{"id":1601,"date":"2014-02-24T18:33:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T23:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2019-01-14T16:25:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T21:25:36","slug":"end-game-for-downton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=1601","title":{"rendered":"End-Game for Downton?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Highclere Castle, filmic home of Downton Abbey (photo: farm9.staticflicker)<\/p><\/div>\n

In an interview with the New York Times<\/a><\/i>, Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes allowed as how the show isn\u2019t like a soap opera that can go on for decades. Seems it\u2019s like a soap opera that can go on for no more than 10 years, he thinks. Next season will be season five, so he\u2019s thinking about an end-game. Last night\u2019s season finale\u2014if not the whole season\u2014left some critics<\/a> cold.\u00a0 \u201cWhat happened to the formerly addictive, splendid, elegant costume drama?\u201d asks Daily Beast<\/i> reviewer Kevin Fallon. Not enough, in his opinion. Not enough change. Especially last night, when Charles Blake was revealed as an aristocrat himself, which relives Mary of one terrible choice. The mention of Brown Shirts as the possible attackers of Edith\u2019s lover was a dark bit of foreshadowing that change may finally come to Downton.<\/p>\n

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