ktgrok Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 ugh. spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler =========================================================================================================================================== HOnestly, I'm glad it was him and not Anna. I was worried it was her. But how horrid. How on earth do you break that news to a new mother????? That aside, I loved the scenary. I was married in Scotland, right near Inverness, so basically right in that area. We even stayed in a castle similar to the one shown for our honeymoon. It brought it all back. Oh, and I'm glad they fired the maid. She was a hussy. My husband thought I was being silly but I didn't like they way she was moving in on Branson like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseOwlKnits Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I already know the ending, but your post pops up in preview. It did for me when I was just scanning by and I'd hate for someone's episode to be spoiled by your post! You might want to put a buffer at the top. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 I already know the ending, but your post pops up in preview. It did for me when I was just scanning by and I'd hate for someone's episode to be spoiled by your post! You might want to put a buffer at the top. :) thanks, I just did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseOwlKnits Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 thanks, I just did! Welcome! I haven't seen the episode yet, but I'm sad to see him go. I get actors want to leave shows, but I loved him. And the way they did it was just... Would it kill them (lol, pun not intended) to just write them out but not off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 i told my DH the whole world is now mad at Mathew for leaving the show. He just said, " How long before we get to watch the next season?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Oh, and I'm glad they fired the maid. She was a hussy. My husband thought I was being silly but I didn't like they way she was moving in on Branson like that. Buffer....Spoiler showing in preview.... Double LIKE! She was trying to make him feel small and like a hypocrite so that she could be a part of Downton Abbey - imo. I wanted to hug him when he cried about feeling lost without Sybil. I'm mad about the Matthew. There was promise there and now.... And I'm sick to death the way they keep snatching the rug out from under Edith. Enough already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Hate it the actor wanted to leave and they ended it like that. Too much tragedy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Yes. Please let Edith just be happy. Now she's living Jane Eyre. It's lame. But the Scottish cousins are worse. They remind me of that little kid that was added to the Brady Bunch after the other kids weren't young and cute anymore. Matthew. Sigh. I wish the actor weren't leaving the show. At least he produced an heir so that some other guy won't inherit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 I just wish Edith would get a clue and stop picking men with issues!!! For heavens sake girl, find a single man your own age! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I did not know the actor (Matthew) wanted off. (I just don't pay a lot of attention to that sort of news.) For some reason that makes the ending more forgivable. Otherwise it is way too predictable and seems like the writers ran out of ideas. It's pretty transparent to see where next season is headed with Edith, and it seems pretty far-fetched. If only the Bates' would move away--open an inn somewhere or something, anything so I won't have to watch any more picnics and smiles. They have become cardboard cutouts instead of real characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Yes. Please let Edith just be happy. Now she's living Jane Eyre. It's lame. But the Scottish cousins are worse. They remind me of that little kid that was added to the Brady Bunch after the other kids weren't young and cute anymore. Matthew. Sigh. I wish the actor weren't leaving the show. At least he produced an heir so that some other guy won't inherit. THIS! I couldn't go through any more story lines about the safety of the inheritance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 dd and I were just saying 'no' over and over again. After the show we were grumping about saying 'I hate british tv' (we don't really). Then we googled and have decided that we will 'allow' Dan Stevens to move on with his own life no matter what we think. :D The show will probably be better for it but it was soooooo sad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Buffer for spoilers... ........... I'd seen "hints" of the ending and was almost positive I knew what was coming. I was. But I was still sick to my stomach when it happened. Good grief... How much is a family supposed to endure? And poor Mary. Wow. Also glad they got rid of the maid. I didn't like her one bit. Ugh... And now we have to wait until JANUARY again?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Oh, the maid! Well I suppose it is wrong of me, but I watched that episode knowing how it would end and found myself much more disturbed by the maid than by the crash. Good riddance to that one. As for the rest of it, I've decided to not hold my breath for the next season. I'm feeling rather blasé about the show after this last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I just hope Dan Stevens does well and doesn't end up on Dancing With The "Stars" in a couple years. Any Season 4 predictions? Edith finally gets happy? Matthew's mom marries the doctor? Branson hooks up with Mary? Just kidding (I hope). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 I just hope Dan Stevens does well and doesn't end up on Dancing With The "Stars" in a couple years. Any Season 4 predictions? Edith finally gets happy? Matthew's mom marries the doctor? Branson hooks up with Mary? Just kidding (I hope). I bet they at least explore the Mary/Branson idea. It would make sense in a weird sort of way. I just think Branson deserves better than Mary, and I can't see him putting up with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I just think Branson deserves better than Mary, and I can't see him putting up with her. Totally agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wendi Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I assumed Edith would eventually end up with the long-lost cousin with amnesia who didn't die on the Titanic. (And that sentence right there proves that "soap opera" is the right term for this show!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Yes. Please let Edith just be happy. Now she's living Jane Eyre. It's lame. But the Scottish cousins are worse. They remind me of that little kid that was added to the Brady Bunch after the other kids weren't young and cute anymore. Matthew. Sigh. I wish the actor weren't leaving the show. At least he produced an heir so that some other guy won't inherit. LOL, Oliver! Glad for the heir also, but now the birth of the son seems contrived rather than happy. I wish they would have written Matthew out another way. Death is so.....uncreative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I assumed Edith would eventually end up with the long-lost cousin with amnesia who didn't die on the Titanic. (And that sentence right there proves that "soap opera" is the right term for this show!) The fact that he wandered right out of their lives was weird. Patrick? They could expand on that. It would have been a great battle between him and Matthew for the estate, though Matthew probably would've rolled over and let him have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I just hope Dan Stevens does well and doesn't end up on Dancing With The "Stars" in a couple years. Any Season 4 predictions? Edith finally gets happy? Matthew's mom marries the doctor? Branson hooks up with Mary? Just kidding (I hope). LOL!!!! You're so right. But if he did..... I'd watch.... Yeah, I'm a sucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I was devastated when the episode ended because it was so harsh. I agree with others who said they could have written him off in another way... leave it open for him to return at some point, maybe? I do wish him well, and I commend him for wanting other things (most importantly time with his family), but I will miss him with Mary.I also wondered if they would explore the Mary/Branson story line since they both understand that deep loss. It will be interesting, I'm sure.I'm not done with the show, but I can fully understand how some people are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Ugh. If Mary winds up with Branson, I am DONE! I am not a fan of his. I'm hoping they bring in some other delectable British actor that Mary can spar with before finding love again, but I think it will take her a while again for her to trust and open up with someone new. But I do think they will have her with a series of affairs before that happens. I thought that the long-lost "cousin" with amnesia left because he wasn't really the cousin. He was the cousin's friend who'd been on the Titanic with him. Once his face had been destroyed in the war, he saw a chance to cash in with his intimate knowledge of the family. They kind of alluded to that with some of his "memories" of growing up at Downton. He left when Lord Grantham decided to look up the cousin's friend to make sure that it wasn't him. I would think that story line is finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I read an interview with Julian Fellowes and he stated that they wanted Dan Stevens to commit to coming back infrequently, so that they could write a plausible story that takes him away for an extended period of time. However, he refused. I guess he is performing on Broadway (and is fielding other offers) and did not want to deal with the constant transatlantic travel that filming would require. Julian Fellowes felt that the only way to make the story line believable was to kill him off. They didn't want the entire episode devoted to Mathew's death so they ended it there. I still don't like it, but I understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Thanks to spoilers, I knew what was going to happen to Matthew (and preferred knowing in advance), but I found the very last scene of him way too graphic. I don't watch TV or violent movies and it was a bit too much for me. I'd rather just have obvious evidence of a car crash than bloody details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyR Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 In my opinion, they should have ended the season with last week's episode. With the three men together on the cricket field. They could have saved the death for the first episode of Season 