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Downton Abbey Season 2: Episode 7 on Masterpiece Classic PBS – Recap & Review

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , on 20 February 2012 | 51 Comments »

There is nothing like the Christmas season to bring out the best and worst in relationships. It was the perfect setting for the finale of season two of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic PBS last night. Packed with resolution and romance, we were treated to couples grappling for love and others smoothing out rough patches. [...]

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Top Tweets from the Downton Abbey Episode 6 Twitter Party

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , on 16 February 2012 | 6 Comments »

As a few of you might be aware of, I am co-moderating the Downton Abbey live Twitter Parties for Masterpiece Classic PBS’s weekly airing of the hit mini-series. For the benefit of those unknowing souls who have not experienced a Twitter Party, just image thousands of fans tweeting 140 word messages to each other in [...]

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Downton Abbey Season 2: Episode 6 on Masterpiece Classic PBS – Recap & Review

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , , on 13 February 2012 | 54 Comments »

Past regret, future aspirations, and fate punctuated the dramatic plot of episode six of Downton Abbey season two last night on Masterpiece Classic. The end of World War I should bring peace and normalcy back to the residents of Downton, but the Lord of the manor Robert Crawley struggles to find logic in all the [...]

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Downton Abbey Season 2: Episode 5 on Masterpiece Classic PBS – Recap & Review

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , , , on 6 February 2012 | 37 Comments »

Deception and manipulation were major themes in episode five of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic PBS last night as Downton’s residents battle challenges and conflicts of a personal nature. We were introduced to a mysterious new patient at Downton’s officer convalescent hospital who claims to be related to the Crawleys; ex-housemaid Ethel, now destitute with [...]

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Downton Abbey Season 2: Episode 4 on Masterpiece Classic PBS – Recap & Review

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , , , on 30 January 2012 | 38 Comments »

As episode four of season two of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic unfolded last night, the emotions of the household passed into the dark side of the moon. Three members return to Downton, all bringing heartache. Sacrifices are felt both upstairs and downstairs from the devastating war. While shocking news brings sadness and concern to [...]

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Hello Wharton Abbey: In Celebration of Edith Wharton’s 150th Birthday: Her Novels and Their Legacy: Guest Blog by Lev Raphael

Posted in Edwardian Authors, tagged , , , , , , on 24 January 2012 | 44 Comments »

“True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.” – Edith Wharton Edith Wharton, Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, designer, and taste-setter of her time was born 150 years ago today. Huzzah! Renowned for her novels: The House of Mirth (1905), Ethan Frome (1911), The Age of Innocence (1920), [...]

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Downton Abbey Season 2: Episode 3 on Masterpiece Classic PBS – Recap & Review

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , on 23 January 2012 | 24 Comments »

For those watching the second season of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic last night, the fields of France were not the only place where bombs were dropping! Episode three was an eye popper, full of confrontations, shocking surprises, unrequited love, and ingenious plot twists worthy of the best Agatha Christie crime novel. Many of the [...]

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Downton Abbey Season 2: Episode 2 on Masterpiece Classic PBS – Recap & Review

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , on 16 January 2012 | 26 Comments »

While US viewers were glued to their TV’s last night watching the 2nd episode of season 2 of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic PBS, season 1 was awarded a Golden Globe for best miniseries or motion picture made for television beating out the BBC America’s The Hour and three HBO films: Mildred Pierce, Too Big [...]

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