Downton Abbey season 3 review

For the first hour and 55 minutes of the “Downton Abbey” season 3 Christmas special, it is likely that most viewers watching the show on ITV had the largest of smiles on their faces. However, these grins likely turned to frowns the moment that the show aired its closing scenes, which in many ways came […]

“Downton Abbey” season 3 arrived with enormous expectations, and yet it somehow managed to top them and then some. The show’s finale on Sunday provided closure to a good many of the series’ plots, some brilliant moments featuring characters across the board, and also a few moments that we did not see coming at all. […]

The concept of evolution is a fascinating one, and it is something that we saw quite a bit about during Sunday night’s new episode of “Downton Abbey.” Of course, we are not talking about evolution in the same way that Charles Darwin did so many years ago; instead, we are dealing with something that has […]

We will start off this week’s review of “Downton Abbey” with a major shocker: Ethel can actually cook! Of course, even something as simple as acquiring a skill does not come unattached to a massive heap of drama. The former prostitute spent the earlier part of this episode struggling to cook a meal for Isobel’s […]

We are not sure there is another show on television that mixes drama and joy in the same exact way that “Downton Abbey” does, and we saw plenty of both on Sunday night’s new episode. Once again, we saw the continuation of what has been a tradition for much of this season; rather than having […]

There’s no way of beating around the bush here: Sunday night’s new episode of “Downton Abbey” may very well be among one of the most painful hours of television that we have watched in recent memory. This was a tough, taxing hour of TV for many of the characters we have come to love, in […]

As always in the world of “Downton Abbey,” there was quite a bit of drama that unfolded during Sunday night’s episode; some of it was uplifting, some was sad, and some was intriguing. Overall, it was an hour that gave us another look into the struggling institution and the stress that comes with dealing with […]