tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495045335016884781.post3965251756734328095..comments2023-07-29T10:48:08.155-05:00Comments on citivolus sus: Downton Abbey Episode I (The Gossip Edition)Jjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296721751577353993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495045335016884781.post-26325349214556300972011-02-01T23:38:44.099-06:002011-02-01T23:38:44.099-06:00Laurel Ann - Thanks for your comment -- and Mary -...Laurel Ann - Thanks for your comment -- and Mary -- thank you as well. I'm slow to respond because I do not expect much readership - I mean Miss Austen, Beer, Gardening, Cooking, Ms. Heyer and other random postings... thanks again though. <br />I do think Violet and Isobel will be "friends" of a sort. And I do think Maggie Smith has some of the best lines ever - what a performance! She's amazing. I could gush on and on, but shall not. I don't really want to post my last comments yet (for IV), but take my time with them and re-watch the episode again. Hate to have to wait so long for season 2, but very glad there is a season 2. <br /><br />Ta<br />JennJjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07296721751577353993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495045335016884781.post-77219584047633095012011-01-29T01:15:11.070-06:002011-01-29T01:15:11.070-06:00DA is such a pleasure. I love your commentary, tho...DA is such a pleasure. I love your commentary, though I doubted from the start if Violet and Isobel would ever, ever be friends. They tolerate each other for family sake, but really are at ends with each other. It is fun to watch. I know. I am sick.<br /><br />LALaurel Ann (Austenprose)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07569869772159241024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495045335016884781.post-20333443217775986652011-01-12T18:28:57.876-06:002011-01-12T18:28:57.876-06:00Hey Mary -- I'm with you - Hugh Bonneville is ...Hey Mary -- I'm with you - Hugh Bonneville is just lovely and conveys so much, but is funny too ("lump it"). I'm really pleased that my husband really enjoyed the first episode and is looking forward to the other episodes. <br /><br />I'm a sucker for puppies (and the people that love them). <br /><br />Take care - <br />jennJjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07296721751577353993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495045335016884781.post-90379602982884050482011-01-12T11:21:55.411-06:002011-01-12T11:21:55.411-06:00I think Hugh Bonneville is brilliant in his role a...I think Hugh Bonneville is brilliant in his role as Lord Grantham. He conveys so much empathy just by his tone of voice, and don't you know he loves his wife just by the way he looks at her? Brendan Doyle is also fantastic, doing most of his acting with his eyes. I love Penelope Wilton and Dan Stevens' eyes. What's not to like about Downton Abbey?<br /><br />P.S. I liked the bit with the dog as well.Mary Simonsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400923132711871703noreply@blogger.com