He convinces her to go away with him to a hotel in Liverpool to be lovers, and she agrees, wanting to be sure he is the right man for her. After being informed that this story was untrue by Isobel Crawley, the doctor corrected the report to the War Department, and William is drafted shortly thereafter. At the beginning of Series 6 Anna is in a dark place as the case of Green's death lingers over her and Bates as she's still out on bail. By series 4 the love triangle is getting nowhere, until Alfred decides to leave after catching Ivy kissing Jimmy. Really, the good-girl going for the bad-guy thing again? In 1921, Rose's relationship with her mother has soured, though her relationship with her father is better. He is accompanied by his boss Charles Blake as they are working on a government project studying estates and their progress. Samantha Bond has had it with Downton Abbey. We never seem to talk about her.” Cora: “I’m afraid Edith will be the one taking care of us in our old age.” Robert: “Oh, what a ghastly prospect!”. Barrow finds Jimmy just as he is cornered by two members of the opposing team, and puts himself in the way so Jimmy can avoid being beaten and mugged. Rose later becomes attracted to Sir John Bullock, a guest at a Downton house party with whom she later meets up in London along with some of her relatives. Gregson then has Edith sign legal papers; should anything happen to him, she will inherit his modern London apartment and the newspaper. Violet has Clarkson lie to mend their marriage. She first meets Matthew when he is back in England on leave from the Army and they later become engaged. Yes, Downton Abbey is back, and with its return to U.S. airwaves comes renewed debate about the British costume drama. However, she eventually decides she does not want to marry any of them, providing a shock, especially for Tony. (Where my Lady Marys at?!). However, because of his misdiagnosis of Matthew, Robert hires a well-known doctor who strongly disagrees with Clarkson. Nevertheless, he maintains a fascination with medicine. Gordon decides to leave, rather than commit to his claim, after learning the earl's agents will be investigating Peter Gordon's history after his emigration to Canada. He tends towards nostalgia and fears change (such as the installation of telephones in the house and electricity in the kitchen). The Prince of Wales (Oliver Dimsdale), the future King Edward VIII, is also present at Rose's debutante ball, and his affair with the married Freda Dudley Ward is the centre of Sampson's blackmail plot. What follows here is the story of how this unlikely pair got together, married and finally fell in love. They agree to be friends forever. Anna May Bates (née Smith) (played by Joanne Froggatt) is lady's maid to Lady Mary at Downton Abbey; previously she was first parlour maid and head housemaid. You try keeping your cool after discovering that your younger sister exposed your deepest, darkest secret. He often resists "modern" suggestions for better management of the estate, especially after his daughter Mary joins his son-in-law Tom in running it. Viewers have been left shocked by the latest Downton Abbey episode after Lord Grantham suffered a burst ulcer and vomited blood all over the dinner table in scenes likened to a … She also seems to have protective feelings towards Daisy when she suspects that some of the other staff such as Thomas or Miss O'Brien are trying to make a fool or take advantage of her. He hides the Crawley family dog, Isis, whom he hopes to "find" to curry favour with Lord Grantham. Of course, she could also—dare I say it—take a hint from Sybil and aspire to be something more than just a wife. He returns to Downton in 1922, clearly still interested in the recently widowed Mary. Lord Grantham and Jane have an encounter but are interrupted and Jane decides to leave. Still, Sybil knows what she wants out of life. The youngest daughter of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) and Lady Cora (Elizabeth McGovern), Sybil's death was one of Downton Abbey's most shocking twists, coming in the middle of season 3.However, Lady Sybil's exit from the series was planned from the inception of … Barrow accepts that Jimmy can never give him what he wants, so they instead agree to be friends. This is at a time when most women did not smoke and it was very rare for a woman to be seen smoking in public. Molesley is not happy with the prospect, thinking it degrading to become a footman when he has been trained as a valet and butler. He purposefully puts his hand in the line of fire in order to gain a blighty wound and be sent home. [citation needed] Moreover, actor Leech wanted to audition for Thomas Barrow, but chose Branson. This greatly upsets the farmer's wife, who was led to believe that the child was the orphaned daughter of her husband's friends she never met. During the Crawleys' Christmas celebrations, Anna is seen alone and concerned about her husband. Later, having returned to Grantham House, Mrs Hughes interrupts Anna and Lady Mary and informs them that Vyner has returned and has come to arrest her. Upon his return to Britain, he gets permission to work at Downton as sergeant in charge when the residence is made into a centre of recovery for injured officers. Robert is immensely proud of Downton as the place he grew up and takes his responsibility for the estate very seriously. In the first series, she is asked to stand-in for Mrs Patmore as cook at the Abbey while she is away having an eye operation. After his return, he receives a telegram informing him of her death. Haglage: “Aww, Edith’s the best!”