[Intolerant in NJ]

I thought it was weird how they fast forwarded Mary’s Pregnancy...the one criticism I have of the show - it's too slapdash too many times - the patriarch loses all his money in a bad investment, and all of a sudden Matthew inherits another fortune from some guy we never heard of before who just happens to die at the right time, and all is well again - a few too many coincidences and ontrivances at times - but not enough to make me not want a fast forward to season four.......

[flaglady47]

Well, now that Matthew is a goner, who will Mary end up with? And Tom, the Irish renegade, now running the estate, who will he end up with, the flapper girl, daughter of Scottish aristocracy who is coming to live with the Earl and Lady Grantham? Will they end up a twosome? Or, very outside chance, would Mary with her new baby, heir to the Estate, and Tom, with his baby by Sybil, both join the lonely hearts club band and end up together? Or will Mary have a new romance or remain forever true to Matthew’s memory? And will Anna end up preggers by Bates? And will the old Doc and Mrs. Crawley end up together? Will Thomas have unrequited love for Jimmy forever, as they become best bud’s. And is Ethel now a goner or will she come back in some further episode? So many loose ends, so little time.... But Carson and Mrs. Hughes will keep it all together, the glue of Downton Abbey.

[nutmeg]

the one criticism I have of the show - it's too slapdash too many times - the patriarch loses all his money in a bad investment, and all of a sudden Matthew inherits another fortune from some guy we never heard of before who just happens to die at the right time, and all is well again - a few too many coincidences and ontrivances at times - but not enough to make me not want a fast forward to season four......

I agree... I wish they'd slow it down. It goes at warp speed at times. I don't understand why...