Downton Abbey, Season 2
Oh my! Let it be known that at the very instance of the Armistice, Matthew Crawley felt an unexpected but most welcome stirring. Given the date and time it seems likely, Seth, that Matthew went from six to 11; nonetheless, it’s a great moment for watchers of the show. I’m truly delighted to know that Li’l Crawley “shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields.”
Add “paralysis that doesn’t stick” to the list of soap-opera tropes hauled this episode from a dusty trunk in Julian Fellowes’ attic, right next to “implausible amnesia” and “mysterious stranger.” What else? Why, murrrrrrrrrderrrrrr, of course. Bates’ field trip to London—before which his face was set in so murderous a scowl that even O’Brien blanched—ended, somehow, in his wife’s death, and while I’m reasonably certain that Bates himself didn’t do the deed, I’m immensely pleased that it done got did. Like you, Seth, I wouldn’t put it past an enraged Mrs. Bates to off herself just to eff her ex. But probably it was Thomas, his formerly icy feelings towards the valet transformed in an instant simply by seeing this photo of Brendan Coyle holding a baby...
Read more: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/tv_club/features/2012/downton_abbey_season_2/week_5/downton_abbey_season_2_amnesia_paralysis_and_murder_.html
Add “paralysis that doesn’t stick” to the list of soap-opera tropes hauled this episode from a dusty trunk in Julian Fellowes’ attic, right next to “implausible amnesia” and “mysterious stranger.” What else? Why, murrrrrrrrrderrrrrr, of course. Bates’ field trip to London—before which his face was set in so murderous a scowl that even O’Brien blanched—ended, somehow, in his wife’s death, and while I’m reasonably certain that Bates himself didn’t do the deed, I’m immensely pleased that it done got did. Like you, Seth, I wouldn’t put it past an enraged Mrs. Bates to off herself just to eff her ex. But probably it was Thomas, his formerly icy feelings towards the valet transformed in an instant simply by seeing this photo of Brendan Coyle holding a baby...
Read more: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/tv_club/features/2012/downton_abbey_season_2/week_5/downton_abbey_season_2_amnesia_paralysis_and_murder_.html
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