Downton Abbey

[Crs97]

2 hours ago, Tim McD said:

3 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

I didn't watch the show during it's original run but I'm at the point where I just about can't stand Edith anymore.

I have no sympathy for Edith, her woes are the result of her colossally bad decision making based on her immediate emotional needs with no thought of the consequences.

My people!!!

[ChelleGame]

Same.  

I'm a  perpetual re-watcher (helps me relax before bed) and there was the big ticket Edith nastiness (Turkish Embassy, kissing the farmer, Marigold family #1 in Switzerland, the Drews) but there was a lot of small stuff too. "What about my dress!" when Carson collapsed and snarking on Sybil that she'd picked up weight, reading Mary's letter from Evelyn, teasing Mary for praying.

[seacliffsal]

Edith also didn't tell her fiance about Marigold and in the first movie she complained about having to go to lunches with people she didn't know, etc.  She became the highest ranking member of her family with her marriage and yet she continually found things to complain about (and I will never forgive her for the fact that the Drews had to leave their family farm because of her).

[peacheslatour]

36 minutes ago, seacliffsal said:

Edith also didn't tell her fiance about Marigold and in the first movie she complained about having to go to lunches with people she didn't know, etc.  She became the highest ranking member of her family with her marriage and yet she continually found things to complain about (and I will never forgive her for the fact that the Drews had to leave their family farm because of her).

I know. She's such a mopey, sad sack. I have no patience for her.

[Hiyo]

She is the Eeyore of the show.

[peacheslatour]

8 hours ago, Hiyo said:

She is the Eeyore of the show.

I just finished watching the one where she takes Marigold away from the Drews. She ruined two peoples lives because of her cowardice.

[Tim McD]

The only good thing Edith did was provoke this face from Mary when she announced Bertie was the new Marquess.

[renatae]

I'm watching the marathon on PBS, and I was struck by the fact Mary didn't dump Sir Richard out on his ear as soon as he viciously threatened she'd be sorry if he ever crossed him. That should have been the final nail in his coffin. She also didn't act when she learned how he threatened Lavinia and what he made her do.

I think that was way out of character for bold, "don't mess with me" Mary.

[renatae]

On 10/6/2022 at 8:28 PM, Tim McD said:

I have no sympathy for Edith, her woes are the result of her colossally bad decision making based on her immediate emotional needs with no thought of the consequences. And she deserves to get dragged by Mary, she's the one who always starts it!

Yes! Edith started it when she called Mary a slut and messaged the embassy. She spent a lot of time deliberately trying to mess up Mary's life. As for Mary, she was basically carelessly cruel, and I don't remember any deliberate sabotage except when she informed Edith's beau about her past at the table, after Edith's hostile moves. Oh, and when she told the elderly beau that Edith was expecting a proposal from a silly old man whom she'd made fun of.

Edited December 30, 2022 by renatae

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According to an article in The Mail on Sunday, Julian Fellows is casting a new Downton series to be shown on ITV. They’re trying to get as many of the original cast back together.