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in OH Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I am hoping that Matthew's death sets up Mary of the executor of her son's estate, which now includes Downton (I think). This scenarario would allow her character to grow from the snobbish old school Mary into a modern woman. I think it could provide some great character development. I agree about Rose being annoying--don't look forward to her as a regular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I actively avoided spoilers, so I was pretty shocked. I knew it was coming the moment they showed him driving home from the hospital though. I too am irritated with the rush-rush feeling of the show. And it seemed like there was a lot of extraneous nonsense in last night's episode. Why the whole big deal about whether Matthew was going to accompany Mary home from Scotland or stay, blah blah blah? And what is the deal with the 30-second love interests of Mrs Patmore AND Matthew's mom? Also it was very wrong to pick an actor that looks like Sean Connery's long-lost brother and call him "Shrimpie". Also a shocking lack of kilts for an episode set in Scotland ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Ugh. If Mary winds up with Branson, I am DONE! I am not a fan of his. I'm hoping they bring in some other delectable British actor that Mary can spar with before finding love again, but I think it will take her a while again for her to trust and open up with someone new. But I do think they will have her with a series of affairs before that happens. I kind of wonder if they won't leave her single and focus on Edith for a while. I could see her settling into the single-by-choice wealthy widow role. I remember in an earlier episode she said that being single and wealthy like her aunt sounded heavenly. Not that the producers seem especially concerned about continuity. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 My brother commented that Dan Stevens probably wanted to leave because all of his lines this season were so horrible. And I have to admit, some of them were pretty bad. But he would have gotten to do more interesting things since having an heir is now out of the way. ***sigh*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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theYoungerMrsWarde Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I couldn't keep my eyes off the beautiful countryside! And those dramatic clouds! I understand now why no one would ever want to leave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 My brother commented that Dan Stevens probably wanted to leave because all of his lines this season were so horrible. And I have to admit, some of them were pretty bad. But he would have gotten to do more interesting things since having an heir is now out of the way. ***sigh*** Seriously. The guy was like a walking sappy Hallmark card for most of the season. If they showed Matthew and Mary lounging in bed, my fingers started itching for the fast forward button. His character went flat as a pancake the minute they married him off to Mary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I couldn't keep my eyes off the beautiful countryside! And those dramatic clouds! I understand now why no one would ever want to leave! I know! And that castle/house/estate/whatever was GORGEOUS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 But I will seriously miss seeing Matthew's pretty face and his gorgeous blue eyes next season. :001_wub: Thank goodness Branson is still around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Also agree that I can't stand Rose and I am annoyed that she's going to become a regular. I think Edith's editor friend is going to kill his wife (or have her killed.) I really hope Edith doesn't become his mistress . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Adding my 2cents. I also felt Rose was like Oliver in Brady Bunch. I found her a bit annoying too. New maid--also annoying. I wonder if she'll reappear next season though, like Ethel did. At one point I thought Ethel was done but then she was back and had her own story too. Mary and Branson? I hope they don't go there! I'm curious to see if they will expand on the footman/kitchen maid love quadrangle. And if Daisy will move to the farm. And if Anna will get pregnant and how that will play out. Can't wait until next season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I was devastated when the episode ended because it was so harsh. I agree with others who said they could have written him off in another way... leave it open for him to return at some point, maybe? Anyway, in my shock, I googled and found this: http://www.telegraph...nton-Abbey.html. I do wish him well, and I commend him for wanting other things (most importantly time with his family), but I will miss him with Mary. I also wondered if they would explore the Mary/Branson story line since they both understand that deep loss. It will be interesting, I'm sure. I'm not done with the show, but I can fully understand how some people are. Thanks for posting! Great article... “Hound’s bum abbey time†**snort** ==== I see 'soap opera' thrown around like it's a bad thing! Soap opera: "a television or radio drama series dealing typically with the daily events in the lives of the same group of characters." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Yes. Please let Edith just be happy. Now she's living Jane Eyre. It's lame. But the Scottish cousins are worse. They remind me of that little kid that was added to the Brady Bunch after the other kids weren't young and cute anymore. Matthew. Sigh. I wish the actor weren't leaving the show. At least he produced an heir so that some other guy won't inherit. Did he? What was Mary doing in London? Hedging her bets? Was the baby "a month early?" Hmmm.... My prediction: "Patrick" really was Patrick. He finds a way to prove he is Patrick, gets his face fixed, comes back and reclaims the title, and proposes to Edith -- who is only too happy to kick Mary and Progeny out of the Queen Bee Seat. Closing line: Mary says, "Edith, darling, do you think that perhaps from now on we can be closer?" Edith says, "I doubt it." Fade to black. OTOH, do we know that Matthew is really dead? Perhaps he's only "mostly dead." True love... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca VA Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 SPOILERS SPOILERS SERIOUS SEASON 4 SPOILER ALERT: They've already found a new love interest for Lady Mary. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2280708/Mirandas-Tom-Ellis-join-cast-Downton-Abbey-Lady-Marys-love-interest.html Sorry, but that man will never be as adorable as Matthew. No way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 OTOH, do we know that Matthew is really dead? Perhaps he's only "mostly dead." True love... Or maybe it was all a dream... SPOILERS SPOILERS SERIOUS SEASON 4 SPOILER ALERT: They've already found a new love interest for Lady Mary. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2280708/Mirandas-Tom-Ellis-join-cast-Downton-Abbey-Lady-Marys-love-interest.html Sorry, but that man will never be as adorable as Matthew. No way. Hmmm...I think they can do better. I wonder what Colin Firth is doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Haven't watched it yet - but know what happens. I'm not sure I'll knock myself out to watch it tonight! Did y'all see the cartoon on fb today? (I'm having uploading issues. . .. ) It said, "Send in your pledge, or another Downton character DIES!" (The most successful PBS pledge drive ever) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnG in Arizona Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Please, PLEASE can we not have spoilers for Season 4? PLEASE?? That needs to be labeled in a separate Season 4 spoiler thread. I ignored your spoiler warning because this thread is about the Season 3 Season Finale, which I have seen. It is bad enough that I was inadvertently spoiled as to what happened last night by several posts that dropped very heavy hints about the Season 3 finale/Christmas special . . . in threads that simply began as discussions of the current Sunday night episode. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 We were waiting for someone to die while watching. That ending was a big-old-bummer. Hopefully, they find someone worth watching to march in and take on Mary again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinaPagnato Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I figured someone would die, but I thought it was going to happen via a stray bullet from those tedious hunting scenes. Either that or maybe Anna would slip while dancing and have some sort of a head injury. I didn't realize it until Matthew was gushing so much to Mary in the hospital about his love for her. That gave me a premonition, but when they showed him driving, I knew it was over. I kept announcing it out loud as he was driving, but my family didn't believe me til it happened. Don't like Rose either, or that trampy maid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Or maybe it was all a dream... Hmmm...I think they can do better. I wonder what Colin Firth is doing? Sorry, but Mary is NOT good enough for Mr. Darcy! :toetap05: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Sorry, but Mary is NOT good enough for Mr. Darcy! :toetap05: Oh come now, if there is anybody that could get rid of her pride and prejudice it would be him. :D Besides, it doesn't even have to Colin Firth. I'll take that yummy Mr. Darcy who played opposite Kiera Knightly. He had some gorgeous blue eyes himself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Did he? What was Mary doing in London? Hedging her bets? Was the baby "a month early?" Hmmm.... My prediction: "Patrick" really was Patrick. He finds a way to prove he is Patrick, gets his face fixed, comes back and reclaims the title, and proposes to Edith -- who is only too happy to kick Mary and Progeny out of the Queen Bee Seat. Closing line: Mary says, "Edith, darling, do you think that perhaps from now on we can be closer?" Edith says, "I doubt it." Fade to black. OTOH, do we know that Matthew is really dead? Perhaps he's only "mostly dead." True love... As in "slightly alive. " Couldn't resist.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Latest Downton news and gossip: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/julian-fellowes-discusses-a-season-of-comings-and-goings-at-downton-abbey/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maureen-ryan/dowton-abbey-finale-shocking-death_b_2708001.html http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/how-it-felt-watching-season-three-of-downtown-abbey-as-told http://tv.yahoo.com/photos/downton-abbey-what-does-the-cast-really-look-like-slideshow/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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