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Title: Five Stars, (If I didn't have to admit to "Loving" a television series!)
Review: I have problems "loving" a television show or any entertainment event, otherwise Downton would be a five star. Great, yes, it's a great series.A great cast partially filmed in an historic great English "house". It's worth the watching just to see the marvelous Maggie Smith posing as a Victorian/Edwardian grand dame, "wise cracking" her way through scenes with looks that could kill all on their own.In the reality of the day did Isis Lord Grantham's dog actually have the "run of the house", tagging along beside him in scene after scene? Did they really have four legged house pets in a place like "Downton Abbey? Wouldn't the dog have been confined to the stable, and the grounds when a hunt was on? I mean after all for less than 20 Old English Pounds Sterling a year Grantham's seemingly beloved dog could have had a valet of his own to look after him! (about $80.00 in early 1920's US money!)
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