Dramatic Dinners! | Downton Abbey
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- There has certainly been turbulence at the table more than once at Downton... enjoy this compilation of some of the most dramatic dinners we've witnessed!
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The costume drama series, Downton Abbey, written and created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes, stars Academy Award-winner Maggie Smith as a Dowager Countess of an Edwardian English country house in 1912. The series portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them, in a time before the last vestige of a century’s old tradition were stripped away by World War and the modern age. The all-star cast also includes Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern.
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Stop inviting Larry to dinner!!!
😆
Right!! Like just tell him no 😂😂
Someone should put something in HIS drink, already!
Then that dinner really would be boring LOL
I agree! He's such a disgusting, selfish, snob. 😡
"Forgive? Perhaps. Forget? Never!"
Truly iconic.
I love how Dr Clarkson, Barrow and Mrs Crawley immediately step into action mode since they are medically trained. That is such a great detail.
Yes, medically trained people are usually the best people in an emergency. They are the heroes among us. The Covid pandemic proved that.
Plus Sybil
Barrow too.
I worked in an ER for 11 years. That scene felt so real. It's a detail you don't often see.
And the Lord Merton. Luckily he had the medical knowledge to know that Robert had to be kept warm and sacrificed his dinner jacket immediately.
I love the way Lord Merton leaps up and just rips Larry a new one.
He should have ripped him completely out of the family. 😠
As much as i like him that's too little too late. But i can understand how he as the father of a aristocratic family had little influence on his child since he probably grew up more with his mother's influence and raised by nannies.
Honestly loved him for it. And I loved everyone for sticking up for Tom
Lord Merton is the definition of what a gentleman should be.
Spot on
There should be a photo of Larry at the front door saying “DO NOT ALLOW PAST THIS POINT”.
What Robert says to Cora while they're on the floor is all the more meaningful when you remember that he didn't marry her out of love but for her money
but Cora marry him because she loved him first! despite there are probably hundreds of other cash strapped nobilities who would gladly marry her
Hugh bonneville said that he’s always loved her from the start in an interview
@@cobertabbey noo it was very often mentioned he didnt
@@EughhBrothereughh He started with “Now that we’re married, the least I can do is be dutiful to her” and love came later.
@@cobertabbey their love grow after the marriage but Cora did fancy him first
I love those moments when Robert and Granny are “reminded” the three girls have an American mother.
Out of all Three of the Crawley sisters, Sybill was more like her mother in more ways than one.
@@m.layfette6249 I see that, too, but I believe they all got an independent streak from her that girls raised by British mums wouldn’t have had.
@ToowokeforFlorida perhaps you are right for the aristocracy and upper classes of the time. But my great great granny was about in the 20s and she was anything but timid and obedient. During g the war my grandfather got captured and was presumed dead, so the army stopped the money. My granny had 3 children of her own and 2 evacuees. They moved around the villages alot at that time and when the gas man used to come with the bottles and want paying she would make everyone be quiet and pretend they weren't home til he left. Then there was the time that her mother put my auntie Ada up against a wall, but that's another story 😂
@@jacksands3403Preciosa historia , me encanta una gran señora.
Mrs Crawley ”Bravo, well said!” gets me every time 😂😂😂
That first scene is totally epic, they made sure he coughed all the way across the table to hit Cora. It’s like the red wedding but with coattails.
I read that HE made sure he coughed all the way across the table to hit Cora. She didn't know that was coming -- ha! 🤣
@@anyviolet totally beleive it; she looked genuinely shocked
look at how much blood got into the glasses too
It reminded me of that breakfast scene in Alien when the creature emerges from John Hurt's chest.
"It’s like the red wedding but with coattails"
BRILLIANT🤣👏
I love that when Robert is completely overwhelmed, on the ground and coughing up so much blood, the desperate words he gasps out are words of love for Cora. He's afraid he might die, so he uses what strength he has to let her know how much he loves her. When you're on that precipice, the most important thing on your mind is your loved ones.
Every time Larry gets invited to dinner, the actor playing him must have so much fun - he’s so vile!
Matthew and Tom's friendship was something wonderful to behold. Tom was so unfortunate to have lost both a wife he loved dearly and someone who was his best friend, or would have been if time would have allowed it to have developed that far.
But we are all happy to see that he gained a family.
@@felinequeen9243 The do too las
Yes they sure had a great relationship.
