So sad Downtown's over!!! ~snif~

[lindysalsagal]

Maggie got the last word! "If only we had the choice!"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It was just a high-end soap opera,

but I loved it. The last episode was a bit too happily-ever-after but I enjoyed it anyhow.

[lindysalsagal]

2. Barrow was redeemed. Isabel got her man . Robert grew up. Edith royalty

and Mary's husband a car salesman. Poor Carsen.

Was Mrs. Patmore propositioned???

Daisy didn't go off to college, but fell for an illiterate.

The only one who didn't age or die was the Dowager. She'll live forever!!

[Upthevibe]

4. I know folks who have loved that program. I guess I'll binge watch it. I've been

Binging on "Better Call Saul" this weekend. It's a loss when a show ends. I hope all my "Downtown...." friends make it through ok! The programs we're getting these days are awesome!

[Arugula Latte]

8. Mary's knocked up by her dashing hubs. A romance for Branson is hinted at.

Good old Dickie shant die, after all, and he and Isobel are shacked up in their love nest.

Robert has come to accept Cora's new role at the hospital.

Happy endings all around, except for Carsen.

[lindysalsagal]

9. How dare you suggest Isobel and Dickie would cause a society scandall!!

I'm sure they had a quiet ceremony with just the Crowleys.....

[Arugula Latte]

10. Well, I heard that that vixen Isobel is a trollop, and why do you think they call him Dickie?

[lindysalsagal]

11. Better not let the dowager countess hear you spouting such vulgarities!

[3catwoman3]

3. There's a lot of fun to be had...

...at various Downton Abbey fan fiction sites, so look around if you want to keep the stories going.

I have been completely hooked. I would have liked to have seen more of Lord and Lady Merton being together. Lord Merton is a silver fox, for sure!

I wonder how much good stuff ended up on the cutting room floor. I'd love to see every second

[femmocrat]

5. I bawled like a baby.

I will miss it so (in my best British accent). >sniff<

I was pleased with all the happy outcomes and glad there were no loose ends. I was delighted that they gave Edith her happy ending at last.

[3catwoman3]

6. The most unexpected...

...moment of the whole 6 seasons, IMO, was Spratt turning out to be the advice columnist. I totally did not see that coming.

[lindysalsagal]

7. Sprat is hysterical.

I'd love to meet that actor.

Who could have guessed Edith would inherit and run a magazine! And become a mother.

I found it sweet that her groom's mother was egged on by Robert. Something like "If you miss this, you'll lose her forever."

Lots of clever plot twists!

[annabanana]

15. Robert really surprised me with that..

Well, he was ever bold in marrying an American...

[annabanana]

13. I loved that The Dowager squashed her nasty ladies maid

and LAUGHED when she read Spratt's column.

[Donkees]

12. Carsen symbolized 'upholding tradition', so his palsy represented the 'shaky ground' ...

of those traditions evolving and changing society.

[annabanana]

14. I'm glad his dignity was spared and he was

allowed "supervisory" capacity on the grounds of Downton at the end.

[Donkees]

16. Yes, and less of a 'supervisor' to Mrs. Carsen. Somewhere in an earlier years' episode...

...Carsen mentioned his dream was to remain and die on the estate. It was as if he was married to Downton, ever faithful.