How ironic that Sybil was the forward thinking political activist but she was the only sister who never broke the social rule of sleeping with a man before marriage. Granted she broke every other rule in the book, but that rule? Nope.

@xolotlnephthys

Жыл бұрын

Mary didn't really break a social rule at the time. Widows had more freedom than unmarried women, it wasn't untoward for them to enjoy life a little.

@inkheart151

Жыл бұрын

@@xolotlnephthys She wasn't a widow when the incident occurred though......

@xolotlnephthys

Жыл бұрын

@@inkheart151 She was, this clip is in like season 5 (she didn't technically sleep with Mr Pamuk in season 1)

@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi

Жыл бұрын

​@@inkheart151 What are you talking about. Tony came into the picture in season 4 after Matthew's death so she was a widow when she met Tony.

@ladysollua

Жыл бұрын

@@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi Kemal Pamuk is the “incident” before Mary married Matthew.

"You're testing me Spratt and I warn you being tested does not bring out the best in me" lol 😂🤣

@harringt100

Жыл бұрын

That's the point of testing!

@Gancanna

Жыл бұрын

She doesn't pull her punches, that's for sure! :D

"Can we be confident that there will be no unwanted epilogue?" 🤣🤣 The Dowager always has the best lines.

@brenna7757

Жыл бұрын

I know! I wish I could say things like this without people looking at me with bug eyes lol I wish people still spoke like this😅

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

Жыл бұрын

@@brenna7757 I do it sometimes, when I am trolling people who deserve it on KZread. They understand it, even when they usually cannot construct a reply in the same manner, that will hold up to scrutiny. And besides it makes them look up old fashioned and big words, to see what I was saying about them, lol. Just an idea, lol.

@robfmas

Жыл бұрын

Ive watched this clip 20 times and laughed out loud each and every time😅

@danbev8542

Жыл бұрын

I believe Julian Fellows, when trying to convince Maggie Smith to take the role, told her he’d give her the best lines!

"I learned a great deal that I never knew before" And the last glance at Violet was priceless!

Every family needs a wise old, matriarch dispensing wisdom and wit with an understanding heart but a firm hand. Every family needs a Violet Crawley.

@Aethgeir

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, unfortunately "families" are becoming a thing of the past.

@pativi6643

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately kids these days will only reply with 'ok boomer'.

@martaflorcremades1128

2 жыл бұрын

Ok. Boomer

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

Жыл бұрын

@@martaflorcremades1128 Okay Zoomer.

@Piterdeveirs333

Жыл бұрын

@@Aethgeir no they aren't weirdo

"You're testing me Spratt, and I warn you testing does not bring out the best in me."

Violet is my absolute favorite character on this show. She's so quick witted and entertaining. Nothing gets by her for long.

@sebastienmarvonhalen1166

Жыл бұрын

She is my favorite too then right behind her is Isobel

But that old Granny was so smart and so slick that she thought up a lie and she thought it up quick.

@patriciajrs46

Жыл бұрын

And maintained it.

@blurdreamer

Жыл бұрын

she born from an ancient time, it is assume she is more alert what those scandal can do to a women than any other. also, she probably been there done that. she prepared.

The look on Lady Mary's face when Spratt says, 'I hope you enjoyed your time in Liverpool' is beyond priceless. Then enter the Dowager Countess.

The eye-talking here is fabulous. First, Sprat caught on that his suspicions were right when he saw the Dowager Countess's very surprised eyes when he told her about finding Lady Mary in Liverpool, emerging out of a hotel with a man in tow. (How scandalous, like a common trollop! LOL.) Then when Sprat asked Lady Mary about her stay in Liverpool--her eyes got as wide as saucers, another confirmation to Sprat that his initial suspicions were true after all. Then there's Lady Mary's tart retort that she "learned a great deal that [she] never knew before" as she was impudently glancing at the Dowager Countess, while we get a view of Sprat's eyes for the first time. He bows his head ever so slightly, and his eyebrows arch a bit, like he's confirming all his suspicions some more. LOL. Love it!

@juliam.mallen3181

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely perfect!

@jameswg13

2 жыл бұрын

And then he becomes a columnist/ dear deadrie person haha

What a face Mary makes! And of course the Dowager's perfect delivery of astonishment and then relief at Spratt's telling news. The way Mary and the Dowager arch their brows at one another. Priceless. That line, not if she's the daughter of an Earl. Classic.

That scene where Spratt tries to play games with Violet and she promptly calls his bluff, chews him up, and spits him out with no effort is pure gold.

I've seen this before and loved it, but never caught Mary's eye roll at the end. They really were masters of the character.

2:56 -- Violet almost - ALMOST - exposes Edith's situation to Mary, but she catches herself in time. THAT would've rocked everything. Nice save there, Countess.

Lady Mary: I learned a great deal I never knew before. Me: 👀👀👀

the Dowager Countess is the best love guru even if she takes being called a romantic as an insult😂😂! Especially for Mary

I watch this scene just for that epic roll of the eyes at the end.

She is a queen.

That big tattle tale 🤣🤣

Maggie makes me laugh so hard at times; her acting is so perfect!

