Goodbye Lady Mary

  Last night was the North American series finale of Downton Abbey. I love that show. Again it's part of my British obsession. After six seasons, the Crawley's said goodbye. And wrapped it up quite nicely I think.

  Stop reading if you haven't seen the show. Stop reading if you are planning on watching the series. And you really should. It's very good.

  The writers didn't leave us hanging. They gave us a look into the future for every character. Upstairs and down. Tom was the only one who we couldn't figure out what his life was going to become.

  This show was all about the changing of the classes in the early 1900's. How war changed everything, and everyone's, perceptions of what they could achieve in their lives. So it's only fitting that it ends with the upper classes realizing their way of life was slipping away and the lower class servants realizing they could move up in the world.

  Carson and Mrs. Hughes, Edith and Bertie and Lady Rose got their happily ever after. Snobby Lady Mary got hitched to a used car salesman. Totally out of character but believable since it was Matthew Goode and he is easy to look at!

  Sunday nights will not be the same. No more weddings, deaths, fights and love stories in the castle. No footmen, under butlers or Lords sneaky off for romantic trysts.

  And the worst part...no more Dame Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess. No one could have pulled off the one liners and insults like she did. 

  That I will miss most of all.

  Ang