finally after more than a month and a half we saw the finale
was it good was it bad was it ok......
i'd say it was pretty goody good bcz i think JF wanted to finish on a festive and happy note rather than a gloomy one but that doesnt make the overall season as a strong one at all. all through the season we never saw the peak that downton reached over the years and it was only the last 2 epsds and the christmas ones which salvaged some pride.
they were so many things that went astray so many relationships that makes u think what on earth JF was writing about if in the end he was gonna negate everything that he was writing for. i mean mary and 2 duffers, tom and bunting merton and isobel and so many others as well one feel so frustrated bcz mary and the 2 suitors dilemma was not this season but the entire 4th season as well and in the end he completey rubs it off and discards it. then why the hell we put up with it in the first place!
and i cant believe that anna and bates boring story is still not finished there is still the torment of watching it play next season ofr Gods sake end it sooner
there was some hope though in the three scenes b/w mary and new entry named Henry Talbot. u know these 3 scenes offered more charm and fun than the entire scenes b/w mary and tony and charles in all 4th and 5th season combined and that is sayingsomething. why the hell JF never could find a guy like that in season 4 he basically made us wait for something that should have come sooner. Mathew Goode is and ideal match for Mary bcz it is the first time since Dan steves left the show that mary has been left wanting for more from a guy rather than the opposite.
we have seen tony and charles strutting their stuff about mary and she wasnt even looking at them and those 3 scenes with henry talbot reminds me of season 1 scenes with dan. the look on mary's face when henry drives away when she is all over him says a lot. why the hell JF couldnt write anything like that 2 years before. and the casting is rather brilliant as well they do look a good couple together
whether mathhew goode will be back or not depends but this is the only silver lining i found in the entire season 5