downton abbey

i've long embraced my hopeless romantic, school girl side that demands to watch all the british television period dramas she can get her eyes on. from brideshead revisited to pride & prejudice and north & south - i've sat glued and giddy, watching all the mr. darcy's and elizabeth bennet's of the british empire on the telly. 
now i've discovered downton abbey and i'm hooked. i watched the first season in two nights and plan on catching up on the second season by this weekend (currently playing on pbs sunday nights). what can i say, i'm an avid sucker for strong, stubborn, and smart classic heroins who despite endless obstacles, discourse and delay always come around to finding perfectly dressed dashing lads to walk off into the british countryside with.
the romantic optimist inner me carries on, full speed ahead...