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. It is he who eventually talks Lady Mary out of her listless grief over Matthew's death. Furthermore, she reasons that once Edna had what she wanted, namely Tom's word to marry her, she would have made sure she became pregnant by using another candidate. In the second film, Mary has a flirtatious relationship with a film director named Jack Barber, but she stays faithful to Henry. Lord Merton is invited to dinner at Downton Abbey along with his family before Mary and Matthew's wedding. Mason, still enamored with Mrs Patmore, agrees to surrender the farm lease to Daisy and Andy and go to live with her. She reveals Edna knew how to prevent a pregnancy with the help of a book she found among Edna's things. After the fire, Lord Grantham tells Carson that Jimmy has to go, but with a good reference. 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In the third series, Ethel returns, having entered into a life of prostitution. His attitudes occasionally clash with that of the more progressive and pragmatic Cora. "[17] Finneran stated her belief that O'Brien's negative attitudes originated from how the character "has basically sacrificed her entire life to somebody else, for the good of their life and their home its no wonder that she would get frustrated or angry about things. Over the next few weeks she continues to help while Drake has taken a liking to her. Michael Gregson (played by Charles Edwards) (d. around 8 November 1923) is a London editor for the society magazine The Sketch. Mabel Lane-Fox returns and begins pursuing him again, but he is still convinced that it would be dishonorable not to marry Mary after their affair. Jack breaks off the relationship to protect Rose. Edith decides she wants the child back and plans to reclaim her, then places her in the care of a local pig farmer and his wife. A wealthy American heiress, she married Robert in 1890 when the Crawleys were in straitened circumstances; her fortune helped rescue Downton. Madeleine Allsopp. He leaves Downton, telling Carson in a letter that he has confessed to murdering Green in order to have Anna freed. A racy new maid, another shock for Lady Edith and simmering tension between Matthew and Lady Mary. Edith inherits his publishing company and reclaims their daughter, Marigold. At the beginning of series six 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. Sybil "Sybbie" Branson, (b. late May 1920) is the daughter and only child of Tom Branson and the late Lady Sybil Branson (ne Crawley). When they return, Bates knows that it was she, not Mary that had the medical emergency; however, this time she tells him that the news is happy and that she is in fact pregnant, to which Bates is overjoyed. 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. She also discusses with Charles Blake his feelings for Mary. The Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles (Kate Phillips) is the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. He addresses her when the Prince of Wales mentions that her father, Lord Flintshire, hosted the prince's tour of India. RELATED: Downton Abbey: 10 Actors You Forgot Were On The Show. However, the investigation into Green's death begins to wind down, as the police have failed to find anything more than circumstantial evidence to link Bates to the crime. He manipulates Daisy in order to further his plans to have Mr Bates ousted. In the course of a sexual encounter with Mary, Pamuk dies in her bed of a heart attack. Nevertheless, Tony remains lukewarm about Mabel and seems keen on Mary. Over time, however, the pair grow closer, and a romance develops. The final series also deals with Carson downsizing staff to adjust for the current times. When the Crawleys manage to reduce Bates's sentence to life imprisonment, she decides to stay at Downton, although she vows that she will not rest until Bates is free. Shortly after their wedding night, Bates is arrested for murdering his previous wife, although Anna and the rest of the residents at Downton are convinced that he is innocent. Martha has a slightly strained relationship with her daughter Cora and frequently trades barbed insults with Violet. Cora tells Robert the whole story when he asks if there is another reason for Mary staying with Carlisle when she obviously does not like him. Nellie Melba (Kiri Te Kanawa) gives an operatic performance at the Abbey in 1922, where Cora intervenes to ensure she is treated as a guest of the family rather than a member of staff. He tries to convince her that despite wanting children, she alone is enough for him, which she has trouble accepting. An unofficial will from