My headcanon is that when Tom remarried, he had a son and named him after Matthew.
@@felinequeen9243Indeed they both (Tom and the family) , ended up treasuring each other. Very nice to witness.
“Could it be drink?!” Violet is who I aspire to be.
I lost it at "... and suddenly we've slipped into a foreign tongue" It was quite my undoing. LOL
And her face seconds before. 😂😂😂😂😂
Quite amusing!
Hilarious! Absolutely hilarious
“I do not endorse Tom’s language but that is certainly how we all feel!” I love that line!
2:59 I love how robert never liked tom in the beginning but he still rose out of his seat in defense of tom being insulted by an outsider, its like when an older sibling picks on his siblings but if someone else does it then watch out.
No, it’s because calling his son-in-law a chauffeur is insulting his ego. A bit like Tywin Lannister defending Tyrion. No love there, just love for his ego.
@@justchilling829 And so it is all the more lovely to see him develop a fondness for Tom as time passes.
I think it's funny how the help is so highbrow.
Larry’s comments about Isobel’s “class” reveal his own LACK of class… despicable. And the remaining snot w/comment “…what did you expect?” Umm, CIVILITY and respect for his father’s choices? My chest aches during that scene as Isobel silently takes it, which is a sign of ACTUAL class.
Larry’s as well as his brother’s disgraceful condescending behavior are perfect examples of the fact that social position does not insure CLASS or GOOD BREEDING!
Ms. Bunting’s constant hatred and constant irritation for the Upper Class are just as despicable as Larry’s behavior. I must admit that my admiration for Tom in both these situations made me adore and yes, love him. He definitely was a man of character.
@@nanabutner yes indeed! I was always happy when Tom would go downstairs to spend time with the staff, despite having "graduated" to upstairs. He never lost track of his own roots - and his integrity - especially in how he treated others. All characters were great, but especially so Tom and Isobel who had to circulate with the peerage members but were not born to that station - they had a fine line to walk and the characters (actors) did that extremely well, IMO!
My grandmother was the American equivalent of a high-level aristocrat and she would NEVER have been so crass. It’s not your blood that makes you decent or honorable, it’s your demeanor and how you treat others, regardless of their “station”.
And I seriously doubt their poor mother would have approved of their disgusting and crass behaviour
@@zvezdoblyatWho do you think they would have learned it from?
I love the scene where Thomas and Mary synchronously turn indignantly to Lord Sinderby.
It’s sweet to see violet reaching out to Robert when he vomits blood. A mother worrying for her child
Larry was just lucky he lived in the 20th century and not the 19th or 18th. He absolutely would have been called out and show in a duel. Believe that.
Or today. Larry would most definitely be kicked off social media. Of course, I’m sure he’d be right at home on Twitter now that Elon is running the show.
@@cynthiachengmintz672 Grow up snowflake
Violet said just that.
@@cynthiachengmintz672 that only hurts if your world revolves around social media, which it shouldn’t.
Tom could not call him out; commoners did not usually duel, and they certainly could not challenge a noble. In the second incident, he insults Isobel, who could not call him out. And since she lacked any male relations, there would have been no one to defend her honor.
Maggie really was the comic relief in this series. She was an entitled, elitist snob and didn’t care that she was. It was the times they lived in.
Imagine the change a lady of that
Era would have to confront.
When she was young it was the middle
Of the Victorian era. Then they had been through the Great War , the advent of the motor car and women's
Voting rights. Massive change.
This, without a doubt was one of *the most entertaining shows* ever put out.
Absolutely
that first dinner scene in the video always makes me cry. the horror on Violet's face as she thinks she's going to lose Robert is heartbreaking. Maggie Smith is such a talented actress, to portray that emotion so raw and so horrifyingly. Barrow, Dr. Clarkson, and Isobel are so amazing to immediately jump to action like that, but Violet's face will always live in my memory, right next to Cora's cries for Sybil
Es verdad tambien vi ese detalle, violet es estricta pero ama a su hijo y se vio horriblemente angustiada en esta escena
But remember, some people will do anything to stop a fight at the table.
I love how the men all rose up in the second scene 😂
Greatseries loveMaggie Smith
7:21 I certainly have my issues with Mary, but she never degraded or talked down to the servants. You can tell at this moment she was SHOCKED and appalled.
