What is that half smile all about? Why is she talking to me in that soft, confiding voice? She seems friendly but she’s actually very angry, right? Because I must say, she’s freaking me out.

”

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Emily Nussbaum, “Dear PBS: The Laura Linney ‘Downton Abbey’ Intros Are Freaking Me Out”

[To be fair, though, I have weirdly and personally loathed Laura Linney ever since The Life of David Gale traumatized me. Also, she is taking away time from the longer, British cut of the show.]