Matthew comes into the family's hand, Thomas plots against Anna, Rose gets involved in a scrap at a servant . Tom kindly asks Mrs Hughes to give her a decent reference. She is the daughter of a farm-hand. Later, however, he is turned down as Mrs Hughes does not wish to leave Downton, but the two part on good terms. Bates returns to London with her to live in his mother's home but soon separates after learning that she has been unfaithful to him. Despite the concern of her husband and of Lady Mary, Anna does keep working, although some of her duties are undertaken by other members of staff. Outspoken, Ethel does not like being told what to do by anyone, which often has her in conflict with Anna or Mrs Hughes. Rose wants to marry Jack, though Mary sees that Rose's primary motivation is to upset her mother. He joins his fellow former nobles on an outing to Downton in the spring of 1924. At first, it is considered to be a "house of ill repute" (as her first customers turned out to be an adulterous couple), but with the aid of her employers, who take tea there, that image is dispelled once and for all. However, the investigation into Green's death begins to wind down, as the police have failed to find anything more than circumstantial evidence to link Bates to the crime. Bates is freed, and the reunited married couple move into a cottage on the grounds shortly thereafter. It's not such a free place any more. In the final episode of the series, she falls for Andy Parker, the new footman who has been helping at Mr Mason's farm. At other times, Mrs Patmore becomes flustered and takes her frustration out on Daisy. Matthew dies suddenly in a car crash only days later, and he never informed his wife Mary or her parents of his discussion with Gregson while fishing. In the first film, he is six years old and plays with his younger half-sister Caroline, and first cousins Sybbie and Marigold. In series three, Edith and Anthony reconnect and are soon engaged. He constantly hatches schemes with O'Brien, intending to have Bates removed from service at Downton. In the third series, when Lady Sybil goes into labour, he sees signs that she is suffering from eclampsia and is in danger of dying from the intense seizures and distress. In the fourth series, Mary is pursued by three suitors: Anthony Foyle (Lord Gillingham), Evelyn Napier, and Charles Blake. He refuses to assume his title publicly until his cousin's memorial service, though Carson instructs the Downton staff to address him as "Your Lordship" nonetheless. Hold on to your hats as Downton decamps to Scotland, MyAnna Buring says Edna Braithwaite has dreams far above her station! (Interview), Downton Abbey Series 4 (Season 4), Episode 4 Recap: Staying Silent, Speaking Up. Matters are made much worse when Murray confirms that her history, of which the police are now aware, would look convincingly to the police like Anna was capable of violence. He arrives at Downton before leaving to settle his cousin's affairs, and Edith accepts his proposal. He tells Anna he knows what has happened, and reassures her that he still loves her. When Mrs Patmore returns, they run the Garden Party for the hospital fund together. 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. Outwardly prim and somewhat strict in her manner as housekeeper, Mrs Hughes is essentially kindly and generous, as shown when she assists Ethel after she leaves her position and has a baby out of wedlock. At five or six years old, in 1928, she has donned braids and runs to ask her mother play with her one warm day. They had been too scared to come forward before but had now stepped forward and informed the police of his actions. She is also the wife of John Bates. Maureen Lee Lenker of Entertainment Weekly described Barrow as one of the series' "most polarizing figures".[14]. However, Robert relents after seeing how effective Cora is in the role. 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. Almost immediately, Daisy Mason falls head-over-heels in love with Alfred, but is impeded by the new kitchen maid, Ivy Stuart, whom Alfred is quick to develop a crush on. By 1923 he has taken a keen interest in Isobel, whom he meets again at a ball at Grantham House. She reveals the story of Anna's attack but states that the attacker was a stranger who broke into the house. She also felt Edna might have fantasized about Tom in sort of a romantic way in the Christmas Special, but not so in Series 4. The king is later heard in a radio broadcast, voiced by Jon Glover. However, Lady Edith misses Marigold and decides to have Marigold grow up on the farm of Timothy Drewe, a sympathetic local farmer. O'Brien, always against Bates, writes