It's not the witty repartee. It's, "Aren't we the lucky ones?" It's the truth. many people don't have love that beautiful. Gratitude is a wonderful mindset.
yes, their scenes are the best! I also can't believe I missed Isobel's wedding. Maybe a spinoff where they talk about their past (perhaps in flashback)
I would like to see a episode of Isobel (I believe she had real nurses training) when she was young. The British empire had nurses in every war since the Crimean war (1853 - 1856). Not all of them went overseas.
Scene at 3:29 is even more lovely when you realize that yes, all three lost the person they loved (Reginald, Matthew, Sybil), but they later found happiness again (with Dickie, Henry, Lucy). So sweet!
I won't exactly say Mary is currently happy if you take into consideration the recent movie (was even tempted to enter into a clandestine affair with one of the actors, but then I remember Mary is indeed Violet's heir due to the Prince Kuragin plot)
@@chiamave I mean the reason why some characters in the original series were killed off was because their actors stuck to their original contracts/agreements (didn't re-sign back after the series got extended)
@@chiamave can't much blame him, considering they gave the character no real connection to Mary and blew it when a predecessor who wasn't meant to be "the one" proved to have far more chemistry with the actress on screen. (The character who was some kind of farm consultant.) And I say that is someone who adores the actor who played Henry and had truly wanted it to work out for that reason.
Well Downton Abbey all I have to say is... It's about TIME!! Everyone loves the Dowager and rightly so. But Mrs. Isobel Crawley deserves far, far, far more credit than she receives.
Isobel is my favorite character. Relatively close to the aristocrats' level in terms of learnedness and refinement, but separate enough to see their pretensions and delusions. They always referred to her as "middle class" but she's about as high as social class goes today before you get to the super rich. A daughter and wife of doctors and a mother of a lawyer. She was well established in the professional class. In her first scene she was shown to have a maid.
@@mjacobs5041Very true! Isobel had hard skills. She was a nurse. I was referring more to exposure to art, esthetics, politeness and other domains that the Downton group knew about. Isobel and Matthew could keep up with the conversation. They didn't message as a lower class other than that they didn't own an estate or have titles.
It's a nut cracker for cracking your nuts 🤣 4:03 the giddy smile of cousin Isobel's face always cracks me up. Isabella's quick wit matches cousin Violets sarcasm.
And her personality is what we all still be: fighting for our own, kind and understanding, not hiding and being afraid of speaking up, not miscreants who would be too afraid to live, just a great person
Love Love LOVE the scene with Tom, Mrs.Crawley, and Mary! One of my absolute faves! I love how Mrs. Crawley is the one to start off the “love talk”, and then Tom and Mary jump in as well. One of my fave Lady Mary lines, “I was standing outside in the snow and I didn’t have a coat, but I wasn’t cold, I just kept thinking, he’s going to propose… he’s going to PROPOSE!”❤️❤️
Ah Isobel. She reminds me of certain aunts. Nosy yet well-meaning. Sometimes annoying but you know it came from a place of caring. Always kind and ever ready to dispense advice regardless of if it was asked for.
Isobel reminds me of my old neighbor when I was younger. I called her aunt even if I'm not related to her. Like Isobel, a modern woman, open-minded and full of wisdom. Too sad she passed away before I graduated in college due to massive stroke.
I absolutely loved Isobel and everything she added to the show, especially when it came to Mary and her work in the hospital. Absolutely lovely character!
Who didn't have a Mother, Aunt, Grandmother or other relation like Isobel Crawley? My Aunt Irma, not exactly but a caring person who was touch and so resilient. A real life Rosie the Riveter.
The chemistry between Penelope Wilton (Isobel Crawley) and Maggie Smith (Violet Crawley) is undeniable. Their on camera interactions... produced some of the greatest scenes of the entire show. I understand that Julian Fellows tried and failed to have others help in writing the dialog for the show... but in the end he did it all himself. His words... coupled with these two great actors... and their interpretation of this relationship and it's evolution... is just amazing. Watching this friendship build, as the years go by... it truly is something to see. There is that scene where Isobel and Violet are walking through the village and they are talking about friendships, acquaintances... and relationships. Ending with Violet's line... '... I was talking about companionship... as I hope you were too.'... and then Isobel's smirk. It was in that moment... and SO many others just like it... that we got to see the amazing relationship these two women built over the years. The transformation of their relationship... from moment of their first introduction... to Violet's death... is heartwarming to say the least.
