Does anything actually happen in this program?
I have to watch it, along with The Baking, or accept that my wife and I have nothing in common.
Actually, the problem with Downton is not that nothing happens, it’s that so much happens that it’s impossible to keep up, or care.
In last night’s episode:
– one of them got in a huff about a war memorial committee
– everyone complained about socialism
– the one whose baby is being raised by firemen got all emotional
– the one who cooks did maths
– a posh random turned up and made one of of the footmen finger her
– a teacher turned up to a party and was rude to everyone
– everyone thought the Irish one had made whoopee with the teacher, although this was not the case
– the one who was doing it with a turk when the turk died talked about pre-marital sex to her maid
– a man suggested a pre-marital sexing to the one who was doing it with a turk when the turk died
– the gay one tried to blackmail the unhappy one, who knows that the one with the big head murdered the one who raped the one with the big head’s wife (not the first time he’s murdered someone, amazingly)
– it was revealed that the unhappy one had been in prison, this set the stage for the gay one to exit the series because blackmail in a footman is worse than being in prison for a lady’s maid
– the one whose baby is being raised by firemen accidentally set fire to the house
– the gay one saved her from the fire, thus getting to stay in the series
– the house burnt for a while, before the fireman who is raising the baby of the one whose baby is being raised by firemen put it out
– the Irish one is a lover, not a hater
– if you get caught in a fire being fingered by the footman, you don’t get any breakfast.
That’s enough action for a series, but they did it in 90 minutes less ad-breaks. It’s hectic, confusing, action-packed and very, very boring. 🙂