Well this is incredible. I was getting ready to compose my Seinfeld Abbey post after this season's depressing season finale by reading some online recaps of the episode. And wouldn't you know it, THE FIRST TWO RECAPS I READ BOTH HAVE SEINFELD REFERENCES! I feel like Kramer felt when Calvin Klein stole his perfume idea!
Recap #1: Meredith Blake, LA Times
"It all feels a little like that episode of “Seinfeld” where the gang discovers “bizarro” versions of themselves. Susan is a more miserable version of Cora, right down to the copycat hairdo. The butler at Duneagle is even more of a stickler than Carson, and then there’s Wilkins, the dour lady’s maid who manages to be more spiteful and petty than O’Brien."
Recap #2: Michael Hogan, Huffington post
"My colleague Maureen Ryan (referring to Matthew's death) thinks this is a healthy development for Downton, and I encourage you to read her take. Not because I think the series can't work without Matthew Crawley -- his shmoopy talk with Lady Mary makes it hard to remember the days when their Sam-and-Diane love-hate dance was one of the biggest reasons to tune in."
As you well know, shmoopy talk is from "The Soup Nazi" episode, as personified by Jerry and girlfriend Sheila (played by actress Alexandra Wentworth, currently married to George Stephanopoulos - there's some good trivia for you).
I should be pissed for people stealing my idea, but I suppose I am feeling more gratified that other folks share my affliction. Anyway, my take on the finale was that it was pretty much a ripoff of Seinfeld's Season 7 finale, in which Susan was bumped off in "The Invitations" episode. And the reel dancing (especially when Molesey got going) reminded me of Elaine's dancing in "The Little Kicks." And when Wilkins tried to slip O'Brien a mickey, that was right out of "The Revenge," when George persuades Elaine to exact revenge on his boss. You see ....... it never ends.
Catch you next season.
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