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AMERICA. >> OH,. >> I CAN TRUST YOU. >> OOH. >> AND THE PRINCE
HAD FLOWN. >> AND THEN HIS BROTHER WHO EVENTUALLY GOT THE
THRONE. BUT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING, INTERESTING THAT IT
HAS THIS HOUSTON TIE. BUT ALSO SAW A LOT ABOUT DEBUTANTES, A
BIG DEBUTANTE SHOW. >> THE DEBUTANTE BALL ENDED IF 1958. >>
IN TEXAS THEY DO THEM STILL. GOOD WHEN I CAME TO TEXAS, THE
EARLY PERSON I CAME TO BETSY PARRISH, SHE TALKED TO ME ABOUT
TEXAS DEBUTANTES. SHE INTRODUCED ME TO THE CONCEPT OF THE TEXT
DIP, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS AN ICE KOREAN CONE. >> SHE DID THE AN
ICE CREAM CONE. >> SHE DID THE TEXAS DIP. >> NOW WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THIS TEXAS DIP, IT IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
RIGHT NOW. SHE'S GOING DOWN AND SHE'S GOING TO MAKE THIS FULL
CURTSEY. YOU HAVE TO HOLD AND GET UP WITHOUT ANY HELP. VERY
NICELY DONE! [APPLAUSE] >> Ernie: DEBUTANTES HAVE NOTHING
ON US TEXANS. WHEN IT HITS 10:00, YOU'LL SEE MORE STATIONS
ARE COMING TO TUNE IN AND WATCH US. BUT EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR
MORE FROM THE FOLKS ON THE COUCH. WITH THAT SAID, BILL
STUBBS, YOUR FAVORITE MOMENT ON THE SHOW? >> MY FAVORITE MOMENT
WAS CARSON AND MRS. HUGHES HELD HANDS. IN THE WATER. I CRIED! I
GET GOOSE BUMPS THINKING ABOUT IT. IT WAS THE SWEETEST THING.
OF THE WHOLE TIME WATCHING DOWNTON ABBEY. SUCH DISTANCE AND
PROPER. AND WHEN HE SAID I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOUR HAND I ‑‑
IT WAS THE SWEESEST THING. >> THE ‑‑ SWEETEST THING. >>
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PERFECT IF WE ENDED TONIGHT'S EPISODE
WITH ST. JOHN AND HELEN WALKING ON THE SURF. >> HOW MUCH TIME DO
WE HAVE TO GET THERE? >> NOT ENOUGH TIME. WHAT BOTHERED ME ON
TONIGHT'S EPISODE I FELT MORE THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN
RESOLVED. DID ANYBODY ELSE FEEL THAT WAY? >> I PREDICT THOUGH
THAT ‑‑ >> PREDICTION TIME. >> EDITH IS GOING TO ‑‑ I
THINK SHE'S GOING TO MARRY THE PIG FARMER. >> OH! >> HE'S
MARRIED. >> HE'S MARRIED. >> HAVE WE SEEN THE WIFE? >> NO. >>
I THINK SHE WILL CONVENIENTLY DIE. >> A TAR IN PICKADILLY. >>
THERE WAS A STRONG, HE ROSE UP AS THE MOST GALLANT OF MEN. >>
REALLY, HAS SOMEONE BEING MARRIED EVER GOTTEN IN EDITH'S
WAY BEFORE? DO I GO THERE? OH MY LORD! WELL TO TRY AND BRING SOME
RESPECT BACK TO THE SHOW. DOWNTON ABBEY IS PART OF
MASTERPIECE. A STAPLE ON PUBLIC TELEVISION. SOMEBODY RESPONSIBLE
FOR ALL THAT GOES ON AND BIG HAND IN DOWNTON ABBEY, IS OUR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, REBECCA EATON, SHE SAID SHE WOULD COME
BACK, FROM ACROSS THE POND. ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ >> HELLO
MS. EATON. >> HELLO, HELLO AGAIN. >> WHAT A SEASON. >>
YEAH, DID YOU LIKE THAT? >> Ernie: YES. I WANTED TO FIND OUT
MORE ANSWERS ABOUT MR. BATES. >> I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU
ANYTHING ELSE. YOU DON'T WANT ME TO TELL YOU ANYTHING ELSE,
PEOPLE BEG FOR SPOILERS, AND IT'S LIKE BEING TOLD THERE IS NO
SANTA CLAUS, YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. >> THERE IS A BRAIN
TRUST PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST REACTION
WHEN YOU HEARD THEY WERE TAKING ANNA ON THIS JOURNEY THIS
SEASON? >> IT WAS VERY TRUE TO THE TIMES AND IT WILL BE ANOTHER
YOU KNOW PIECE OF JEOPARDY WHICH IS WHAT THESE DRAMAS ARE ABOUT.
BUT I THINK WE WERE ALL QUITE SURPRISED BY THE REACTION TO IT.
AND I HAD TROUBLE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT. AND THOUGHT WELL,
WAS THIS EXPLOITIVE? NO IT WAS 911 INTENDED TO BE ‑‑ IT
WAS NEVER IS INTENDED TO BE THAT WAY. AND THEN ANNA WAS ***, I
GOT FROM MY OWN DAUGHTER. NOTHING BAD IS SUPPOSED TO BE
HAPPENING ON DOWNTON. PEOPLE WATCH IT THAT YES, IT IS TRUE,
THAT SYBIL DIED AND IT IS TRUE THAT MATTHEW DIED AND THOSE WERE
REALLY ROUGH MOMENTS TO GET OVER BUT BY AND LARGE PEOPLE LIKE TO
SEE A WORLD WHERE BAD THINGS DON'T HAPPEN. WE HAVE ENOUGH OF
THAT. BUT PEOPLE GET LULLED WATCHING DOWNTON. AND WHEN
SOMETHING PERFECTLY REAL AND PLAUSIBLE HAPPENS, THEY'RE
SHOCKED. >> I LAUGH WHEN YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE REALLY IF YOU ARE
FOLLOWING DOWNTON THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES THAT MEET THIS
FAMILY ALL THE TIME. THIS IS NOT A HAPPY GO LUCKY LITTLE SHOW. >>
THERE IS LIFE AND THERE IS DEATH AND THERE IS LOSS AND THERE IS
BETRAYAL, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. I THINK IT PROBABLY HAD TO DO WITH
THE FACT THAT IT WAS ANNA. BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN SUCH A
BEACON OF GOODNESS AND TRUTH AND LOYALTY AND SHE'S ALREADY BEEN
THROUGH SO MUCH WHEN MR. BATES WAS IN PRISON, THAT IT
WAS ‑‑ IT OH NOT ANNA SORT OF THE LAST STRAW. >> WE HAD A
GUEST ON OUR SHOW A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT
THAT SAME THING AND SHE SAID HER BELIEF WAS THE REASON IT
HAPPENED TO THE ANNA CHARACTER IS, ABOVE ALL SHE WAS ABOVE
REPROACH. >> THAT WAS A VERY PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION. SHE WOULD
NEVER HAVE TEMPTED MAYBE DAISY WOULD HAVE INADVERTENTLY, IVY.
YOU KNOW. >> THERE'S A LOT OF TEMPTATION IN THAT HOUSE. I HAVE
TO ASK YOU ONE MORE TIME BEFORE YOU GO. ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL US
ABOUT THE NEXT SEASON? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> COME ON A
LITTLE BIT. >> THAT IT WILL HAPPEN. THAT IT WILL TAKE PLACE.
DOWNTON ABBEY. THAT THERE WILL BE HAPPINESS, THERE WILL BE
SADNESS. THE DRESSES WILL BE FANTASTIC. THERE WILL BE
SURPRISES. >> EVERYTHING YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MASTERPIECE. >> OF
COURSE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> BYE. >> I TRIED GET A SPOILER
BUT I'M NOT DONE YET. BECAUSE HERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.
LYNN WYATT WILL HOST AN EVENING, A LIVE CONVERSATION WITH REBECCA
EATON, TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MASTERPIECE AND DOWNTON. WE
HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN EVENING.
I'LL TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION. FROM THOSE OF YOU
AT HOME! ONE OF THE WAYS YOU DO IT IS SEND US MESSAGES, SOMEHOW
OR OTHER FROM OUR TRUSTED BIT HER. MR. RODGERS. >> WHAT DO
YOU HAVE ON THAT TRAY? >> I HAVE YOUR TWEETS, MILORD. >> BRING
YOU THAT TRAY WITHOUT TWEETS ON IT. >> WHAT WOULD I DO IF THERE
WERE NO TWEETS ON THAT TRAY? OOPS! HE WOULD LOOK ‑‑ I
GUESS THE TRAY NEVER HAS HAD NO TWEETS! MR. RODGERS. [APPLAUSE]
>> OKAY, HERE WE GO. FIRST TWEET I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ALLOWED TO
SHOW YOUR BACK TO THE KING WHEN LEAVING THE ROOM. HELEN. >>
THAT'S TRUE. >> LIKE A BADMINTON MATCH HERE. ST. JOHN. >> THE
PROTOCOL IS THAT YOU TAKE TWO STEPS BACK. >> RIGHT. >> FACING
THE MONARCH AND THEN YOU CAN TURN. >> THEN YOU DO A FINAL BOW
OR CURTSEY THEN YOU'RE ALLOWED TO TURN. >> THERE YOU GO. LEARN
SOMETHING NEW. YOU SHOULDN'T SAY HEY, YOUR HIGHNESS. >>> NEXT
TWEET, GLAD THERE WERE NO UNEXPECTED DEATHS IN THE FINALE.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE HAPPY! [APPLAUSE] >> HOW MANY OF YOU
ARE HAPPY THAT THE ONLY ONE WHO DIED THIS SEASON WAS MR. GREEN.
[APPLAUSE] >> HOW MANY OF YOU WERE IN LONDON THE DAY IT
HAPPENED? CORA'S TIARA IS LARGER THAN ANYONE ELSES. INTERESTING
WHO CAN WEAR THEM AND WHO CAN'T. >> YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WEAR
A TIARA UNTIL YOU WERE PRESENTED TO THE QUEEN AND YOU WEREN'T
SUPPOSED TO WEAR ONE UNLESS ROYALTY WERE PRESENT. THEY HAVE
SORT OF IGNORED THIS AND WEAR THEM WHENEVER THEY CHOOSE. ALSO
YOU NOTICE THE GIRLS THEY DON'T WEAR TIARAS UNTIL THEY ARE
PRESENTED. WHAT THEY WEAR ARE BRACELETS. THE BRACELETS THAT
STICK UP AND HAVE THE PINS BEHIND THEM, MAKE THE REAL ARCH,
ARE WORN BY THE LADIES WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED. >> NEXT
TWEET, WHY IS MARY STILL WEARING HER WEDDING RING? I HAD NOT EVEN
NOTICED IT. >> I DID. >> YOU DID? >> YOU SEE IT UNDER THE
GLOVE. IN WHY WOULD SHE TAKE IT OFF? >> LOVE. SHE'S STILL IN
LOVE WITH MATTHEW. I AM, TOO. >> YOU STILL IN LOVE WITH MATTHEW?
>> NONE OF THEM ARE CUTE ‑‑ YOU'RE NOT CUTE ENOUGH. >> THANK
YOU. WHERE I'M SITTING, I SEE JOANNE HAS VERY IMPRESSIVE RINGS
ON YOUR HAND TOO. THOSE ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE. WE STILL HAVEN'T
COME TO THE RESOLUTION OF WHERE MARY IS GOING, WHO IS GOING TO
BE HER SUITOR. ARE THEY GOING TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION? >> I
LOVE THE COMPLICATION OF THE FACT THAT MR. BLAKE IS THE HEIR
TO BARONETCY. >> OH PLEASE. >> IT'S STUPID. >> SO STUPID. >>
SUDDENLY HE'S MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR MARY. >> THAT'S MY PROBLEM
WITH IT. >> HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED [SIMULTANEOUS SPEECH] >> JUST
GOING TO GO. >> MARY WAS HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE GETTING
BOYFRIENDS, REMEMBER, AFTER MR. PAMOUK AND ALL THESE
THREATS AND THINGS HANGING OVER HER HEAD. ALL OF A SUDDEN, ONCE
MARY INHERITS, SHE'S VERY BIG TIME. >> SHE COULDN'T GET A
BOYFRIEND BEFORE. >> SHE'S GORGEOUS AND THOSE MEN ARE NOT
CUTE ENOUGH. >> BUT IT DOES BOTHER ME THAT THEY WRITE IT THE
WAY SHE DID. MARY CAN'T REALLY CONSIDER HIM UNLESS HE'S
WEALTHY. >> I DON'T THINK MARY IS SHOWN IN A VERY GOOD HEIGHT
ANYWAY. SHE IS A VERY HARD EDGED CHARACTER AND FETTING
HARD ‑‑ AND GETTING HARDER. >> HOW DO YOU DO THAT AND NOT
MAKE HER COME ACROSS AS HARD? >> THAT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT. >> SHE
HAS A GREAT LINE. >> POINTS TO MY NOTES NOTE CARDS BECAUSE HE
KNOWS I HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN. >> SHE HAS TO BE TOUGH WITH HER
DADDY. HE'S GIVING HER A LOT OF TROUBLE. AND GARETH NEAME,
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF DOWNTON ABBEY, IS GOING TO BE JOINING
US. NOW APAUSE TO SAY HELLO TO LISA SHUMATE. >> IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE TO DETAIL HOW DOWNTON ABBEY, FAST PACED AND BEAUTIFUL.
MEN AND WOMEN ALIKE ARE DRAWN TO THE CHARACTERS AND STRONG STORY
LINES. YOUR SUPPORT, AANOTHER AMAZING SEASON OF DOWNTON ABBEY
AND MANOR OF SPEAKING. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING A LITTLE DRAMA
IN OUR LIVES, EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT. >> A FEW LAUGHS IN THERE
TOO. SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT! WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AT THE
WHOLE SEASON. RIGHT ON MANOR OF SPEAKING. ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶¶ ¶¶
¶¶ >> GOOD EVENING, HOUSTON AND ACROSS THE NATION. WE ARE
HERE TALKING ABOUT DOWNTON ABBEY AND WE'VE GOT SO MUCH TO DISCUSS
AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU THINK OF COURSE. AS A REMINDER,
YOU CAN TWEET US FAIB US OR CALL US ON ‑‑ FACEBOOK US OR
CALL US ON THE PHONE. ON THE COUCHES ARE ST. JOHN FLYNN FROM
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA. >> GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING. >> A
MOMENT OF LUXURY, THE MOMENT OF LUXURY DESIGNER BILL STUBBS. AND
JOANNE KING HERRING. AND HELEN MANN WITH HER LOVELY COMMENTS
AND IN A FEW MINUTES THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF DOWNTON
ABBEY WILL BE JOINING US, GARETH NEAME, WILL JOIN US, AND TELLING
US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BEING HAPPENING NEXT SEASON. THE
EPISODE YOU JUST SAW IN THE NEWSPAPER, THE GRANTHAM GAZETTE.
>> WELCOME TO THE SUMMER OF 1523. AND THE ‑‑ 1923. AND
THE RETURN OF MARTHA LEVINSON. AND SHE BRINGS WITH HER HER
PLAYBOY SON HAROLD. AND ROSE'S COMING OUT, EVERYONE BUT HER OWN
PARENTS. LORD GILLINGHAM AND BLAKE ARE STILL CASING MARY,
MARY IS STILL CHASING THE MONEY. MR. BLAKE IS PULLING AHEAD NOW
THAT MARY KNOWS HE'S IN LINE TO INHERIT. >>> DOWNTON, FROM THE
INSIDE LOOKING DOWN FROM THE GALLERY YOU KNOW NEAR THE
BEDROOM, THOMAS SEES THEM TATTLES TO THE EARL, AND LOOK
FROM ONE OF THE PRINCE'S LADY FRIENDS WHO HAPPENS TO BE A
FRIEND OF ROSE'S. LORD G, MOBILIZES TO GET THE CARD BACK.
BUT ALAS NO LETTER IS FOUND. BUT BATES RELYING ON YET ANOTHER OF
HIS QUESTIONABLE SKILLS, PICKPOCKETS SAMSON AND RETRIEVES
THE LETTER. AND MARY BURNS THE COULD BE DAMNING TRAIN TICKET
MRS. HUGHES FOUND IN BATES JACKET FOR THE DAY MR. GREEN
DIED IN LONDON. REGRETTING DECISION, BRINGS BABY HOME AND
GIVES IT TO A LOCAL FARMER TO RAISE. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO
WRONG? AND THE STAFF GETS A FUN DAY AT THE BEACH AND THIS SEASON
OF DOWNTON ABBEY COMES TO A CLOSE AS THE DOWNSTAIRS POWER
DUO OF HUGHES AND CARSON WALK AMONG THE SURF. [APPLAUSE] SO
TOUCHING! BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? AS WE SAID A LOT OF STUFF I FEEL
DIDN'T GET RESOLVED IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE SO THAT LEADS TO OUR
POLL QUESTION WHICH IS WHICH STORY LINE ARE YOU LOOKING MOST
FORWARD TO SEEING RESOLVED IN SEASON 5, THE CASE OF THE
MISSING GREGSON, B WHO WILL MARY CHOOSE, C, THOMAS AND BAXTER
WHAT IS THEIR PAST, OR D, THE DEATH OF MR. GREEN, WHO DID IT?
AND WE'LL HAVE THE RESULTS AT THE END OF THE SHOW. LOGGING IN,
FIGURE IT OUT. >>> FOLKS WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO WE NEED TO KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT MR. GREEN'S DEATH? ST. JOHN? >> NO. >> NO. I
DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER KNOW. >> DO YOU THINK THEY'LL LEAVE IT?
>> I LOVE FINDING THE TICKET IN BATES COAT BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE
WILL ASSUME BATES BOUGHT THE TICKET, HE WENT TO LONDON. OF
COURSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY ELSE'S TICKET THAT HE'S
COVERING FOR. ALSO IF YOU GO TO LONDON TO COMMIT ***, WHY
WOULD YOU LEAVE THE TRAIN TICKET IN YOUR COAT? WOULDN'T YOU MAKE
SURE THAT YOU GOT RID OF IT? >> YOU THINK LIKE A MURDERER. WHERE
WERE YOU WHEN MR. GREEN MET HIS DEMISE? GOOD POINT. BUT HOW MANY
OF YOU WERE SURPRISED WHEN THE TICKET WAS FOUND? DIDN'T WE ALL
PRETTY MUCH ALL ASSUME THAT HE WAS THERE? YOU'RE A QUIET
AUDIENCE TONIGHT! >> BUT I THINK THIS IS AN OPEN‚ÄëENDED
QUESTION. SOME PEOPLE THINK HE DID, SOME PEOPLE THINK HE
DIDN'T. I DON'T THINK IT WILL COME BACK. >> I HE STILL THINK
THAT ‑‑ I STILL THINK THAT ANNA ‑‑ WHO DID YOU THINK
DID IT? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> I THINK IT'S ANNA. WE'LL LEAVE IT
THERE. >> THE BIGGER QUESTION IS, WHERE DID THIS HOUSE
SUDDENLY COME FROM IN LONDON? EVERY TIME THEY GO DOWN THEY
STAY WITH ‑‑ ROSAMOND. >> BUT AFTER THE SEASON, THE HOUSE
IS CLOSED. >> ST. JOHN DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING? >> ALL THE STAFF
ARE GONE. >> SEPARATE STAFF DOWN THERE. >> I AM GOING TO REMIND
YOU GUYS, WE'RE DOING A TV SHOWDOWN HERE. THEY MADE A
REFERENCE BEFORE, MARY SAID, DO YOU WANT TO OPEN THE HOUSE? SHE
SAID NO NO NO, I'LL JUST STAY WITH ROSAMOND. BUT THE QUESTION
TO ME, EDITH, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH EDITH? WHAT DO WE ALL
THINK? >> I LOVE THAT STORY LINE, IT'S INTERESTING, THERE'S
A LOT OF TURN AND TWIST TO THAT. I THINK SHE'S GOING TO BECOME
VERY POWERFUL BECAUSE SHE'S GOT THE POWER OF ATTORNEY AND
THERE'S THE WILL THAT WE'RE WONDERING ABOUT. >> I'M GOING TO
CUT YOU OFF RIGHT THERE. WHEN YOU SAY TWISTS AND TURNS, JOANNE
HAS AN OBSERVATION ABOUT EDITH. ABOUT TWISTS AND TURNS? >> I
THINK SHE GOT MORE THAN A BABY IN SWITZERLAND. DID YOU NOTICE
HER NOSE? SHE HAD IT ‑‑ >> SHE THINK THE ACTRESS HAD A NOSE
JOB! >> SHE USED TO HAVE A LITTLE ‑‑ WHICH I THINK WAS
VERY ARISTOCRATIC. IT WAS A LITTLE LONG! >> WE'RE GOING TO
GET BACK TO THAT, SOMETHING BIG ON TONIGHT'S EPISODE, A LOT
HAPPENED WITH DEP YOU A ‑‑ DEB YOU TANTS. WE ‑‑
DEBUTANTES. WE THOUGHT WE'D LOOK AT THAT IN OUR HISTORY 101. [
KNOCK KNOCK ] >> A DEBUTANTE FROM THE FRENCH WORD MEANING
FEMALE BEGINNER, IS A YOUNG LADY WHO IS REACHED THE AGE OF
MATURITY AND IS INTRODUCED TO SOCIETY AT A FORMAL DEBUT
PRESENTATION. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE PRESENTATION OF THE
DEBUTANTES TO THE SOVEREIGN COURT MARKED THE START OF THE
SOCIAL SEASON. APPLICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BY LADIES
WHO THEMSELVES HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO THE SOVEREIGN. IT
WAS A WAY FOR THESE GIRLS TO BE PRESENTED TO SUITABLE BACHELORS
AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE HOPES OF FINDING A SUITABLE HUSBAND.
BACHELORS IN TURN USED THE COURT PRESENTATION AS A CHANCE TO FIND
A SUITABLE WIFE. THE APPLICATION IF ACCEPTED WERE TO BE SENT A
ROYAL SUMMONS FROM THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN. HIMSELF. THE GIRLS
WOULD ATTEND THE SOCIAL SEASON INCLUDING EVENTS SUCH AS
AFTERNOON TEA PARTIES, POLO MATCHES, RACES AT THE ROYAL
ASCOT, AND BALL. AFTER THE LAST DEBUTANTES WERE PRESENTED IN
1958, QUEEN ELIZABETH II ABOLISHED THE CEREMONY. NOR THE
MEN, THE EXPRESSION DEB'S DELIGHT IS A WAY TO GIVE
UNMARRIED MEN OF A SIMILAR BACKGROUND. THAT'S HISTORY 101.
ALSO LEARN SOMETHING NEW IN HISTORY 101. NOW YOU KNOW THE
HISTORY OF THE DEBUTANTE. WHAT YOU FEEL WHAT YOU THOUGHT WHAT
YOU THINK ABOUT THE EPISODE. DELIVERY OF YOUR TWEET BY
MR. RODGERS. >> GOOD EVENING MILORD. >> GOOD EVENING,
MR. RODGERS. >> HOW ARE YOU MILORD? >> FINE. >> I HAVE YOUR
TWEETS MILORD, HAVE YOU HAD A FORMAL COMING‚ÄëOUT? >> YES, THE
TAKE YOU PRESENTED ME WITH THIS WONDERFUL TRAY. >> MR. RODGERS.
I WOULD HOPE LADY ROSIMOND HAD MOVED ON TO ANOTHER PROJECT. SHE
WAS FIXED ON EDITH'S BABY. SHE DIDN'T REALLY BIRTH IT BUT SHE
DIDN'T SEEM TOO HAPPY. I LOVE THE EXCHANGE WELL, I'M GOING
BACK TO THE CONTINENT. [ SIGHING ] >> I THOUGHT IT WAS EASY AND
FUN. I CAN'T BELIEVE EDITH GOT AWAY WITH IT. SHE WOULDN'T LET
MARY GET AWAY WITH MR. PAMOUK. SO THERE'S A LESSON, KEEP THINGS
SECRET, DON'T TELL MRS. HUGHES. IF YOU ARE A REGULAR VIEWER,
YOU'LL KNOW I HAVE ISSUES WITH MRS. HUGHES TELLING EVERYONE'S
SECRETS. LET'S TALK ABOUT ISOBEL AND HER NEW GENTLEMAN CALLER. >>
I LOVE DR. CLARKSON. I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE THING
WITH HER BUT NOW THIS NEW ELEVATED PERSON. THE PERSON WITH
A TITLE, WHICH ‑‑ BECAUSE SHE SEEMED SO ANTI‑TITLES AND
THAT STUFF. I THINK SHE IS A FASCINATING CHARACTER. I LOVE
THEY'RE PLAYING THE TWO OF THE DOWAGER AND BACK AND FORTH. YOU
SEE A TRUE FRIENDSHIP THERE AND YET THEY CONTINUE TO KIND OF
BICKER BACK AND FORTH. >> AND QUICKLY YOU WERE SAYING YOU LIKE
THEIR BICKERING, THEIR INTERACTION BETTER THAN WITH HER
AND MARTHA LEVINSON. >> IT SEEMS REAL, WHERE THE OTHER SEEMS
STAGED. >> I AGREE. >> BUT ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING, IS THAT I THINK THE DOWAGER DOES NOT LIKE THE
FACT THAT MRS. CROWLEY HAS ALL OF THESE SUITORS. WHEN THE
FLOWERS CAME SHE WAS ‑‑ >> WELL, YOU KNOW WHO CAN TELL US
ALL ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON THERE? I'VE BEEN TEASING THIS
ENOUGH. ARE YOU READY TO HEAR FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF
DOWNTON ABBEY HIMSELF, THE ONE AND ONLY GARETH NEAME WE'RE
THRILLED TO HAVE HIM FROM ACROSS THE POND. WE HAVE MR. NEAME
WITH US. HELLO THERE SIR? >> HOW ARE YOU? >> I AM DOING GREAT AND
I HAVE TO TELL YOU WE ARE REELING AFTER THIS LAST EPISODE
WONDERING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. IF YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT, YOU
HAVE PUT OUT FALSE PLOT LINES AND PICTURES, YOU HAVE TO NOT
GIVE US MUCH RIGHT? >> WE SPEND OUR LIVES WORKING AROUND
SPOILERS, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO ALWAYS SPILL WHAT THE NEXT STORY
IS SO WE TRY TO KEEP TIGHT‚ÄëLIPPED OR MAKE THINGS
UP. >> I'M GOING TO TRY GET A FEW THINGS OUT OF YOU. WE LOVE
CARSON AND MRS. HUGHES, TOGETHER. IS THAT GOING
SOMEWHERE? >> THEY ENDED THE EPISODE I GUESS AND HELD HANDS.
AND PEOPLE HAVE OFTEN SAID WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THESE
CHARACTERS AND ARE THEY GOING TO GET MARRIED? THEY ARE SORT OF A
MARRIED COUPLE IN THE SHOW ANYWAY. THEY OPERATE A BIT LIKE
A MARRIED COUPLE. SO NO, IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A NICE HEART‚ÄëWARMING
END TO THE EPISODE. >> OKAY LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION
THEN. WITH BATES AND MR. GREEN, WE'RE LEFT I THINK STILL
WONDERING, IN YOUR MIND, WAS THIS SOLID? DO WE KNOW THAT
BATES WAS INVOLVED? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING OR IS IT STILL
LEFT FOR SPECULATION? >> I THINK YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT
WE THINK HAS HAPPENED. >> (LAUGHING) WELL I'M ASKING YOU
WHERE DO YOU WANT US AT THIS POINT AS AN AUDIENCE? >> I WANT
YOU TO BE THINKING ABOUT IT. I WANT THE AUDIENCE TO BE
CAPTIVATED FOR MONTHS TO COME SO THEY WAIT FOR SEASON 5 TO COME.
>> GREAT ANSWER. I HAVE READ SOMEWHERE THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT
PLANNING TO END THE SHOW ON SEASON 5 SO WE CAN RELAX A
LITTLE THERE BUT THAT THIS SHOW WILL NOT GO ON FOREVER. >> NO
SHOW CAN GO ON FOREVER. AND NO, I MADE THAT COMMENT ABOUT NOT
PLANNING TO END ANY TIME SOON BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY
CHINESE WHISPERS ABOUT THE SHOW AROUND THE WORLD AND SOME RUMOR
GOT OUT THAT THE SHOW WAS ABOUT TO END AND WE HAD TO STOP THAT
SPECULATION. BECAUSE WE HAVE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO END IT. BUT
NO, NO SHOW CAN GO ON FOREVER. YOU KNOW THE ACTORS WILL WANT TO
DO OTHER THINGS, JULIAN AND I WILL WANT TO DO OTHER THINGS AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL WE HAVE TO GET OUT WHILE PEOPLE STILL
LOVE THE SHOW AND THE AWFUL, SO MANY MOVIES GO TO SEQUELS AND
THE SEQUELS AREN'T AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINALS, AND TV SHOWS CAN
WELL OUTSTAY THEIR WELCOME. WE WANT THAT TO END AT THE RIGHT
TIME. MY REAL ACTUAL DREAM IS WE WILL CONTINUE IT TO BE REPEATED
AND PBS WILL SHOW IT FOR YEARS TO COME AND PEOPLE WILL WATCH IT
ON DVD AND REALLY REMEMBER IT FONDLY. >> WE ALL WILL REMEMBER
IT FONDLY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEASON 5. >> WE SPEND TOO MUCH
TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE A WAY TO GO AND WE HAVE A LOT
MORE EPISODES TO LOOK FORWARD TO. >> ANY SPOILER FOR SEASON 5?
>> NO, I WOULD BE SHOT FOR SAYING SUCH A THING. >> WELL, I
WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT FOR NOT ASKING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU AGAIN. GOOD THANK YOU. GLAD
YOU ENJOYED IT SO MUCH THIS SEASON AND REALLY HOPE WE CAN
SATISFY EVERYONE AGAIN NEXT YEAR. >> THANK YOU. >> BYE. ¶¶
¶¶ >> SO WE KNOW WE WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR AND THE ***
AFTER AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL ‑‑ AND THE YEAR
AFTER AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE WITH US. YOU ARE HERE WITH OUR
LOVELY DRESSED STUDIO AUDIENCE THIS EVENING, THEY ARE ALL HERE
IN WONDERFUL PERIOD COSTUMES. WE LIKE TO GO OUT TO THE AUDIENCE
AND SEE IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US. MR. RODGERS DO YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS? >> YES, THE LOVELY LADY FAY, MILORD. >> AM I
THE ONLY ONE THAT FINDS THE BATES RELATIONSHIP VERY STRANGE?
HE ACCOMMODATION OFF AS HER OVERLY PROTECTED FATHER RATHER
THAN HER HUSBAND. HIS RELATIONSHIP COMES OFF AS OVERLY
PROTECTIVE, THEY COME OFF AS FATHER AND DAUGHTER RATHER THAN
HUSBAND AND WIFE. >> JOANNA, YOU DON'T LIKE THIS HMM? >> NO. I'M
TIRED OF BATES AND ANNA. THEY HAVE TOO MANY TROUBLES. ANNA IS
ENGAGING AND ADORABLE. BUT I'M TIRED OF BATES. >> THE AUDIENCE
IS TURNING ON YOU. YOU'VE LOST THEM NOW. >> OKAY, I'LL GIVE HIM
ANOTHER TRY. >> ONE MORE QUESTION. >> FOLLOW UP FROM LADY
FAY. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THEY PHONETICALLY
PRONOUNCED YOUR NAME AND NOT ST. JOHN'S. >> WE ARE ALL VERY
THRILLED, THANK YOU SO MUCH, NEW YORK TIMES, FOR REFERRING TO US.
THEY REFERRED TO ST. JOHN FLYNN, WHICH IS SPELLED "ST. JOHN" NO
PHONETIC SPELLING FOR YOU, BUT EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO
PRONOUNCE MANOUSE. >> NEXT QUESTION, MILORD. >> WHAT
EXACTLY ARE THE DUTIES OF AN UNDER‚ÄëBUTLER? SINCE ALL HE
DOES IS COMPLAIN AND SPREAD RUMORS. >> BILL ANY THOUGHT
ABOUT THIS? >> I WOULD KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS. I AM SO CLEAR
BECAUSE I HAVE A STAFF AT HOME. >> WHAT DOES YOUR UNDERBUTLER
DO? >> IT IS VERY AWKWARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN MY
GARAGE WHICH IS NOT AIR CONDITIONED. >> SO LOST CONTROL
OF THIS SHOW! JUST FOR THIS EPISODE. I WILL SAY THAT MY
PROBLEM WITH IT IS THE WRITING OF THOMAS THIS SEASON, IS THAT
AT THE END OF SEASON 3, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE DEVELOPING A MUCH
RICHER AND THIS SEASON HE JUST BECAME THE BAD GUY. >> REALLY IS
ON VERY THIN ICE BECAUSE HE COMPLAINED TO LORD GRANTHAM.
WHAT DID LORD GRANTHAM SAY WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM AMERICA? HE
WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT HAVING THOMAS WITH HIM. HE'S ON REALLY
THIN ICE. >> THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU PICKED UP ON THE
SHOW. WE DECIDED TO GIVE YOU FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT THE SHOW. WE'VE INVITED THE CAST TOGETHER TO INVITE
YOU ‑‑ TO TELL YOU ABOUT FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW IN
BEHIND THE SCENES. SMOATS ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ >> THERE'S ONE BEDROOM
WHICH WE CHANGE AROUND, SO CORA'S BEDROOM, MARRY'S BEDROOM,
EDITH'S BEDROOM, THE SAME ROOM, REDECORATED OVER THE COUPLE OF
DAYS, COME BACK AND SHOOTS, THE MOST USED ROOM, IT'S THICK WITH
PAINT AND WALLPAPER. >> SYBIL'S DAUGHTER OF COURSE IS CALLED
SYBIL AND KNOWN AS SIBBY IN THE FAMILY. MARY'S SON IS NOT CALLED
MATTHEW, HE'S CALLED GEORGE. THAT'S BECAUSE MY NIECE GAVE
BIRTH, JUST AT THAT TIME, AND HE'S CALLED GEORGE AND HIS BIRTH
IS COMMEMORATED ON DOWNTON. >> MRS. HUGHES, HAS A NEW, ELSIE,
TRAINED AND COME INTO THE '20s. SO IT IS HER RATHER MARKET
COUSIN. ELSBETH. >> ALL THE CAST IN FRONT OF ME, IT'S LIKE THE
JOKE, BECAUSE SOMEHOW I ALWAYS END UP TALKING ABOUT WHEN I WAS
ANNIE IN THE WEST END. LIKE THIS OLD FALLEN STAR LOOKING BACK.
PEOPLE LIKE NO, REALLY? BUT YEAH, IT'S MY FAVORITE THING TO
TALK ABOUT. ¶¶ ¶¶ >> YOU KNOW WHAT JOHN BATES WAS BASED
ON? SHAFT, THE FILM. SHAFT, BATES, CAN YOU GIG IT? DAMN
RIGHT. THE REASON WHY: IN THE SOUND TRACK, ISAAC HAYES IS A
COMPLICATED MAN, AND NO ONE UNDERSTANDS HIM BUT HIS WOMAN.
JOHN SHAFT, JOHN BATES. HE'S ACTUALLY BASED ON SHAFT. ¶¶
¶¶ >> THAT'S WHY I LIKE THAT ONE, YOU CAN'T TRUST THOMAS.
WHAT HAVE WE GOT? >> QUESTION FROM MASTER GUY. >> GIVEN THE
POPULARITY OF DOWNTON ABBEY, DO YOU KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE A
SPINOFF? >> EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT A PREQUEL, ABOUT BATES AND
ANNA, THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THAT. AND AS FAR AS A SPINOFF THEY ARE
GOING TO HOPE THAT THIS SHOW LIVES ON. NEXT QUESTION. >>
QUESTION FROM LADY CHRISTIAN NAH MILORD. >> WHAT IS THE NAME
FLAPPER? >> A YOUNG GER. A GIRL WHOSE HAIR WAS STILL LONG AND IN
PIG TAILS, THE PIG TAILS WOULD FLAP AROUND. >> ARE YOU GOING TO
SAY NOT TRUE NEXT TO YOU? >> BUT ALSO IT WAS A SLANG TERM FOR A
***. BECAUSE THESE GIRLS WERE THE ‑‑ MODERN GIRLS
WERE KNOWN FOR LIKING TO PARTY AND HAVING ‑‑
HAVING ‑‑ >> WHEN THE MAN SAID YOUR NIECE IS A FLAPPER?
AND SHE SAID NO I'M NOT. >> WE LEARN SOMETHING NEW ALL THE
TIME. GOOD MARY IS ALWAYS PUTTING A JIG IN. >> THIS HAS
COME TO THE END OF THE SEASON. ANY FINAL ONE‚ÄëWORD THOUGHTS ON
THE SEASON? YOU LIKE THAT, ONE WORD? >> LOTS OF ROMANCE, LOTS
OF COUPLES ON EVERY LEVEL. >> INTERESTING LINES BETWEEN
MRS. LEVINSON AND THE DOWAGER COUNTESS ABOUT LOOKING FORWARD
AND LOOKING BACK. >> WHAT IS THAT SETTING US UP FOR IN THE
FUTURE? >> HELEN? >> EDITH. >> THIS SEASON. >> IT WAS LEAVING
US HANGING. >> UNTIL THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHEN THEY COME BACK
AGAIN. ST. JOHN. >> ALLIANCES. THE DOWAGER AND ISOBEL.
SOMETHING BETWEEN EDITH AND BRANSON. THEY SEEM TO BE
JEALOUS. >> SEE WHERE THAT'S GOING. WHAT DID YOU HI ABOUT THE
POLL QUESTION, WHICH STORY LINE ARE YOU LOOKING MOST FORWARD TO
BEING RESOLVED IN 5, IS IT GREGSON, MARY CHOOSING A
SUITOR ‑‑ THE CASE OF MISSING GREGSON, THAT'S VERY
FACINATING. I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR SURE MR. GREEN. YOU'LL STILL
COME BACK AND JOIN US A MOMENT, THANK JOANNE HERRING AND ST.
JOHN FLYNN FOR BEING WITH US. AND HELEN MANN. BUT
UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS THE END FOR ANOTHER YEAR. WE'VE COME TO
THE END OF A SEASON AND I WANT TO SEND A SPECIAL THANKS FOR YOU
WHO WATCHED THE SHOW AN STAYED FOR US. REMEMBER BECAUSE THE
SEASON HAS ENDED DOESN'T MEAN OUR FUN WILL END. WE'LL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR UNTIL THE NEXT SEASON OF DOWNTON
ABBEY. JOIN US ON FACEBOOK AND BECOME PART OF OUR FAMILY. WE'LL
BE BACK NEXT YEAR AS I'M SURE YOU WILL. I'M WAITING WITH BAITD
BREATH, WHAT HAPPENED TO MR.‚Äë‚Äë BAITED BREATH, WHAT
HAPPENED TO MR. GREEN. WE'LL SEE YOU THEM TIME, BYE‑BYE.