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What Daisy Saw
Flowers and secrets and salty pudding - oh my!
- Daisy's fear of Mary's room in particular seems a bit strange, since from the flashback it doesn't look like she even saw them drag Pamuk's body out of that particular room (just across the hall). I guess she's familiar enough with the house that she knows where they came from anyway. And of course all this is necessary for plot purposes. Still a bit strange to me.
- I'm with Mary and can see why she envies her aunt's life. I suppose Robert's reaction is informed by what he's just been reading about Mary and Napier and the presumed taint to Mary's reputation.
- Sybil and her job searching and plotting for Gwen are so cute.
- "Poor Edith. I hope there's a right tree for her somewhere." WELL, IT'S NOT MATTHEW, OKAY? And why am I suddenly reminded of Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids saying she's going to "climb that like a tree"?
- Again, I feel like the pressure on Daisy to explain herself is a tad awkward and forced. Not Thomas's part, certainly, but ... William says one minute that she doesn't have to talk about it and then he's the one to ask what her getting spooked has to do with Lady Mary's bedroom. It just seems a bit like they *had* to have it come out somehow and couldn't find a better way.
- If it's called the Grantham Cup, it seems odd that Violet is even allowed to compete. I guess it wouldn't have in that day and age, but that was the first thing I thought - "Her name's on the thing, how is that fair?"
- I hate the phrase "no better than she should be." Hate it.
- Poor Daisy didn't stand a chance against Thomas and O'Brien. No one's secrets are safe with those two around. And LOL at Daisy getting caught with her hand literally in the cookie jar in Sybil's room. :P
- Thank you, Matthew, for assuring us, once again, that you have no interest in Edith Crawley.
- OMG HOW DARE YOU ASK ME TO MAKE APPLE CHARLOTTE?!?! Another misinterpretation on my first viewing. I thought Mrs. Patmore's secret was that she couldn't read and that she just had the recipes in her head. Of course, when you go back, you see in earlier episodes that they're laying the groundwork for the revelation of her impaired vision - particularly with her not being able to see things that are in front of her on the prep table.
- On a related note, there needs to be a Downton Abbey cookbook. Now. :D (Paula Deen, incidentally, has a recipe for Apple Charlotte, if you're interested.)
- Sybil's and Gwen's interview adventure is hilarious. I cracked up when the horse ran off at the sound of the word "glue." BLUCHER! (Which is not the German word for glue, incidentally, if you recall that bit of Young Frankenstein trivia. :D)
- Oh, Anna and Bates. Could you be any more Remains of the Day? :D
- The affair of the snuffbox is delightful. Of course, Thomas and O'Brien's villainy is well-known, which is why Bates knows almost instantly what has happened to the box. And Anna's idea of finding where they've stashed it and hiding it in one of their rooms instead is lovely. Score one, Team Bates.
- LOL I love when O'Brien pleads impertinence when she's already being pretty danged impertinent. Oh, Edith, you wicked girl. All these jerks are pretending to care about Daisy and how trying it must be to keep her secret, when all they really care about is the information and how they can use it against someone.
- "I take that as a compliment." "I must have said it wrong."
- Aww, a little flirting between Mary and Matthew at the prep for the flower show. Too bad she'll screw it up later.
- LMAO at O'Brien practically announcing that the snuffbox was put in Bates's room.
- And yet again Mary is reminded that the only important thing she can do in life is get married, and that she'd better do it now. LOVE her setting Strallen up against Matthew and saying that willikers if she wouldn't marry MATTHEW... :D Ouch, Cora - "damaged goods"?
- FIVE SECOND RULE! Gosh, everything that Mrs. Patmore does wrong is Daisy's fault, isn't it? The best bit of the chicken falling on the floor is the cat trying to gnaw at it. "What the eye can't see, the heart won't grieve over." Well, that's not exactly true for you, is it, Mrs. Patmore? *hugs*
- Wow, could Mary be any more obviously bored? And I'm sure Matthew is glad of some positive attention from Mary, but he seems to think her a bit rude too. Couldn't help laughing with her at Sir Anthony's overdramatic "GOOD GOD!", though. I may pull that next time I'm at a large dinner. Or not.
- Oh gosh, what a sweet couple of scenes between Mrs. Patmore and Carson. Love that she didn't want Carson messing with the stove because it was beneath his dignity.
- Mary is QUITE full of herself after dinner. Don't bother, Edith, Matthew isn't suddenly going to fall into your arms. Kudos to papa for his fatherly perception of Mary and her "toys." Beautiful shot of Mary staring longingly out the window. I'm sure that has featured in many fanvids. :P
- WAY TO GO, ANNA! Fight fire with fire, indeed. :D Love how Thomas and O'Brien dash so quickly out of the room!
- Dude, my heart breaks for Matthew in that scene where he returns home and starts to say what happened, and what he thought for a moment *had* happened.
- "I think the appropriate response to that, mama, is 'Yes, dear.'" BAM. Go Robert.
- I can't blame Anna for loving Bates, but he is the Biggest Woobie Ever.
- Brief fashion commentary. I don't like that blue and white striped dress of Mary's. It doesn't flatter her at all. She wears it again in the tragic rejection scene in the finale, so maybe they put her in it on purpose to make her look more childlike?
- "I think that she who laughs last, laughs longest." Oh Edith, you little monster. Not saying your sister doesn't deserve a smacking, but jeez.
- And this is when I fell in love with Violet. She was all snark and little character until she gave the Grantham Cup to Mr. Molesley. I love that she does it cheerfully, too, and not as an "oh well, I suppose..." kind of thing. I wonder if Isobel realizes what she did (the way the rest of the family seems to).
- All I can think of now when I see that envelope addressed to Belgrave Square is that this is the Other Scandal in Belgravia. [/Sherlock reference]
Flowers and secrets and salty pudding - oh my!
