I do love when my dear Barrow's "powers" are used for good 💗

@chach9996

3 жыл бұрын

I love him all the time

@SueProv

2 жыл бұрын

Uncle Thomas

@marionarda2790

2 жыл бұрын

Hilariously these are the only times it works. When he plans evil schemes they fail

@The-Ducky-is-Here

2 жыл бұрын

@@marionarda2790 this man was never meant to be evil 😏

@lexicornix7530

2 жыл бұрын

Could someone explain to me how she used Andy? She brought him but he might as well have won playing (like Thomas did then).

Thomas is an odd one. He is like a wolf guarding sheep. If there are other wolves out there he will take them down, because no one eats his sheep. But if there are no other predatory animals out, he will eat the sheep if he gets bored or just feels nasty.

@nazgullord3198

4 жыл бұрын

That's... not really fair I think, at least not in this case. He was never possesive or had ulterior motives with Andy. He just wanted friendship.

@rowanaforrest9792

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting analogy, though I don't think Thomas is quite that bad. What's so interesting about him is that we see both his nice, protective side and his dangerous wolf side and can understand what triggers each side. (Mr. Bates also has those two sides, so it's interesting that he and Thomas were so often adversaries. When their wolf sides clashed?) When it comes to Andy, though, Thomas' motive was simple friendship and I was glad when they did become friends.

@artflorez1568

4 жыл бұрын

@@rowanaforrest9792 Thomas was definitely that bad. He was the one who sent a letter to the detectives that ended up getting Anna thrown in jail. He also helped Braithwaite make Anna look bad by lying about how Lady Grantham's dress was damaged. There was absolutely no reason for him to do that, she never did anything to him, if anything she supported him and was kind to him..

@rowanaforrest9792

4 жыл бұрын

@@artflorez1568 Had Anna or Bates ever found out about those two dirty turns Thomas did to Anna, I doubt there could ever have been peace between them. Bates could forgive the wrongs Thomas committed against him, but I wouldn't bet on him forgiving wrongs toward his wife.

@maxheadrum9030

4 жыл бұрын

No he's not ! You have to do what he had to do in those days as a gay man

"Uncle" Thomas is so smart and talented 😁

I love it when Thomas uses his inteligence ans cunning for good and takes someone who deserves it down. Andy really brought out a softer side that Thomas couldnt shpw after Jimmy left.

Thomas bringing down other scheming jerks with his own skills is so satisfying!

Denker...what an awful character ! That scene is just perfect. Beside Denker being taught a lesson, Thomas got to do a good action without ulterior motives, just because it was the right thing to do. And if I may add, he is damn sexy in that scene, being all confident and all 😍

@TheNivKo

2 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one thinking Denker to be one of the best characters? She's hillarious in every scene :)

@AC_RDR2_Q

2 жыл бұрын

arnt you a girl, thomas is gay luv

@Nikkomedia

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNivKo Denker is priceless. I like how the writers are able to add peculiar new characters and create so well carved subplots with them

@angeldsouza777

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNivKo you're not! 😂 Every plot & scene she's in is sooo funny, including all her battles with Spratt. Sue Johnston made Denker a loveable rogue!

@EspeonMistress00

2 жыл бұрын

@@AC_RDR2_Q Who cares if Thomas is gay, the real life actor is not AND you can still be attracted to gay people.

I did the math, and 5 pounds in 1924 (the year this episode takes place) would be equal to over 287 pounds or 343 American dollars today. So yeah, that's a lot of money.

@NotMykl

3 жыл бұрын

£4 and 10 shillings not £5

@magnusanimus5235

3 жыл бұрын

@@NotMykl I reckon it's just easier for the reference to set it at a full 5 quid. For accuracy, 10 shillings is half a pound so knock off 1/10th and you're there.

@valeria-militiamessalina5672

2 жыл бұрын

How much did people like them earn in those days

@cobbler9113

2 жыл бұрын

@@valeria-militiamessalina5672 Not quite the same era but my mum said her first job in the early 1980’s (may also have been late 70’s) paid £6,000 per year.

