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I am loving this show. I wonder if Bates will be convicted of his wife's death. Anyone think that he is guilty?
Downton Abbey
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I'm enjoying this series, too.
I don't think Bates is guilty.....
Just wondering.... do you sometimes find the continuity choppy? By friend and I were talking about it .... I know they time jump, but sometimes it's disconcerting. i.e. Mary and Matthew hate each other 1 episode and then in the next, they are friends and then in love - all that during season 1. Also, Grantham and Jane.... I could see why she would feel grateful too him and understand why he might be lacking in attention, but it just seemed to happen a bit to quick or out of nowhere. I know it's a mini series - maybe they just have too many storylines going on to do them all justice.... the cast is a bit large for so few episodes.
I don't think Bates is guilty.....
Just wondering.... do you sometimes find the continuity choppy? By friend and I were talking about it .... I know they time jump, but sometimes it's disconcerting. i.e. Mary and Matthew hate each other 1 episode and then in the next, they are friends and then in love - all that during season 1. Also, Grantham and Jane.... I could see why she would feel grateful too him and understand why he might be lacking in attention, but it just seemed to happen a bit to quick or out of nowhere. I know it's a mini series - maybe they just have too many storylines going on to do them all justice.... the cast is a bit large for so few episodes.
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I'm not totally sure but I don't think Bates is guilty. His code of honour is so strong. I don't think he is going to completely get off the charges though. Someone on FSU suggested that he might bop off to Australia as a convict with the maid. I could see that happening.
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Anything's possible but I would be so disappointed if Bates is guilty. It's time for someone other than Sybil & her chauffeur to marry & have a happy future. I don't like Lady Mary & I think she deserves life without Matthew.
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I may have missed the reason but why was Bates wife killed??? or hasn't that been brought up and why does anyone think she was killed, as in couldn't she have just died??? What are the reason for thinking she was killed??
A double yes to that one.
I just love the home (the little shack
) and I love their clothes.
heyang said:
A double yes to that one.
I just love the home (the little shack
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Wasn't there a suggestion that she may have committed suicide? Then Bates told Anna that he had purchased the rat poison (think it was rats) when he & vera were back together & if the police found that out they might accuse him of murdering her, which apparently, they have.
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Yes, I believe you have the details correct. They found out she died of arsenic poisoning and that he had purchased it for her.
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I missed an episode while I was away at 4 conts but isnt it obvious that Mary's "Fiancee" offed the wife? Remember his slogan, "Dont cross me!". And Mrs. Bates has the secrets to discredit his future wife.
If there wasnt a season III in production, I would guess that he gets caught, setting Mary free to marry her true love, who is regaining his legs....Bates then marries his true love.....everything works out just like Sense and Sensibility. Except there is the wretched season III comming up.....maybe that will deal with the Chauffeer and Sybil.
If there wasnt a season III in production, I would guess that he gets caught, setting Mary free to marry her true love, who is regaining his legs....Bates then marries his true love.....everything works out just like Sense and Sensibility. Except there is the wretched season III comming up.....maybe that will deal with the Chauffeer and Sybil.
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Chris, PBS puts up the old episodes on their web site, so you should be able to catch what you missed at some point, if not now (I don't watch this series)!
http://video.pbs.org/
http://video.pbs.org/
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Thanks! Last night , they showed all episodes of season II on my local affilite. I have this bad feeling that Sir Richard is going to make Mary marry him in season III by offering a bribe in the shape of evidence that Bates didnt kill his wife, if that happens and Sir Richard doesnt swing for the crime, I wont watch anymore!!!! I think we shall again see a pile more of emmies here. But there is only so much soap and I think they need to resolve the existing conflicts and come up with new ones....I don't think they had any idea just how big this phenomena would be, like no one knew how big Riverdance was going to be....
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Article regarding Shirley MacLaine joining the show as Cora's mother. Can't wait for season 3.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...nton-scenes-Coras-mother-Martha-Levinson.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...nton-scenes-Coras-mother-Martha-Levinson.html
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Nothing wrong with new charactors....just hope things dont just go on and on with no resolution to the old problems....I can only stand so much soap. That was
one of the nice things about the Steinbeck mini-series of the last century....Resolution!
