Season 3, Episode 6

In this episode of the Downton Abbey Reflection, we talk about:

Thomas and Jimmy and O’Brien;

Alfred and Daisy;

How Edith has a thing for married and totally unavailable dudes. And they have a thing for her;

The estate, Matthew and crickett;

Anna, Bates and O’Brien;

Branson;

Ethyl; and of course

The Dowager Countess' lines.

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Season 3, Episode 5

In this episode of the Downton Abbey Reflection, we talk about:

Ethyl and the Carson/Hughes traditionalness scandal;

Jimmy Kent and Thomas;

Alfred and Daisy;

Cora and Robert and Tom; 

Anna and Bates; and

The Dowager Countess' lines.

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Season 3, Episode 4

In this (TRAGIC) episode of the Downton Abbey Reflection, we will discuss:

Isobel Crawley and Ethyl

Matthew and his takeover of the estate

Daisy/Alfred drama

Thomas and Jimmy Kent

Anna and Bates

Edith and the column

Sybil and the baby; and

DC lines.

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Season 1, Episode 7

The season one finale of Downton Abbey is full of suspense and heart aching moments! In this episode, we recap:

Mary and Matthew's future

Mrs. Patmore's eyesight

Thomas' attitude

O'Brien's big mistake

Cora's baby

Edith's prospects

A telephone

The Dowager Countess' lines

And so much more!

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Season 1, Episode 6

Downton tension!

In this episode of the DA Reflection, we will talk about all the tension that is going around Downton. Namely, tension between Sybil and Robert, Thomas and Bates, Anna and Bates, Mary and Matthew, and Daisy and... Daisy.

Mr. Bates also takes nobility to new levels in this episode of Downton Abbey, so we will have a segment called, "Bates, why can't you defend yourself?" In this segment, we'll go over all the ways that Bates sabotages his standing at the Downton household, defends the guilty and refuses to exonerate himself. And to what end?

Finally, we will wrap up with some typical Dowager Countess lines.

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Season 1, Episode 4

Things are getting wild at the Downton household! There's a new chauffeur, some new romantic interests, and - as always - some new secrets revealed.

In season 1, episode 4, Mrs. Hughes lets us in on her past and how she came to be at Downton Abbey. Daisy struggles to find out who she is and how she fits in, Sybil pushes the envelope (several of them), and Mary decides to do anything but what she is supposed to. This episode is so packed full that I couldn't fit in all of the action in to one podcast episode.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think about Sybil and Mary - and also to discuss some of the plot lines not gone into detail.

One last thing - apologies for inverting the names Violet and Isobel. For some reason, every time I refer to Isobel Crawley, I call her Violet.

Let me know what you'd like to hear next - another character study?