1. When it comes to wedding planning, even Mrs. Hughes will go Bridezilla on you if you agree to something she doesn’t want.
For the record, I’m totally on her side. If she doesn’t want to have her wedding at Downton, where she works, she shouldn’t have to. It’s her day!
2. Is lying to your spouse a historical thing? Or a British one? Or just a weak TV plot device? SO not a fan here.
I know guys aren’t into “female stuff,” that the British are (as a cultural stereotype) more private than we are, and that historically women and men operated in different spheres, but between Anna not telling Bates about her miscarriages and then not telling him about her appointment with the fertility doctor, I wanted to slap her. Even though I cried with her (again).
3. Sometimes, sharing something with your girlfriend is all you need to do.
I’m not sure that Lady Mary and Anna can quite pull off the casual label of girlfriends, but I love the relationship between the two of them, I loved that Mary forced a confession out of the despondent Anna and then forced her onto the train to see a fertility doctor.
And what do you know? Without even doing an invasive pelvic exam or anything, the doctor is sure a stitch or two will fix the problem!
(Yes, I know this is a real medical procedure that does work. A friend of my mom’s had this done AND spent months on bedrest before having a healthy girl. You’ll have to forgive my residual infertility bitterness with quick TV fixes that aren’t as invasive and agonizing as real life.)
4. Even socialites see the need to fight for women’s rights.
Lady Mary is the Downton agent, and she’s going to put up with any nonsense from any Mr. Finch who doesn’t want to bother a lady about the pesky details of running her own estate.
5. Some plots will never die.
Subtitle: We’re STILL dealing with women fighting over Marigold?
I think Edith’s actions in the first few years of her daughter’s life were understandable but appalling. She gave Marigold to two separate families, ostensibly forever, only to take her back. But, I admit that for as awful as I thought it was for all involved, I’m tired of watching it play out on screen.
So while I think it’s [insert synonym for appalling here] that the Drewes have to give up a family farm that has been in their family for centuries, I’m glad this storyline is over. Because I could see the kidnapping coming from the moment they all got to the pig fair, and was rolling my eyes.
And who wants to take bets on whether this will be the oh-so-convenient solution to Mr. Mason and Daisy’s problems like Daisy believes it will be?
So what did you think of the second episode? Are you excited for the Carson/Hughes wedding? I am!
