Is it time to end Downton Abbey?
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I think when you reach the stage where actors departing for pastures new forces you to drastically change the path of the show it's time to call it a day.
What do other's think?
What do other's think?
Is it time for Downton Abbey to end? 129 votes
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an outstanding NO!!!!!!!! its the best thing on tv ever......
I do think that the show should end in the next two years, though. They've already spanned 9 years over the course of three series and the characters haven't aged! It will get to the point where it just looks silly.
Nevertheless I voted no. If they could manage it it would be good to see what would happen in the Wall St crash of 1929.
No of course not, it is one of the best series shown by ITV in the past few years. The departure of one of the blandest actors in the show can only improve it. There are so many great characters in the show, and I look forward to seeing what happens to the widowed Lady Mary and Tom Branson.
Good point. But with modern make-up (etc) techniques, wouldn't they be able to "age" the characters in question so that the series could continue?
Exactly my point....Matthew dying is no loss and although I loved Sybil and her dying was shocking...it leaves Tom Branson to come to the forefront of the show now....
I love that fact that there are no lead characters...but I love Thomas and Tom Branson the most!!
Please do not compare DA to the crap the is EE!!! DA is funny, heartwarming and well written...better than any soap!!!
I agree with you here. I think the original idea was three series. However, it wasn't until after the second was made that they decided to extend it (as far as I'm aware, that could be wrong). It would explain the rush in series 2, but sadly the quality nosedived and hasn't got back to that of series 1.
What I really liked, and which seems to have been forgotten about, was aspects like Daisy not liking the new fangled electricity and Ethel believing you had to clean out sockets because of the 'ethers' left behind. Little things like that were part of its charm.
Mine too, along with Phyllis Logan as Mrs Hughes.
The touching scene between her and Tom Branson in the Christmas Special when he broke down, had me in tears.
But I wouldn't want them to get too silly and head into the 1930s (unless there's a complete change in cast).
Series 4 could be very interesting