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Tuesday, September 23, 2025

DOWNTON ABBEY: Carson Sucks

I've been burning through Downton Abbey for the first time in a coupla years in celebration of the "final" movie out now that I keep saying I'm gonna get my fat ass out to, and I must say that while of course I knew Carson was a raging lunatic asshole I never really noticed how MUCH of a raging lunatic asshole he ALWAYS was, which is to say a fucking lot.

So I’m surprised to recall that in the second episode of the entire series we find Carson absolutely HORRIFIED for everyone to find out the dreaded secret past he's so ashamed of, and yet for the entire rest of the series nobody ever brought it up to embarrasses him, no matter how many times he flushed their head in the toilet bowl for almost cracking a smile on a Wednesday afternoon during service. It wasn't even talked about behind his back; the entire incident was immediately forgotten about in a world portrayed as being particularly rife with sniveling back-stabbing & shit-talk. Whack. 

And now, just to remind us all what a shithead Carson always was, here's a coupla bon mots from Moi Say Moi over the years, you're welcome very much:
- Carson. Calm the fuck down already, you're just handing over food to rich people. Hardly worth almost having a heart attack every goddam episode. Take a lesson from Moseley and have a goddam Granthamtini every once in a while. Country and family may be worth dying for; ensuring the shrimp fork is 3.25 inches from the plate is not.

- Even tho he’s lying I like seeing Thomas make Carson look like an asshole re: his “flurry of telephonic communication.” I wanna see a flurry of somebody's fists on Carson's fucking face.

- Carson’s monologue on who has the right to be remembered as being brave during the war while he was screaming at footmen about where to put the shrimp fork was particularly touching.

- Without a doubt, Carson has the greatest tone of disapproval in tv history.

- I don't like Carson fucking with Molesly when he dickheadishly let him know the job was no longer available. Carson freaks out if an under-butler is forced to replace the corncobs in the shitter because a singer is in the house; he of all people should sympathize with Molesly's hesitation.

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