—said no one, ever. Lenker states that the character is initially "a solid villain" but develops and "he gradually became one of the most beloved members of the Crawley family staff". In the tight-lipped, squinty-glared, superficial world of the British upper class she’s fumbling to stay afloat. Vyner then asks that Anna visit Scotland Yard for further questions during the Crawleys' stay in London. Occasionally her caring attitude may become even counterproductive, as when she advises that Daisy should not sacrifice that much of her spare time to try to self-educate herself, as she sees that hopes for that kind of lifestyle which would justify such efforts are set too high considering Daisy's chances to move in the social hierarchy of that era. The Honourable Ephraim Atticus Aldridge (played by Matt Barber), more commonly known by his middle name, Atticus, is the son and heir of Lord and Lady Sinderby. He is never referred to by name on the show, but the published scripts reveal his first name to be Philip. Edith has strawberry blonde waves, delicate lips, a light complexion, a long nose and a slim figure. Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Strutt KCB, DSO (played by Julian Wadham) is a senior British Army general known as the "Hero of the Somme". Rosamund is one of the more headstrong and outspoken members of the family. Matthew and Mary fall in love, but circumstances separate them, and Matthew becomes engaged to Lavinia Swire. “Who can swear before God she has nothing to fear? Carson is mortified when he suffers severe chest pains while serving the family dinner and as a consequence is forced to accept help from the female staff. After William's death in 1918, Mr Mason sometimes calls at Downton to speak to Daisy, believing that she loved William as much as he did. However, Tom still feels he cannot fit in, especially after his friendship with political schoolteacher Sarah Bunting (played by Daisy Lewis) causes tension with the Crawleys. While John is in prison, Anna is able to track down a neighbour of Vera's who saw her on the day of her death. They share a moment in which Jimmy exhibits some doubt about the plan, wondering if perhaps Lady Anstruther just wants to talk. Outspoken, Ethel does not like being told what to do by anyone, which often has her in conflict with Anna or Mrs Hughes. Bates becomes protective over Anna at the car racing at Brooklands, when she insists in running after Lady Mary after a fatal crash on the track. Unlike Carson, she privately views Lady Mary as a silly girl whose misfortune comes mostly from her own mistakes; her attitudes have likely softened over the years. When Thomas decides to buy extra food and supplies on the black market to sell to Downton's kitchen staff, she refuses to get involved in his business, but she sympathises with Thomas after he realises he has been swindled. Can’t a girl catch a break? When Violet tricks Rosamund into telling the truth – that Rose is meeting a married lover – she has Rose sent to Duneagle early as punishment with her paternal aunt Agatha, whom she despises. After being told he would not make it, William proposes to Daisy and tells her that he wants to marry her, not just out of love, but also to secure her a widow's pension so that she would be taken care of. She later retracts the statement as she feels guilty and over time, her feelings for Thomas diminish and she notices that Downton's other footman, William, likes her. Rose befriends the prince's mistress, Freda Dudley Ward, who comes to her when a letter from the prince is stolen by Terence Sampson, a greedy acquaintance from Robert's club. Although he says his feelings for her are sincere, and he offers to buy a stately home near Downton where they can live together and start a family, he demands near-total control and threatens that if she leaves him he will expose her liaison with Ottoman attaché Kemal Pamuk, which he has covered up from exposure. On one notable occasion he wakes the staff in the middle of the night by horrifically screaming during a nightmare. However, Edith also experiences success when she pursues a career in journalism and takes charge of Gregson's magazine publishing company. Patrick Gordon (played by Trevor White) is a major in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry who made a request to stay at the convalescent home at Downton Abbey because he claims he is related to the Crawley family. And, most important, which of the Crawley sisters is the best? While there, she apparently comes to like Lady Flintshire, and manages to arrange to become her lady's maid. Carson's main complaint is that a valet should perform extra duties outside of just seeing to Lord Grantham, including carrying trays and acting as a third footman if necessary. He would also gain the companionship of Mrs. Patmore. Thomas does not admit to the others why he was attacked, and only sends a significant stare to Jimmy, who is guilt-stricken with the truth. Edith learns that he suffered a debilitating injury to his arm serving in the First World War, hence his refusal. She's a fighter, a leader, a one-woman tour de force. Edith is the misunderstood hero. Violet, portrayed as a matriarchal figure and quick of wit despite her age, symbolises the "old world" and order of the pre–First World War days. Distraught in believing that it is impossible for her to carry a child to term, Anna becomes upset, believing she had let Bates down. He dies hours later. Bates is less sure, but agrees that Anna will not be convicted. After Tom and Sybbie's grandfather Robert argued over which church Sybbie would be christened into, she was baptised Catholic per her father's wishes. He has a fatherly disposition over the servants. Encouraged by her family (excepting her father, who thought Gregson just wanted to take advantage of her title and wealth) she went to see him in London and accepted his offer. Robert very reluctantly agrees, and feels sorry that Edith is a "spinster" with no boyfriend or prospects in site. But Edith, Mary, Matthew and Isobel defend Tom, and Mary settles the matter once and for all by revealing Sybil did not object to her child being a Catholic. Overjoyed that her husband is once again innocent, Anna then attempts to locate the untorn ticket to London, as Bates kept it in his coat as a talisman for a time, and its existence would prove Bates could not have been in London when Green was killed. She is replaced in her position by Jane, a war widow. The biggest arguments against Mary generally fall into two different veins: either frustration that everyone is “obsessed” with her or criticism of her unapologetic nature. Though Prince Kuragin was subsequently released, he learned that his wife had been exiled a year before. However, Rosamund also supports Edith throughout Edith's unplanned pregnancy and with finding a way to raise the child. His father was a local farmer and William used to help with the horses. Daisy is devastated and blames Ivy. She also wants her husband back since she has tried living on her own and does not like it. She is one of eleven children and her parents are deceased. Bates, however, manages to prove his innocence. Still in the dark about her pregnancy, Anna begins to experience pains in episode 4, for which Lady Mary rushes her down to London, claiming to Bates that the emergency is hers, not Anna's. Daisy has a close relationship with Mrs Patmore, the cook, which is frequently more mother-daughter than two servants working together. She takes great pride in her cooking and is a perfectionist in the kitchen. As Anna returns to Downton, Bates is still missing, leaving her miserable. Isobel, a former nurse, constantly takes up new charitable causes, helping run the convalescent home at Downton and assisting refugees and prostitutes, though her sense of moral imperative often irritates others. His peripheral involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal leads Martha to request that Lord Grantham appear before Congress to vouch for Harold's character late in Series 4 – he escapes with only a reprimand. Sybil, on the other hand, will be just fine. He had planned to make a proposal of marriage to her and took her to the village fair. Through Lady Rose MacClare, who is one of the helpers, he learns of her relationship to Violet and that the Dowager Countess still lives at Downton. By 1923, he still has not been found, but pieces of what happened to him are coming to light. 'For Lord Grantham to not only cheat on his wife, but with somebody from a lower social class, would be the ultimate betrayal,' said a show insider. Edith is very worried, and decides to get an abortion. His father was the previous Earl of Grantham and his mother is Violet, Dowager Countess. The Earl is addressed as "Lord Grantham" and the Countess as "Lady Grantham". The two part on good terms, with Madeleine promising to write to Harold frequently. They had been too scared to come forward before but had now stepped forward and informed the police of his actions. Jimmy is only rescued by Thomas, who had been following him to keep an eye out. Thomas later tells Anna Bates that he's upset because he wasn't special to Jimmy, which Anna very adamantly disagrees