This is at least the fourth time i watched this entire series and i cannot hold back my displeasure with the earl of grantham any longer ... he is continually ill mannered and short tempered with anyone that doesn't kowtow to his almighty ... truth be known he has fallen way behind the times and can't keep up with progress or society ... if it wasn't for his wife, eldest daughter, mary, her husband matthew and tom branson the estate left in his care would have disintegrated long ago ... he muddles along day after day with no clear plan in mind except spur of the moment decisions