Downton Abbey - 6x8 "Episode 51" Full Reaction
Added 2023-08-09 09:23:20 +0000 UTC
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What phone do you have? I only have to hit two buttons, Reject All and Or Continue to Website. I don’t find it an issue. 🤷♀️ Could just watch it on desktop as well.
Laurel
2023-08-20 15:47:47 +0000 UTCCan you please post a separate link? Everytime I try to click the link available it pulls an advertisement and won’t let me move out without agreeing to the app which won’t work with my smartphone
Krie
2023-08-20 15:14:08 +0000 UTCTHANK YOU for reacting the same way as I did to everyone pushing and pushing Mary to be with Henry. And I actually like them as a couple more than you do. It's not the magical perfection that was Mary & Matthew, but I think they're really well-suited. I was just outraged as they all ganged up on her, refusing to accept her clear decision, as if anyone else had the right to decide such a thing for her. Tom was the worst culprit but he wasn't alone. It was also frustrating that everyone was going along with the idea that Mary was rejecting him out of some sort of snobbery, but of course Mary leaned into that explanation. She didn't like the vulnerability of admitting that she was terrified of his profession, and to her credit, she was unwilling to pressure him into giving up something he loves for her, and possibly resenting her in the future. The whole thing with Edith was just so painful. She was just an idiot to not tell him everything on her own. I'm sure she would have if she realized that Mary had figured it out. And I do think she would have told him before she married him, but as she said, "We'll never know." POOR THOMAS. And thank god for Baxter. He definitely wouldn't have been found in time if she hadn't suspected. I am a retired teacher and I was having PTSD watching Mr. Molesley's first class.. So ridiculous that they didn't actually give teachers any training back then. They just tested how well they knew the subject matter and tossed them into the deep end. But when he opened up to them it was beautiful to see.
Rosanne Stewart
2023-08-10 19:31:47 +0000 UTCYour reaction to Mary and Henry is so funny as I was the same - like it's not the worst thing in the world but also meh. I do love the actor Matthew Goode who plays Henry though, it's strange not to see him in a queer role or queer film (he's in my OG fave lesbian film Imagine Me and You). Tom honestly is such an unrecognisable character to me - and not in a good way. It sort of feels like they don't know what to do with him most of the time. Felt so sorry for Thomas my god (wish the episode had been more about his struggle than Tom telling Mary how in love she is - it's a general consensus that the glossing over was wild) and Edith too. I love Mary, even though she's often awful, but I wish her narrative had been 'I know my own mind' and not a romantic storyline but heyho. Anyway, great reaction as always (sorry for the long comment!)
Natasha
2023-08-09 21:19:54 +0000 UTC
