said....Robert, can you stay for a moment longer, I have something to share.

He didn't do that, but as soon as Robert leaves the room, Bertie pipes up that he wished Robert was still there and that he'd been waiting for Mary to come down in order to make his announcement. What? What?

As far as the storyline goes.....there likely isn't one if Robert remains.....would Edith have been so petty in front of Papa?....egging Mary on? We'll never know. I was so aggravated with Bertie, I changed the channel....lol. I was then aggravated with Julian because I thought it was sort of lame to do it that way just to get a rowe going between the sisters. Or was that the plan at all?

Today, I thought, well, maybe Bertie just showed himself to be sort of weak, though we don't see that weakness with his mother or with Edith after the fallout.

Just wondering if anyone else has given this any thought? Thanks!!!

Suffice it to say, I couldn't stay aggravated very long, because here I am now, with Downton Abbey on in the background....Season 4, Episode 8, as I pay bills and order stuff from Amazon.

I think Evelyn Napier could've been a German spies and I think he poisoned Mr Kemal Pamuk.