Watching a season of Downton Abbey is akin to eating a meal with all the required food groups in it. Anything your head or heart could want of the negative emotions is all here. Emotionally you will be put through the wringer watching this show. You get helpings of lies, distrust, sadness, disappointment, and shame. Instead of being discouraged you will be begging for more. Acting veterans as well as newcomers turn in performances that guarantee you’ll keep coming back. Whether you love or hate them the characters you’ll be dying to find out what is going to happen next. A British soap in the tradition of Upstairs, Downstairs that proves once again that those Brits know how to do television and films better than anyone.
Episode 1: Part One: We are now in the spring of 1920. Downton Abbey is getting ready for the wedding of Lady Mary (played by Michelle Dockery) and Matthew (played by Dan Stevens).
Episode 2: Part Two: Mary returns to Downton Abbey after her honeymoon. Mary and Violet (played by Maggie Smith) hope to convince American Martha (played by Shirley MacLaine) to use her wealth to save Downton from being sold.
Episode 3: Part Three: Lady Edith (played by Laura Carmichael) is waiting on pins and needles for her upcoming wedding to Anthony (played by Robert Bathurst). Bates (played by Brendan Coyle) is hatching a plan of revenge while in prison.
Episode 4: Part Four: Matthew is now master of Downton Abbey along with Robert (played by Hugh Bonneville) and is concerned about the obvious mismanagement of its books. Carson (played by Jim Carter) hires a handsome new footman, James (played by Ed Speelers), which pleases the female staff and Thomas (played by Rob James-Collier).
Episode 5: Part Five: Edith is offered a job as a newspaper columnist which Robert is suspicious about. Thomas begins to make his intentions clear to James.
Episode 6: Part Six: Marriage problems between Cora (played by Elizabeth McGovern) and Robert makes things tense at Downton Abbey. Violet is forced to step in to make things right.
Episode 7: Part Seven: Matthew new ideas about the managing Downton Abbey put Robert’s nose out of joint. Mary wants to have a child while Matthew begins to be concerned about infertility.
Episode 8: Part Eight: It is almost time for annual cricket match seeing Downton Abbey face off against residents of the nearby village. Edith returns to London taking with her Matthew and cousin Rose (played by Lily James).
Episode 9: A Journey to the Highlands: Mary, who is Scotland, is dealing with her difficult pregnancy. Edith meets a newspaper editor named Gregson (played by Charles Edward), who falls in love with her.
Special Features:
-Behind the Drama
-Downton in 1920
-The Wedding of Lady Mary
-The Wedding of Lady Edith
-The Men of Downton Abbey
-Shirley MacLaine at Downton Abbey
-Behind the Scenes: Cricket Match
-Behind the Scenes: Journey to the Highlands
