[jimbokun]

Maggie Smith and Michelle Dockery were brilliant in Downton Abbey. Their characters always seemed two to three steps ahead of everyone with their wit. And were hilarious to boot.

Robert Crawley was nominally in charge of everything. But it was clear that Violet and Mary were pulling all the strings through their understanding of how the social contracts really worked. And it was fitting that in the finale Violet hands over the future of the estate to Mary.

[astr0n0m3r]

In Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith is playing a toned-down version of the character she played in Gosford Park.

[ttepasse]

One of my favourite movies. As an ensemble movie it get’s better with multiple viewings.

[kitd]

Written by the same person, so kind of expected.

[jimbokun]

Well maybe I'll have to watch that now.

[raffraffraff]

Gosford Park? Omg, that's the only one worth watching! It has a plot. I period drama but couldn't get past two episodes of Downton Abbey. Too sugary and boring.

[piltdownman]

If you haven't already make sure you watch Brideshead revisited.

You have Phoebe Nicholls (who played Lady Rose's mother) and Diana Quick (Polina Molotova in The Death of Stalin and the Queen in the eponymous BBC series) doing some similar social machinations in the background of an absolutely stacked period-drama with a cast including Jeremy Irons, Laurence Olivier, and John Gielgud.

[wrboyce]

W… what is a weekend?