Best line we thought meant something else:
When grandmamma is welcomed by the three Crawley girls at Downton, she
greets Edith with “Still no one special” which we at first thought meant
Edith herself. It took us a second to realize that she was referring to
Edith’s lack of lover, but in that second we were so totally with
grandmamma.
Moment requiring a historical fact check, pronto:
When Anna is trying to convince Lady Mary not to give up on Matthew she
says, “I see a good man, and they’re not like buses. There won’t be
another one in ten minutes time.” Um, were there buses in 1920? At
Downton? That ran every ten minutes? Really?
Worst prank:
Make the chauffeur talk really loud! LOLZ! Really? No. While spiking
Branson’s drink may have seemed like a great idea to Sybil’s snobby
former paramour Larry Gray, it seemed the whole table was none too
pleased. Too bad he didn’t know about Branson’s failed attempt to spill
gravy on Lord Grantham during season two. Now that was a great idea.
Best new phrase we want to adopt:
“BRAVO! Well said!” Seriously. Let’s bring this back. Cousin Isobel has
been saying it season after season and it never fails to make us break
into a smile. Why not make “Bravo!” the new it-phrase of 2013?
Most faclempt-y fashion moment:
If you didn’t have a tear in your eye when Mary walked down the stairs
in her wedding dress to greet her father, you have no sartorial soul.
Coupled by the simplicity of the drop-waist silhouette (how far Mary’s
maturity has come from season one!), the yellow and white diamond tiara
(details here!) framing her overwhelmingly beautiful face and twenties-set curls was almost too precious to bear.
Downton Abbey Recap: We look back at the tiaras, feather headdresses and Blossom hats in the season 3 premiere!
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