I always thought Miss "Slain Fox" was a bit of foreshadowing. I'm sure her first name wasn't "Slain" but since we almost always heard it with Miss in front, it nearly always sounded like slain to me.
She's insufferable. Reminds me of a long time friend of mine who is personally very kind but whose world view, like Crowley's, is ultraliberally screwed AND who lives a very nice life of comfort at a safe distance from all the victims she "cares" about. Isabel is an archetype of the Limousine Liberal, destroying all the long-built structures around her while suffering NONE of the consequences. Awful woman.
Lol, what long-built structures did Isobel specifically destroy? If anything she ended up acclimating to the family and their way of life relatively smoothly. There's an argument to be made on wether that didn't contradict her values, and she certainly lived in more comfort than the people she advocated for. But she used her privilege to help, and her position didn't cloud her understanding of the fundamentally unjust system in which she lived.
What kind of consequences people have to suffer about exactly ? Her standing for modernization at the hospital saved a farmer's life in the very first episodes and improved the local hospital, her standing against the establishment's traditions finally awarded Molesley a prize for best bloom in the village and countless other things to reward merit rather than birth, her standing against prejudice saved the little gardener's job when Violet had to admit her mistake after wrongfully accusing him of thief, her standing for social mobility comforted Tom who felt as an outsider upstairs and a traitor downstairs ... if one character has to be a limousine liberal, it would more likely be Rose who does charity as a hobby but would never question the system.
I think you're making up a word salad and trying to justify your personal dislike of her character because nothing you've written applies to Isobel's character.
What is your favourite quote?
It's not the witty repartee. It's, "Aren't we the lucky ones?" It's the truth. many people don't have love that beautiful. Gratitude is a wonderful mindset.
Whats a weekend??
Just about anything she says to Violet!🤣
It's,"makes you wonder what they'll be shooting at at the end...."
"Have you changed your pills?" LOL I didn't expect that :)
They could have done an entire spinoff on Isobel an Violet’s friendship.
That would be a riot! I'd watch.
yes, their scenes are the best! I also can't believe I missed Isobel's wedding.
Maybe a spinoff where they talk about their past (perhaps in flashback)
I would like to see a episode
of Isobel (I believe she had
real nurses training) when she
was young. The British empire
had nurses in every war since
the Crimean war (1853 - 1856).
Not all of them went overseas.
I know right! I love their chemistry! They act as if they could be sisters!
Yes..
The scene between Mary, Isobel and Tom is so sweet and touching.
It’s probably my favorite bitter sweet moment in the entire series.
It always makes me tear up…
My eyes burn when I see this scene. Such a sweet and poignant moment between these lovely people.
PEACE to ALL.
@@sheilaburns8977 Yes to everyone and you Sheilah.
Meeting of the widows
Mrs Crawley was a natural modern woman as common in 1920, and maybe even now 2021. She reminds me of my mother who is a nurse in every scene.
Likely because she was modern for 1880 when she was a younger woman. That's how it tends to be. Free thinking.
I love it when she says to the Dowager “Have you changed your pills?” with that big smile on her face. 😂😂😂😂😂
Penelope is just wonderful. She brings such cleverness and charm to this character. Just truly a class act.
She is marvelous, and, as usual, she is wonderful in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, along with fellow Downton folks. PEACE to ALL.
Loved her in "Calandar Girls"💖 not so much in "Second Best Miragold Hotel" but played to part to a "T"💚
Isobel has such a warm and accepting personality. I wish I could sit down and enjoy a cup of tea with he!
When I found her in After Life with Ricky Gervaise I was so pleased. Same sweet, loving person.
She will always be “Harriet Jones, MP from Flydale North” (holding up ID card) to me.
Scene at 3:29 is even more lovely when you realize that yes, all three lost the person they loved (Reginald, Matthew, Sybil), but they later found happiness again (with Dickie, Henry, Lucy). So sweet!