with. She visits him in London, and he has a cocktail party that important artists and literary figures like Virginia Woolf attend. Then she learns he got into a fight with some men in Munich after taking exception to what they were saying. Robert Crawley, 7th Earl of Grantham (played by Hugh Bonneville) (b. Plus, hardly a minute went by during Season 2 in which a character failed to remind us that the world was at war but, save for Lord Grantham’s embarrassing attempt to join the boys on the front, most of the war talk that went on at Downton Abbey was just that: talk. She had one favourite brother who had shell shock and later died during the Great War. Tony later calls off his engagement to Mabel, because of his interest in Mary. His mother died of illness towards the end of the first series. She says that she does not want to be in service for the rest of her life and often complains about her surroundings. Patrick Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, was his father and Dowager Countess of Grantham, Lady Violet Crawley is his mother. With the possibility of Alfred leaving to pursue his dreams of being a chef, Mr Carson offers Molesley a job as second footman if Alfred leaves. They are also distantly related to the MacClare family, whose patriarch is Hugh MacClare, Marquess of Flintshire. Being hater-worthy is step one. [19] Finneran herself confirmed this.[20]. Lord Grantham's cousin James Crawley, heir presumptive to the earldom, and his son Patrick have died in the RMS Titanic disaster. He is caught by Alfred, who walks in on this scene and eventually tells Mr Carson at O'Brien's insistence. He finds himself mutually attracted to Lady Grantham's new maid, Baxter. For example, he recalls that he and the sisters disliked their governess, which Edith identifies specifically as Fräulein Kelder. She agreed to marry him only out of desperation, having sullied her chances of attracting a suitable husband outside her own family with that very unladylike sexual encounter. She has a passion, a husband she loves, and a baby on the way. She tells Anna that she remembers Vera had dried food under her fingernails, meaning that Vera made the pie herself knowing that her husband would be implicated for murder. Get Mary married! He announces he is in love with Mary and proposes to her surprise, but she says they barely know each other, and she is not ready to marry again so soon after being widowed. She, in turn thanks him, describing him as strong and lucky – neither of which he considered himself to be. Problems for Anna, however, continue. Robert and Rosamund also had at least two aunts and a cousin[2]. In 1922 he joins Violet and Isobel for lunch, later taking a walk with Isobel. On returning home, relieved to find that Isis is safe, he learns from Grantham that some children had found and returned the dog, seemingly ruining Thomas' plan. She is one of Anna's closest allies, being the first person who helps her in the aftermath of Mr Green's attack. She is so blindly motivated by bitterness and jealousy toward Mary that she’s constantly seeking attention in the most pathetic ways, such as preying on a married farmer and desperately falling for a disfigured stranger claiming to be her dead cousin/knight in shining armor, even after he basically admits to being an impostor. Richard "Dickie" Grey, Lord Merton (played by Douglas Reith) is Mary's godfather and a widower with at least two sons, Larry and Tim Grey. This is what Lady Edith Crawley’s parents have to say about their daughter, the persistently scoffed-at afterthought who is neither blessed with the flawlessly pretty looks of her two sisters, nor the evidently irresistible pheromones that have the entire country of England—and even some Turks—lining up, tongues wagging, for a courtship. It’s kind of like the overweight, unattractive girl in high school who is really unpleasant to talk to: you would be unpleasant to talk to, too, if everyone who spoke to you called you names. Elsie worked as a maid at Duneagle Castle for an unknown period of time. During the Great War, she opened a soup kitchen at Crawley House, in secret, and was helped by Mrs Patmore and Daisy to run it from the money given by the government for the hospital. When Mary discovers that it was Green who assaulted Anna, she asks Tony to dismiss him, but says she cannot tell him why. Through Mary's marriage to Henry, they are related to the Talbot famil… George Matthew Crawley (born September 1921) is the son and heir of the late Matthew Crawley and Lady Mary Josephine Crawley. Then, after stealing Matthew’s attention from Edith, Mary also goes after one Sir Anthony Strallan, who Edith is taken with. For a brief time before entering into household service, Mr Carson was a music hall performer in the vaudeville duo the "Cheerful Charlies" alongside former friend Charlie Grigg. Haglage: Pamuk died in the heat of passion and all’s fair in secret late-night rendezvous. Try