@theoutlook55

2 жыл бұрын

Dang, she wasn't drinking the cheap stuff those 3 nights, was she? She deserved to pay every penny. 😂

I love like Andy looks more terrified of Barrow than Carson, and the way Thomas change voice when he asked what is happening. But this is before they warned him against Barrow?

@marionarda2790

2 жыл бұрын

Before .

@purplemonkeyelephant

2 жыл бұрын

He wasn't terrified of Barrow, he was just able to reveal how he was really feeling because Thomas knew about the situation

@donsarde

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, yet, it was Barrow that thought the lad to read. Just shows ya, never judge a book by it's cover lol !!

@Rumkitty2000

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I think so

@Rumkitty2000

4 ай бұрын

​@purplemonkeyelephant Later he was wary of Thomas and didn't want to be friends because he'd been warned about him

a true "let me speak to the manager" moment

2:53 "I want to speak to the manager" 😂😂😂

What I love about Downton Abbey is that it allows its characters to have so many layers, as opposed to many films whose characters are allowed to only have a binary construct. Such layering of characters is one of the many reasons why Downton has run successfully for a frigging 6 season marathon, with films still coming back to back. Downton is a series about people, and writing characters as black and white wouldn't help much.

@willemvandeursen3105

2 жыл бұрын

Pratyay Rakshit, So true. The guy who wrote the series is a genius. The casting director another one.

Robert James collier is a very talented actor. I wish he worked more.

@cantbelieveitsnotredacted1117

2 жыл бұрын

Why hasn’t he? I can’t remember seeing him in anything else

@naturazpolski9213

2 жыл бұрын

@@cantbelieveitsnotredacted1117 Maybe he's mainly the Theater's guy?

@hyrulphicsound

2 жыл бұрын

@@cantbelieveitsnotredacted1117 In interview's he has said he waits for projects he feels are right for him. His first big role was in Coronation Street. After his character got killed off, he waited nearly 18 months before he worked again because the offers he kept receiving he felt were too similar to his Coronation Street role. I think Downton Abbey was the next big title he's been in. Once that finished, he also kept finding he got offers for roles too similar to what he did with Thomas Barrow. He's trying to avoid being typecast really.

@maffieduran

Жыл бұрын

@@hyrulphicsound he is also in that awful Winx live action

@jacquelineroque5707

Жыл бұрын

If I didn't know he was just acting I would have believed he was the character he played.

Thomas is the most interesting character in this whole series.

@user-ue1fd2rc2g

4 жыл бұрын

Yes😍

@saquist

2 жыл бұрын

or the creepiest "Uncle Barrow" my backside

Rob James-Collier is an underrated handsome actor

Thomas was very protective with Andy.

@jacquelineroque5707

Жыл бұрын

Maybe he saw him as a little bother he never had.😊

Denker really cracked me up by singing it’s a long way to Tipperary lol

Thomas always fights fire with fire, i like it

@m.layfette6249

2 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥

haha that casual 'bye!'

Can you imagine what would have happened if Andy had said she'd made a play for him? Denker never would've been seen again!

When Thomas uses his power for good, the effect is tremendous!

I like that the more guys Thomas meets the more careful he is acting. Like: season 1 - Thomas touches Pamuk's cheek Season 5-6: he isn't even trying to flirt, just acting friendly. And also, I love my cinnamon roll Thomas :3

@denisiyaden1231

4 жыл бұрын

@Ann yeaaaah, like Thomas was growing not only in a way "evil -> good". And he had learnt how to be vulnarable right before met Mr.Ellis, so cute :3

@francescapaladini5763

3 жыл бұрын

The Jimmy ordeal was a real blow for him

@Luboman411

3 жыл бұрын

Thomas got fresh with the Turkish Mr. Pamuk in the first season because he was under the impression that most Middle Eastern men were bisexual. That they'd bed handsome English lads along with the ladies. Mr. Pamuk literally says this in disgust when he slaps Thomas's hand away, clearly not fond of this sexual stereotype the English had of Middle Eastern men back in the early 20th century.

