Note: The post below contains casting spoilers for Season 4
What is going on in Downton Abbey! Is the set that horrible to work on? This week, a third cast member announced they will not be returning for season 4. Actress Siobhan Finneran will not be returning for a forth season of salivating over Lady Grantham and making the lives of all her fellow servants as miserable as possible. It is really hard to find an actor who can make a villain so damned watchable. Larry Hagman did it, and after losing our beloved Sybil and Matthew, I am not sure I can handle the loss of Sarah O'Brien!
Ms O'Brien spent most of the first two season lurking and scheming along with Thomas. Their targets were many, but ole Mr. Bates was usually the prime one. In season three, the villainous duo turned on each other, with Mr. Bates siding with Thomas to ensure he kept his job. 'Her Ladyship's Soap' was all it took.
I wrote earlier that I am already annoyed with talk of a new love for Mary. The producers don't seem to always understand, for many of us, it was Mary and Matthew that primarily kept our attention, even enduring all those scenes with Bates in Jail and the boring saga of poor Ethel. Actor Ben Cullen is certainly fetching enough, but pushing Mary too quickly, (it took two years to get her to Matthew) to another character is going to push me from the television.
Below: Ben in Weekend.
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