The Downton Abbey Spoiler Special, Ep. 5 (Season 5)

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Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Film Reviews

3.6 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2015

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Each week, Slate’s culture critic and Outward editor June Thomas will chat with frequent contributor Seth Stevenson to dissect the latest developments on the new season of Downton Abbey. In this installment of the podcast, Thomas and Stevenson discuss the tragedy among poor Edith’s shoulders, why Lord Merton and Isobel make a fine match, and whether Rose just might end up as Mrs. Atticus Aldridge. Spoilers for Episodes 4 to 9 will be made available to Slate Plus members on Sundays at 10 p.m. Eastern, at the conclusion of the PBS broadcast—and to non-members on Tuesdays morning. (Want early access? Join Slate Plus!) Help Slate learn more about our podcast listeners! Take a couple of minutes to answer our listener survey. Note: As the name implies, this podcast contains spoilers, and is meant to be listened to after you watch each episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Slate Plus members get early access to our Downton Abbey Spoiler specials this season immediately following the broadcast on PBS.
0:07.2	If you're not a Slate Plus member and you want early access, sign up for Slate Plus spoiler special for Season 5, Episode 5 of Downton Abbey.
0:36.6	I'm June Thomas and I'm here in New York with the one and only Seth Adore Stevenson.
0:41.3	Hello, Seth. How are you?
0:43.2	I'm well. Thank you, Shrimpie. How are you?
0:45.2	I'm in the pink. I'm fabulous.
0:47.2	You look as though you could do with a lie down.
0:49.5	I'm as infirm. No, wait, as firm. No, wait. As Windsor Castle. Oh, well, something like that.
0:55.7	We're taking a break from doing a jigsaw puzzle together to...
0:59.7	It's laid out here in the studio, the puzzle, but we've pushed it aside.
1:03.0	Pushed it aside. Oh, God, we just lost a few pieces. I'm so sorry.
1:06.4	To discuss this episode, which was extremely like, there was a lot of action in here, right?
1:11.5	You know, June, actually, I felt there was a lot of place setting in the first half, but there was
1:17.2	grand drama toward the end of the episode.
1:20.1	Right.
1:20.5	Because it sounds like from the response that we're getting that there are some people who listen to our podcast but don't actually watch the show.
1:25.8	So just to fill things in for those people.
1:29.1	What an odd choice to make. I know, but there we go. Let's just go with it. At the end, Lord Grantham, who had gone off to Sheffield. I know why he came back early. That's all I can say to that. In his Lord Lute uniform.
1:42.8	In his Lord Lute uniform, which is very sexy.
1:47.5	He looks kind of like a Mountie, actually.
1:49.2	That red-trimmed feel?
1:50.4	Yes, yes.
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