@fabriziobovitutti9719

2 жыл бұрын

@@Luboman411 are you Turkish or Middle Eastern ?

@Rumkitty2000

4 ай бұрын

​@@Luboman411Yes, and because of his assumptions/actions, The Turk managed to get into Mary's bedroom and die there and when word git out(Thankx to nasty, jealous, Edith) her reputation was ruined and she almost had to marry awful Richard!

Thomas always had a softer side . It was great when he let it show.

I always saw potential in Thomas to be a truly great man if he could,or would,put his hateful ugliness behind him.I think Little George and Sybbie did what nobody else could.He truly loved those kids,and Ms Baxter was always there for him even though he was so horrible to her,she showed him kindness,and all together,they brought out the best in him and made him realize he could love(and was worthy of love himself)

@willemvandeursen3105

2 жыл бұрын

"hateful ugliness" Barrow had a reason. Trying not to end up like Oscar Wilde takes quite an effort.

@stephanietip

2 жыл бұрын

@@willemvandeursen3105 he hated himself for being homosexual in a time that would put him in prison for it.That hate came out in the form of cruelty towards everyone else.Baxter and the kids always excepted him,and Baxter knew he could be a kinder person

@willemvandeursen3105

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanietip Yes, he hates. Adults. Children don't condemn him for what he is (they don't even realize it).

@stephanietip

2 жыл бұрын

@@willemvandeursen3105 nor did Ms Baxter.From the people down stairs the only people who hold it against him was Jimmy,Carson and Ms Patmore.Everyone else was like"ok, whatever"

@rowanaforrest9792

Жыл бұрын

@@stephanietip I don't think Mrs. Patmore begrudged Thomas that, but she minded very much when he was nasty or made trouble, and of course she minded when for a while he pretended to be attracted to Daisy just to frustrate Alfred, who he resented and disliked because Alfred's aunt, Miss O'Brien, had tried to fast-track Alfred into becoming a valet without first paying his dues as a footman (after Barrow had worked his tail off to get that promotion). Mrs. Patmore disliked Jimmy just as much when he flirted or pretended to like Ivy just to frustrate Alfred. Miss Baxter, on the other hand, had known Thomas since they were children, so the only time she got vexed at Thomas was when he was nasty to someone who didn't deserve it (and her first months at Downton when he was trying to blackmail her into being his spy and informant).

Thomas is such a changing character. Sometimes I like him, sometimes I don’t. And the moment I don’t like him, he does something good

Thomas is smart. He knew what was happening the moment Andy told him.

This moment and when she gets Sinderby and his butler in trouble show how brilliant Thomas can be at dealing with people's fate. He and lady Mary really are the same.

@theoutlook55

2 жыл бұрын

*he

@bathtangle

Жыл бұрын

And why he is the perfect butler for Lady Mary as she, with Tom, increasingly take over running the estate.

@jacquelineroque5707

Жыл бұрын

Your right about that! You'd think they were really twin brother and sister.

@joeseeking3572

3 ай бұрын

And Lady Mary completely gets him too. They both have a ruthless streak.

I wish I could get away with 3 nights worth of drinking for less than 5 pounds. 😂

@orion7060

4 жыл бұрын

Eh, not sure! If you adjust for inflation, 5£ in the 1920s are about 225£ today. Not cheap lol

@jgroenveld1268

4 жыл бұрын

@@orion7060 Ouch.... £225!

@rowanaforrest9792

4 жыл бұрын

Either Miss Denker could really hold her alcohol, or she indulged in the most expensive booze there. Maybe it was both.

@rowanaforrest9792

4 жыл бұрын

Either Miss Denker could really hold her alcohol, or she indulged in the most expensive booze there. Maybe it was both.

