The Season 3 finale of "Downton Abbey" aired Sunday night (Feb. 17) and there were some major plot twists, so don't keep reading if you haven't seen the episode already.
Did you have to grab a hankie for the last few frames tonight? We will confess to being just a little bit mad at actor Dan Stevens choosing to leave the show and therefore kind of painting the writers into a corner.
Killing Matthew was really the only option. Having Matthew simply leave Mary would have been extraordinarily out of character and re-casting the role would have been a huge disappointment, we feel. Matthew's death is almost kind of fitting for his relationship with Lady Mary -- they just never could find much happiness, could they?
It's interesting that now there are two new babies at Downton who are each missing one of their parents. We wonder if the writers knew Stevens was leaving before or after they chose to kill off Lady Sybil.
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2 comments:
I was sad and confused as to why Matthew chose to leave the show, because for me, I no longer wish to watch, because his death has broken the ship's rudder and now the show has no where to go. I am sure other American viewers feel the same.
Not for me. I like Mary's character very much and I am excited about her falling in love again. For some reason I think a story line dies when the characters marry - as Julian Fellowes said, it's very hard to dramatize happiness. The fun was in the courtship and watching the love struggle.
Actually, I was more annoyed with the time jumps. The way this show goes Matthew's son will be 21 when Season 4 starts but no one else will look any older...
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