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WHAT A BIZARRE EPISODE OF DOWNTON ABBEY. THE DEMISE OF
MR. GREEN. WHAT IS EDITH THINKING OF WITH MARY AND HER
MANY MEN. ALL THAT COMING UP AND MORE ON MANOR OF SPEAKING. ¶¶
¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> Ernie: GOOD EVENING
AND WELCOME TO MANOR OF SPEAKING. I'M ERNIE MANOUSE AND
WELCOME TO OUR MANOR HOUSE. WE YOU CAN CONTACT US ON FACEBOOK
AT MANOR OF SPEAKING PAGE, THE NUMBER IS ON THE PAGE. I CAN'T
DO IT ALONE. I HAVE MY PANEL OF FRIENDS WITH ME ON THE COUCHES
TODAY. STARTING OFF WITH ST. JOHN FLYNN FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC
MEDIA. >> HAPPY TO BE HERE. >> Ernie: AND GARY TINTEROW.
WELCOME. ARE [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> Ernie: SHE IS A
FASHIONISTA AND SUPERFAN, ROZ PACTOR. AND ADELE HOLLAND FROM
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA. AND COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, YOU'RE
GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE DO THIS, FAMED PROSECUTOR, SCREEN
WRITER MARCIA CLARK COMING UP. IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT NOW,
REMIND EVERYONE, WHAT JUST HAPPENED, HERE COMES THE
GRANTHAM GAZETTE. ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ >> Ernie: SO WHAT'S NEW IN
EDITH'S PREGNANCY? THIS WEEK SHE'S PLANNING TO GIVE HER BABY
TO A TENANT FARMER. BUT LADY ROSAMUND HAS AN IDEA, GO ABROAD
AND GIVE IT UP NOW. GRILLS HER TO LEARN THE TRUTH AND OFFERS TO
HELP OUT FINANCIALLY. ROSE AND JACK IN A TEA SHOP, ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH. FIRST TALKING TO ROSE AND THEN SHE'S OFF TO SEE JACK
WHO IT TURNS OUT HAS ALREADY DECIDED TO BREAK IT OFF WITH
ROSE. >>> THE ALFRED IVY AND DAISY TRIAD, HAS BEEN GIVEN UP.
SECURE INFORMATION FOR THOMAS BUT THEY END UP RATHER LIKING
EACH OTHER. >>> LORD GILLINGHAM, BROKEN OFF HIS ENGAGEMENT BUT
DIDN'T TELL HIS FIANCEE. MARY ASKS LORD GILLINGHAM TO FIRE HIS
BUTLER AND HE AGREES. LORD G ARRIVES HOME, AS DOES THE DEMISE
KILLED IN PICKADILLY. AND THE WORRY, DID THE VALET DO IT?
THAT'S A PERFECT SEGUE INTO THIS WEEK'S POLL QUESTION. WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE. OUR POLL QUESTION IS, MR. GREEN IS
GONE. WHAT DO YOU THINK LED TO HIS DEMISE? A JUST KARMA, BABY,
B, A STRANGER. HECK I BUMPED INTO THEY PEOPLE GETTING INTO
MIRROR CHAIR THIS EVENING AN. C, ONE OF OUR TRUSTED AND BELOVED
CHARACTERS GAVE HIM A LITTLE SHOVE OR D, HE AIN'T DEAD, AFTER
MRS. HUGHES TALKED TO HIM, HE'S GONE INTO HIDING. WE'RE CURE
USE, WRITE PBS.ORG/MANOR SPEAK. I THINK IT WAS A DOWAGER
EPISODE. SHE HAD A GREAT FEW LINES WHAT DO YOU THINK? GARY?
>> SHE AN IS EXISTTENTIALIST. >> MATCH MAKER. >> DOES ANYONE LIKE
HIM? >> WANT HIM TO BE HAPPY. >> I WANT HER TO GO BACK TO
DR. CLARKSON. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> WE HAVE OUR LITTLE
GROUP THAT WANTS IT. I WAS HAPPY, FEWER PIGS THIS WEEK.