Maybe she was just worried for his lord ship's health and safety. People who insult Thomas tend to regret it, and Mary knew it, it's why she requested his services for that little joke.
She did once - to Carson, when he tried to convince her to return to the land of the living and she allowed her grief to turn her into a snob.
@@ShaunakDesaiPianoI think we could forgive her that one slip up! Grief can do strange things to people and cause people to lash out and treat people in a way they would never dream of.
@@celticprincess2002 very true, I agree.
@@ShaunakDesaiPianoShe did apologise
At 4:50 , the dowager's look at Larry clearly implies, " Here we go again with Larry's drama" 🤣
Since Larry started to doubt Isobel , to me it looks like Violet is thinking "One bad word about Isobel and it's war" xD That look threw daggers at him. And I hated to see Isobel so hurt.
@@UndeshkoSI’m surprised Larry didn’t burst into flames under that look.
Reading the comments I can see how we learned to accept the Crawley family as real people with real emotions, due to Julian Fellowes' brilliant writing as well as brilliant acting.
The Larry "prank" dinner is such an amazing the scene. The beats of it just flow so well.
The look on Mary's face when Matthew stood beside Tom told the story that Matthews wedding night would be one to remember.
Also I know he's not everyone's cup of tea for obvious reasons but I think Sir Anthony is a true gentleman and I adore him. He didn't want to disappoint Edith and there he was weak but him stopping the wedding was noble of him. I stan Sir Anthony.
This scene is probably his best
Carson's collapse serving dinner while the house was understaffed during WWI, from Season 2, should've been included here.
And Robert's intromission at Isobel's lunch at her place after hearing Ethel's working for her
This show remains the greatest of all time, simply the attention to detail. We as the audience grew so fond of the characters we felt real emotions as the plot progressed. When Sybil passed, when Branson was insulted, when Miss Bunting got so irritating, when Mary finally cried for the first time and changed the way she was, it all meant so much to us. So much so that we really felt as if we were there and this family exist/existed.
NOT TO MENTION THE AUTHORITY EACH CHARACTER HAD !!!! In their own right of course.
So true! The moment when Mary steps in to the meeting with all the men, and we see her conversing with them in such a composed and knowledgeable manner, is such a moving and strong moment in the series. One of the very best. I know she's just a character but I was so proud of her there, which is a rare feeling to get when watching a series.
I got into this and my mom started watching with me. Every night we'd have a French pressed coffee or tea and pretend we were there. Such an enthralling, entertaining, and beautiful series ever made.
What a beautiful moment to share with your mom ❤
Sybil's gown is incredibly beautiful in the last scene - if only gorgeous dresses were still made today.
We’d also have to wear those corsets, I know, not the Victorian ones, but still.
@@marinazagrai1623 again with the male-centric disparaging of corsets
They weren't washed much though ...
@@jojackson1573 Corsets were meant to be worn over a chemise and under the clothes. So they were protected from the skin and the environment.
@@isabelleblanchet3694 🙂👍
7:20 Barrow's face like "ain't no way this man is talking to me calling me a stupid fool" lol
“Could it be drink”
Best come back ever😊
1:22 I loved that look between Mary and Edith.
Edith was right at the end : they're sisters and they will remember Sybil, their parents and what attached them to their childhood.
When they call Tom names and all the men stand up so fast.... their growth is amazing
Sir Anthony really saved Tom's honour.
I’m so addicted to Downton Abbey. I watch each season over and over and always discover something new.
4:22 brilliant eye-roll by Allen Leech here. He's been through this before, probably hated every second of having to look at Larry, and Tom's just thinking "oh here we go again😒"
Larry asks for a punch in the face every time he's at the table, it's just that everyone is too gracious to do it.
Every single season was so well written and directed. Undoubtedly one of the greatest shows ever made
EVER made!!! I absolutely love Downton Abbey.
The blood cough scene scared the living daylights out of me when I first saw it on tv! I thought he’d die right there and then.
This show gave us great entertainment every Sunday evening for a good five years that I do not regret spending with my mother. We looked forward to it every week. Every week I planed and made special snacks accompanied by a bottle of wine. From tea sandwiches, shrimp cocktail, special cheeses, crackers, fruits, cakes, cookies and teas to name a few. It made great memories and nobody could have done better then the British and Masterpiece Theater. Now we are waiting to see the new All Creatures great and small this January. A few years back Atlantic Crossing was also wonderful.
