tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post4916658003300482638..comments2024-03-28T01:04:21.897-06:00Comments on Gossamer Obsessions: Downton Abbey 2x05: A Farewell to British BootyAnimeJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18229748454410488167noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-81718048367422668502013-06-18T07:26:12.743-06:002013-06-18T07:26:12.743-06:00I know. The good thing is that they miraculously m...I know. The good thing is that they miraculously manage to redeem Branson in season 3, when he starts actually getting to KNOW Sybil's family instead of just outright judging them all the damn time. AnimeJunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229748454410488167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-14616321204662540942013-06-12T15:15:13.504-06:002013-06-12T15:15:13.504-06:00I'm enjoying your recaps and commentary on the...I'm enjoying your recaps and commentary on the episodes! Will you be continuing on with the rest of S. 2 or have you had enough? <br /><br />I am currently doing a re-watch of Season 2 and I think you're pretty spot on. My biggest disappointment among many with this season was how they handled Sybil and Branson. I was intrigued by the little snippets we got of them in S. 1. In those snippets Branson is easy on the eyes, charmingly political, and sweetly protective and smitten with Sybil. But as you say he's pretty much a gigantic jack-ass in S. 2 and they have the most unromantic courtship ever. When Sybil finally agrees to go with him she basically says "I'm sick of this aristocratic bullshit and you're pretty much the only ticket available so I'll go" and I'm not even sure I understand why she agreed, even then, because of the piss poor wooing job he has done. It was some really odd story telling. Rudejasperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08262824398753157757noreply@blogger.com