I just caught up on all but the final episode of the third season. I'll be watching that sometime this week before season 4 starts on January 5th, 2014...
But something just occurred to me.
Does anyone shit in Downton Abbey? Or even take a piss or wee?
The reason I ask is thus:
We've seen them in bed, at the dinner table (with a revolving door of guests), hunting, gaming (cricket), cooking, fighting, and even kissing & alluding to sex.
But I've not so much as seen a TOILET on this series.
And by toilet for that period, it could've very well been an outhouse.
Here's the other odd thing:
They seem intent on being true to the time period - with clothing & topical war commentary, and women gaining a higher status and louder voice...
So what about the toilets? What about urination and pooping and even the occasional wine-encouraged puking?
Where were the chamber pots or toilets or outhouses?
The series, though controversial and suggestive at times, is still quite prim and proper, so I understand why they wouldn't want to show - either visually or audibly - someone taking a dump or even pissing away! But I don't recall ever seeing or hearing anything about the less fun liquids & semi-solids coming out of the clan at Downton's nether-regions.
Please weigh-in below in the comments.
Maybe they have shown pissing and defecating, I've blocked it because they're all so prim and proper (even the house-staff with their uniforms and protocol) that maybe it would just be unseemly for any member of Downton to relieve themselves. Or maybe there's been a commode or toilet or outhouse in the background and I've forgotten that it was ever in-frame.
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