FASHION Magazine
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Downton Abbey Recap: We’ve never been more thankful not to be Crawleys
Photography courtesy of eOne Media By Randi Bergman and Paige Dzenis
As if Season 3 wasn’t tragic enough, we were dealt one final blow on Sunday night’s Downton Abbey finale. For the second week in a row, we were rushed through two heavily packed episodes full of drama for both the upstairs and downstairs crews. Thomas was vindicated, Mrs Patmore was proposed-to, Branson was seen topless, Mary had a baby…and then something else happened. And while we’ll leave spoilers until after the click-through, let us just ask: Why can’t characters be written off the Brenda Walsh way?
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Downton Abbey Recap: Everyone is happy and gets what they want after playing a game of cricket in episode 6
Image courtesy eOne Entertainment By Randi Bergman and Paige Dzenis
Oh, PBS problems: First, North America has to wait four months after Downtown Abbey airs in the UK to watch the third season legally. Then we’re randomly forced to watch the season in super quick doses when PBS schedules two hour-long episodes back-to-back as one mega episode. Such was the case last night, when we went from discussions of christening into gossip about cricket. There was plenty of drama to keep us entertained throughout the 120 minute run of the penultimate episode, with the introduction of new characters, possible persecutions and many an evil plot in action. (How evil, you ask? Let’s just say “her ladyship’s soap” is all you need to know…) Read on for our full recap of episode “six”
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Downton Abbey Recap: Everyone disagrees with the Earl in episode 5
Photography courtesy eOne Entertainment By Randi Bergman and Paige Dzenis
After last week’s tragic episode, it seemed like nothing would ever be the same on Downton Abbey. With Cora and the Earl sleeping in separate bedrooms, Mary furious at Matthew and both upstairs and downstairs operating under a cloud of grief, the odds of this week’s episode containing the show’s signature quips seemed low. But with cousin Isobel employing Ethel, Daisy continuing to pine after Alfred and the Dowager Countess being, well, the Dowager Countess, all was almost back to normal at Downton. Though the Earl may have a thing or two to say about that…
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Downton Abbey Recap: Episode 4 teaches us to carry on, because it’s what we must do
By Randi Bergman and Paige Dzenis
Downton dealt such a blow to humanity last night that even Thomas cried. While we’d been avoiding BBC spoilers for months now, we did know that something really bad was going to happen and now we know what that truly awful spin was. After the sobfest, we were feeling very un-funny. But as Carson ever so wisely told Daisy, “Carry on, as we must.” And we must. Be forewarned: spoilers appear through the rest of this piece.
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Downton Abbey Recap: Branson and Sybil are back, Edith wants to be a writer and everyone’s into the new footman
By Randi Bergman and Paige Dzenis
We’re almost halfway through the third season of Downton Abbey and, despite the warnings of those who downloaded it in the fall, things just keep getting better and better. This week we discover that Lord Grantham is just as useless as we’ve thought all along. (He’s still the best at becoming outraged over anything his daughters do, so perhaps he should consider a career in that?) Elsewhere, Anna worries that Bates is worried about her, Matthew worries about Lady Mary’s decision to wallpaper the nursery and Edith worries about having nothing to worry about. Whew! We cover all of this and more in our recap, so read on
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Downton Abbey Recap: For episode 2, finally something is going on in this house that’s about Edith!
Photography courtesy eOne Films By Randi Bergman and Paige Dzenis
The biggest rule of Downton Abbey is that all things exciting will soon turn tragic. In the opening sequence Edith is overjoyed by the preparations for her wedding—only to quickly have “her life’s work” leave her at the altar. However, the benefit of the show is that it satisfies its audience by just as quickly bringing joy back to those it has shunned—so we’re certainly hoping things will once again look up for poor Edith. Until then, let’s discuss the other developments of episode two: Matthew gets a letter that surprises no one (except himself), the Dowager Countess continues to meddle and we wonder if the show will be forced to change its name to Downton Place. What? Read on for our full recap.
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It’s finally here! Why you should watch the season 3 premiere of Downton Abbey
Image courtesy eOne Films Read all of our Downton Abbey recaps from previous seasons »
Downtonians rejoice! Downton Abbey returns this weekend with the premiere of its third season. While the season has already aired in the U.K. (causing us to avoid all and every online mention of Downton Abbey for fear of spoilers) we’ve been eagerly anticipating its North American debut ever since season two ended last February.
The period-drama-meets-soap-opera series, which follows the lives of English aristocracy and their servants, has become a favorite amongst the fashion crowd due to the elaborate costumes and set designs. Considering that season three takes place in the 1920s, we’re even more excited for Great Gatsby-esque outfits.