Roseanna

Anti-climatic is just the right word. Raikes wasn't even a villain, but just a weak man who was in love with Marian but in the last moment chose a heiress. Not totally unbelievable although it's diffical to understand why he pushed Marian to marry him just because he felt a temptation to betray her.

The circumstances are completely different today. First, divorce is possible and women can earn their living. Second, when a marriage fails, an outsider can't possibly know if the affair had been the cause or consequence. In Peggy's case, she decided to quit her job after meeting Mrs Fortune. Formerly Pegy had known that Mr Fortune was married and that they had lost a baby, but she could ignore that. Meeting Mrs Fortune made her a real person in Peggy's mind and she didn't want to hurt her. She could also have made the same decision to quit her job because of herself, because nothing good could follow if she had had an affair with Mr Fortune. Mrs Fortune wouldn't have divorced her adulterous husband because she had no job. Mr Fortune acted wrongly both towards his wife and Peggy. Mrs Fortune was probably severely depressed losing her baby, so she wasn't good company to her husband after hard day's work. Still, he should have comforted and supported her, not to try to leave his sorrow behind in Peggy's company. Of course it was unfair that his conduct forced Peggy to quit her job, but even if he had wanted to do it himself (and he didn't), it wasn't an option because he was the editor. As Peggy has planned a novel, her decision can be lucky in the long run.

Well, I think Mad Men did a good job.

Agnes believes that she is a good judge of people, but is it rather that she is prejudiced towards all new acquaintances (Peggy is the only exception) and always waits the worst possible. However, that doesn't mean also she couldn't be fooled, only in the different methdos Oscar was.

I think Cassie's father was really horrible. He spoke as if Cassie had got a sickleave for nothing and showed no empathy towards his daughter who had experienced a mental breakdown, nor respect for her outstanding service to other people of nearly 30 years. Of course his behavior was due his dementia, but it was still horrible. Regarding "acting rationally" - there is a limit to everyone, as soldiers know. She had to meet evil every day and gave her everything so that the offers could get justice and their loved ones find peace. Sunny who was her nearest in the work respected, admired and loved her. Like Cassie's boss said, formerly police officers in like situations got pensions for health reasons.

We don't know how old Agnes was when she married, she could as well be 30 as 20 years old. During he marriage she had no way to plan her pregnacies - if her husband wanted to have sex with her, she had no right to refuse and any contraception methods there existed could only be used by him. But in the age where the infant mortality was high, to have only one child would be tempting the fate. And Agnes told to Peggy that she knew how it felt to lose a child (or children).

No. Colin was he was called names by some homophonic man and he got so anry at him that damaged his car. The incident was seen by the boyfriend of the little girl's mother Colin and his partner planned to adopt and he blackmailed Colin to give money or else he would inform to the police - that would probably have prevented adoption.

Yeah, Bertha can shut Gladys in her room until she agrees to marry who her mum has chosen to her, but not Larry. On the other hand, parents didn't usually determine marriages, but young people met suitable spouses via relatives, friends and at social gatherings. Marian wouldn't a best choice but still a good one, not scandalous as Turner.

I think that it's a serious kind of denial if a person never thinks about death altough it's the only thing that happens to everyone. Making funeral plans is an act of love towards one's family who is thus spared from many difficult things during their most sorrowful time. That applies especially well to Philip who wanted a simple funeral in Windsor.

I would rather like that the series would end now. None of characters are interesting and plots are predictable.

I don't think it was curious in the the last analysis. At the time it was natural for women to give the taking care of them to a male relative. When Agnes became a widow, she had no knowledge about the matter, nor did she know any professional who she could have given the task. Oscar had done well for years, not that there was much to do but f.g. collect the interests. Let's remember that in the first season the men of City Council, including Aurora's husband, begun speculation to ruin George, after they had taken bribes from him. In the series the whole NY elite, whether of the old or new money, is both utterly corrupt and keen to speculate.

These were IMO two totally different happenings. The mining accident killed other people's children, so their families were right to demand that Elizabeth as the head of state expressed her condolences to theit grief. Instead, when she as a grandmother concentrated to her grandsons who had lost their mother, she was demanded to console people of whom most had read Diana only in papers.

While such a situation was unpleasant, it wasn't dangerous. The danger was caused by the driver who was drunk and yet tried to drive so fast he could leave the paparazzi begind.

Elizabeth and his father were traditionalists by character. George VI wanted to behave just like his father had done: George V had been very popular as his Silber Jubilee showed, and Edward VIII's abdication had made all ideas of moderninisation suspect. Elizabeth adored her father and her grandmother Queen Mary had taught her duty. On the other hand, already George V spoke on the radio at Christmas and Elizabeth's coronation was seen in TV. So clearly they weren't against using modern tools.

The show chose to show all works at least odd if not necessary, but are they really? Some no doubt are, but are all? There are many things that must be taken care of. I recently read about a woman who is now retired but was formerly the boss of the department that took care of textiles in the Swedish royal castles. Her status was the same as the boss of IT department as it demands skill f.g. to preserve old tablecloths needed in state occassions in good order. In the last analysis, the question is what the people want of the royal family. If they appeared as quite ordinary in public, why would people want to go watch them and feel honored to meet them? Even the most expensive cars can be bought with money. Instead, the royal carriages are special - even more special because people remember the former royals driving in them.

Elizabeth was quite pretty in her 20ies. In the 1950ies she was called the sweetheart of the whole world. The only problem was IMO that Claire Foy (born in 1984) was too old for the role in the first season. Stiil, she was the perfect choice because an younger actress could hardly have possessed her ability to communicate her feelings only with her eyes.

If they had real friendship, they would make each other better. Instead, George let Bertha to rise Gladys in the wrong way and Bertha didn't care that George bribed politicians in the first season. This couple is outside succesful and sexy, but inside they are rotten and shallow.

I doubt if people even today can control their life - accidents and illnesses can happen, not to speak of universal calamnities. Formerly it was worse. A married woman usually lost at least of one of her children. Many women were afraid of becoming pregnant over and over and dying in childbirth. Ada told Marian that Agnes's husband was such than one didn't want to be in the same room with him. I guess that it was meant to hint how dreadful it was that Agnes had to sleep with her husband - a wife had no control of her body, her husband owned it. But it's never only about outer conditions but also about innner drives. Although Bertha seems to believe that she contols of her life and that of her daughter, in fact her social ambition is so overwhelming that it must have caused by some kind of trauma and it's that trauma that actually controls her. She is ready to sacrifice Glady in order to get indemnity for some wrong that has formerly done to her.

I think you are on the right track although I would like to remind that as a kid Charles was used to be mothered by Queen Mother and his nanny. Their coddling, Philip's severity and Mountbatten's old-fashioned advise weren't a good combination. Later, Camilla seems to have been the only person who on the hand showed genuine interest and respect towards him and his work (actually, in the famous phone conversation the most important part was IMO when he read her his speech and they discussed about it), on the other hand could treat him equally and stop his self-pity.

Joke is a good interpretation. Yet, she and Philip hardly eat in the kitchen in Malta - even middle class families didn't do that.

Diana didn't like Anne and vice versa. Charles would have wanted his sister to be a godmother, but Diana rejected.

It was already scandalous that the Prince of Wales (and later the King) openly performed with his mistress. Wallis was still married with her second husband (she sued for divorce only in the fall 1936 and the divorce became absolute only next spring).

Age nor intelligence does not prevent one from being scammed. Maud was really good: she spent time with Oscar and learned to "read" him, so that she could present herself as a person who was in perfect sync with him.

I have seen an old one and I liked that the women made different choices.

If it was a declaration, he is also forced to propose.