Cora and Simon's Love Affair | Downton Abbey

She was flattered by his attentions and they bonded over common interests, but a love affair? Not at all.

Even knowing Robert had it coming, if he hadn't walked in I did not see Cora accepting Simon's advances. Even her face was showing no signs of wavering, responding firmly and professionally the whole time. That is one loyal wife.

Affair? They didn’t even kiss. I would’ve called it “Simp art dealer gets friend-zoned”

Robert had flirted and kissed that housemaid called Jane and he got away with it. I really couldn't stand watching him sulk after what he almost done himself.

It’s so nice that Edith is the one that hears her parents making noise in their room and her mother shouting and she worries and comes check on them. It really shows that Cora would have been right that she would be the one to look after them in old age. That is till the point she got married and moved away

That’s his guilt reacting from his own affair. We always project our own bad actions in a circumstance like this onto our partners- it’s human nature. This was another realistic scenario that made Downton Abbey the stellar hit that it is and I fervently hope there will be more seasons to come!

"Well, don't you ever ask her opinion ?" .... touché!

Mr Bricker was too forward with Cora, but she was flattered by his attention and compliments. Lord Grantham, like lots of married men, has taken her for granted for years. His insulting words to her prove he doesn't much respect her, her interests, or intellect. Which is unforgivable.

Even as douchy as he was, Simon was still good for Cora's character developement and Robert's relationship to Cora.

Elisabeth McGovern, underrated actress. Her acting on Downton Abbey, was a winner.

There was no "love affair," at least not on Cora's part! Cora was flattered by the attention as her interests and intellect were never valued by Robert. "You can't know what a good time I had," he said. "Please may we do it again?" Her response: "I doubt it. But I hear the offer as a compliment." That's it in a nutshell for her. That should have been the end of it for him. Had he been a better gentleman, it would have been. One good thing that came out of this whole scenario was Robert seeing Cora as a woman who was still desirable to other men and not just for her connections to American money. Robert did right to fight with Simon. Cora had things well in hand by the time Robert arrived, but it had to do Cora's heart good to know that two men were fighting over her. LOL That would flatter a woman at any age! LOL edit: well maybe not well in hand! That man wasn't taking no for an answer! Good thing Robert arrived when he did! Cora might have had to fight him off! Then we would have had another Pamoot situation! Tee hee hee!

I hated this guy so much, but Lord Grantham had it coming a mile away.

Now make a montage of Robert's actual affair

Oh my gosh when he entered her bedroom my heart was pounding

The best part was when Robert said "And tell him to stop flirting with Isis!" Lmaoooo

Lord Grantham really had it coming. He doesn’t respect Cora, and only gives her time and affection when it benefits him. It’s kind of hypocritical for him to hold it against her when earlier in the series the tables had been turned and he was the one looking for outward validation from Jane the housemaid. Cora really didn’t do anything wrong, she wasn’t actively pursuing Mr. Bricker the same way he was pursuing Jane.

Robert had alot of nerve getting offended and angry at Cora when he was the 1st to be disloyal to her and actually cheat on her. He desired another woman under the same roof "with every fiber of his being" and would've made love to that maid had Bates not knocked on his door. Guilty as sin. Also, Robert saying no professional would be interested in Cora's opinions is a straight attack on her confidence and self esteem which is typical gas lighter and narcissistic behavior. Only weak, controlling, insecure, little men behave this way.

I think Cora was simply fed up with typical social nonsense conversation and wanted some intellectual conversation and bicker provided it for her. But then he got ahead of himself with flattering her😒😒

Is it really an affair or mixed signals? I always thought Core enjoyed having a male friend to hang with and said friend became too attached to the point of thinking she loved him, which Robert then made an assumption about.

Thank heavens this didnt become Pamuk the sequel 😂