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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Feb 21 2012 : 07:47:18 AM
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I loved the season end episode too! I think Maggie Smith gets the best lines & always steals the scene!
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
    
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CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
    
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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chip
True Blue Farmgirl
  
52 Posts

Chris
Austin
Tx
USA
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Posted - Apr 01 2012 : 05:33:06 AM
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Loved the series & simply cannot wait for more. Almost feel empty without those wonderful characters on Sunday night. I have older siblings & discovered they watch it too. It gives us something to discuss. My sister & I do reenactments....probably to see how people lived, but mostly for the clothes...just had to admit that. Love to read these posts & can't wait for more. I'll find "House of Elliott". Thank you for the suggestion.
"Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it will allude you. But if you turn your attention to something else, it comes and softly sits on your shoulder."
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YiberryYadeeKarin
True Blue Farmgirl
   
343 Posts
Karin
Spokane Valley
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 01 2012 : 10:31:52 AM
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I am SO HOOKED!!! And so is my 16 year old daughter!!! This series just mesmerizes me. I think you have to watch it more than once to get everything, especially the first episode when you're being introduced to the characters. (Why I splurged and bought both series on DVD!)
I also think Sir Richard had something to do with Vera's death. NO WAY Bates would have killed her! I sure wish he'd stand up for himself sometimes, though!
I just did the quiz and I'm like Robert, Earl of Grantham!!! LOL!!!
The theme music just keeps racing through my head, too! I am SO HOOKED!!!
Karin
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DeniseMGM
True Blue Farmgirl
  
110 Posts
Denise
WI
USA
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Posted - Apr 01 2012 : 2:58:12 PM
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Can you believe that I missed both seasons when they were "live." I was able to get Season one from the library's waiting list fairly quickly, but I'm number 30-something on the list for the second season. I might just have to Netflix them. When the third season rolls around, I will be better prepared!
Denise - Farmgirl #1976
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pennyhenny
True Blue Farmgirl
   
304 Posts
Missy
Dayton
OH
USA
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Posted - Apr 01 2012 : 4:03:56 PM
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I loved both seasons and am looking forward to season 3 with Shirley McClaine.
hugs, -missy-
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Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower. John Harrigan |
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SpyChicken
True Blue Farmgirl
   
436 Posts
Christine
Fond du Lac
WI
USA
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Posted - Apr 04 2012 : 7:09:08 PM
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| Glad to see so many fellow Downton fans! Can't wait til Season 3!! I hope Edith can find her place in the world now that Sybil and Mary are married (well, Mary is engaged anyway!). Poor Bates-I loved him in "North and South!!" There is a sweepstakes through PBS to win a trip to England to visit the real Downton Abbey, have tea with Julian Fellowes' daughter and Lady Caenarvon (sp??), etc. I think you can enter daily until sometime in late April! I found that the show really did transport me to another time and place-such beautiful clothing, etc. and who can resist Lady Violet?? |
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SpyChicken
True Blue Farmgirl
   
436 Posts
Christine
Fond du Lac
WI
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - Apr 04 2012 : 7:10:06 PM
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Sorry, couldn't resist posting a favorite of Lady Violet's: Richard: It is not likely you will see me again... LViolet: (looks at him) Do you promise?
Loved that! |
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pennyhenny
True Blue Farmgirl
   
304 Posts
Missy
Dayton
OH
USA
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Posted - Apr 05 2012 : 05:54:58 AM
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Cora: "I hate to go behind Robert's back." Lady Grantham: "That is a scruple no successful wife can afford."
hugs, -missy-
http://citychickblogging.blogspot.com/
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emtfarmer
True Blue Farmgirl
   
222 Posts
Darlene
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Apr 08 2012 : 08:50:35 AM
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Spy Chicken, Bates was in "North and South"?? The "N & S" with Patrick Swayze?? What role did he play??
I can't wait for season 3 either!!! Love it!
Darlene
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SpyChicken
True Blue Farmgirl
   
436 Posts
Christine
Fond du Lac
WI
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2012 : 06:23:54 AM
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Sorry to disappoint, Darlene, Bates was actually in the "North and South" BBC did in 2004 based on the Elizabeth Gaskell novel. It's kind of like a Pride & Prejudice set in a Victorian mill town in the North of England. If you like romantic movies, this one is for you-sigh! It's my favorite! Bates plays a mill worker (and is as wonderful in this as he is in "Downton Abbey!")
I do like the U.S. "North and South" too w/Patrick Swayze-always liked the story line between Madeline and Orry...also very romantic! |
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