A toast for Lady Mary and Matthew Crawley!

[grasswire]

Hear, hear!

[MaineDem]

1. I sat here, all alone, and applauded!

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And I read on a Twitter feed that since Hercule Poirot's first case was in 1920, Lord Grantham should hire him to free Bates. Great idea.

Great finale! Can't wait for next January.

[trumad]

2. Just a terrific series...

Rich in characters--- Maggie Smith is funny as hell and will be even funnier next season when Shirley McClaine crosses the big pond.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-01-30/news/31007482_1_shirley-maclaine-third-season-downton-abbey

[grasswire]

3. I wonder if the Titanic *cousin* will reappear

If he did, Matthew would not be heir to the estate. Things were more complicated for heirs before fingerprint technology and DNA, eh?

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Then Edith would likely be Lady Grantham in waiting.

Hmmmm.

[joeybee12]

8. I thought they scuttled that storyline much

too quickly...I'd like it to return...

[grasswire]

10. if Matthew loses his position as heir..

....then he and Lady Mary will simply be a family with no claim to land or income. And if Patrick hooked up with Edith, then Edith would be in the superior position as the wife of the future Earl of Grantham.

All interesting.

I hope we don't see Robert, Earl of Grantham die. I'm very fond of that character. And I hope we don't see Lady Mary suffer again.

[Still Blue in PDX]

4. Oh, my!

I haven't yet watched last night's episode. Now I am REALLY anxious to get home from work!

[OKNancy]

5. best of Maggie

http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf?video=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.pbs.org%2FvideoPlayerInfo%2F2196625085&player=viral

[noel711]

7. i am befreft...

This series was a lovely diversion during the dregs of winter and the dreck of politics. Now what?

So many threads to be addressed in year three; hope matthew and mary close the deal. But the last scene was sweet and hopeful.

[xmas74]

9. Love, love, love this show.

I'm printing out the paper dolls from another thread. A coworker swore she'd get a picture of Shirley McClaine and we'd stick it on an extra paper doll, just to be ready for season 3.