@7MatthewJames

3 жыл бұрын

1920’s: you could get pissed for three days with five quid 2020s: You’d pay five quid for a single pint

This guy's handsome as hell....

@silviahannak3213

3 жыл бұрын

Yes...but this handsome guy...can only be your friend. If you are a Girl ..meep meep meep..but anyways why the heck did he only had such a short love story in the movie?

@viy4581

2 жыл бұрын

@@silviahannak3213 the period...still not ready to have him find a full blown romance wud be my guess. But they know the audience is very invested in Thomas so they atleast gave us some happiness and hope in the movie. Now the 2nd movie might be interesting. If they jump up a few more years,we might see more of Thomas and his flings

Thomas is so protective of the new boy, and Denker has been nasty enough to the staff of the Abbey and just as O’Brien and Ms West underestimated Thomas, he taught Denker a lesson.

Sue Johnston was spot on as the nasty Denker. She was malevolent but also exceedingly hilarious.

@peterwilliamskelhorn6675

8 ай бұрын

@albertgray1814 its probably Sue's scouse humour mixed up in the character.

@albertgray1814

8 ай бұрын

@@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 not to mention her spot on acting capabilities. She's fantastic.

@peterwilliamskelhorn6675

8 ай бұрын

@@albertgray1814 i know she is. She's a fellow scouser

@albertgray1814

8 ай бұрын

@@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 I'd love to visit Liverpool. I've heard lots about it. I like Manchester too, and wouldn't mind visiting there either, but Liverpool fascinates me.

@peterwilliamskelhorn6675

8 ай бұрын

@@albertgray1814 good choice with Liverpool. I've been to Manchester a few times because of a school RE lesson to a mosque and going on holiday from Manchester airport with my dad's side of the family

Thomas did a magnificent thing here.

I love Thomas. He's the reason i watched this show

@okl2211

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@theoutlook55

2 жыл бұрын

@@okl2211 really? HE was the reason? I'd weigh Violet's one-liners more than Thomas's (often deleterious) conduct. Was there something in particular, especially before Season 5, that I'm forgetting or missed?

@tiffanys9471

Жыл бұрын

@@theoutlook55 I loved his entire character, the good and bad. He was very interesting to watch develop.

Barrow is a friend-to-have

I'm scared of Uncle Thomas, but I'd be glad to have one on my side.

I never watched this show when it was running, but my daughter told me about Mr barrow; she said he's the best character in the whole show. I love these clips of him.

Don't mess with Barrow....he is a shrewd and crafty one. 🤘

That bill is about 230.00, give or take, today.

@latinbrownie667

4 жыл бұрын

jeffthornton holy crap!

@rowanaforrest9792

4 жыл бұрын

Ouch! There goes Miss Denker's savings (but she deserved it).

@piabk1186

3 жыл бұрын

Wow!!

@mi3helle707

Жыл бұрын

Wow 😶😯

Thomas is my favorite. Smart chap with a big heart. Hurt over and over again just for being gay, ambitious, and smart. Shameful world of hypocrites!

@theoutlook55

2 жыл бұрын

Let's not go too overboard. He was hurt, sure, but he was a jerk and needlessly vindictive guy. He got better after season 4, but he got Bates and Anna in legal trouble in S2 and S5, and even when he did good things (like saving Edith or trying to find the dog) he was doing only the expected or to help himself.

Thank you so much for uploading this. ❤

I liked Chute in this scene. The "O rly?" look on his face as Barrow spun his tale was priceless.

Yaaaassss Uncle Thomas come thruuuuuuuuuu 😍👍

uncle Barrow.... he can wheel barrow the day lights out of meeeeee!

I was watching this scene just yesterday. Thomas did her good🤣🤣

Thomas Barrow has a very good social intelligence!

Denker singing and dancing is 10x more interesting than any moment of Anna and Bates prison drama.

@theoutlook55

2 жыл бұрын

Disagreed.

Barrows is quite a kind person inspit of his manner.

At 0:54. I lived in London for a year between 2009 and 2010. I remember going to the very fun clubs on Shaftesbury Avenue, the ones that so shocked and traumatized our poor Andy here. Today they're not so much about illegal gambling but more about, ahem, things with the go-go boys and such. LOL. They were filthy and naughty back in Downtown Abbey days too? Wow, it's been over 100 years already. Nothing ever really changes, huh...

@jenrutherford6690

2 жыл бұрын

Is "being shafted" a term which comes from Shaftebury road do you think ?

@Luboman411

2 жыл бұрын

@@jenrutherford6690 Whoa, it may be! I'd do some etymological research on that figure of speech. I bet it did arise from being tricked out of your money in illegal gambling dens off Shaftesbury Avenue.

barrow is my hero.

@eucalyptused

3 жыл бұрын

same tbh

Ahhh, Mr Barrow.

It's a long way to Tipperary ahahhahahahhahah love the way she comes in dancing, sloshed as a sponge lol

A pissed up Denker is a brilliant sight!

I didn't like Denkar here but overall I thought she was kinda fun. I can't imagine how she came to be in Violet's employ. One would have thought Violet could have been able to sniff out Denkar's less-serious side...unless she was hired for Violet's amusement, to stir the pot _Chez Dowager._ SPOILERS FOLLOW: A compilation of her and Spratt jabbing each other would be welcome, especially near the end where Spratt writes Edith's "Agony Aunt" column and Denkar boasts about Violet's decamping to France after the hospital debacle.

Ahh love me some Thomas 💗

Thank you.

I always crack up when Denker is drunk and the other maids find it funny too. I can't stop laughing

His shining moment. :)

Denker is quite the drinker!

I love Thomas.

In his own way Barrow can be a life saver, remember the Butler ?

Seriously disliked Denker and Spratt for that matter. Both conniving and selfish.

@11thHouseFilms

4 жыл бұрын

I wish they did more with Spratt doing the agony column for Edith’s magazine

@YourGrace_06

4 жыл бұрын

Dee Surry I liked both of them. I thought they were funny together

@CJ-im2uu

4 жыл бұрын

Which one is Regina and which on is Janis?

@CJ-im2uu

4 жыл бұрын

Your Grace _ I liked Spratt.

@CJ-im2uu

4 жыл бұрын

Maggie and Isobelle's reactions when Denke and Spratt were at it are just a funny.

I love Thomas 😍

We all need an Uncle Thomas

Love it.

“Who gives a tinker’s cuss about the maids?”😂

@albertgray1814

8 ай бұрын

Mrs. Hughes certainly did and made it clear to Denker in no uncertain terms. So did Carson when he said she needed to be taken by the men in white coats. It was patiently obvious that Denker was not liked because of her insolence. She was insolent to Spratt even though the butler was higher up than she was, I wasn't supposed at her insolence to Carson. Thomas was right though, Andy wasn't there long enough and away from Denker, he settled in and did well, and Denker wasn't under Carson's jurisdiction. But while helping at Grantham House, she should have been sanctioned for her insolence.

Basically if you were a hot guy, Thomas had your back.

@marionarda2790

2 жыл бұрын

Or Sybil . Or a child . Or Baxter later

I wonder how many footmen Denker ran that con on?

Just ask your uncle Thomas.

Thomas is such a daddy 🥹 like just a loving father of all the little good ones!

Her face crack in the end sends me sksksksk

2:47 I just love what Thomas does with his mouth/face..pout/smoulder? what do u even call that?

@theoryrealist9866

2 жыл бұрын

Blue Steel

4 pounds and 10 shillings for 3 nights of drinking? Man inflation hit hard

0:45 Reminds me of what Gandalf said to Pippin!!

"Which one of you knuckleheads.... ?"

Uncle Thomas knows it all

£4 in the mid 1920s is nearly £300 today! 😂

Ask your Uncle Thomas.

