Downton Dan

He has been hailed as the new Colin Firth. I'm a bit bothered by that--there can be only ONE Papa Colin. I'd rather think of him as

1. The love child of Hugh Grant and Ralph Fiennes.

Close your eyes and he sounds like Hugh. Open your eyes and he can be as awkwardly endearing as Hugh. But when he's in Brooding Brat Mode (complete with deep frown, downturned lip and flashing blue [sigh] eyes) I can't help but think of Papa Ralph at his hottest-brattiest.

2. The cousin I thank HEAVEN I never had.

...unless we lived in Kentucky. Or we were European royalty waaaay back when.

3. The reason why I've been puyat for so many days.

Rewind and play. Sigh. Rewind and play again. Sigh again.

The show makes me think of Jane Austen writing The Remains of the Day while on crack. More, more, more!