Odisseus / Ulysses Gallery. Patternmaking with Don McCunn. Pattern Design Guides by Don McCunn. My Costumes. Katherine's Dress Site: Reproduction Historic Fashion and Fashion History. The Broke Costumer. Jane Austen's World. Poor Matthew died as Season 3 ended. We all sat in our seats as if dumbstruck, certain that Season 4 would begin with a resounding bang, including our attendance at his funeral and wake. Instead, viewers have been treated to a season of tepidness. Julian Fellowes has taken us on a journey in a Sargasso Sea of his own making, circling around familiar story lines and swirling his characters in a holding pattern until he can find a way to break them out.
Matthew’s death surprised us and set the stage for cataclysmic changes in the Crawley household. (Image: @Daily Mail) Where are the high stakes conflicts? We were expecting epic upheavals. Granted that Fellowes was not given enough time by ITV to rest on his laurels and breathe before meeting the next season’s writing deadlines. Including a lack of time to develop his stories and characters, Fellowes’ decision to remove the writers who helped to make Season One a resounding success didn’t help matters. The Crawleys Belowstairs Mrs. Edith. Collection: My Costumes.