Downton (spoiler!)

[Lozzles]

Oh no! I didn't see that coming!

[Osc]

Me neither, I'm gutted

[Lozzles]

I was so happy after the birth and then, wham!

[Osc]

Me too, I actually had the thought that I would be very happy if the series ended forever with Matthew, Mary and the baby together...and then....

[debih]

I was so disappointed. I was just thinking how nice it was to watch something where nothing awful happened and then wham..........

I wonder if he did die or not. It does seem rather ludicrous if he does - one family with two deaths both connected to child birth. What a shame that it wasn't the other way round though and Mary died instead of Celia - she is such a cow that Mary.

[Kaz]

Oh I think he was definitely dead Debih - he had his eyes wide open and blood coming out of his ear

I did have a inkling as i heard a rumour 'Matthew' was being written out to do other projects. All of the young Downton actors are getting a lot of interest from the States where Downton is huge!!

It was terribly sad though - poor Mary

[lissie]

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertai ... bey/60319/

Just found this article which explains the exit.


lissie

[Rodo]

He has been made such a fuss of in the States that I think he had dollar signs in front of his eyes! They were even talking about him being the next James Bond.

[TheOstrich]

Yes, it had been "knowledge" he was going to leave the cast for several months now, although it had been rumoured it was going to be in episode 1 of the new series. There were similar mutterings, I think, about Dame Maggie and the next series, but I'm not sure what her intentions are now ......

Not sure how it is going to affect the overall story arc - it's a little bit back to the drawing board now.

[Workingman]

It is getting a bit silly now.