Los Angeles Times touts Isobel and Violet as their top Downton duo. Who’s your favorite duo?

Dynamic duos on ‘Downton Abbey,’ ‘Gotham’ and ‘Game of Thrones’

Los Angeles Times | May 28, 2015

They’ve never been lovers. They’re definitely not cop buddies. And they’re not really related. But some TV twosomes are more than the sum of their parts. They may have been thrown together by writers unsure what else to do with their quirky characters, by circumstance of age or even worldview. But a good platonic pairing can pop from the screen faster than even the most sizzling of romantic couples. Here are three of the most electric duos we’ve spied lately on TV, twosomes whose intimacy is on a whole different level than their counterparts but who leave us wanting more — like their own spinoff series!

Two of a kind: Two of the most elder stateswomen of Downton, the dowager and Isobel started off sniping at one another over class differences (Violet was, after all, the dowager and Isobel just the middle-class mother of the newly discovered Grantham heir). But over the seasons, they’ve shared snippy quips and a budding friendship that bloomed in Season 5, when both found themselves pursued by inappropriate men … and learned they preferred each other’s company the best.

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