- Daisy's fear of Mary's room in particular seems a bit strange, since from the flashback it doesn't look like she even saw them drag Pamuk's body out of that particular room (just across the hall). I guess she's familiar enough with the house that she knows where they came from anyway. And of course all this is necessary for plot purposes. Still a bit strange to me.
- I'm with Mary and can see why she envies her aunt's life. I suppose Robert's reaction is informed by what he's just been reading about Mary and Napier and the presumed taint to Mary's reputation.
- Sybil and her job searching and plotting for Gwen are so cute.
- "Poor Edith. I hope there's a right tree for her somewhere." WELL, IT'S NOT MATTHEW, OKAY? And why am I suddenly reminded of Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids saying she's going to "climb that like a tree"?
- Again, I feel like the pressure on Daisy to explain herself is a tad awkward and forced. Not Thomas's part, certainly, but ... William says one minute that she doesn't have to talk about it and then he's the one to ask what her getting spooked has to do with Lady Mary's bedroom. It just seems a bit like they *had* to have it come out somehow and couldn't find a better way.
- If it's called the Grantham Cup, it seems odd that Violet is even allowed to compete. I guess it wouldn't have in that day and age, but that was the first thing I thought - "Her name's on the thing, how is that fair?"
- I hate the phrase "no better than she should be." Hate it.
- Poor Daisy didn't stand a chance against Thomas and O'Brien. No one's secrets are safe with those two around. And LOL at Daisy getting caught with her hand literally in the cookie jar in Sybil's room. :P
- Thank you, Matthew, for assuring us, once again, that you have no interest in Edith Crawley.
- OMG HOW DARE YOU ASK ME TO MAKE APPLE CHARLOTTE?!?! Another misinterpretation on my first viewing. I thought Mrs. Patmore's secret was that she couldn't read and that she just had the recipes in her head. Of course, when you go back, you see in earlier episodes that they're laying the groundwork for the revelation of her impaired vision - particularly with her not being able to see things that are in front of her on the prep table.
- On a related note, there needs to be a Downton Abbey cookbook. Now. :D (Paula Deen, incidentally, has a recipe for Apple Charlotte, if you're interested.)
- Sybil's and Gwen's interview adventure is hilarious. I cracked up when the horse ran off at the sound of the word "glue." BLUCHER! (Which is not the German word for glue, incidentally, if you recall that bit of Young Frankenstein trivia. :D)
- Oh, Anna and Bates. Could you be any more Remains of the Day? :D
- The affair of the snuffbox is delightful. Of course, Thomas and O'Brien's villainy is well-known, which is why Bates knows almost instantly what has happened to the box. And Anna's idea of finding where they've stashed it and hiding it in one of their rooms instead is lovely. Score one, Team Bates.
- LOL I love when O'Brien pleads impertinence when she's already being pretty danged impertinent. Oh, Edith, you wicked girl. All these jerks are pretending to care about Daisy and how trying it must be to keep her secret, when all they really care about is the information and how they can use it against someone.
- "I take that as a compliment." "I must have said it wrong."
- Aww, a little flirting between Mary and Matthew at the prep for the flower show. Too bad she'll screw it up later.
- LMAO at O'Brien practically announcing that the snuffbox was put in Bates's room.
- And yet again Mary is reminded that the only important thing she can do in life is get married, and that she'd better do it now. LOVE her setting Strallen up against Matthew and saying that willikers if she wouldn't marry MATTHEW... :D Ouch, Cora - "damaged goods"?
- FIVE SECOND RULE! Gosh, everything that Mrs. Patmore does wrong is Daisy's fault, isn't it? The best bit of the chicken falling on the floor is the cat trying to gnaw at it. "What the eye can't see, the heart won't grieve over." Well, that's not exactly true for you, is it, Mrs. Patmore? *hugs*
- Wow, could Mary be any more obviously bored? And I'm sure Matthew is glad of some positive attention from Mary, but he seems to think her a bit rude too. Couldn't help laughing with her at Sir Anthony's overdramatic "GOOD GOD!", though. I may pull that next time I'm at a large dinner. Or not.
- Oh gosh, what a sweet couple of scenes between Mrs. Patmore and Carson. Love that she didn't want Carson messing with the stove because it was beneath his dignity.
- Mary is QUITE full of herself after dinner. Don't bother, Edith, Matthew isn't suddenly going to fall into your arms. Kudos to papa for his fatherly perception of Mary and her "toys." Beautiful shot of Mary staring longingly out the window. I'm sure that has featured in many fanvids. :P
- WAY TO GO, ANNA! Fight fire with fire, indeed. :D Love how Thomas and O'Brien dash so quickly out of the room!
- Dude, my heart breaks for Matthew in that scene where he returns home and starts to say what happened, and what he thought for a moment *had* happened.
- "I think the appropriate response to that, mama, is 'Yes, dear.'" BAM. Go Robert.
- I can't blame Anna for loving Bates, but he is the Biggest Woobie Ever.
- Brief fashion commentary. I don't like that blue and white striped dress of Mary's. It doesn't flatter her at all. She wears it again in the tragic rejection scene in the finale, so maybe they put her in it on purpose to make her look more childlike?
- "I think that she who laughs last, laughs longest." Oh Edith, you little monster. Not saying your sister doesn't deserve a smacking, but jeez.
- And this is when I fell in love with Violet. She was all snark and little character until she gave the Grantham Cup to Mr. Molesley. I love that she does it cheerfully, too, and not as an "oh well, I suppose..." kind of thing. I wonder if Isobel realizes what she did (the way the rest of the family seems to).
- All I can think of now when I see that envelope addressed to Belgrave Square is that this is the Other Scandal in Belgravia. [/Sherlock reference]