Downton Abbey - ITV1

[Emma-lee]

'The next minute he's as dead as a doornail'. For some reason, that made me LOL.

[livelaughdance]

What a lovely description of the man. My heart gave a leap when Dan came on screen in the last moments of the episode. Really looking forward to seeing more of him in the upcoming episodes.

It's also great to see the wonderful Hugh Bonneville again. Haven't seen him in ages!

I'm finding it difficult to warm to Jim Carter just yet. I can't help but compare him to: Sir Anthony Hopkins' wonderful depiction of Mr Stevens, or Gordon Jackson's exquisite Mr HuRABon, even. Carter doesn't even come close imho.

Also, I think the gay storyline spoiled the episode. I am not a fan of these modern depictions of period dramas where they leave nothing to the imagination any more. I already got the plot by just seeing the Duke bare-chested and in his dressing gown. Actually seeing the kiss dampened my own imaginings, to be honest.

[HoosierAthlete]

Are you sure that's what it was? It didn't sound much like it to me.

[nascarfan08]

LOL.. never a truer word !

[Angie]

Where were these?

[Carlos R]

Hateful, hateful woman. I don't know how O'Brien has got away with that attitude for so long.

[Queen Kira]

Did he just say, 'one swallow does not make a summer.'?

[Mrs. Tracy]

I don't think that Lady Mary's reputation would be harmed if the incident with the Turk got out. After all that proves that she was so amazing in bed she gave the guy a heart attack!

[scorpion71166]

Hehe! I'm sure you're more multi dimensional than Sybil is, though!

It's just the perfect oh-so-sweet younger sister character trope who just wants to be nice and good and true to everyone... kind of makes me want to barf. No one in real life is that one-dimensional, so it makes for a boring character, I feel.

[Taybah K]

Ha, yes, she has that effect on me, too.

I love this series, so enjoyable for a Sunday night, and I agree with others about too much "gritty", gory drama on Tv now.

Although I wouldn't mind something gritty happening to O'brien.