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Violet_Crumble

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30. It was really good. My daughter got all teary at the ending...

Thu Dec 29, 2011, 07:27 AM

Dec 2011

I was relieved when I realised it was set around xmas time and was carrying on the story from series two. Thank goodness series 3 willl air late next year. They can't leave the whole Mr Bates thing hanging. And I want to see Sybil reappear with the chauffeur...

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Any Downton Abbey fans here? [View all] xmas74 Dec 2011 OP

I'm looking forward to the new season. MaineDem Dec 2011 #1

It's next Sunday, I believe. xmas74 Dec 2011 #2

I watched it online catchnrelease Dec 2011 #3

Np. xmas74 Dec 2011 #4

Loved Season 1. Skinner Dec 2011 #5

Season 2 starts Jan 8. xmas74 Dec 2011 #7

Yes, it's a great show! It's also one of the few things I've seen Hugh Bonneville in where Luciferous Dec 2011 #6

Love the show. xmas74 Dec 2011 #8

Ha, I did the same thing! Luciferous Dec 2011 #9

It was so good! xmas74 Dec 2011 #10

It was! I finished it yesterday and will definitely watch the Christmas special when it comes out. Luciferous Dec 2011 #15

I finished it too xmas74 Dec 2011 #17

Can't wait. ceile Dec 2011 #11

They are repeating season one xmas74 Dec 2011 #13

Love this show OKNancy Dec 2011 #12

I love Cranford too! xmas74 Dec 2011 #14

I'll have to check that one out. I also love the PBS/BBC period shows. My husband thinks Luciferous Dec 2011 #16

You'd like Cranford. xmas74 Dec 2011 #18

Yeah, I watch a lot of those types of shows on Netflix. Ha, my daughter's 12 and wouldn't be Luciferous Dec 2011 #19

My daughter is 11 1/2. xmas74 Dec 2011 #20

Hell, yes! And I don't usually like those period piece shows... Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 #21

There is also a Christmas special. xmas74 Dec 2011 #22

I watched it yesterday.... Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 #27

I've already watched it xmas74 Dec 2011 #29

It was really good. My daughter got all teary at the ending... Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 #30

Sybil was nowhere in the episode. xmas74 Dec 2011 #31

The end was great! Luciferous Dec 2011 #32

So you think they will show the... IcyPeas Jan 2012 #62

It's a continuation of the series. xmas74 Jan 2012 #63

I know it's part of the Season 2 DVD MaineDem Jan 2012 #64

I LOVE it! joeybee12 Dec 2011 #23

Season one is also up right now at PBS.org xmas74 Dec 2011 #24

I'll have to try and find the Christmas episode... joeybee12 Dec 2011 #25

I don't know if it will be on season 2. xmas74 Dec 2011 #26

Thanks...but I'm not on facebook... joeybee12 Dec 2011 #28

I found the Christmas Special on youtube OKNancy Dec 2011 #33

It's there for the moment. xmas74 Dec 2011 #34

love it! Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2011 #35

Season 2 and the Christmas special xmas74 Dec 2011 #36

The season 2 episodes have been taken off youtube... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #37

I noticed that some were pulled almost xmas74 Jan 2012 #38

They - PBS or the producers - probably are ok with the Christmas Special out there joeybee12 Jan 2012 #39

One of the ones that was pulled was by NBC/Universal. xmas74 Jan 2012 #40

Hmmm...that's weird... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #41

It's already been announced xmas74 Jan 2012 #42

Yeah, but with British series we may not see it until 2014! joeybee12 Jan 2012 #43

Unless I find a link much sooner. xmas74 Jan 2012 #44

Love it!....I have a multi-direction dvd, so I've already seen the 2nd season & it's great! n/t whathehell Jan 2012 #45

I watched it online xmas74 Jan 2012 #46

Yes! Love it! -eom Justitia Jan 2012 #47

Season two will be on PBS xmas74 Jan 2012 #48

Three days until Season Two! joeybee12 Jan 2012 #49

Looking forward to it! n/t MaineDem Jan 2012 #50

I may have to watch it online as it's a feral cat clinic weekend... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #52

I can't wait! xmas74 Jan 2012 #51

Thank God they will put them online... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #53

PBS is really good about that. xmas74 Jan 2012 #54

This is fun! OKNancy Jan 2012 #55

I'm almost afraid to take it! xmas74 Jan 2012 #56

I'm Lady Sybil (no surpise here in DU I guess.) MaineDem Jan 2012 #57

I purposely tried to become the Dowager Countess on my second g-around... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #59

What's a weekend? MaineDem Jan 2012 #60

That whole first dinner scene was great... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #61

I'm the Earl of Grantham... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #58

I watched the first episode online over a few nights...don't read if you haven't seen it... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #65

I do think that they xmas74 Jan 2012 #66

I read an interview with the guy who plays Thomas... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #67

What did you all think of Episode 2? MaineDem Jan 2012 #68

I can't talk about Mr Bates very much. xmas74 Jan 2012 #69

Thanks. I don't want to know spoilers. n/t MaineDem Jan 2012 #70

Np. xmas74 Jan 2012 #72

+1 grasswire Jan 2012 #78

The actress who plays O'Brien looks uncannily like someone I know in real life. Still Blue in PDX Jan 2012 #71

She's doing a good job on the show. xmas74 Jan 2012 #73

Me, too. Still Blue in PDX Jan 2012 #74

I need to look around Netflix xmas74 Jan 2012 #75

I just found her in a show called Apparitions. Still Blue in PDX Jan 2012 #76

Netflix was one of those things xmas74 Jan 2012 #77

I have to figure out if Netflix still sells just DVDs or if you have to buy streaming too grasswire Jan 2012 #79

You can get DVDs only MaineDem Jan 2012 #80

i just looked at my account. xmas74 Jan 2012 #81

oh thanks n/t grasswire Jan 2012 #82