to Vera to tell her where he is and about his and Anna's blossoming romance. In the second feature film, Sybbie's great-grandmother, the Dowager Countess, names Sybbie as heir to her villa in the South of France, ensuring Sybbie a more equal social and financial standing with her cousins. Rose secretly invites Ross and his band members to perform at Downton for Robert's birthday, by which time she has entered into a secret relationship with Jack. In August 1914 they are successful and Gwen wins a position at a telephone firm. Mr Mason gave some books to Andy, and he reveals to Thomas that he can write no more than his own name; Thomas offers to teach him to read and write. However, she eventually decides she does not want to marry any of them, providing a shock, especially for Tony. O'Brien is one of several servants asked to testify at Bates's trial and is genuinely relieved when they learn that Bates had been reprieved. She manages to stop the divorce that Mr Bates thought was a foregone conclusion, and he goes to London to confront her. Bates finally confronts his wife and reveals the truth; he realised Green was the attacker as soon as he returned to Downton, and he did intend to murder the valet the day he was killed. She does, though she thinks Edna is not cut out to be a housemaid. In the third series, she grows to like Alfred but resents Ivy, the new kitchen maid, who steals Alfred's attention. A pub owner confirms that Bates was indeed in York and would swear to it, which clears him. Later in series six, Branson is instrumental in setting up Lady Mary with Henry Talbot, and in the series finale, goes in with Talbot on an automobile dealership. Her father Robert tells his wife Cora that there is no identifiable body, and "what was left of him" was supposedly buried somewhere. 1886) is lady's maid to Lady Mary at Downton Abbey; previously she was first parlour maid and head housemaid. Although Daisy finds this awkward at first, after he tells Daisy that William thought she was special and that his father would have no children left after his own death, their relationship changes and becomes akin to that of father and daughter. In the third series, Isobel wants to hire Ethel to work alongside Mrs Bird. Before she can bring herself to tell him about Marigold, Mary peevishly reveals the truth. She reveals that her father died when she was about six years old and that her mother remarried, of which Bates already knew, however Anna had not told him the whole story. The next day, Vera is found dead from ingestion of rat poison. 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 appears to have been warned off Thomas by Mr Carson, Mrs Hughes, and Mrs Patmore. During the Crawleys' Christmas celebrations, Anna is seen alone and concerned about her husband. In the fifth series, Mary meets Henry Talbot, a race car driver. 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. Anna was the member of staff who helped Lady Mary and her mother Cora carry the corpse of Kemal Pamuk out of Lady Mary's bedroom and was the only one who openly welcomed valet John Bates to the household, despite everyone else's initial prejudice against him on account of his limp. Matthew defends Michael against his wife and goes stalking and fishing with him. In the second feature film, Tom weds Lucy Smith. Lady Anstruther, returned from France, orchestrates a plan to turn up at Downton Abbey in pursuit of Jimmy. Later, he confronts Thomas about what happened, and though he is hesitant, eventually agrees to be friends. Downton Abbey recap: Part Three | EW.com Rather, she tries to make her victims feel guilty. La quarta stagione della serie televisiva Downton Abbey stata trasmessa sul canale britannico ITV1 dal 22 settembre al 10 novembre 2013. In the second film, their son, Peter, is an infant, and Edith is once again involved in the day-to-day running of her publishing company and writing articles. Lady Rose Aldridge (ne MacClare) (portrayed by Lily James) (b. Contents 1 Biography 2 Personality 3 Appearances 4 Notes 5 References 6 External Links Biography 1921 1922 1921 However, relatively quickly, the mystery is solved as another of Green's victims comes forward and confesses to his murder. Herbert "Bertie" Pelham (played by Harry Hadden-Paton) first appears in the 2014 Christmas special "A Moorland Holiday" as the land agent of the Brancaster estate. Left virtually penniless, he makes his way to England and settles in York, where he receives aid from a charity for migr Russian refugees. Carson quickly steps forward to comfort her, and assures her she will always find a source of support in him. Even though Tom initially tried to keep