I won't exactly say Mary is currently happy if you take into consideration the recent movie
(was even tempted to enter into a clandestine affair with one of the actors, but then I remember Mary is indeed Violet's heir due to the Prince Kuragin plot)
@@盧璘壽로인수 that's true. Pity Henry's actor didn't want to come back.
@@chiamave I mean the reason why some characters in the original series were killed off was because their actors stuck to their original contracts/agreements (didn't re-sign back after the series got extended)
@@chiamave can't much blame him, considering they gave the character no real connection to Mary and blew it when a predecessor who wasn't meant to be "the one" proved to have far more chemistry with the actress on screen. (The character who was some kind of farm consultant.) And I say that is someone who adores the actor who played Henry and had truly wanted it to work out for that reason.
Everyone here had lost a loved one....
Isobel lost Two
"Do you have your passport?"
"Have you changed your pills?"
I love those 2 ladies together. ♡
The Dowager and Isobel were a fantastic duo. 🥰
Well Downton Abbey all I have to say is... It's about TIME!! Everyone loves the Dowager and rightly so. But Mrs. Isobel Crawley deserves far, far, far more credit than she receives.
They are like salt and pepper. We love them both. Neither one could replace the other.
@@thebluedoorstep647 Each with there own flavor, but together they are delicious!"
Amen !!!
Isobel is my favorite character. Relatively close to the aristocrats' level in terms of learnedness and refinement, but separate enough to see their pretensions and delusions. They always referred to her as "middle class" but she's about as high as social class goes today before you get to the super rich. A daughter and wife of doctors and a mother of a lawyer. She was well established in the professional class. In her first scene she was shown to have a maid.
She likely far exceeded the aristocracy learning. Especially the women. They looked down on such things as middle class.
@@mjacobs5041Very true! Isobel had hard skills. She was a nurse. I was referring more to exposure to art, esthetics, politeness and other domains that the Downton group knew about. Isobel and Matthew could keep up with the conversation. They didn't message as a lower class other than that they didn't own an estate or have titles.
I really didnt like it when they turned her into a power mad tyrant
She's a treasure.
I especially love the scene towards the end of the show where she meets Mary at the graveyard.
That's one of my favorites. And it's one of the most underrated in the entire series.
Oh yes....I had it recorded....had to pause it so I could cry buckets....it was such a touching, sad and sweet scene.
We never got enough of Mary and Isobel, which is a shame.
It's a nut cracker for cracking your nuts 🤣 4:03 the giddy smile of cousin Isobel's face always cracks me up. Isabella's quick wit matches cousin Violets sarcasm.
Why did she think Violet would like a nut cracker?
I love Isobel so much. Her fighting spirit really is a portrait of all the women before us who fought for all the rights we rightly deserved.
And her personality is what we all still be: fighting for our own, kind and understanding, not hiding and being afraid of speaking up, not miscreants who would be too afraid to live, just a great person
I don’t believe I’ve ever been so entertained. Downton Abbey was the best.
"Makes you wonder what they'll be shooting at by the end of it."
"Why do you always talk of me as a salmon, who laid her eggs in the gravel and swam back to sea" ... 😄😄 Lady Violet!! Can't be beat
I also like Mary's retort: "You're very maternal, aren't you, Granny? If it suits you..."
Love Love LOVE the scene with Tom, Mrs.Crawley, and Mary! One of my absolute faves! I love how Mrs. Crawley is the one to start off the “love talk”, and then Tom and Mary jump in as well. One of my fave Lady Mary lines, “I was standing outside in the snow and I didn’t have a coat, but I wasn’t cold, I just kept thinking, he’s going to propose… he’s going to PROPOSE!”❤️❤️
The dowager laughing at a joke, only Isobel can do that 😂❤️
Penelope was perfection as Isobel. No one else could’ve brought her level of class and wit.
Ah Isobel. She reminds me of certain aunts. Nosy yet well-meaning. Sometimes annoying but you know it came from a place of caring. Always kind and ever ready to dispense advice regardless of if it was asked for.
True Aunties don't wait to be asked
We barge right in, confident of being loved. No matter ehat!
That's interesting, because Isobel was one of the few characters in Downton that were not annoying for me.
“Have you got your passport?” 😁👏
"Have you changed your pills ?" 💀
I actually use this line to my friend who has changed his dialect in a group conversation. Everyone laughed.
That is the best sassy quote of her 😝🤣
Great writing. Great scenery. Great costumes. And a great actress to bring the role alive! She did not act she became Mrs Crawley. Bravo.
Violet: Oh this is nice what is it?
Isobel: It is a nutcracker... to crack your nuts.
(Grins to cover up what she just said) 💀💀💀
“Have you changed your pills?” Lol
Isobel reminds me of my old neighbor when I was younger. I called her aunt even if I'm not related to her. Like Isobel, a modern woman, open-minded and full of wisdom. Too sad she passed away before I graduated in college due to massive stroke.
❤️
The scene with Isobel, Mary and Tom is so beautiful.
“Aren’t we the lucky ones!” She broke my heart when she was grieving Matthew’s death.
Isabel and Violet became such dear friends
Allies, comrades.
Oh. How common...
Oh, my favorite character from the show. Sometimes overly helpful, but so concerned about others. And middle-class.
Upper middle class!
Aren't we the lucky ones. What a wonderful way of looking at life. 🤗💖
I know, I thought the same thing!
I absolutely loved Isobel and everything she added to the show, especially when it came to Mary and her work in the hospital. Absolutely lovely character!
I just can’t have enough of it.. must confess I have memorized most lines ☺️
Nothing like!. Even these brief scenes take me back to this wonderful world and the happiness I found in every episode. Thank you!
The entire series is available on Netflix. I'm watching again after so many years past.
@@zyxw2024 it's my go to when I'm cleaning the house and then I always sit down with a pot of tea when I've finished.
Examples of the wonderfully clever dialogue in this series!
"I've never gone with a maid, you can share my knowledge of the jungle." That tickles me😂
Isobel is literally the best
The development of Violet and Isabelle's was just a pleasure to watch!
Isobel is the Aunt who always brings the sweet potatoes to Thanksgiving.
With lots of marshmallows for the kids and plenty of Bourbon for the adults.
For me it will always be when she rescued Lord Merton and agreed to marry him.
She's one of my favorites ❤
The dowagers laugh at the end
It seems so genuine, I think Maggie actually cracked up at the line.
Absolutely love Isobel!!!!!!!Her and Dowager's friendship. !!!Priceless bantering. 😅🥰💞
I always thought isobel had the best facial expressions, she made me crack up so many times with her wide open eyes in disbelief 😂
"Aren't we the lucky ones?"
Who didn't have a Mother, Aunt, Grandmother or other relation like Isobel Crawley? My Aunt Irma, not exactly but a caring person who was touch and so resilient. A real life Rosie the Riveter.
I never saw this show. Now I know what all the fuss was about. Excellent.
I love Isobel....
The chemistry between Penelope Wilton (Isobel Crawley) and Maggie Smith (Violet Crawley) is undeniable.
Their on camera interactions... produced some of the greatest scenes of the entire show.
I understand that Julian Fellows tried and failed to have others help in writing the dialog for the show... but in the end he did it all himself.
His words... coupled with these two great actors... and their interpretation of this relationship and it's evolution... is just amazing.
Watching this friendship build, as the years go by... it truly is something to see.
There is that scene where Isobel and Violet are walking through the village and they are talking about friendships, acquaintances... and relationships.
Ending with Violet's line... '... I was talking about companionship... as I hope you were too.'... and then Isobel's smirk.
It was in that moment... and SO many others just like it... that we got to see the amazing relationship these two women built over the years.
The transformation of their relationship... from moment of their first introduction... to Violet's death... is heartwarming to say the least.
"Have you got your passport?"
Have you changed your pills?🤣
Best line ever!
She meant well. Bless her heart.
I know it couldn’t run indefinitely but I sure do miss the show and still watch all the episodes whenever I can.
Left out my favorite. "There will be wigs on the green"!
I love Isobel asking Violet if she’s Changed her Pills 😂😂😂😂😂🥲
My favorite characters: Mrs Crawley, Mrs Hughes and of course Lady Grantham..Cant wait for the next movie!
This was without a doubt one of the best series and two movies that I have ever seen.
Her goofy smile after “To crack your nuts…” kills me every time.
3:28 never fails to strike a chord with me 🥺Yes, they really are!
Penelope Wilton is my most favorite actor of the entire cast.
Lord Synderby, Branson, and Barrow... Indeed Granny. Indeed
Just previous to the 3:00 mark, is my favorite! …….. Isabel, Mary, and Tom are talking about when they were courting with their late spouses.
Only a mother like Isobel can raise a man like Matthew.
At 4:09, Oh the irony... of giving a nutcracker to the ultimate ball buster!!!
For sure. They were great.
"Well...aren't we the lucky ones...."
I can you not love Downtown Abby?
It's nut crackers...to crack your nuts!" 😳🤣🤣🤣🤣🍻🏅
Love it! ❤️
“Makes you wonder what they’ll be shooting AT by the end of it!”
The dress designer and all cast must be preserved.
_"It's a nutcracker --- to crack your nuts!"_ LOL!
LOVELY
Love her
Violets laugh is priceless
Shame you left out Violet's response to the "Marie Antoinette" barb. She takes it literally and considers it a compliment.
I hope they do one with Carson!!!
These dresses should be international standard.
☺️ 💚 💜
Me encanta el inglés que habla Isobel.
Bello questo telefilm ☺️
V: Must you act me like I am some Salmon who laid her eggs and swam back to the sea.
Robert: Dare I call you that loving?
Have they changed your pills? 😂🤣😛
Harriet Jones- (Future) Prime Minister!
And of course she is also the best prime minister we have had!
I knew who she was!
Another scene coming??
She was not one of my favourite characters however they needed each other and in the end she seemed to mellow a bit ...
Thank you for sharing
At 0:06 it looks like the paint is peeling off the wall behind Carson...
well Highclere Castle is pretty old
Sybil would've grown to be just like Mrs. Crawley.
Amei a série, perfeita!
Por favor , põe legenda , fico sem entender o diálogo, é horrível!!!
Obrigada.
Her best moments should’ve intersected with her sparring with violet but that’s already her and violets video
I didn't think I'd like this show but it was great. Any similar suggestions?
I love jorah mormont...
Ahah. He is so awful in downtown.
I always thought Miss "Slain Fox" was a bit of foreshadowing. I'm sure her first name wasn't "Slain" but since we almost always heard it with Miss in front, it nearly always sounded like slain to me.
Granny was so funny.
What do you think is the age gap between the two of them in the wrong now the dowager is dead how far behind could Mrs. Crowley be?
If you are trying to be discrete about their whereabouts Carson’s not well at it at all, trying to think of their security
And to think , nobody wanted Isobel and Matthew in the beginning.
She's insufferable. Reminds me of a long time friend of mine who is personally very kind but whose world view, like Crowley's, is ultraliberally screwed AND who lives a very nice life of comfort at a safe distance from all the victims she "cares" about. Isabel is an archetype of the Limousine Liberal, destroying all the long-built structures around her while suffering NONE of the consequences. Awful woman.
So you actually hate this friend.
Lol, what long-built structures did Isobel specifically destroy? If anything she ended up acclimating to the family and their way of life relatively smoothly. There's an argument to be made on wether that didn't contradict her values, and she certainly lived in more comfort than the people she advocated for. But she used her privilege to help, and her position didn't cloud her understanding of the fundamentally unjust system in which she lived.
What kind of consequences people have to suffer about exactly ? Her standing for modernization at the hospital saved a farmer's life in the very first episodes and improved the local hospital, her standing against the establishment's traditions finally awarded Molesley a prize for best bloom in the village and countless other things to reward merit rather than birth, her standing against prejudice saved the little gardener's job when Violet had to admit her mistake after wrongfully accusing him of thief, her standing for social mobility comforted Tom who felt as an outsider upstairs and a traitor downstairs ... if one character has to be a limousine liberal, it would more likely be Rose who does charity as a hobby but would never question the system.
I think you're making up a word salad and trying to justify your personal dislike of her character because nothing you've written applies to Isobel's character.
@@yannickdrmda5295 Well….Rose didn’t question THE system, but she did challenge A system in choosing to marry Atticus.