thy name is lewis

[rosa_cotton]

So I've just discovered the great Inspector Lewis. I read reviews and recaps of the series on Masterpiece at austenprose.com, finding them interesting despite never having watched any of the series...until now. “Dark Matter” with its combination of a intrigue-sounding murder and Holst’s “The Planets” (one of my favorite compositions of classical music) finally lured me into checking out the Inspector, and I was not disappointed. A very good episode which kept me guessing until the end, with a wonderful cast — loved Robert Hardy (Sir John from the Emma Thompson S&S) and Sophie Ward. And I heart the duo Lewis and Hathaway make. Now I must make time to watch the rest of previous episodes. Wahoo!

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[rosa-cotton.livejournal.com]

Indes...oh, I hope we get that on this side of the pond, too! Downtown Abbey sounds sooooo interesting. Thank you for the heads up. :)

[indes-elfwine.livejournal.com]

New developments!

The three sisters are all quite different - Mary, the eldest, is like Elizabeth Bennet but more aloof and reserved, the middle sister Edith is like Mary Bennet but more bitter and (tbh) bitchy and Sybill is the Jane Bennet of the family, sweet and gentle, but the beloved baby rather than the first-born ... and more assertive than Jane. Whatever the Crawley girl's flaws, they all have their fair share of backbone.

In any case, dear Sybill is pretty much perfection - her latest projects include helping the housemaid Gwen with her dreams of leaving service to become a secretary, trying to convince her parents to send her to a real school instead of having a governess and shyly flirting with the Irish chauffeur Branson over political pamphlets and rallies - it's been pretty strongly implied that if she isn't a suffragette already, she'll be one by the end of the series.

Plus, Matthew and Mary held hands last week. It was very cute. *flails*

Also!

[indes-elfwine.livejournal.com]

Epically lovely ad for it.