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Lily Fairbairn
Valinor
Jan 28, 10:37pm
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Ah, good---I'm glad y'all are discussing this *more spoilers*
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Thank goodness I knew what was going to happen to Sybil in this episode, or I would have been very upset. It was still wrenching. I wonder how many people did what I did today, google "eclampsia", a condition I remember hearing about during my own pregnancies way the hey many years ago but otherwise knew nothing about it other than that it involved high blood pressure. It turns out that it's more common among young women in their first pregnancy. Although it's very unusual (today, at least) for a woman to actually die of it.
My husband's great grandmother died in childbirth around the turn of the last century, and my own grandmother was the only one of a pair of twins to survive birth (same time period). We think of such deaths as belonging to the past, but an acquaintance of an acquaintance recently lost her sister-in-law in childbirth. The fact that this is a much rarer event today didn't help their feelings, I bet.
I agree that Mary is a pill, but I do think she was a bit warmer to Edith there at Sybil's bedside. Now it's just the two of them, of course. We'll see where this all goes, as well as Cora's blaming Robert for Sybil's death.
I agree that it was a humanizing moment first for Thomas Barrow to say that of all the above-stairs folk, he felt closest to Sybil because of their work in the hospital during the war, and then for him to grieve for her. I almost (but not quite) feel sorry for him for the plot O'Brien is coiling around him.
I don't think Tom Branson will abandon his child to the Granthams. He's lost his wife and effectively lost his country---he may well focus all his attention on her (the baby).
I haven't followed the events with Bates and his cellmate very well either. The dialog isn't very clear and I couldn't figure out what Bates was hiding in his hand. I'm glad we're finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with this sub-plot because it's dragged on too long for my taste. I, too, strongly dislike underlying conspiracies that are dragged in simply to drag out the story.
I'm glad to see Anna now officially a lady's maid in her black dress.
It's infuriating to see the attitudes toward poor Ethel, but they're typical of the times. Sometimes Isabel is a bit too officious, but at least she's trying to help Ethel.
DA may be a soap opera, but it's a classy one, and keeps drawing me back in!
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What movies did you watch this weekend?
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deej
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Jan 28, 2:37pm
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well... how about last night's episode of Downton Abbey **SPOILERS**
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Magpie
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Jan 28, 3:43pm
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Yes, how about it!
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Jan 28, 4:31pm
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Mary...
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Magpie
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Jan 28, 4:55pm
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Middle Class
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Jan 28, 5:07pm
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Something about Mary
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CuriousG
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Jan 28, 11:33pm
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I'm actually a big fan of Mary ...
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Patty
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Jan 29, 12:20am
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AE, Have you seen any more of Downton season three then just what was on last night?
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Patty
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Jan 28, 6:52pm
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I've seen the first three episodes
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Jan 28, 7:40pm
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You know that the guard and another prisoner, Craig I think his name was
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Patty
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Jan 28, 7:10pm
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I didn't catch that and don't have sound to blame
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Magpie
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Jan 28, 7:13pm
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Another bit of illogical plot lines by Mr. Fellows I guess.
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Patty
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Jan 28, 7:27pm
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I never could figure out
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Jan 28, 7:43pm
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I imagine that's just what they used to pack the stuff in.
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Patty
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Jan 28, 8:16pm
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Bates
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Rostron2
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Jan 28, 6:44pm
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Dr. Clarkson would choose this time
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Patty
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Jan 28, 6:53pm
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Bates's story is unsatisfying, but
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Patty
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Jan 28, 7:03pm
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did you mean to say....
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Magpie
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Jan 28, 7:10pm
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Oh sorry, I didn't mean to say believable.
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Patty
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Jan 28, 7:12pm
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still confused
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Magpie
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Jan 28, 7:15pm
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Aha! I really need to accept techno-defeat and get off the iPad and back on the computer...
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Patty
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Jan 28, 7:24pm
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Do you have a physical, attachabel keypad?
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CuriousG
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Jan 28, 11:22pm
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I do, actually...
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Patty
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Jan 29, 12:09am
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Ah, good---I'm glad y'all are discussing this *more spoilers*
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Lily Fairbairn
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Jan 28, 10:37pm
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Is there anybody that didn't know what was going to happen last night?
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Patty
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Jan 29, 12:23am
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not sure
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Magpie
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Jan 29, 12:28am
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Memorable scene related to *spoiler*
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CuriousG
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Jan 29, 1:06am
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Spoiler in your subject line! //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 29, 1:08am
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Oops! Sorry, but I thought anyone watching the show would know that already./
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CuriousG
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Jan 29, 1:24am
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The show screens in different months in different countries,
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Ataahua
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Jan 29, 5:45am
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And some people record to watch later in the week //
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Magpie
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Jan 29, 2:37pm
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You mean some fans can actually WAIT?!! Not this one. lol/
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CuriousG
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Jan 30, 1:59am
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Obviously I couldn't wait
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Patty
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Jan 30, 5:05pm
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It's not on until tonight on at least one of our local channels. //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 29, 1:26am
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I fixed it //
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entmaiden
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Jan 29, 2:56am
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Thanks.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 29, 12:50pm
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You are right. That scene with Maggie
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Patty
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Jan 29, 2:19am
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yes... I noticed it
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Magpie
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Jan 29, 4:06am
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Yes!
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Jan 29, 2:15pm
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Jessica Brown Findlay...
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Patty
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Jan 30, 12:59am
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ooh
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Annael
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Jan 31, 4:28pm
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Whoops. I just saw that someone else got the role....
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Patty
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Feb 2, 5:32am
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Yes!
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Annael
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Jan 31, 4:23pm
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I didn't.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 29, 12:52pm
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Mama and Darker than Black
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SirDennisC
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Jan 28, 6:19pm
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how are you watching the anime series?
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Magpie
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Jan 28, 7:02pm
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Netflix
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SirDennisC
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Jan 28, 7:51pm
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I'll take a look and see what Amazon has //
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Magpie
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Jan 28, 8:05pm
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* "...add that it has a European (Spanish) sensibility..." d'oh //
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SirDennisC
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Jan 28, 8:02pm
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Watched "Super 8"
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CuriousG
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Jan 28, 11:19pm
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Legend
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Hamfast
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Jan 28, 11:58pm
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The unicorns are memorable
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CuriousG
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Jan 29, 12:02am
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Almost finished the Battlestar Galactica (remake) series!!
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Laerasėa
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Jan 29, 12:08am
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Purchased 'Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2' today...
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Otaku-sempai
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Jan 29, 11:04pm
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Watched "Burke and Hare" with our own Andy Serkis
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Kimtc
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Jan 29, 11:52pm
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Season 5 Breaking Bad, True Blood season 5 and Wonders of Life BBC
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imin
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Jan 30, 2:45am
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Total Recall (the remake) and The Five-Year Engagement
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Annael
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Jan 31, 3:55pm
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