https://cartermatt.com/172689/as-downton-abbey-season-6-films-grand-finale-have-feelings-changed/ TV News, Interviews, and Reviews Fri, 24 Jul 2015 03:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://cartermatt.com/172689/as-downton-abbey-season-6-films-grand-finale-have-feelings-changed/#comment-148195 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 03:21:00 +0000 http://cartermatt.com/?p=172689#comment-148195 The show really wasn’t able to handle losing Matthew and Sybil Crawley. It has never been the same since…..it lost a lot of its heart. Recycled, meandering plots (the Bateses in prison again?) and half-baked character reboots sustained it. Along with the costumes. If you watched for the Dowager Countesses witticisms or the misplaced period nostalgia (or Mary being a cow to her sister), you were fine. If you wanted narrative satisfaction or character development? Forget it. If this show had bowed out after S3, it would be remembered as one of the greats and not just one of the most popular.

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