Monday, January 11, 2016

Downton Abbey Season 6 Episode 2 Recap

  • Tom writes they’ve opened a new car sales room, and Rose is most likely pregnant.

  • Mary is doing agenty things and some disgruntled land man who doesn’t believe in career women is incredulous. She’s arranging for the local prized pigs to compete in a contest. Best line of the episode was telling Edith, “Don’t be such a ninny.”


  • Carson and Elise start discussing the wedding. The family offers to have the reception in the house, and Carson really wants Mary to be at the wedding. Mrs. Hughes isn’t thrilled:  “I don’t want to be a servant on my wedding day. It wouldn’t be us.” Mary is being brat and is going to take over the wedding planning. Ms. Hughes is maaaad (rightfully so).


  • I am already over this storyline with the hospital and infighting and it’s literally barely started. Literally no one cares about the hospital. no. one. Ms. Crawley throwing shade at Clarkson. Merton still wants to work and be friends with Ms. Crawley in any way possible.


  • Thomas continues gazingly gazing at Andy. Andy: tbh LEAVE ME ALONE. Thomas: PLZ LET ME DO STUFF WITH YOU. Andy: Srsly no. Repeat three times over. Poor Andy is running for his life. Thomas has a job interview. The guy takes him down a peg from his high horse: “you’re a delicate looking fellow aren’t you? (LOL).”


  • Edith’s publisher (Skinner) is very angry and shouty, and she’s not quite sure how to handle him. She also discusses the idea of living alone. Rosamond tells her to not get “too” used to it. I’m thinking that she should move with Marigold and take her far away from the village and just do her own thing. I’m sure she’d be much happier for it.


  • Mosley is sticking himself in Daisy’s business for some reason, both with trying to help her take her exams and how to solve Mr. Mason’s housing problems. I’m not really getting why he cares so much, but I guess he’s just being a nice guy. He’s bugging Baxter to ask Lady Grantham for help, but Cora doesn’t know how to help either, unless they end up kicking the Drew’s out. Daisy is suddenly very angry  at the man and the system. Branson would be thrilled. #anarchistprobs


  • Anna’s mopey as is her normal and is positive she can’t have kids, and is on her second cry of the day. At this point I’m seriously worried about her mental health. She’s going to jump off a bridge or something. Mary insists Anna see her doctor, and she smiles for the first time in like 3 seasons. Anna can have a surgery when she’s pregnant to save her baby. She’s smiling so much for the rest of the episode and it feels very foreign.


  • Lord G ends up bullying poor poor Mr. Drew to move because it might make Edith and Mrs. Drew upset about Marigold, and it’s painful to watch. By the episode’s end, unhinged Mrs. Drew stole Marigold and took her back to her house. The reason I say she’s a bit crazy is because she already has like 5 kids? Why is she so obsessed? And a sad Drew realizes because she’s cray he does has to move, thus opening up a spot for Mr. Mason to live I think?!


  • A side note on hats, I really loved the flowered one Anna wore when she and Bates walked home. Later, also Lady Violet’s hat is super pretty too. Am I just now noticing the amazing hats in this show?

Overall a fairly uneventful episode, but I expected as much, to set up for future plotlines.


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