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AAAAAAH CLARA I LOVE YOU ALREADY

AAAAAAH VASTRA/JENNY

I love Eleven and Strax, they are unexpectedly charming together. I also love enemies that are relatively simply got rid of. And Victorian girls who follow you when they're not supposed to.

Jaunty anachronistic whistling ftw. You just know he picked Silent Night on purpose, "look at me, I'm the first person on Earth, linearly speaking, who knows this tune!"

Normally I'm not on board with the Tumblrites who do the "omfg I hate your stupid face [for making me love this, you wonderful being]", but the staircase made me finally understand it. MOFFAT I HATE U

TURN OF THE SCREW PARALLELS OMG

By this time the Doctor's emo periods between companions just read as sulks, sry2say.

RORY'S AMY'S GLASSES OMG

Matt Smith is so wonderful. I am definitely into "hate your face" territory here.

SHIPPING

FAST-TALKING SHIPPING

SOUFFLÉS

WHAT THE FUCK

OH OKAY

That memory worm is too hilarious.

I don't understand what's going on but a lot of Doctor Who episodes take me two watches to completely get, unfortunately.

THE WHOLE SKY IS CRYING FOR CLARA

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Wait, this was supposed to be 1892? Really? Really???

Also, fail, Moffat, I really wanted a Victorian companion and you didn't give me that, I'm not happy about that.

That is a huge chunk of butter.

Edith's orange shirt and long skirt are actually quite perfect for 1921. NO EDITH HE'S LYING TO YOU.

Molesley has gotten stupider, unfortunately.

Violet's entrance reminds me a lot of the show opening, is this on purpose, do you think?

New maid characters, this is good. Well, at least Tom hasn't turned into a dick (yet), I'm satisfied.

lol bagpipe eyerolls but at least Lord Shrimpy likes it

lol Cora you and my mother should hang out sometime and talk about how difficult your daughters make it to pry into their romantic prospects

Allen Leech is very good at looking awkward, I hope his career continues well after this.

It always weirds me out how breathing with bagpipes doesn't match up to the music, I'm so used to singing and flute and non-bag instruments.

AAAAH I WANT A WHOLE SERIES ABOUT VIOLET AS A YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN

Lady Shrimpy's red coat is very nice.

OOH OOH I THINK MARY IS READING MCCALL'S, IT'S THE RIGHT SIZE although would a wealthy British woman read McCall's maybe it was something else, it probably was but it really looked like McCall's

Thomas looks a bit too 1940s with the pinstripes and large hat-brim.

MR GREGSON THE LYING ADULTERER I know the show hasn't said he's lying about his wife but I'm still stuck on Matthew's line.

Aw, Cora.

Sybbie, you are just the cutest thing!

Don't worry, Rose, the Bateses will solve your problems.

Mary has been suspiciously absent for most of this episode. This is sort of worrying.

"I'm young now!" &CARSON;

Oh, Thomas. You're so bitchy but we love you.

Don't the Bateses have any duties? Do they really get to just ramble around the grounds all day?

Anna is pregnant, isn't she?

Nice to see a shitty employer for once.

YES ROSE GOES TO DOWNTON FOR SERIES 4

Mary's nightgown looks very 1930s. In general I feel like the costume designer is already tired of the 1920s, but maybe they shouldn't have started the 1920s in 1917 then.

Rose and Anna are adorbs.

Haha morris dancers.

Haha Isis just hangs around in the shot.

LYING LYING GREGSON I BET YOU

Mrs. Hughes's brooch looks like a mourning hair piece.

AAAAAAAH THOMAS RESCUING PRETTY FOOTMAN (Jimmy? I'm so crap with names) I SHIP IT HARD NOW

Isobel wtf you're not this stupid.

I kind of wonder if Rose's dress is an extant piece, that beading is very intricate.

THOMAS/JIMMY HURT/COMFORT PLEASE

CARSON/BABIES IN A NON-SEXUAL WAY OF COURSE ♥_♥

Wilkins, you need to gtfo and find a new lady to maid for.

Lol Cora and her crazy eyes.

Five shillings says Shrimpy's killed himself. Oh, guess he hasn't.

Srsly, Wilkins, you thought O'Brian wouldn't notice whiskey? Nice moment for Molesley, though.

Stupid Old Men Who Run Out Of Money

Awwwwww, sweet little Bates/Anna moment.

Maybe Gregson isn't a liar. IDK.

Srsly, it takes a little cup of whiskey for Molesley to get all drunk?

HOSHIT O'BRIAN YOU'RE AN AWESOME SLYTHERIN

You don't knock, kid? I don't ship it.

I love Jim Carter's voice.

Yay Rose coming to Downton!

Did Edna make him ashamed? I'm very confused by this conversation. Edna ruining the other maids is an idea I find kind of silly but it fits for the time, but I'm like what at the rest. I didn't ship it so I don't care, but yeah.

Is Mary in labor or what? When did that start?

No, Daisy, it means her sister died in a home birth. DUH.

Sending Edna away at night? That seems overly shitty.

Nice surplice blouse on Cora, I like the buttons.

OMG epea_pteroenta I BET YOU'RE RIGHT AND MATTHEW'S MARKED FOR DEATH NOW

This whole birth has been oddly sterile, though. No shots of Mary even looking so much as pained, just vaguely unsettled.

Wow, didn't expect it to be so fast. I'm sorry, but I'm unable to feel sad because it's so ridiculous. You couldn't have brought him in for the first episode of S4, Fellowes? Also, I'm mainly thinking about how now Mary can be central again.

I don't know when I'm going to get to see Les Mis because Mom is going with Ron tonight(?) and I have a hard time taking myself to movies. *sulks like the Doctor* Well, I might just go do it anyway.