❤❤❤❤❤

ha ha ha it was a good one

Its a long way, to tipperary😂😂😂😂😂😂

uncle thomas 😜

Does anyone know what the piano tune being played when they go into the club is?

@brianlewis6774

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nemo66577 That's very helpful, thank you so much! I'll do some more digging 😃

£4.10 in the mid-1920s is over £200 today lol

This is only one of the few times I liked Barrow.

If 5 pounds then was 200 pounds today, then Robert paid Carson's blackmailed 800 pounds!

I have never hated a TV charter more than her. I kept hoping she'd have a midnight run in with Jack the Ripper, except that was 1888.

@theoutlook55

2 жыл бұрын

I'll see your Denker and raise you one Susan MacClare (Rose's mom). The latter had zero redeeming qualities and didn't have the benefit of being entertaining at times.

Anyone noticed that Mr "Basil Shoot" cashed TWICE for the same drinks? First, Andy paid for Denker, for 2 nights. Then, Denker is being charged for the very same thing..

@reginabillotti

2 жыл бұрын

He doesn't say he paid for Denker, as far as I can tell. He says he lost money at cards.

@rowanaforrest9792

Жыл бұрын

@@reginabillotti Still, the House ended up making a tidy profit off of them. It got all Andy's gambling losses plus Miss Denker paying for her drinks. (Miss Denker's scheme was that Andy's losses would pay the House for her drinking, but Barrow spoiled that -- and I'm glad he did, not for the House's profits but to get even with Miss Denker for taking advantage of Andy).

I think Denker was more despicable than O'Brien.

@rowanaforrest9792

4 жыл бұрын

If Miss Denker had any redeeming qualities, we never saw them. Miss O'Brien was a sly snake nearly always, but not completely without a conscience.

@michaelmayoh656

4 жыл бұрын

O'Brien was responsible for the loss of the countess's baby ,Danker was just a drunk, she was also a funny character played by a good actress.

@flyboy152

3 жыл бұрын

Denker was just annoying, O’Brien was a schemer that actually tried to ruin people’s lives.

@Luboman411

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know about you but I'd take a manipulative alcoholic like Denker any day of the week over someone who purposefully injured a pregnant lady and caused her to miscarry, like O'Brien had done. The latter is just pure, pure evil.

Barbara Royle is that you?

Anyone here knowing the piano gig?

so glad he never said “uncle thomas” again

@blissinchains

3 жыл бұрын

For fuck's sake.

So exactly how much would four pounds ten have set her back? I know it was a hundred years ago, but that still sounds pretty cheap. She drank enough to get wasted on three separate occasions at a pound and a half a pop. That doesn’t sound so bad even adjusted for inflation.

@marionarda2790

2 жыл бұрын

Around 200 dollars today

@aperson22222

2 жыл бұрын

@@marionarda2790 Hmm, that’s probably a good ballpark figure for what it would cost to get drunk three times in a major metropolitan area today. Thanks.

denker's a stenker

Gay me when I wisened up and start to help other men learn their way in the world

Thomas Barrow's acting and mannerisms remind me of Johnny Depp for some weird reason, though both are two different personas altogether. Depp being the better of the two. S.C.

She is really evil that old bat. Good, serves her right. I suppose that 4 pounds and 6 pence was a lot of money in the twenties !

@marionarda2790

2 жыл бұрын

Around 200 dollars !

@donsarde

Жыл бұрын

Two hundred quid, all the poor servant's savings ? Poor lad !

Why was Miss Denkar asked to pay 3 nights drink? one night with Andy, one night with Andy and Thomas. Were there 2 nights?

@flyboy152

3 жыл бұрын

She took Andy twice, then the 3rd time with Thomas.

Am I right to assume she was only supposed to get 1 drink and instead drank all night?

Thats a virgo... A hero to some n a dangerous opponent to a lot..

Uncle Tom!

Fantastic video! Keep it up! Would you like to be KZread friends? :]