OMG, the spoiler discussion about DA has driven me nuts (funny typing DA makes me think of Dumbledore's Army, not Downton Abbey), because some people in the US got spoiled because of either the spoiler in the UK or the airing in the UK, got mad they got spoiled, and then somehow figured that since they were spoiled, everyone else must be spoiled too, so it's open knowledge now that X happened.
Even apparently to people who say may have just started watching the show and are getting intrigued and were not reading everything possible about Downton. You know, hypothetically. ;-)
I was pretty good about being unspoiled for the finale though as far as specifics. I had read something about the actor leaving, but at the time, I still didn't really know the show, so the names meant nothing. I recognized Bates, but otherwise, it could've been Tom, Thomas, Jimmy, Bueller. Hee.
I will admit when I suddenly see Matthew driving in the car, happy, when we have never seen anyone just driving on a road in general except for plot purposes (hi driving lessons, Edith!), I did figure out something was going to happen.
But I knew stuff was happening because major news and newspapers would reference "oh the big thing in the finale that everyone already knows" even if they didn't specifically say...what the thing was.
TV Guide freakin spoiled me for the Sixth Sense, though, so they are dead to me in a TITLE section on an article about TV shows! Why do you DO that, stupid TV magazine!?!?!
ETA: That said, my flist has actually been pretty fantastic about all mutual shows. It's really the mainstream media who can't keep their traps shut.
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Teal Deer to state: I agree....
Date: 2013-03-02 04:38 pm (UTC)Even apparently to people who say may have just started watching the show and are getting intrigued and were not reading everything possible about Downton. You know, hypothetically. ;-)
I was pretty good about being unspoiled for the finale though as far as specifics. I had read something about the actor leaving, but at the time, I still didn't really know the show, so the names meant nothing. I recognized Bates, but otherwise, it could've been Tom, Thomas, Jimmy, Bueller. Hee.
I will admit when I suddenly see Matthew driving in the car, happy, when we have never seen anyone just driving on a road in general except for plot purposes (hi driving lessons, Edith!), I did figure out something was going to happen.
But I knew stuff was happening because major news and newspapers would reference "oh the big thing in the finale that everyone already knows" even if they didn't specifically say...what the thing was.
TV Guide freakin spoiled me for the Sixth Sense, though, so they are dead to me in a TITLE section on an article about TV shows! Why do you DO that, stupid TV magazine!?!?!
ETA: That said, my flist has actually been pretty fantastic about all mutual shows. It's really the mainstream media who can't keep their traps shut.