his distance from her, Edna approached him on his way to a party at Downton and asks if they can still be friends, to which Tom agrees. Barrow then attempts to gain an ally in the form of Lady Grantham's new maid Edna, a maid fired from Downton following her attempt to seduce Tom Branson, by claiming that Edna's accidental damage to one of Lady Grantham's favourite garments was in fact due to Anna Bates. However at the very end, Mrs Patmore notices a familiar face has snuck into the room. Later, Thomas Barrow finds her humming in the boot room, and she tells him he should be happy he is in good favor with her, while smirking unpleasantly. He also later mentions Jimmy to Phyllis Baxter in a bout of sadness and annoyance that he's gone. Mrs Hughes threatens to summon a doctor to examine her if she persists with her lie. c. 1530s - The Dissolution of the Monasteries, under Henry VIII . In series four, Anna is violently raped and Bates is confused and hurt at her attempts to push him away, as he is unaware of Anna's distress. In 1913, three years after Ivy dies and his son joins the army, Joe comes to Downton and asks Elsie to marry him, but once again she refuses him, even though she has previously expressed doubts about choosing a life of service over having a husband and family. It is impossible to recognise Major Gordon as Patrick Crawley because his face was severely burned during the Battle of Passchendaele. However, having bought the train ticket to London in York, he decided not to go through with the plan at the last minute, as he considered his actions would do far more harm than good, since he would certainly have been hanged for the crime if convicted; his love for his wife proved greater than his desire to defend her honour. During the Battle of Amiens, he threw himself in front of Matthew to shield him from a shell explosion and both men were seriously wounded. Lavinia dies at Downton of Spanish influenza after Matthew regains use of his legs and shortly before their wedding. On one notable occasion he wakes the staff in the middle of the night by horrifically screaming during a nightmare. By the time series five begins, Thomas and Jimmy have grown much closer in their friendship, though it is clear Thomas is still in love with him. Edna Braithwaite - Downton Abbey - Facebook 'Downton Abbey' Insufferability Index: That Bitch Braithwaite When they win, Barrow follows Jimmy who, having won a large bet, has too much to drink. She resorts to lies, blackmail, and playing upon others' emotions to further her own ends. When O'Brien seeks to assist Alfred by enlisting Thomas' support, he refuses to help tutor him, irritated that someone else should progress rapidly when he spent years trying to reach his position. Violet, portrayed as a matriarchal figure and quick of wit despite her age, symbolises the "old world" and order of the preFirst World War days. Baxter and Moseley become very close in the course of the final series and the two films; in A New Era, Baxter accepts Moseley's marriage proposal. He threatens Mrs Hughes with leaving Downton in order to find out what is wrong with his wife. Season 4. 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. [2] Edith is often the "forgotten" one as she is not considered as pretty and smooth-talking as her older sister, Mary, or as daring and passionate as her younger sister, Sybil. Molesley is not happy with the prospect, thinking it degrading to become a footman when he has been trained as a valet and butler. Downton Abbey (TV Series 2010-2015) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. After he confesses to Daisy, she reveals she wasn't flirting and, impressed by his actions, is ready to start planning her marriage to Andy. "They're quite well known apparently. Ethel Parks (played by Amy Nuttall) was the new maid introduced in the second series as Gwen's replacement. She is employed in Crawley house by Isobel and Mrs Patmore teaches her to cook, despite Mrs Bird leaving her post. 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. Eventually, Jimmy decides that the only thing to do is to satisfy her and hope it'll get her out of his hair. In series six, she gets irate when her father-in-law loses his tenancy on a nearby estate. Edith learns that he suffered a debilitating injury to his arm serving in the First World War, hence his refusal. She leaves Downton at the very beginning of the fourth series in the middle of the night to take her new position, leaving only a letter to explain her actions. She would cause trouble with the house, and she again schemed to try to connive Tom into her life again, this time, trying to trap him into marriage.