Mary, Mary, Mary! Eventually, his wife persuades him to accept the child as his grandson, and Mr Bryant offers to adopt Charlie. He drugs Tom's drink so that he appears drunk. She is especially bitter and resentful towards most of the other servants, perhaps due to her family circumstances; the animosity is common knowledge, even for the Crawleys. During the second series, he becomes an army surgeon after the outbreak of the Great War, and as a major becomes the military commander at Downton when the house becomes a convalescent hospital. However, in the third series, Tom and now-pregnant Sybil are forced to flee Ireland after Tom becomes implicated in the burning of an Anglo-Irish nobleman's house. This engagement is broken off and during the war he is injured. Meanwhile, Lord Grantham hires his former batman, John Bates as his valet. They then take this to Robert who ensures that the witness makes a statement, then tries to contact Bates. But because Ivy has a crush on Jimmy, Alfred decides to confront Jimmy about the fact that he's not interested in her. Thomas tries to remain calm, quietly asking if Jimmy might try writing. Although she is usually supportive of Mr Carson when it comes to matters of discipline, she is seldom afraid of speaking her mind when he makes decisions; Carson in turn dislikes proceeding with any choice without her approval. In series 6, despite her sister Mary's efforts to separate them, Edith marries Bertie Pelham, becoming a marchioness, and he and her family come to accept her daughter Marigold. Miss Baxter refuses to inform Bates that, as a convicted criminal herself, she had to speak honestly to avoid another prison sentence. He meets Mrs Hughes at a fair in Downton after the death of Ivy and asked her a second time to marry him, giving her a parting gift of a small doll. In episode 6 Anna begins to experience uncomfortable pains again and Bates insists he pay for her to see Ryder again. Rose becomes restless, and persuades Anna into accompanying her to a dance hall in York, where Anna attracts the attention of some young men but barely escapes when a fight ensues. At the end of series one, William punches Barrow for his cruel remarks regarding Lady Grantham's miscarriage and the death of William's mother. While participating in the "Albanian talks" he visits Downton as a guest, accompanying Evelyn Napier. In Series 6, Bates and Anna must deal with the shadow of Green's murder; however, the case is resolved quickly when a confession is made by another of Green's victims and Anna is freed from bail. Anna then assists Lady Mary with procuring contraception for a sexual relationship with Lord Gillingham, but Bates finds the evidence and mistakenly believes Anna has been using it so she does not become pregnant with a murderer's child. However, the two fail to resolve their marital problems, and agree to separate upon returning to England for Rose's wedding. When Mrs Bird refuses to work with a former prostitute, she chooses to leave. Ambitious, she decides that she no longer wants to work in service and saves up her money to buy a typewriter to take a correspondence course in typing and shorthand. After Lady Edith has a letter published in a newspaper proclaiming support for women's rights, Michael writes to her at least twice offering her a column in his magazine. During the First World War with the men away fighting, Mr Drake needs help on his farm. courtesy of PBS Fortunately, Cora stepped in and shut it down before he could get anywhere near Jane's pantaloons. I just want to clarify that my distaste for the middle Crawley sister has nothing to do with the fact that she’s not exactly easy on the eyes. Later in series 6, Branson is instrumental in setting up Lady Mary with Henry Talbot, and in the series finale, goes in with Talbot on an automobile dealership. John Drake (played by Fergus O'Donnell) is a tenant farmer on the estate of the Earl of Grantham. He joins his fellow former nobles on an outing to Downton in the spring of 1924. Jimmy Kent (played by Ed Speleers) was one of two new footmen introduced in Series Three, after the end of World War I. At the end of Series Three, Jimmy is promoted to first footman, but he holds a grudge against Thomas into the Christmas Special. Still being ignored by the rest of the staff save Anna, he gains an ally in William when he observes Thomas bullying the younger man, who is suffering with severe homesickness. Mary constantly wants no man until it’s a man Edith wants, and that somehow makes her a romantic heroine for the ages. During the New Year celebrations, the Bateses welcome the new year away from the others, together with their newborn son. 1868), called The … When the staff see that he uses a cane, they are at best surprised and at worst angry feeling that they will have to pick up the slack for him, due to his disability slowing him down in the large house.
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