BACK ON THE FARM. ADEL, YOUR THOUGHTS? >> YOU KNOW, IT SOUND
LIKE A LOVE‚ÄëFILLED EPISODE. AND THE MOST TOUCHING MOMENT FOR
ME AND I WAS ACTUALLY IN TEARS WAS WHEN MRS. PATMORE WAS
TALKING TO DAISY. IT WAS SUPER‚ÄëSWEET. >> WE'RE
ACKNOWLEDGING SHE'S STILL GOT THE FARM OUT THERE. DAISY AND
THE FARM, IT COMES AND GOES. WHY DOESN'T SHE JUST LEAVE DOWNTON
AND GO TO THE FARM? >> THERE'S A LOT MORE ACTION AT DOWNTON. JUST
KEEPING UP WITH MARY AND HURRY SUITORS. >> THAT'S NOT THE ONLY
ACTION. THERE'S ACTION GOING ACROSS THE POND. THERE ACROSS
THE POND. SHE DID HER OWN HISTORY 101, BUT WE HAD ALREADY
DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. SO HERE IN
THIS WEEK'S HISTORY 101 IS OUR TEA POT DOME SCANDAL. ¶¶ ¶¶
¶¶ [ KNOCK KNOCK ] >> IN 1921, PRESIDENT HARDING ISSUED AN
SCUFF ORDER WHICH TRANSFERRED CONTROL OF TEAPOT DOME, TO THE
NAVY, IN 1922, WITHOUT COMPETITIVE BIDDING, SECRETARY
OF THE INTERIOR LEASED TEAPOT DOME TO MAMMOTH OIL AND PAN
AMERICAN. ON THE SURFACE, STILL PERFECTLY LEGAL, ACCORDING TO
THE MINERAL LEASING ACT OF 1920. BUT THE LEASING TERMS WERE VERY
FAVORABLE TO THE OIL COMPANIES. RECEIVING A NO INTEREST LOAN OF
OVER $1 MILLION BY TODAY'S RATES, AND ADDITIONAL GIFTS
TOTALING OVER $5 MILLION, FALL ATTEMPTED TO KEEP ALL OF THIS
SECRET BUT THE SUDDEN IMPROVEMENT OF HIS LIFESTYLE,
THE SENATE BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE. IN 1924 AS THE INVESTIGATION WAS
WINDING DOWN AND WITH FALL PEARNLD NENT A PIECE OF EVIDENCE
THAT HE ‑‑ APPARENTLY INNOCENT, A PIECE OF EVIDENCE
BROKE OPEN, SOON ALL WAS COMING OUT. EVENTUALLY IN 1927, THE
SUPREME COURT RULED THE OIL LEASES HAD BEEN FRAUDULENTLY
OBTAINED, AND THE TERM TEAPOT DOME ENTERED THE POLITICAL
VOCABULARY. SENTENCED TO A YEAR IN PRISON, GIVING HIM THE
DECISION OF THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CABINET MEMBER TO
GO TO PRISON FOR HIS ACTION HE WHILE IN OFFICE. AND THAT'S
HISTORY 101. [APPLAUSE] >> DID YOU NOTICE HE WASN'T THE FIRST
CABINET MEMBER TO GO TO PRISON, THE FIRST WHILE IN OFFICE TO GO.
IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN
YOUR THOUGHTS OPINIONS GOING ON. WE GIF YOU THAT INFORMATION AND
IT'S DELIVERED TO ME BY MY TRUST 80 MANSERVANT, MR. RODGERS.
GOOD EVENING, MR. RODGERS. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? >> GOOD
EVENING MILORD, I HAVE YOUR TWEETS MILORD. >> DID YOU KNOW
HE WAS GOING TO SAY IT? THIS WEEK I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
WE HAVE OUR NEW TRADITION, OUR MOURNERS CORNER AND TONIGHT WE
LOST ANOTHER CAST MEMBER, MR. GREEN. NOW THERE'S DEBATE
WHETHER OR NOT WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH THIS PICTURE. MR. RODGERS
WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR ME? [ Laughter ] >>
Ernie: MR. RODGERS, EVERYBODY. [APPLAUSE] [ Laughter ]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> Ernie: OH, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
DO WITH HIM? ALL RIGHT HERE WE GO. ARE YOU FOLKS READY? IS TOM
A NEW PROJECT FOR ISOBEL? >> TOM WHO? >> BRANSON. >> OH. ‚Äë‚Äë
>> Ernie: WELCOME TO DOWNTON ABBEY. >> I THINK HE IS. SHE HAS
DEFINITELY TAKEN HIM ON. >> Ernie: CONSIDERING THE SITUATION
IN HIS PAST WHAT DO YOU THINK ST. JOHN? >> I DON'T KNOW IF HE
WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR PARLIAMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF HE
