What is this show that everyone is (or should be!) talking about? The series is set in the fictional Downton Abbey, it follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family during the tumultuous 1910s. From the sinking of the Titanic to WWI, to dramas between servants and other scandal, there's just so much going on with this family. If you love period dramas like I do (such as the BBC/Masterpiece serials for Pride & Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and North & South to name a few), then you MUST watch this one. It's like a soap opera, except the production quality is phenomenal and the acting is top-notch.
The top three reasons I'm obsessed with this show? READ ON.
The Crawley Sisters |
2. The Fashion. If you loved what Kate Winslet wore in Titanic, you will DIE for the dresses in this show. I love most of what Lady Mary wears. I seriously want to reproduce the dresses, but they have such waifish figures I could never pull it off. But the hats and hair are great as well! Usually I'm in love with Jane Austen-era period clothing, as well as the 1950s, but now I might get started on early 20th century!
3. Maggie Smith. The Dame is brilliant, as always. (Hel-LO Professor McGonagall!) This lady has some of the best moments and lines in the show as the matriarch Dowager Countess. She is sharp and powerful and awesome. Favorite quote? "I'm a lady, I can be as contrary as I choose." I especially love her rivalry with Matthew's mother, the increasingly annoying cousin Isobel.
P.S. I took the Which Downton Abbey character are you? quiz and the results are in: I'm Lady Mary Crawley. Figures... Eldest sister, headstrong, and flawed.
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