# Downton Abbey (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966 "2010-11-08T22:35:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966/281 "2012-01-10T04:18:42Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > My wife would like to see the full-length UK episodes. Where can she do so online? > > Thanks all. Netflix has it on instant watch. Think you can also get it from Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966/282 "2012-01-10T04:53:05Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > ETA: I also thought that Thomas and the blind patient were falling in love. I thoguht that ws giving the guy hope that life could be good again, and felt the impending seperation was the reason for the suicide. In that era, falling in love with a member of the same sex would in itself be a cause for suicide. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966/283 "2012-01-10T06:27:15Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Netflix has it on instant watch. Think you can also get it from Amazon. 10-Q veddy much. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966/284 "2012-01-10T11:45:25Z")
about Thomas… I suspect he was the one arranged the “suicide” just so he could manipulate his way back into Downton. This leads me to also suspect him of having something to do with the Turks death, and Bates wife… ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966/285 "2012-01-10T12:27:18Z")
> [@chela](#): > > about Thomas… I suspect he was the one arranged the “suicide” just so he could manipulate his way back into Downton. This leads me to also suspect him of having something to do with the Turks death, and Bates wife… I suspected him of poisoning the Turkish dude, but not the other things. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966/286 "2012-01-10T15:24:33Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > The voice doesn’t bother me at all. The horrific lipstick color and the resulting Joker-esque smile are Creepy Valley though. And let’s not leave out the crazy-eyed-killah, Michelle Bachmanesque quality of her eyes. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966/287 "2012-01-10T17:33:05Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > And let’s not leave out the crazy-eyed-killah, Michelle Bachmanesque quality of her eyes. now that you mention it, i did see that quality when Lavinia (the new maid) interrupted her at tea. ---
**Author:** ![Laceykat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Laceykat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laceykat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966/288 "2015-04-21T01:37:41Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > [Salt of sorrel](http://dictionary.die.net/salt%20of%20sorrel) (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains; – so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Thank you. I was wondering the same thing myself and thought it was “Salt of Sorrow.” Could not find any reference to it. ---
**Author:** ![Laceykat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@Laceykat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laceykat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966/289 "2015-04-21T01:41:17Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > [Salt of sorrel](http://dictionary.die.net/salt%20of%20sorrel) (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains; – so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Thank you. I was wondering the same thing myself and thought it was “Salt of Sorrow.” Could not find any reference to it. Unfortunately you posted this some years ago (I just started watching the show) and your link to the dictionary is dead. Here is an updated link for anyone interested. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/salt-sorrel](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/salt-sorrel) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966/290 "2015-04-21T03:50:45Z")
Please note, **Laceykat** , that you’re replying to posts from more than three years ago. Here’s a more recent thread that may be of interest: [Downton Abbey S5 - spoiler-free until broadcast in the U.S. - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=729656) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-open-spoilers/559966.md?page=14)