The soap opera factor is much higher in Downton Abbey II, and it's not that I'm not thankful for a new series of episodes, but it's hard enough to explain my viewing habits to my family...Do I really need the saying, "He'll never walk again..." in my Masterpiece? I mean, "All My Children" fine, but really, Downton?
And then, I really didn't need to know that Crawley couldn't "be a real husband" but has two women vying for him, did I? I feel like I want to close the curtains and let them have their moment.
Now, I hear word that Shirley MacLaine is being added to season 3. If she's a ghost, I'm over it! (She's supposed to be Lady Grantham's mother.) There were still great aspects. For those of you who get Star Trek humor? William was totally wearing a red shirt when he went off to war. But Daisy married him on his death bed. I love her and I think we're going to see a big character change in her. Fun stuff. Crawley's manhood? Not so much.
I still love it, but oh my Mary might have sold her soul to the devil to get out of her consequence from scandal. Poor Mary.