The dowager would've made a fine head of the MI5.

@dont-want-no-wrench

Жыл бұрын

look for the downton/smiley crossover

_nothing beneath the dignity of the butler of this house_ 💀💀💀

@robfmas

Жыл бұрын

LoL!!!

@TheBasher-_-

Жыл бұрын

Firee

I'm not sure what he was trying to accomplish here, but Sprat was playing with fire.

What a scene, it doesnt get any better...

3:40 "If I was seduced by a man I would not let any grass under his feet if he had offered to do the decent thing" From what we know of the elder Lady Grantham's interesting past, she's probably never hesitated to steer every man in any direction she wished.

@emilycanfield2634

2 жыл бұрын

I would love a prequel of Downton about her life, maybe even with young Robert/Cora

The Dowager makes Downton what it is.

In this scene, Mary gave as good as she got in wordless facial expressions against the Queen of non-verbal gesticulation: her grandmama.

The Dowager is a cool character under pressure.

An "unwanted epilogue" must be code for "a baby".

@sn1667

2 жыл бұрын

AKA Edith and the Marigold situation.

@creativewriter3887

2 жыл бұрын

Yes.. "the Knocked up Nobels of Downton Abby". lol

@TheFever77

Жыл бұрын

Yes it means up the duff.

Keep calm, smile, and lie. That often saves the day.

@l.a.3479

Жыл бұрын

Never act surprised! Lol 🤣

The actor who plays Spratt is so good.

@CrimsonThorns

Жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed: Jeremy Swift. I always like the interaction between Spratt and the Dowager Countess 😎

Violet was always quick witted when put on the spot ! Love her ! "An unwanted epilogue" Hilarious!

Line for line, Spratt wrings more out of his camera time than anyone else. His eyes are like black buttons, he misses nothing; and they remind me of that cat clock whose eyes go back and forth. And it is only Septimus Spratt who could play Miss Cassandra Jones, the very maven of comfort and elegance....

@D_Marrenalv

Жыл бұрын

Lol...love it

Such great acting! Perfect writing.

0:17 “Spratt, I have told you before, I do not appreciate a man of mystery!” 0:42 “I warn you, being tested does not bring out the best in me!”

"Nothing beneath the dignity of a butler of this house?!" How's that for a threat? Haha! Did Sprat REALLY think he was going to get some dirt on Aunt Violet...? Pfff.

Lady Mary is such a cat. lol

I love the Dowager Saving the day

It's a pity Spratt wasn't in the second film.

I was just watching this today!

1:40 of course I did! (with yellow smile) hahahaha

He is just as funny in Ted Lasso.

Ideal!

Wow , how times have changed 😅

It's Higgins 😂

Amen.

And there you have it.

Higgins' past life lol.

quality acting.

Sadly, the Dowager remaining among the living hampers the continuation of the series to a degree.

I have always thought that it would be extremely unlikely that Violet would ever employ a butler with Spratt's nasty scheming disposition!

@latinguy67

2 жыл бұрын

that old queen was too much of a busy body

@secretsuzie

2 жыл бұрын

SPRATT.

@creativewriter3887

2 жыл бұрын

@@latinguy67 He was much more tolerable than the Hairball of a HouseFrau Danke. That woman was just insufferable.

@rosered3608

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but he was a good British butler in which was in short supply.

@bunnyslippers191

2 жыл бұрын

By the time shown in this episode it was getting quite difficult to find a well trained butler willing to stay in such a remote area as Downton. Well trained servants of all sorts were getting more and more scarce after WWI, so she put up with Spratt's personal nosiness and other faults since when it was really important he would always come through and handle his duties properly. Look at the trouble she had trying to find and keep a really good ladies maid out in the wilds of Yorkshire. At least we got some interesting episodes out of Lady Violet's servants with their scheming ways. Denker and Spratt and their one upmanship was quite entertaining.

Ooooo…Sprat the Rat!

The Dowager was the best!!!!

Well if we are to believe the spoilers from "Downton Abbey: A New Era", Violet an entire summer in the South of France with a man before you were married to Robert's father Lord Grantham! Naughty, naughty, Violet's got spunk! She'll always be my favorite Downton Abbey character!

@Kelaiah01

2 жыл бұрын

Plus there's the Russian Prince Violet almost ran away with! XD

Good heavens! Do you mean to suggest that a young widow might have quietly slipped off and enjoyed herself with a man she found acceptable? Even in early 1920s England, that's not so scandalous.

@Kelaiah01

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I read that during that time, widows were given more lenience, so long as they were discreet. I can see Violet being scandalized since this is still her own granddaughter we're talking about, but the show acted as if Mary were still the young unwed lady she was back in Season 1. I wish Mary pointed out her own widow status or something.

@kawaiimatilda

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kelaiah01 Maybe she was shocked given Mary's incident with Pamuk PRECISELY because of being seduced.

@Kelaiah01

2 жыл бұрын

@@kawaiimatilda Maybe. Still, I wish Mary had made the argument, "I'm not a young lady, Grandmama. I am a widow, and I have been discreet."

