DOWNTON ABBEY

Yes, I think there will be another wedding and Anna's baby on Christmas Day, just wondering what to do Sunday nights now, can't stand reality stuff (get me out of here, strictly etc) , may have to search Netflix

Well perhaps it will go out with a bang this xmas,.

We know Carson expected a 'full relationship' with Mrs Hughes perhaps the Xmas baby will be theirs.

I'd like Marigold's dad to return too. But what possible reason could they come up with for him being awol for so long?

Amnesia perhaps Maggie

Perhaps he has been a prisoner

I think Edith could have had a lucky escape

I thought there was a lot of applying 21st century thinking to the programme. Of course Edith could have just married him and not told the truth about Marigold (later maybe but would have snapped him up first). Also Mary's stance re marrying beneath her would be absolutely what was expected. The dowager going on about love didn't ring true at all. Protocol and priorities counted back then when duty counted more than soppy sentiment. Not saying that our modern thinking isn't better just out of synch for the time Downton was set in.

He's dead Maggie.

Ah, but plenty of characters have returned to our screens, undeterred by the minor fact that they are dead, Luckygirl!

I'm with you tanith I'm hoping that little Marigolds father returns on Christmas Day to sweep Edith off her feet. She did hint last night when she said "I love you, but I have loved someone before" or words to that effect.
I agree that Mary was at her all time worst. Nasty, jealous little bitch !

Its not real, it's not real, it's not real

I can't remember an episode that confirmed his death Luckgirl might have missed it though. Pinning my hopes on his return.

Maggie I think I mentioned before that he's in the shower - the same one that Bobby Ewing went in, they come out extremely clean after all that time.
However, I am sure I remember that there was evidence that he had died.

Yes, Edith's man was a wimp - even the suit he wore made him look wimpy, unlike Mary's straight-shouldered upright handsome mechanic.

So what about Tom?
I hope they don't try to make a romance between Edith and Tom, most unlikely, more like best pals. Please no!

They are lucky that there are any men left at all - so many women had to remain spinsters after the devastation of WW1.

Didn't they say he'd been murdered by 'Brownshirts' or some such nonsense.. i agree rosequartz I think he's been in the shower too..

Yes, I think they did, but it could be a case of mistaken identity. But what has he been doing? working for the secret service under cover, gone to Russia?

Series 5 episode 6:

Edith (Laura Carmichael) found out what happened to Michael Gregson (Charles Edwards). Edith’s editor sent a letter to say he was coming to visit. He revealed Michael Gregson was killed by Germans, and Edith had inherited Gregson’s publishing company. She was grieving, but everyone else seemed to have accepted Gregson’s fate long ago.

I think it'll turn out that Michael wasn't killed, (mistaken identity!) and has been languishing in a German, Russian (maybe not!!) prison, and has either been freed or escaped, and will have made his way through hell fire to reach Edith and Marigold for a surprise reunion on Xmas Eve!! Incidentally, I have no rational reason for thinking this, it's just an idea!!!!!

Well, we have to have a happy ending, don't we nigglenellie or else we'll never watch it again!!

oh, I forgot, we can't watch it again ..... except for repeats.
(once is enough!)

rosequartz I read on line today that there may be a film made soon.

I'm exhausted now Charleygirl - can I take any more?

Yes, I read that there is a film in the offing. rosequartz, you don't have to watch!

but I might miss something!

They'd have to have the same cast for a film. It just wouldn't be the same otherwise.
I forgot to say in my earlier post. That Mary wasn't the only one who annoyed me last night. I wanted to slap Carson too. 're: Mrs. Patmore' s "house of I'll repute"

ill not I'll

Yes, Mary behaved very badly indeed but as her father commented she "isn't always very kind". Sibling rivalry is a terrible thing but very common as we know from many discussions on gransnet.
I thought the way in which Edith explained to Mary that she'd come to the wedding because one day, they'd be the only people alive who shared those family memories. That's what gets many of us through the irritation caused by siblings with whom we share our closest and longest relationships in life.

Even had Mr Wimp not inherited a title, I suspect the fear of his mother's reaction along with social constraints at that time, would have had him running for the hills if Edith had told him about Marigold. Yes, of course she should have done but perhaps in her heart, she knew he'd run. (don't anybody tell me it isn't real……)

I'm still pinning my hopes on Gregson's return. dead or not

It would have been nice for Edith to get one up on her dreadful sister by marrying "above her" though wouldn't it? Couldn't see Edith with that wet blanket guy unless his mother suddenly pops off.

I agree with you about Carson ninathenana he is more snobby than all the Grantham's put together. What she would ever see in him I fail to think. He reminds me of a vampire.