Returning shows, brand new pilots, all brave their way through the cold to warm our entertainment-starved hearts.
One of the most anticipated returning shows is undoubtedlyDownton Abbey.
Yes, thats right folks.
Someone close, but not too close dies (William): check.
There are star-crossed lovers (Mary and Matthew): check.
Someone gets horribly, but not too horribly injured (Matthew): check.
A big sacrifice is made by the family/workplace/household (Downton becomes a convalescent home): check.
Is your head spinning yet?
Bates and Anna of course were given meaty scenes involving Batess ex-wife and then his wrongful incarceration.
Alas, Matthew Crawley just had to get in the way.
Far and away, the character with the best growth had to be Thomas.
Other characters however, were not so lucky in their storylines.
First, our ultimate Lady Middle Child almost shows humanity by eagerly throwing herself into the war effort.
Then she ruins it by trying to commit adultery with a farmer.
(Poor Edith, shes so hapless, she cant even manage unethical and just hits obnoxious instead).
Will Julian Fellowes ever let you grow up?
Of course, anything Edith did in Season 2 paled in comparison to the awfulness of Lord Grantham.
Can you get any more cliche?
He doesnt care (duh) and tells her to go to America and find a cowboy to marry!
Of course, she goes and finds Matthew, but hey, thats cool too.
Thats quite a lot of meandering, even for a period soap opera.
True, by the end of it all, Matthew and Mary do finally get together.
to Lord Richard when he tells her theyll probably never meet again).
Oh wait, there was: Lavinias ghost.
And the transformation is complete.
