It goes without saying that there are all kinds of spoilers up in this mug, so if you don’t want to know what happens until you’ve watched the episode, it would stand to reason that you shouldn’t keep reading. If you’re ready to hear about what’s happened (and hopefully have a laugh or two), then read on.
Overall comments: This episode felt like it started off a bit slow, but I was gasping and clutching my pearls by the end. There were a couple of times that I was holding my breath.
This episode also taught me what I should have known by now: Don’t sleep on the first fifteen minutes because it’s exposition for almost everything that happens. I have a feeling that some exchanges taken for granted now are exposition for later events. So much was packed into this episode that it’s hard not to dissect every scene.
It’s obvious that Downton Abbey is in its fifth season and that you need to have seen all of the other episodes to really understand what’s going on. Virtually every happening in this episode draws on events as far back as Season 2. It’s funny how minor characters or people who were only mentioned by name in previous seasons are now getting shine.
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