@GitanAnimex

2 жыл бұрын

Not if she was the daughter of an earl??

@squireob

2 жыл бұрын

@@GitanAnimex That's nothing. They know plenty of Earl's relatives who belong in jail!

💙☺️

The Dowager Duchess reminds me of my own illustrious grandmother. The ladies getting told off by Violet is exactly what my gran is like when she chides her grandchildren 😜

Mary Mary, so very contrary... Wanting her garden to grow...

Granny is going to tell her granddaughter off. 😁

Wtf is Spratt trying to do lol lose his job? Trying to lord juicy gossip over your upperclass employers isn’t going to work out for you bro 😂

Cosa fare per avere i sottotitoli in italiano?

Where is the Dowager stating princess do not grin like a Cheshire Cat

"A young woman of good family who finds herself in the bed of a man who is not her husband has invariably been seduced." "She couldn't have gone to bed with him of her own free will?" "Not if she was the daughter of an Earl." Poor Lady Mary, always seeking approval and attention. I love how her gran-mama is always there to bring her off her high horse.

@edawhat3737

2 жыл бұрын

What? Mary was in fact not seduced, she wanted to sleep with Gillingham so she did. What high horse are we talking about here?

@m.layfette6249

2 жыл бұрын

@@edawhat3737 Rewatch Season 5, and then we can talk.

@cynthiachengmintz672

2 жыл бұрын

The Dowager totally slept with someone who was NOT her husband pre marrying. Leone, maybe the guy who left her the estate??? Heh (movie isn’t out here yet)…and wuzzhisface??

@edawhat3737

2 жыл бұрын

@@m.layfette6249 Instead of me spending hours rewatching this show, why don't you just say what you mean? I don't recall her ever saying she was seduced, or judging someone else for it.

@manujohnson6557

2 жыл бұрын

This is more of a great insight into society, especially at that time; no one back then would accept the free will story because it was way less spicy. So, if an Earl's daughter were to sleep with a man like Mary did, everyone would just interpret it as her being seduced because it makes for more interesting news. The Dowager knew this very well from her long life in said society.

Lady Mary is lucky she didn't catch an STD or worse from her dalliances. I mean Edith did make some bad decisions but she went to bed with her partner ONCE, was truly in love with him, and ended up pregnant.

@lemonsquire5993

2 жыл бұрын

She had birth control. She had Anna buy it

@arianebolt1575

2 жыл бұрын

Pre-antibiotics, an STD was often a life sentence, if not a death one.

@kerriethompson2073

2 жыл бұрын

I always hated how they let Mary get around with as many as guys as she wanted with no consequences, but Edith truly loved her guy and winds up pregnant with only sleeping with him a couple of times. It's like the writers were punishing her. Not cool.

@lemonsquire5993

2 жыл бұрын

@@kerriethompson2073 Edith also fooled around with a married guy…in front of his wife

@gordonmurray5962

2 жыл бұрын

An STD ? Whatever can you mean by that sir? I do hope you're not suggesting anything vulgar.

Professor McGonagall is never tired😊

Porqué no lo traducen al Español??

Love Spratt.

However much I detested Denka, Spratt was not one jot higher than her level when it came down to gossip and offering up those higher than his station for public embarrassment and ridicule.

@michaelmayoh656

Жыл бұрын

I love spratt!

I don't think that t any sleeping occurred.

Lol Sprat is the worst. He’s so irritating

@michaelmayoh656

Жыл бұрын

Don't agree he is a great comic character!

@Dan-pd9ys

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmayoh656 oh he is haha. But he's also the worst

Demeanor. ..standards...privileges..!

Gaslighting at it's finest 😐

So Mary is Maggie Smith's granddaughter, right? So why does the gossipy butler think it's a good idea to go talking sh*t about her to grandma? Even worse, to do it in that childish and irritating "I know something you don't nyah nyah nyah" type way. That would seem ill-advised.

@thekingsdaughter4233

23 күн бұрын

The only good reason would be that something needed to be done about this. And the dowager duchess was the one to tackle it. And if she wasn't aware of the problem, she needed to be told (so she could take action). But how to tell her, when it's technically "not your place"... 🤔

I always assumed Lady Mary broke it off with Lord Gillingham after their tryst because he was lousy in bed.

One more reason to quit Net flix...they are dropping Downton Abbey.

@ashleighelizabeth5916

2 жыл бұрын

@Bardenbella120 their license for the show expired. Either renewal was not available or they felt it was too expensive.

she's gatekeep gaslight girlboss

Me encanto este programa pero en momentos como este me cae muy mal la dowager, María es una mujer adulta y se puede acostar con quien le de la gana y la abuela no tiene porque criticarla

@thekingsdaughter4233

23 күн бұрын

You are transplanting modern values (or lack of values) on a situation 100 years ago. Back then, no dear. An unmarried -woman- lady would not just hop into bed with anyone. 🤷

Dowager is very quick thinking for a woman her age

Ugh why is Marylike that? 🙄

@l.a.3479

Жыл бұрын

Like what?

SHE IS A LADY