Got here right on time! Can't wait to watch it over this weekend!

This is the first time I bought a TV Series having never watched it before. I read many positive reviews about Downton Abby and decided to give it a go. Wow!!! I can't even express enough how good this show is. I have been transported back in time starting with the sinking of the Titanic..to the Great War..to the 20's...and its been a fantastic journey!!!This show is so well done...beautiful to watch..at an age well before PCs..cell phones..and even the telephone which was introduced with the staff not knowing how to use it!!!! The acting is beyond excellent. The 4th season which is a big part of this positive review doesn't disappoint. I don't want to give any plots away but the 4th season started with sorrow and ended with hope...I can't wait for the 5th season!!!! You won't be disappointed with this DVD. The entire series is a purchase worth owning.

The story keeps changing and follows the characters through their lifes.

Fascinating stories of how characters face & struggle with (not solve) the problems that emerge from stringent, aristocratic standards which can no longer judge & condemn the world as society changes due to war, the resulting economy, and how individuals seek independence & individual expression apart from tradition & its norms. The plot lines serve as interesting lenses not only for these struggles in the last century, but Aldo as inspiring dialogue for how we ought to view & rise to the occasion for the same challenges facing us today. Not just stories shout post World War I Britain, but narrative platforms to launch our own imagination for how to contend with the same desires & drives for freedom everywhere.

This show is apparently the equivalent of visual crack. My wife and daughter love it. I don't understand why. It makes reading the newspaper seem like riding a rollercoaster. I tried sitting through one of my wife's benders on this show and I actually chuckled at one of the dry remarks and felt so dirty I had to go shower. Despite my feelings on it, it must be a good show, since my wife somehow got my daughter and mother-in-law hooked on it.