Downton Abbey fans are on high alert that something drastic might be about to happen to the loyal labrador of the house, ‘Isis’. On this week’s episode she was pointed out as looking ‘terribly listless’, with Lord Grantham subsequently agreeing to have the vet check her out.
Surely this can’t have anything to do with her name? After all, it would be slightly unfair for poor old Isis to suffer simply because of a misfortune of nomenclature. What has she ever done to deserve an untimely death, save follow Lord Grantham devotedly around Downton?
Isis’s predecessor was, after all, named Pharoah, so she continues the pyramidic scheme. If the Downton team (or, perhaps, Julian Fellowes, who must surely have had some say in the dog’s naming process) had christened the previous dog Taleban, then I might argue differently.
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