So happy this came in time for Mother's Day! I had to pay to get faster shipping to make it in time. Only wish that the faster shipping was a little cheaper! But still, not Best Buys fault, and the discs came in amazing condition!

Season 3 promises to be just as great as 1 & 2. I have just seen the first part of Season 3 so I have little to say except that the post WW1 comings and goings of the young people in the changing British landscape appear to be taking over. Amazing how one can identify and feel the joys and sorrows of an aristocratic family whose core values are underpinned by goodness and human understanding and love, even if they are separate and apart from their underlings, whom they treat with deference to their station. It's quite a give and take to watch. Fascinating, really. Top notch stuff.

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.

It was so interesting because the story revolves around actual events that were happening in the early part of the 20th century and it tells how each class,( aristocrats and working class) in England were affected by these events. The Abbey itself is impressive as are the people that were portrayed because they each knew what their place in society was and tried to live up to what was expected of them

Downton Abbey is an absolutely fantastic series. It has been nominated for many Emmys. You are transported back in time to early 20th century grand living in a magnificent English estate belonging to an Earl and his family. It is reminiscent of Upstairs/Downstairs in that we are privy to the ups and downs of the servants. It is highly entertaining.