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joeybee12

(56,177 posts) Mon Feb 4, 2013, 04:06 PM Feb 2013

Spoiler Warning! I watched the rest of Downton on DVD...anyone else? [View all]

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Seems to me they sort of added on matthew's death, like they wanted it to have a happy ending like last year's Christmas special, then they knew for certain Dan Stevens would not be returning, so they had to fit that in somehow...last year they ended with the proposal, and this year I think they wanted to end with the three of them...Matthew and Mary and the baby...but they realized they had to do something, so they filmed the death later and re-edited.

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Spoiler Warning! I watched the rest of Downton on DVD...anyone else? [View all] joeybee12 Feb 2013 OP

Yeah, it did seem a bit..contrived. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #1

I wish she and the Earl were on the outs longer... joeybee12 Feb 2013 #2

Also, two deaths was too much...that's why I think Matthew's wasn't planned... joeybee12 Feb 2013 #3

I think they should have waited to kill him off. Just let him go to Australia or somehwhere and patricia92243 Feb 2013 #4

Just finished watching Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #5

Did Mary have a baby too? FarPoint Feb 2013 #6

Spoiler Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #7

Joking?? Right?? patricia92243 Feb 2013 #8

I usually am, but not sure this time Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #9

I thought you meant Thomas - the sneaky butler. You mean Tom the Irish guy> My bad - sorry :( patricia92243 Feb 2013 #10

Hah, yes, I mean Tom the widower with a baby Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #11

She got a letter from the Evelyn guy - he was in the very first of the programs - so I think they patricia92243 Feb 2013 #12

She likes Tom though. And he and Matthew were similar in lots of ways Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #13