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Maggie Smith wraps her last scene on Downton Abbey.

How did the cast and crew commemorate Maggie Smith’s last scene? “She was so respected by all of the directors and crew and the other actors,” said Neame. “So I made a little speech about how it has been a privilege for all of us, that none of us will ever forget the work that we’ve seen her do. And of course she hates all that kind of flattering. So she was saying, ‘Oh don’t!’ And she was sort of burying her head in her hands saying, ‘Oh don’t go on about that!’ But it was true. I mean, it’s a real privilege to work on a TV show with her all that time.” (x)

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Dame Maggie Smith as Muriel Donnelly The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

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Downton Abbey - Christmas Special 2014

Cora and Robert

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 l want to do something big and something important. You know, George, l feel that, in a small way, we're doing something important, satisfying a fundamental urge. lt's deep in the race for a man to want his own roof and walls and fireplace. And we're helping him get those things. [...] Pop, you want a shock? l think you're a great guy.

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“our teeth and ambitions are bared” is a zeugma

and it’s a zeugma where one of the words is literal and one is metaphorical which is the BEST KIND

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“People are inherently terrible” no!!! Have you ever seen a child wait for their friend while they tie their shoelaces? Have you ever known someone who would bring hurt squirrels and rabbits and mice to the nearest vet just so it doesn’t suffer? Have you seen someone grieve? Have you ever read something that hit your heart like a freight train? Have you looked at the stars and felt an unexplainable joy? Have you ever baked bread? Have you shared a meal with a friend? Have you not seen it? All the love? All the good? I know it’s hard to see sometimes, I know there’s pain everywhere. But look, there’s a child helping another up after a hard fall. Look, there’s someone giving their umbrella to a stranger. Look, there’s someone admiring the spring flowers. Look, there’s good, there’s good, there’s good. Look!!!!

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Tell me a soft memory

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In case anyone is having a bad night:

Here is the fudgiest brownie in a mug recipe I’ve found

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*tucks you in with fuzzy blanket* *pats your head*

You’ll be okay, friend <3

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HUGH RICHARD BONNIWELL WILLIAMS b. November 10, 1963

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𝔹𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕝 & 𝔼𝕝𝕤𝕚𝕖, “𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕁𝕦𝕕𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔹𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤”

True friends don’t judge each other, they judge other people…together.

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I love that you wanted Hugh to cry in DA2 😂 but I mean like same though, and it was so good! I do wish that we could have gotten some sort of actual declaration of love from Robert though instead of the comment about the beginning of their marriage(I loved it but it felt a little out of place, personally). Maybe I’ve been reading too much cobert fan fic haha but just once I want to hear some form of “I love you” from him to Cora. What are your thoughts?

I wish that the information about the beginnings of their marriage could have been dropped earlier in the movie. Maybe Mary teases him about and we can see how guilty Robert feels about it and Cora consoles him about it. It would give the viewer who has not watched the show or anyone who has forgotten that information and set up his reaction later on.

As far as I Love Yous go I loved "You have been everything to me. Everything."!!! It felt to me like so much more than a simple I love you.

I think it’s interesting that we get more declarations of devotion from Robert then we ever do from Cora.

"Thank God for you anyway." In S3 when the money was lost

"Just know that I have loved you very, very much." At the Red Dinner

I think there is another example, but it isn't coming to mind

The closest I can think of Cora saying something similar is in the first season when she assures Robert that he has made her happy.

Can you think of any other examples of them verbalizing their affections?

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Michelle Dockery and Jasper Waller-Bridge are newlyweds!

The ceremony took place at St Nicholas' church in Chiswick, West London, on Saturday, Sept. 23, with Michelle wearing a stunning dropped waist wedding dress by Emilia Wickstead with a long train and a veil pinned at the back of her wavy hair. [...] The groom's sister [Phoebe Waller-Bridge] donned a bright pink three-piece suit and elegant hat, with Phoebe's longtime partner, screenwriter and director Martin McDonagh. Michelle and Jasper's wedding served as a mini Downton Abbey reunion, with cast members Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael [one of the bridesmaids], Lily James, Lesley Nicol, Joanne Froggatt, Jim Carter, Elizabeth McGovern, Imelda Staunton, Allen Leech, [Michael Fox], and likely more there. Julian Fellowes, the creator and producer of Downton Abbey, was also in attendance. Since the end of the TV show in 2016, there have been two feature films, one released in 2019, while the sequel came out in May 2022. The Crown's Lesley Manville, former The Good Doctor actress Antonia Thomas, and more famous faces were also at the star-studded wedding. (People)

More wedding photos [1] [2] and [3]

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I have already posted the top three winners of the Cobert Kiss Poll, but for anyone interested in how the rest of the voting panned out, I have more results (and more gifs)!

In 4th Place with 17 votes is "Good, now kiss me" from S4

In 5th Place with 13 votes is "Let's end on a happy note" from the S2 Christmas Special. (this is my personal 2nd favorite, I love his little chuckle before and what he does with his eyes afterwards. Another reason why this kiss is one of my tops is bc S2 was really rough on their relationship and this feels very healing. they have just done the more publicly appropriate kiss-on-cheek and then he decided that that wasn't enough)

In 6th Place with 7 votes is The Pregnancy from S1 (This one also has a special place in my heart because it is just so sweet and joyful and fluffy)

In 7th Place with 4 votes is Spoiled from S5

And the Participation Prize goes to "Are you excited?" from the first Downton movie which received zero votes...