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That sounds absolutely lovely, and I've enjoyed Downton hugely. When I was growing up, my mom and I used to watch CBS more than any other network. I treasure those nights when we laughed so hard watching Carol Burnett, Red Skelton, and the Beverly Hillbillies. Good times.
@@cognitogrrl Yes! Back then the network’s were not taking political opposition like today. I remember the Walton’s and just good shows then. I don’t even know what is on these days as I do not watch the networks anymore. Masterpiece streaming is all I really watch now. I think we grew up in the last best decades in America.
All Creatures Great and Small is being made into a show?!? I listened to all of James Harriet's books on tape on every family road trip when I was young, this is so exciting! Thank goodness I read your comment, I never would have known.
@Clara D It's a show already, and it's wonderful! The 3rd season was just shown on PBS in the US. I'm sure you can find it streaming.
Lost my nurse mom at 93 last year. We loved watching "Call the Midwife" together. She would watch intently, nodding her head. I'm so glad I have those memories. Miss her so much.
Brilliant brilliant Maggie Smith, she shines so bright everytime she's on screen, got to love her
I just know Thomas was silently enjoying the drama
when he said "if this it, just know I have loved you very much" gets me everytime. I love Downton Abbey
I think we all underestimate how horrifying Robert’s ulcer bursting really was. 😮
It's easy to see why Downton Abbey is so addictive. Love the show so much bought the series and have both movies. Never get tired of watching!
Violet gets all the best lines. A mixture of irony and sarcasm but she lkves her family.
How I envy anyone who's watching Downton for the first time
Robert never disappoints😅 and Larry has no idea when to shut up.
Why is Larry even invited to dinner parties at this point?!
" Are you canvassing too ? Or are you going to take in washing " ? 😂
Maggie Smith got some wonderful one liners
We had an event where my Mom did the same thing Robert had. She lost so much blood we barely got to ER. VERY scary and similar to this scene.
In the first scene with Robert's health crisis, the look that Mary and Edith give each other is the first time I ever saw solidarity about something. In this case: horror. It was good to see. Nothing to be competitive about in that moment, at least;)
and people say this show is boring, the first scene looked out of a horror movie, i could barely believe this was actually in the the show, well done downton abbey!!
Lol you know your dad is pissed when he calls you “sir”
The shot of Lord Merton as he's about to stand up, the look in the background on Matthew's face looked like he was ready to physically fight Larry. He's also the only one that didn't need to stand up to protest anything. Lord Merton was as a parent, Robert owns the house, Matthew was just pure friendship.
I really love Downton Abbey. Such a great series. I hope they release sequel of the movie.
I miss this great show.
3:21 i love how sincere mary's reaction is
Controversial take: 1:00-1:13 is the most romantic moment in the entire show.
I miss this family. One of the best series ever.
I remember watching the first scene with my docter father. He complained that there wasn't enough blood.
You are exactly right, Yakub Duncan. My mother was a nurse, and she told me of an ulcer patient who turned her white uniform to a sea of red. Brrr! but considering that some of the original viewers might have been too queasy, watching this, they filmed with restraint, at first, anyway.
cora going straight to his side after that initial shock and staying strong for him is such a great sign of love
They had to limit the amount of blood since they were actually filming at the castle, and not on a set. Even then, some of the goop got on the carpet.
The more abstracts I see, the more I admire the whole thing. It's a real masterpiece!
I love how Cora rested Robert’s head on her dress, without caring if it was soiled. Little details like that add a lot to the character
Larry is amazing. He knew how to get under everyone’s skin 😂
I'm glad his father and Mrs. Crawley got the last laugh :)
God I forgot how insufferable Miss Bunting was. So glad the writers didn’t pursue anything with that character.
I was just glad Tom didn’t fall for her, even though he did give her a kiss, which was more than she deserved.
@@quitequiet1 That wasn't a kiss of passion, more so out of polite sentiment. He kissed her on the cheek goodbye. And Good riddance!!
She was such a b-! Her an Larry Grey are the worst characters at DA!
I appreciate what she stood for, but she was dogged in her determination which can be a turnoff
@@lcbarnes76 She had the worst aspect of progressive radicals, unable to take the W and move on, constantly pushing until they've pushed too far.
