Quite a few rat bastards were exposed on Sunday night’s Season 3 episode 2 of Downton Abbey. The biggest rat bastard of all has to be Sir Anthony Strallan who leaves poor Lady Edith at the altar. Lady Edith is humiliated and distraught as the show ends. Sir Anthony seemed to be her last hope as she contemplated life as an “old maid.”
2nd rat bastard has to be Sir Matthew Crawley. He is inheriting a vast fortune from Lavinia Swire’s father. His guilt over her death and his love for Lady Mary prevented him from using this fortune to bail out Lady Mary’s father after a bad business investment decimated the family fortune. He needed to be sent packing. His noble cause was …insane.
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What is Lady Violet up to?
Who is in our Downton Abbey Groupie club here at Moonhowlings?
WARNING: link to the characters contains spoilers from the viewing season in UK.
I have to watch this show with the Mrs. so she can fill me in on who these people are and what is the point of this show.
Personally, I think Sir Anthony made the right decision. When Lady Edith says she is looking foreward to pushing Anthony around in a wheel chair when he grows old, that’s a big red flag.
Additionally, the story would be alot better if Sir Mathew took the money and ran off with one of the maids.
Ugh, school started back up for me this week. But I’m almost caught up and will have seen the two new episodes before the week is over. Oh, Mary, Mary. Don’t marry him!
Missed it last night, although, since I lived it in my earlier life, the problem for me is remembering, not watching on television. I do think you should give Matthew a bit more leeway. He did serve honourably in the Great War, you know.
@Ivan
Mr. Romance til the bitter end, Ivan.
I want Mr Carson and Mrs. Hughes to hook up.
I also want Lady Violet to find a younger man and become a cougar.
What a great story!!!
Emma, you gotta hurry this along girl. No school is worth missing Downton Abbey over.
What are you taking? it had better be brain surgery 101 to miss DA.
Matthew took the inheritance and Downton is saved.
spoiler alert!