Downton Abbey (TV Series) Episode #5.8 (2014) User Reviews

A Wedding

[jpismyname · 9/10 · 8 January 2018]

A wedding, an arrest, dramas, what could be more exciting?

It is Lady Rose's wedding to Atticus. Her mother Susan comes to the wedding, and her reason is to wreck it. Rose's mother adds to my list of "Most Despicable Characters in TV shows".

Love is in the air. Prince Kuragin admits that he want to spend the rest of his life with Violet. Oh, deah. Lovely.

A sad thing, Daisy wants to leave service to study in the exciting, magnificent London. Mrs. Patmore is sad, of course. I really love the two. Daisy found a mother in Mrs. Patmore, and Mrs. Patmore found a real daughter in Daisy.

Anna is questioned more by the police. At the end, she is arrested.

The episode ends with the opening of the war memorial. A touching scene involves Robert revealing Mrs. Patmore's nephew's name on the memorial. Really heartwarming.

The Bates story line

[moviesfilmsreviewsinc · 10/10 · 14 May 2022]

Funny how Lord Fellowes treats Isis' death a bit like Matthew's, and we pick up the story months later. He doesn't care that Violet hates Greek drama, where everything happens off-stage. We don't see the immediate aftermath. For that matter, we don't see Rose and Atticus telling their parents about the engagement, or Edith bringing Marigold into the house, or even Aunt Rosamund being banished to Siberia for playing Three Card Monty with Cora's grandchild (though hopefully she's taken Lord Merton's Spawns of Satan with her). All of that has been left to our imaginations. Something not hard to imagine: Once more the Crawleys are in need of money. (Ain't they always?) This time it's to rehab the estate's cottages, which hopefully means Anna & Bates will finally be getting electricity. Thomas is made of sterner stuff though, and when you play with him you're playing in the big leagues. After he spots Denker taking advantage of young Andy, it is SuperThomas to the rescue. In a fine Shaftesbury Switcheroo, he swoops in much like he did with Jimmy at the Faire to save Andy's bacon and serve it to Denker on a karma platter. The wedding of Cousin Oliver Rose to Atticus Beefcake, of the Nomad Hebrew National Beefcakes. Into this steps the Bickersons, and Lord and Lady Sinderby. Lord Sinderby (who we would love to hear do a double act with James Earl Jones) has an official disapproval list that Rose is desperate her family stay off of, which is all Susan needs to hear. She wants on. This naughty list contains, but is not limited to, card sharps, undercooked fish, raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens - and divorce (though spending any time in the vicinity of Sourpuss Susan should cure him of that last aversion in a trice). Until that happens, Susan is trying mighty hard to work that list and spoil the festivities, attempting a duel of wits while not realizing she is the unarmed opponent. Sourpuss just pick, pick, picks, "Chai, not so happy to see Jew! Mr. Molesley is never more alive than when he is recounting a Walter Mitty fantasy. Whether it's his glorious cricket expertise, or the experiences of great museums he has only visited in books, there is a kind of sadness that so much of his life has been led vicariously - and he feels that it's too late for him to experience much more. Daisy sees that now and doesn't want the same thing to happen to her.

"Why does she have to carry on as if she invented motherhood?"

[mark.waltz · 10/10 · 3 February 2022]

There were times when I hoped there would be a real slap down from Edith towards Mary for the insensitive way she's treated her. Of course Edith it hasn't always been on her sister's side either, so world that was there will always be that between them, and from what I've read has been that Mary had a dwindling number of fans compared to Edith's numbers whose numbers were increasing, even though both actresses were enormously popular. Both actresses (Michelle Dockery and Laura Carmichael) gave their best with the material given, and ran with it, enjoying it as well as enjoying each other, but oh how Mary can make people mad. When she includes Edith in a lunch invitation, it's almost as an afterthought, one of the funniest moments yet another reason to want to slug her.

The family is getting used to having another child around, with most of them unaware that little Marigold is actually Edith's biological daughter. The fact that her name is so close to Mary's is another disgusting element that makes me wish they had come up with something else. The sour Susan (Rose's mother) and husband Shrimpy arrive, and it's very comical what a nasty racist pickle puss Susan is. This takes the death of Mr. Green from the end of season for into its next step, another case of a murder investigation going on far too long. Rose's father-in-law to be, Lord Sinderbee, isn't a ray of sunshine either, and between him and Susan, the wedding of Rose and Atticus is not going to go off easily.

The most touching element of the Season 5 finale is the dedication of the memorial wall and the twist involving Mrs. Patmore's nephew. Mentions of the late William (with a rare guest appearance by his father) and O'Brien (who has taken on a higher position since Susan can't afford to pay her) give a blast to the early seasons. There's a horrible attempt to keep Rose and Atticus apart, as well as issues between Thomas and Miss Denker over the new temporary valet. The series is winding down, with one season left and a few movies to come, and there's a potential heartbreaking moment for Mrs. Patmore when Daisy gives her notice. I could have done without Mary telling Tom that her losing all her allies could lead to her being on trial for Edith's murder. At times it seems like the writers were trying to sabotage who was originally intended to be the show's sympathetic leading lady, making her anything but.

Rose's Wedding

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 2 September 2020]

Much of this episode revolves around the anti-semitism issues involved at Rose's wedding to young Atticus. It is thought that there is evil afoot from the parents, but there is another snake in the grass. More intrigue takes place involving the Bates with horrid consequences. Edith continues to deal with Marigold and her secret. This nicely sets up the concluding season for this series.

The Bates Storey Line

[tttt_mosier · 1/10 · 15 October 2021]

The show is so good with the exception of Mr Bates and Anna. A stupid melancholy story line that ruins the entire series. Absolute rubbish! But do not give up., other characters make up for the poor Bates story line.