HAS THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS OR THE ‑‑ >> I THINK THEY
WERE AFTER HIM ‑‑ >> I THINK HE'S GOING TO MARRY A
TEACHER. >> Ernie: YOU THINK SARAH ‑‑ >> I THINK SHE'S
SPUNKY IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER CHARACTERS AND IF THERE'S
ANYONE WHO IS GOING TO END UP WITH TOM I THINK SHE'S A PRETTY
GOOD ‑‑ >> SHE'S NOT MUCH OF A LOOKER. >> Ernie: OKAY, ALL
RIGHT. I'VE BEEN GETTING IN TROUBLE THIS SEASON FOR WAY I'VE
BEEN POKING FUN AT PEOPLE. TOM GAINED A LITTLE, HAVEN'T YOU
NOTICED IT THIS SEASON? AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT NOTICED? >>> OKAY
OUR NEXT ONE, WHAT WAS IT TO THE CHURCH BAZAAR, HAVEN'T NOTICED
ANYONE GOING TO THE REGULAR CHURCH SERVICES UNLESS SOMEONE
DICE. THEY'RE NOT A VERY CHURCH GOING GROUP ARE THEY? >> WE
DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T SEE THEM ON SUNDAY MORNING. >> WE SEE THEM
SUNDAY NIGHT. DID DAISY MAKE THAT HAT? WHERE IS MARY FOR A
GOOD INSULT WHEN YOU NEED HER? #HOT MESS! WE HAVE A FASHIONISTA
ON THE SHOW. >> THE HAT DID NOT FIT. >> Ernie: WHAT WAS THE LOOK
OF THE SHOW FOR YOU? >> FIRST OF ALL I LOVED THE HATS, THEY WERE
VERY ELEGANT, PART OF THE OUTFIT, COLOR‚ÄëCOORDINATED,
THEY ALWAYS HAVE EMBELLISHMENTS, THAT HAT THOUGH DID NOT FIT. >>
Ernie: WE'RE GOING ODO A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER IN THE SHOW ABOUT
THE FASHION AND STYLE OF THE SHOW. I WAS CURIOUS HOW DO YOU
THINK THEY WERE DOING? >> I THINK IT'S FABULOUS, IT'S HAD
ITS IMPACT ON FASHION, FASHION'S HAD THEIR IMPACT ON THEM.
THEY'RE IN THE '20s NOW THE FASHION IS MUCH LOOSER. >>
Ernie: SO IS ROSE! WE GOT ISSUES WITH ROSE. >> YES, REALLY. >>
Ernie: BACK TO BRANSON, HE'S TOM, BRANSON IS TURNING INTO THE
CINDY BRADY OF DOWNTON. MS. SNITCH! WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT BRANSON, GREAR WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK HE'S ‑‑
GARY WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK HE'S PLAYING THE FIELD. I
THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE SCHOOL TEACHER. >> Ernie:
SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED THIS WEEK, MR. GREEN IS NO LONGER
WITH US, THAT'S OUR POLL QUESTION, WE SEE WHAT HAPPENED
TO HIS PICTURE. SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT HAVE A BETTER OPINION OF
THIS, SHE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS REALM, MARCIA
CLARK, SCREEN WRITER AND AUTHOR. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD RING HER UP
ACROSS THE POND. HELLO MARCIA. >> HI, HOW ARE YOU? >> Ernie: I
AM GREAT. IT'S NICE TO KNOW YOU'RE HUGE FAN OF DOWNTON ALSO.
>> OH MY GOD I'M SO DEVOTED. >> Ernie: WHEN WAS IT THAT YOU
FIRST REALIZED YOU LIKED THE SHOW? >> FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING. IRT WAS SO ‑‑ IT WAS SO CAPTAIN VAITING. THE
WRITING IS FABULOUS AND INTRIGUING AND SUBTLE AND OF
COURSE THE VISUALS OF IT ARE SO COMPELLING, SO GORGEOUS, EACH
SHOT LIKE A PORTRAIT. EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. EVERY ELEMENT OF IT
PULLED TOGETHER TO BE JUST REALLY CAPTIVATING, CAPTIVATING
TELEVISION. >> Ernie: YEAH, AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT JUST
HAPPENSTANCE WE HAVE YOU ON TODAY. >> NO? >> Ernie: NO. SO
WE END THE EPISODE FINDING OUT MR. GREEN IS DEAD. >> UH‑HUH.
>> Ernie: WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> OH I THINK WHAT EVERYONE THINKS.
>> Ernie: YOU THINK BATES DID IT? >> WELL I MEAN YEAH, THAT IS
THE CONCLUSION WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DRAW BECAUSE AFTER ALL HE HAS
THE BEST MOTIVE. HE HAD JUST FIGURED OUT WHO DID IT. AND
COULD HAVE FOUND OUT, THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS, WHERE HE'D BE.
AND HOW CONVENIENT THAT HE STEPS OFF THE CURB AND RIGHT INTO THE
PATH OF AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. SO IT'S A PERFECT KIND OF WAY TO DO
IT SO THAT NO ONE COULD REALLY POINT A FINGER AT YOU. AT THIS
POINT ALL WE KNOW IS THAT BATES IS GONE AND WHILE HE'S GONE,
THIS PERSON DIES. WHOM HE HAD MUCH MOTIVATE TO KILL. ‚Äë‚Äë
MOTIVE TO KILL. THERE'S NO PROSECUTION HERE, NOT YET. >>
Ernie: WHAT I LOOK AT, I ASK YOU TO PUT ON YOUR SCREEN WRITER'S
HAT NOW. >> OKAY. >> Ernie: WE HAVE SIX SUSPECTS, A SUSPECT IS
AN ACCIDENT, A STRANGER, ONE OF THE CHARACTERS WERE UNACCOUNTED
FOR. IT WAS EITHER MARY OR ANNA WHO WERE BOTH IN LONDON, BATES,
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS OR ALSO GILLINGHAM. HE WANTS TO WOO
MARY, MARY HAS ASKED HIM TO SACK GREEN. MAYBE HE TOOK IT A LOT
FURTHER? >> BOY, IT DIDN'T SELL ME ON THOSE POSSIBILITIES.
GILLINGHAM WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF ‑‑ HE WAS ANYTHING BUT
OUTRAGED. IT DID NOT SEEM. HIS REACTION DID NOT GIVE ME THE
IMPRESSION THAT HE WOULD TAKE ANY REAL STEPS MORE THAN HE
WOULD ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED TO. SO I DON'T SEE HIM. AS FOR EITHER
ANNA OR MARY, I DON'T SEE EITHER ONE OF THEM DOING IT EITHER.
MARY CERTAINLY NOT. I DON'T SEE HER BEING EVEN CAPABLE OF
GETTING HER HANDS DIRTY IN THAT WAY. AND ANNA, YOU KNOW HER
MOVEMENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR BECAUSE SHE HAD
A GOT TO BE STUCK TO MARY THE WHOLE TIME. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE
FINDS THE TIME TO GO OUT AND LOOK FOR THIS GUY BECAUSE HE'S
NOT GOING TO BE ‑‑ UNLESS SHE ‑‑ YOU REALLY HAVE TO
SET THIS UP TO BE A SITUATION WHERE SHE SAYS MEET ME AT SUCH
AND SUCH A PLACE ON A PUBLIC ROAD AND THEN SHOVES HIM OUT
INTO THE STREET. I DON'T SEE HER HAVING THE PHYSICAL WHEREWITHAL
TO DO IT. >> Ernie: WELL, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT ALL
EVOLVES. THANK YOU FOR FINDING THE TIME TO CHAT WITH US ABOUT
IT. >> MY PLEASURE, THANK YOU. >> Ernie: MARCIA CLARK, A DEAR
FRIEND. SHE CAME TO KNOW US WHEN SHE CAME ON OUR SHOW INNERVIEWS.
BEINGS TUNE IN. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I DO WANT TO SAY ABOUT
IT. LOOK AT IT, I STILL THINK I WANT HIM OUT OF THE WAY, MARY
SAYS TO GILLINGHAM, I LOVE YOU, I'M GET HIM OUT OF THE WAY. YOU
JUST LOOKING AT ME BLANK I'M TRYING HERE. >> IT'S ANNA. >>
Ernie: SEE THAT'S MY REAL THEORY, IT'S ANNA. IF YOU WATCH
THE EPISODE BACK, PAY ATTENTION, THINKING IT'S ANNA. IT'S BEING
SET UP FOR ALL THE ‑‑ >> THE OBVIOUS THING IS BATES. >>
Ernie: I KNOW I GOT TO GET TO THE AUDIENCE, ONE SECOND HERE.
THERE IS A POINT WHERE BATES DOES ASK HIM, ASK GREEN, WHERE
DO YOU LIVE IN LONDON? HE LIVES IN PICKADILLY. BATES GOES TO
KEEP AN EYE OPEN HIS WIFE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE
HER IN TROUBLE. HE SEES ANNA PUSH HIM IN. YOU WOULDN'T DO
ANYTHING TO JEOPARDIZE, MEANING YOU WOULDN'T RAT‚ÄëFINK ME OUT.
>> OH! >> Ernie: I SOMETIMES OVERTHINK THESE PLOTS.
MR. RODGERS DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS THAT CAN HELP US ALONG
HERE? >> YES WE DO, A QUESTION FROM LADY SARAH MILORD. >> I
WOULDN'T IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE FROM THE DOWAGER THIS EVENING.
>> Ernie: I HAVE READ THE CARD, WHEN SHE GETS THE FLOWERS FOR
ISOBEL, YES, I'VE READ THE CARD. I LOVE THAT, SO WHAT I WOULD
HAVE DONE. ANYONE ELSE A FAVORITE LINE? >> EVEN BETTER
THAN WHAT SHE SAID WAS THE WAY SHE KEPT LOOKING BACK AT HER
SMALL BOUQUET. THIS HUGE FOR ISOBEL. >> QUESTION FROM LADY
MELISSA MILORD. >> I'M CURIOUS, IN THESE DAYS OF VICTORIA'S
SECRET, THE UNIBOSOM THAT THESE WOMEN HAD. >> IT WAS THE STYLE
NOT TO BE VOLUPTUOUS. IT WAS THE WAY THEIR UNDERGARMENTS WERE.
THERE WERE SLIPS THEY DIDN'T WEAR BUSTIERS, AND THEY CAME OUT
OF A CORSETED TIME. I WOULD ASSUME THEIR UNDERGARMENTS WERE
NOT VERY UPLIFTING. >> Ernie: OKAY, ONE MORE QUESTION FROM THE
AUDIENCE. >> A QUESTION FROM MASTER SERGEI, MILORD. >> I
QUESTION SOMETHING MISSING, WHERE ARE ALL THE HAT RACKS. >>
Ernie: GARY, YOU'VE BEEN TO A NUMBER OF THESE HOMES. >> A FEW
COUNTRY HOMES IN ENGLAND. >> Ernie: I DON'T IMAGINE YOU WOULD
KNOW WHERE THEIR HAT STANDS WERE. >> THE LADIES WOULD HAVE,
THEIR LADY'S MAIDS WOULD LOOK AFTER THEM. >> Ernie: A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THE DESIGN AND THE LOOK OF THE SHOW, BOTH FROM
THE PHYSICAL LOCATION AND THE WAY THEY PUT THE SETS. WE HAVE
HAD CHANCE ACTUALLY LOCALLY TO SIT DOWN WITH A COUPLE OF THE
FOLKS. RIGHT NOW HERE IS A LOOK OF WHAT WE FOUND IN BEHIND THE
SCENES. >> THE HOUSE WAS, THE CHARACTER. SO MANY LOCATIONS,
YOU FIND LOCATION THAT DOES FOR A TIME. BUT THIS WAS ‑‑
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE SHOW. THE WHOLE BUILDING HAD TO BE
RIGHT. SO WE VISITED YOU KNOW, 40 HOUSES, LOOKED ONLINE AND
WITH PICTURES, OVER 100 HOUSES, IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT CHOICE.
AND WE HAD A QUITE A BIG MEETING AT THE END. WE CHOSE HIGHCLIFT.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET A HOUSE, THAT WORKED PARTICULARLY
FOR THAT SHOW. THAT'S NOT USUAL FOR LOCATION, IT'S JUST ANOTHER
LOCATION, A BAR OR WHATEVER ELSE OR HOTEL. SO IT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT TO CHOOSE AND, KEEP IT VISUALLY FRESH FOR FOUR SEASONS
NOW. IN THE DINING ROOM I THINK ABOUT EVERY MEAL, ABOUT THE
ETIQUETTE, THE AMOUNT OF CUTLERY AND GLASS WEAR THAT THAT MEAL
NEEDS, HOW IT SHOULD BE PRESENTED ON THE PLATE.
INTERESTING PART OF THE DESIGN, YOU MUST ALWAYS LIVE A GAP
BIGGER THAN YOU PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TODAY, SO THE SERVANT COULD
GET BETWEEN YOU AND THE NEXT PERSON. THE SERVICE IS BIGGER
THAN EIGHT OR NINE OR WHATEVER. I.T. WAS ABOUT CONSIDERATION HOW
IT WAS THEN AND HOW YOU CONDUCTED A MEAL AT THAT TIME,
THE SERVANTS WERE ALL CRAMPED TOGETHER AND EAT AS WE DO TODAY.