I watched this video before I started watching the show, I was waiting through the seasons for someone to spit blood, I'd forgotten that it was Robert. It came as a complete shock despite already spoiling it for myself
How my heart aches for something as entertaining as this show was to come again.
LOL. Barrow and Mary turning their heads at the same time.
I absolutely love watching them play with their food and never actually indulging anything
I found a blooper that got overlooked in a dinner scene when Cora's mother (the legendary Shirley MacLaine) was visiting. It's hard to remember which one but I remember Mrs Patmore downstairs discussing how she's never sure about serving offal to Americans. Anyway, as the conversations move around the table, there's one quick shot of Shirley starting to put a forkful of food into her mouth, then she pauses, and she puts it back on the plate and begins rearranging it in a way that you can tell she's trying not to get stuck with food in her mouth.
I had to play it back to make sure I'd seen it correctly. 🤭😄
I read somewhere that the food would actually go bad after several takes under the hot filming lights, so no one would actually eat it.
This makes eating by yourself seem not bad at all. It's like they save all their worst drama for the dinner table.
I love dinner time... It is always most entertaining...
Look at the light difference between the second to last scene and the last one, maybe it reflects the fact that electricity is in full use by then
Candle lit is more attractive in my opinion
Downton Abbey's "Dramatic Dinners!" LOL🍽🥂
I wish my dinners were this interesting 😅
The best series I have ever seen.
When Matthew asked Tom to be his best man 😢
"Forgive...yes. Forget...never"!
Love this show like no other. Never tire of the reruns! More please.......
God I love that show I miss it so much😔
Do you have prime video?
"Forgive perhaps, forget? Never"
Baaahahaha!!
One wonders how such a nice gentleman as Lord Merton raised two absolute boors of sons. Why did he not stand up to them more?? When Isobel was betrothed to Merton, those sons were absolute jerks. Why did he tolerate them blocking his access to Isobel so much so that she and Violet had to storm the house?? I am unfamiliar with English aristocrat laws but couldn't he disinherit them or even threaten to do so?
He says they took after their mother
@@Stitchxavi He also probably barely saw them to influence them. They would have been raised by nannies and then packed off to school to be mostly influenced by their peers until they were grown.
He couldn’t disinherit the Elder Son without bringing disgrace to the Family and their Standing in the Peerage. ……Not at that time in history.
Problem Public Schools teach kids this kind of entitlement and snobbery.
Whose idea was this?! I love it. I rewatch the episodes until the dinner scenes because they are my favorite… now I will just watch this.
I do so miss that show!
Best show on tv ever...all tbings are shown so true...events and all...shown right at this time...
Just love all characters and story lines...
Bring more on...love it...
Really appreciate Lord Merton's act of defending and apologising to Tom. That's true class.
I'm also glad that we're reminded how horrible Ms Bunting as a person is. Larry Gray may be arrogant and disgraceful, but she adds spitefulness on top of that. Purely unbearable.
Lord Merton is a true gentleman
Bunting is a real piece of work...as they used to say
Just remember that Fellowes decided to write her that way.
@@kumatan370 of course :)
That tinpot Rosa Luxemburg! (Robert)
This is a really good soap opera. Helps if you’re a nerd who’s read a lot of history.
It is no “Upstairs, Downstairs”.
I love that they ended it with a Sybil clip!
I remember the first time I saw that first scene and it shocked the hell out of me 😂
This makes me want to watch it all over again ❤️
Never could abide Ms bunting
Lady Violet "don't you enjoy a good fight?" Neville Chamberlin "I'm not sure I do, really" that is a quiet dig on his appeasement policy of Hitler, I imagine
Sarah Bunting “Set my teeth on Edge”!!😡
I miss this story
They say....."GIVE ME NAPKINS" is still echoing in the castle to this day!
Geeezuz that ulcer burst was so realistic 😮
When Robert calls Daisy and Mrs. Padmore to the dining room, everyone thinks that he is making a grave mistake (including the Dowager Countess).
But Robert is simply calling out Miss Bunting's bullshit.
Robert never stands for that kind of nonsense and knows that he is right in calling it out.
Robert has made many mistakes, but the courage to stand firm in his beliefs is one of his greatest strengths!
Even Tom hates what she’s doing.
6:27 Stowell " I don't want to serve a bloody chauffer" 🙄
God damnit, Larry!