Waves,

I am sooooo glad you watched Season I and Season 2. We can talk about that.

And how about Lord Grantham's yellow Labrador in the opening credits? So cute . . .

Maggie Smith is marvelous. She can act without even have something to say although her quips are so delicious: What is a weekend?

I mostly watched the clothes and jewlery and even the makeup.
I found stories about how they recyle costumes from other period movies. And I watched some PBS shows about the mansion the director uses to film the "upstairs" scences (A nutty rich couple lives there). The "downstairs" shows are filmed on a lot/ set somewhere near/in London.

Matthew!! OMG. I love Dan Stevens. I even went on line to read a couple years of his tweets (Don't do that if you do not want to be spoiled.)

Do you remember that Elizabeth McGovern did American movies here in her 20s? I believe she married a brit director and producer. She is one of the weakest actors in season 1 but I like watching for her version of her accent. She is certainly American but the accent has morphed to be more British after living over twenty years in London and raising children.
I love listening for the accents and how the director uses them to show character/ class . . .

M