Downton Abby-- anyone watch?

[ruthmadison]

Just saw this on a blog:

"What, you ask, does this have to do with paralysis? Everything, it turns out. As the second season opens, World War I is raging on the Continent and sucking life as we know it down a gaping foxhole. The heir to Downton, a dashing young heartthrob named Matthew Crawley, signs up for the war, like all patriotic Brits, and comes home a few episodes later paralyzed from the waist down. As he convalesces at the family compound, we get a sober glimpse at what it meant to be paralyzed before antibiotics, the ADA, and all the other advantages, physical and emotional, of our relatively enlightened age."
www.spinalcordinjury-paralysis.org/MythofWalking/2012/02/07/the-way-we-were

[Deleted]

I was actually really disappointed by such a good dev opportunity in viewing pleasure but that article makes it a lot more understandable as to what Matthew would have been going through. Really interesting!! Social and personal attitudes.

[Emma]

I heard of it and watched an episode but it was super PBS slow that I couldn't get through the whole show.....aaaand there were no cool dev moments in the parts I saw.

[lavly]

but it ended up with no real dev moment for me ... so i just let it pass .

its a good show though

[Dee Dee]

WooHoo! I LOVE Downton Abbey and cannot wait till the première of the second season!!!

[dolly]

did you guys see this clip on saturday night live? sooo funny.

(watch it soon, snl is renowned for shutting down links to their material due to copyright infringement. so silly, as it's amazing promotion for their show. .... )


waffles-and-calzones.tumblr.com/post/17199788488/judygrimes-snl-takes-on-downton-abbey

[Deleted]

Funny!!!!! Whats ur other car a bike? Oh it is a bike.

[ruthmadison]

It's on Netflix, so I'm going to give it a chance!

[mariposa]

The story of Matthew's paralysis has an extremely hackneyed and disappointing ending. I'll warn you now...

And I love the way every cliche of WW1 is represented. At the end of the series, Lord Whatsisface stares into the distance whilst pondering 'the point of the damn war' before going on to mutter about the terrible waste. And before you know it, the war is over. Just like that.

But it's enjoyable twaddle, I'll give it that

[lavly]

Feb 10, 2012 2:24:35 GMT -5 dolly said:

did you guys see this clip on saturday night live? sooo funny.

(watch it soon, snl is renowned for shutting down links to their material due to copyright infringement. so silly, as it's amazing promotion for their show. .... )


waffles-and-calzones.tumblr.com/post/17199788488/judygrimes-snl-takes-on-downton-abbey

im so still laughing at this ... i have moment i think about the chicken lady and i might be doing shopping and ill just burst into to laugher , everyone else looking at me as in " is this chick ok"

[dolly]

i know, eh?!

i haven't even watched the show but i keep going back to watch that clip and i find it just as funny every time...

[BA]

that was a definite repost!