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Not only that, but when Lord Grantham graciously said something about being pleased (or happy) for Daisy, she immediately challenged him! She had promised Tom that she would "nice" to Lord Grantham as long as he was nice to her. Strongly suggesting that your host is a liar is not nice, Bunting. Not nice at all. I love Isobel, but if she opens her big yap again and invites Bunting to another dinner, I may be forced to place her on my "Expendable Characters" list. Bunting is on my "Please Die a Horrible, Gruesome Death" list. If only Thomas would put his evil skills to good use. I thought Gillingham was rather pathetic last season; now I think he is arrogant and insufferable. The only way he can possibly make me see him in a kinder light is for him to give Edith the ammunition she needs to be able to take a few well-deserved shots at Mary, if and when Mary finally stops being too self-absorbed to put two and two together and realize that Marigold is Edith's child. I couldn't agree more with all the comments about the sheer ridiculousness of the Never-ending Bates' Misery. I'm sick to death of it.

I enjoyed both episodes, but my husband and I laughed the hardest at Sid wearing the monk's clothing, and finding out that he was the only one who wasn't wearing his regular clothes underneath. I'll have to watch the episode again to catch his comment, but it was something about his "junk," and it cracked us up! The Chef is my MVP. I absolutely adore him. I love the suggestion posted earlier about bringing this cast back in a Blackadder type of format.

While there were moments that I loved in this episode, such as Jimmy's emotional speech, I really didn't like the way the ex-wives showed up unexpectedly, or the way the team took such joy in Gibbs' discomfort. It's possible that I've missed signs throughout the series that pointed to Gibbs as being a terrible husband, (and not just an inattentive one), but I don't feel as if he deserved two exes showing up out-of-the-blue, relishing in trying to humiliate him. Perhaps "humiliate" is too strong of a term, and if so, perhaps I wouldn't have been so disgusted at watching the team enjoy watching the interrogation scene so much. I hated Rebecca's "couldn't get enough last night?" taunt, and would have preferred that she had been the ex-wife killed off, but that might be some residual hatred left over from when Geri Ryan's character ruined Boston Public for me. On the other hand, if Fornell now has full custody of Emily, there could be some amazing scenes with Fornell, Emily, and Gibbs in our future, and anything that gives us more Fornell is OK in my book!