DAMNING EVIDENCE THAT DOWNTON ABBEY IS GETTING ITS IDEAS FROM OLD SITCOMS

In my previous post I suggested that some of the recent writing on Downton Abbey sounded as if it came from an old "Maude" episode, and that a certain Lordship was in danger of turning into Yorkshire's very own Archie Bunker. 

Well, I think these side-by-side screen caps speak for themselves, and are proof-positive that Downton is blatantly ripping off old American sit-coms!

TOUCH-A TOUCH-A TOUCH-A TOUCH ME; I WANNA BE DIRTY!

I quite frankly do not give a soaring sod WHO Mary Crawley wants to do it with!

Does anyone else think that the new season of Downton has gotten off to a CRASHINGLY BORING start?

His Bloviating Lordship Robert continues to become an even more reactionary, backward-thinking prat: "A RADIO AT DOWNTON? GOOD GOD, WOMAN, ARE YOU MAD???" I won't be the least bit surprised if he calls Cora a "dingbat" and tells her to "STIFLE IT!" in upcoming episodes.

Anna's little sermonette after popping round to the chemist's to buy her mistress some contraception--"We should stop slut-shaming women who want to take control of their reproductive freedom"--sounded like it was re-used from an old '70s "Maude" episode!

Poor Elizabeth McGovern needs SOMETHING TO DO, and the whole Baxter/Barrow/Molesley storyline is just so TEDIOUS, so...oh, WHO CARES???