[chachacha]

the long awaited next series of Downton Abbey returns tonight! YIPPEE!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by chachacha

the long awaited next series of Downton Abbey returns tonight! YIPPEE!

Our daughter is here who just loves this series. We are gonna have a Downton Abby opening night party.

[quirky3]

Thanks for the heads up, Dianne!!

[redwitch]

Have waited much too long for season five. Tonight seems like forever!

[Chi-Town]

At 7:00 p.m. you can watch the last episode of last season.

[Schaumburger]

Thanks for the reminder. Love the show!

[Villageswimmer]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

At 7:00 p.m. you can watch the last episode of last season.

Thanks! Didn't know this.

[BobandMary]

Can't wait for the show tonight. We visited DuPont's Winterthur Museum in Wilmington, Delaware to see the Downtown Abbey exhibit. It renewed my love for the show. The costumes were amazing to see. Especially loved the kitchen costumes worn by Daisy and Mrs. Patmore. Carson's tuxedo was there too. It was great. Enjoy the evening!

[raynan]

Really looking forward to it. On the cover of todays TV section in the DailySun, who is the guy in the tux standing next to Mary?

[Boudicca]

Can't wait, but WILL, because we record the program, then invite friends over for a Ladies' Evening when we watch each episode and enjoy "high tea" type nibbles. whooeee, simple pleasures

[chachacha]

sorry i don't get the paper, but the one hour special following the premier, Manners of Downton Abbey, was very interesting...the show's historian gave a lot of information about the customs of the day, the fashions, etc....made me want to stand up straighter

[Madelaine Amee]

I have been a fanatic fan of both "Upstairs Downstairs" and now Downton Abbey from the very beginning, but this episode (#1 of season 5) left me under-whelmed and I really have no idea why. It was filled with interesting vignettes which will probably lead to more exciting subject matter in the episodes to come, but it just did not have me on the edge of my seat.

However, having said that, I will still be glued to the TV screen for the rest of the season. It's a really interesting time frame they are going into, basically the fall of the gentry and the rise of the common man ..............

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by chachacha

sorry i don't get the paper, but the one hour special following the premier, Manners of Downton Abbey, was very interesting...the show's historian gave a lot of information about the customs of the day, the fashions, etc....made me want to stand up straighter

And sit up straight at dinner. Ouch, your back could not touch the chair back. Had to be uncomfortable.

[Chi-Town]

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

I have been a fanatic fan of both "Upstairs Downstairs" and now Downton Abbey from the very beginning, but this episode (#1 of season 5) left me under-whelmed and I really have no idea why. It was filled with interesting vignettes which will probably lead to more exciting subject matter in the episodes to come, but it just did not have me on the edge of my seat.

However, having said that, I will still be glued to the TV screen for the rest of the season. It's a really interesting time frame they are going into, basically the fall of the gentry and the rise of the common man ..............

Maybe after three deaths and burdensome plots about a bi-racial love story and a sexual assaut it was time to take a short break.

[Carla B]

Originally Posted by raynan

Really looking forward to it. On the cover of todays TV section in the DailySun, who is the guy in the tux standing next to Mary?

That was Tom Branson, Lady Mary's brother-in-law.

I just read somewhere that the main focus this season will be on Anna and Bates. Poor Mr. Bates, I hope he didn't off the predator valet, or if he did, he gets off somehow. Like Anna, I couldn't bear to see him put back in prison or worse.