DOWNTON IS DITCHING, EARLY MAGGIE IS DIVINE

From The Right-Side...

Oh, dash (in the British sense of the word), it is official from the Abbey.

The fancy doors are slamming shut on Downton Abbey after this season. No more Anna and Bates taking turns being jailbirds! No more Lady Edith getting the short end of the royal stick. No more Mary!

The truth of it, for me, they have no place to go after Carson and Mrs. Hughes get hitched. They are the true bad-ass bitches of that manor, and once they share the marriage bed...my eyes can't take it!

Dame Maggie, the Dowager Countess, MADE this show. Dismiss all those young-snips, Lady Violet's acid tongue was chilling and riveting.

But, forget the dignified Lady Grantham for a few minutes, and cast your eyes on Mags all dolled-up in a sequined jumpsuit on the Carol Burnett Show.

Yeah, she's a true DAME, in every sense of the word!

Gotta dash...

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