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God damn it. I was afraid that was what was going to happen.

As soon as they said I just KNEW that would be the outcome (though they did play with us by. Up till then, though, I was expecting a happy outcome.

On a happier note, cousin Isabelle had some great lines.

Wait, I don't have to spoiler things, do I? I'm confused since nobody is saying all the shocking plot points out loud. Other than, obviously, the alien baby one.

oh man! intense episode.

I think that might have been the first time I was surprised by this show.

I kinda love that cousin Isabelle just let Mrs Byrd go - you could see in Mrs Byrd's face that she expected her to fold and say she wouldn't take Ethel on. I kinda love how modern(ish) cousin Isabelle is.

I thought that was funny. And yeah, Mrs. Byrd was bluffing. Whoopsie.

I like how prostitution is transmissible through contact, and how Ethel will obviously jump the bones of basically any male who goes near the house. *BAM* HUMPED!

And C&S called the eclampsia thing as soon as they listed the symptoms... That was pretty rough.

The preview makes it look like Lard Grantham gets to sleep on the couch for the next couple of years, too. Whoops.

Poor thing, I hope they give her a good plot line soon


Yes!



I was hoping this would happen

OH MY GOD. i cannot believe this episode. whoa whoa whoa.

ps. i think we should make this a spoiler-thread, as it is about S3, so people who have not seen the up to date episodes should totally not be reading unless they want to see spoilers. right?

It's on now!

Daisy becomes a clairvoyant! Matthew takes up bear-baiting! Mrs Patmore caught stealing flour for her illicit piñata factory! Lady Mary does something other than wear nice dresses and make catty comments!

Yeah, the whole point of this thread is that it's separate from the other thread so people in America don't get spoiled, so I think we should be able to say what we want.

And in that spirit - Mr Carson was being a dick in this episode. But I'm glad everyone else stood up for Ethel.

But I'll put this in spoilers in case people don't watch the previews:

Yes, the showing of the former person annoyed me.

Poor Thomas. He's a shiitake, but poor him all the same.

Yeah, I want him to get his, but the way Ms O'Brien manipulated him into taking that step (and therefore essentially ruining his life) is disproportionate to the offense caused (which I think was just that he wouldn't help Alfred).

Pretty much. I'm mad at this show for making me feel sorry for Thomas.

Miss O'Brien did cause Lady Grantham to fall and have a miscarriage that one time because she thought that maybe she was going to be replaced. She's not really into proportionate response.

This show makes me so happy to live in 2012. In so many ways.

So is Lady Mary doing something to avoid getting pregnant? It seems like they're playing it that way. The only thing is that I have a hard time believing that the doctor would give it (diaphragm? rhythm method info?) to her without telling her husband. This is 1920-ish after all.

O'Brien went over the edge (but as has been noted, she's prone to that). I think Thomas' two sins in her eyes were not helping Alfred and making Cora think O'Brien was plotting to leave. Neither merits a prison term.

And now that Bates is out of prison I can take an interest in him again. Yay!

My interpretation is that they're trying to make us think she can't have children. She's said some things about how much she wants to start a family (not just to Matthew), so I think one or the other of them is infertile (until a future Xmas episode in which she miraculously becomes pregnant).

She is called Mary. They can be visiting Daisy's farm and she would have to give birth in the stable. Then they could all go to the beach and Branson could jump over a shark on a surfboard.

I think one of them is infertile as well. Thomas should run away and become Doctor Who's new assistant for a few episodes.

And she'll get mystically knocked up via a visitation from the ghost of the dude of that guy who died in her bed, thereby consolidating Kaiser Wilhelm's victory over Matthew's willy!

Me too.

I agree re. Mary/Matthew. I thought they were going to push for Branson to leave the baby with them. Or perhaps Mary will look after her if Branson stays on as manager.

I know it's how people behaved at the time, but it's so annoying when they use euphemisms for everything and can't talk about things with each other. I wouldn't dream of keeping surgery a secret from my husband, and I would certainly tell him what was wrong with me, if for no other reason than so that he knows why he needs to leave me the hell alone.

Also, I totally called the soap thing.

Yeah, and Lady Mary pulling the "don't you trust me?" card on Matthew after hiding the fact she'd had surgery for several weeks and letting him think he was infertile was just a little bit naughty. She's too much of a writers' favourite to suffer any consequences, though.

Carson needs to chill the fork out and stop picking on Ethel and Thomas (and I really dislike that I feel a bit sorry for Thomas, but I do)

Really, Julian Fellowes, really?!