>> WE TRIED TO BE AS AUTHENTIC AS POSSIBLE. BUT OBVIOUSLY
PEOPLE SUIT DIFFERENT THINGS SO WE DON'T GET TO PARTICULAR
SOMETIME, I CHOOSE ‑‑ PARTICULAR STYLE. I CHOOSE WHAT
SUITS EACH ACTRESS SINCE IT SUITS THEIR CHARACTER THE BEST.
BUT THERE ARE THINGS IN THIS SERIES THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
ARE EARLY '20s BUT THEY ARE. THE EARLY '20s IN FASHION WAS VERY
INCREDIBLE. YOU DON'T SEE IT VERY OFTEN IN DRAMA. THE PERIOD,
IN THESE AREAS 1912 TO, WHAT, WE FINISH IN 1923, IN SERIES 4.
IT'S PROBABLY THE GREATEST CHANGE FOR WOMEN EVER. THOSE
CHARACTERS IN 1912 WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED HOW THEIR LIVES
WOULD CHANGE AND HOW THAT THEIR CLOTHES WOULD ADAPT TO THAT
CHANGE BY THE EARLY '20s BECAUSE WOMEN OF ALL CLASSES END UP
WORKING. AND ONCE WOMEN HAVE THEIR FREEDOM IN THE WAR THEY
WEREN'T GOING TO GO BACK. SO THE CLOTHING THE CLOTHING AND THE
FASHION ARE ADAPTED TO SOCIAL CHANGE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S
FASCINATING. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> YOU CAN SEE A WHOLE
LOT MORE. WE ARE DOING A FULL HALF HOUR SPECIAL ON THE ART AND
STYLE OF DOWNTON ABBEY. THIS THURSDAY AT 7:00, RIGHT ON
HOUSTONPBS CHANNEL 8. RUBY, 99 YEARS OLD, WANTED US TO KNOW
THAT WOMEN IN THE '20s BOUND THEMSELVES. I'M GUESSING IF
SHE'S 99 SHE MIGHT REMEMBER. LITTLE OFF THERE BUT CLOSE
ENOUGH. EVERY WEEK WE DO BACK TO THE BUTLER WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE
TIME. YOU KNOW WHAT THE CATCH PHRASE IS FOR MY BUTLER? >>
MILORD. >> WE HAVE SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS A TEE SHIRT
THAT SAYS TWEETS LORD. >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY? >> I HAVE
YOUR TWEETS MILORD. >> AT THE END OF THE EPISODE, LORD
GRANTHAM AND THOMAS SHARE A LOOK. DO THEY HAVE A SECRET? >>
THEY DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER. >> HE WAS PROBABLY IN LONDON. >>
Ernie: NOBODY KNEW WHEN E‚ÄëCAME BACK. >> NO, HE JUST APPEARED.
>> Ernie: OKAY, NEXT ONE. WHAT IS BAXTER TO THOMAS, COULD SHE
BE HIS MOTHER? >> NO. >> NOBODY CARES. OKAY REAL QUICK. TALKING
ABOUT FABULOUS HOMES, YOU HAVE A FABULOUS HOMECOMING TO HOUSTON.
>> HOUGHTON HALL IS TRANSPORTING ITS TREASURES TO THE MUSEUM AND
WE ARE RECONSTRUCTING THE INTERIORS. >> MARK IT ON YOUR
CALENDARS. IN JUNE. WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME. WHAT DO YOU THINK
HAPPENED TO MR. GREEN, JUST KARMA, BABY, A STRANGER, ONE OF
OUR TRUSTED CHARACTERS DID HIM IN OR HE AIN'T DEAD, OUR
CHARACTERISTICS JUST GAVE ‑‑ CHARACTERS GAVE HIM
A LITTLE SHOVE, BUT WHICH ONE? WE ARE CURIOUS, COULD IT HAVE
BEEN ROZ OR ST. JOHN FLYNN? WE'LL THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR
JOINING US. [APPLAUSE] >> Ernie: OR WAS IT GARY AND ADEL? OR WAS
IT ONE OF YOU AT HOME? WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT BUT NEXT
WEEK UNFORTUNATELY IS OUR FINAL EPISODE OF THE SEASON, THE FINAL
EPISODE OF DOWNTON. MAKE SURE YOU DON'T MISS IT. GOOD NIGHT
EVERYONE.