Anyone here watching Downton Abbey? I noticed a while ago it was streaming on Netflix and decided to check it out. I wasn't expecting it to be sooooo good. OMG. Old school wit is awesome. Plus Maggie Smith. "What is a weekend?" I'm hooked. I love period dramas. (it is nicely filling that huge empty void Mad Men left behind)

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We're still watching Mad Men, we're so faaaar behind.

A very PC friend ours watched MM and thought it was awful. How can people act like that?

I like Downton Abbey a lot!
Waiting for season 2 this fall... (we're almost half British whilst meandering through countryside and historic fact.... )
... and waiting and waiting and wait.....

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'Good Golly, Miss Polly!'

I've been meaning to watch it, I heard it was good. I also need to watch Mad Men (which I heard was canceled but I don't know if that's true?) but right now I'm finishing up the latest season of Weeds (meh, it's ok) and Misfits.

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^ She should know, but I think she's forgotten.
Really, if that's what she's worried about, she should be grateful for how far we've come.

The drinking and yes even the smoking does look attractive, but man! Can they put it away! I'd be passed out at my desk by noon every day.

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'Good Golly, Miss Polly!'

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Because you guys have been talking Mad Men so much and my one roommate who won't stop talking about it I've decided to dive in a bit early... I was going to wait but whatever. Started yesterday afternoon and I'm on episode 5 of the first season now. That's kind of a lot seeing how I do (somehow) have a life too in there somewhere.

I also found this pretty funny about January Jones: http://satanuaryjones.livejournal.com/745.html

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Are you drinking a shot every time somebody drinks on screen? I'm guessing you're not, or you wouldn't be able to put together a sentence!

I don't know why people dislike January Jones so much, but I've only seen in MM. I gather the show demonstrates her full range as an actress.

I haven't been, but maybe I should start. I'll drink an old fashioned for each episode in addition to every shot. Imma die.

I like January Jones thus far; I mean, yeah, she's pretty limited but the character is suppose to be pretty restricted emotionally I feel, but I did see a movie she was in (Unknown) and she seemed to have flat affect in that as well, but then again it was the character, she wasn't really suppose to emote. Maybe she's getting typecast as an emotionless woman?

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