The problem with Edith getting jilted at the altar is that it's boring.
Aha! We say. Edith can finally be happy! She finally gets her man!
Oh . . . he jilted her. What a surprise.
See? The surprise would have been had they actually gotten married. And Sir Whatever could have either
a) turned out to be a compulsive gambler. Edith, of course, would have either put a stop to it or she would have joined in and been an even better gambler and saved the family fortune. Now that would have been interesting.
b) Died. Left Edith all his money. She would have been distraught, but then level-headed. Hopefully had a child and they could have been financially stable while the Abbey was in dire straights. Everyone would have had to crawl to Edith for money. Now that would have been interesting.
c) encouraged Edith to get an education. She would have gotten a degree in something practical like botany and they could have turned their estate into a bed and breakfast. Now that would have been interesting.
But leaving her at the altar . . . boring.
Edith needs to move out. Edith needs to go to America and live with her grandmother. Edith needs to get of Dodge, or she's going to have to play her role that's pretty boring.
Run, Edith! Run away! The script writers haven't given you anything interesting in the past two seasons (except for burnt guy), so they probably don't have anything more for you in season three. Get out fast! Go Edith, go!
2 comments:
I totally agree!!
I figured there was more to this story line. The whole time Lord Grantham was against this I figured it was because he knew something that the rest of us didn't. Having him end it just because of the age difference was so anti-climatic. I was hoping for some crazy sister hiding out in the attic or a supposed dead wife that shows up.
Apparently they were trying to make her pathetic enough that she would be willing to be someone's mistress. I really have no idea where they are going with that. It's just going to give Lord Grantham a heart attack.
Does the editor's crazy wife remind anyone else of Jane Eyre? Anyone else read Wide Sargasso Sea? Must have been so much fun to be or know someone mentally ill back then.
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