Downton Abbey

2010

4.5

40 reviews

TV-14

Rating

Eligible

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Season 4 episodes (9)

1 Episode One

9/22/13

Following Matthew's untimely death, new mother Mary is struggling to come to terms with her loss. Robert and Violet disagree on how to bring her through it. Downstairs, hearts are set to be broken as Jimmy finally takes an interest in Ivy. Carson has an unwelcome reminder of his past while Mrs Hughes sees an opportunity to help grief stricken Isobel. Thomas is up to his old tricks and has the children's Nanny in his sights.

2 Episode Two

9/29/13

Emerging from her grief, Mary starts to take an interest in the running of the estate, but is met with resistance from Robert. As Molesley's fortunes worsen, Bates hatches a plan to help him. Out for a bit of fun, Rose gets into a sticky situation at a tea dance in York. Mrs Hughes urges Carson to let an old wound heal.

3 Episode Three

10/6/13

An extravagant house party at the Abbey gives the Crawleys a chance to reconnect with old friends. Some guests, however, prove more welcome than others and along with the celebrations come skulduggery and heartache.

4 Episode Four

10/13/13

Amid the fallout of the eventful house party Mary faces a pressing question about her future, Carson reveals surprisingly intimate details of his former life, and a trip to the bright lights of London sees Rose put the reputation of the Crawleys in jeopardy.

5 Episode Five

10/20/13

Change is in the air as an exciting opportunity for Alfred creates tension between Ivy and Daisy. Isobel appeals to Violet's sense of charity, but it doesn't come without a fight, and Branson considers a whole new future for himself and baby Sybbie.

6 Episode Six

10/27/13

A birthday party is planned for Robert, but Rose's surprise contribution to the event ruffles feathers above and below stairs. A new farming venture on the Downton estate comes with dramatic repercussions for Mary, and Edith receives more unwelcome news.

7 Episode Seven

11/3/13

Cora's playboy brother Harold is in a fix and Robert must travel to America to help bail him out, whilst a new farming venture at Downton sees Blake and Mary forced to put aside their differences. When Violet is taken ill she finds help comes from an unlikely corner. With romantic tensions causing disharmony downstairs, things don't quite go to plan when Mrs Hughes, Mrs Patmore and Carson conspire to keep the peace.

8 Episode Eight

11/10/13

Rosamund hatches a plan to help Edith out of her predicament, but will Violet see straight through it? Isobel is on the receiving end of some unexpected attention, while Mary asks Gillingham for a favour. Rose has her nose put out of joint when plans don't go her way, and Alfred realises too late that he may have made a mistake. Just when Bates and Anna seem to be coming through the worst of their troubles, some unexpected news gives her fresh cause for concern.

9 The London Season

12/25/13

It's summer and as part of Rose's 'coming out' she is to be presented at Buckingham Palace. The family are in London, preparing Grantham House for the busy social program. Not one to miss such a grand occasion, Martha Levinson arrives from New York with Cora's recently disgraced brother Harold. Both outspoken and larger-than-life, they make quite an impression amongst certain members of London's high society. When the Crawleys are implicated in a scandal that threatens to engulf the monarchy, Robert will go to great lengths to protect the royal family, and his own.

About this show

The costume drama series, Downton Abbey, written and created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes, stars Academy Award-winner Maggie Smith as a Dowager Countess of an Edwardian English country house in 1912. The series portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them, in a time before the last vestige of century's old tradition were stripped away by World War and the modern age. The all star cast also includes Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern.

Ratings and reviews

4.5

40 reviews

Dianne Hippchen Savage

January 17, 2021

I find the series relevant and an excellent time period series. To the individual that commented about "a gay kiss", if that is all you got out of it, I feel sorry for you. Would you prefer it be rewritten to erase facts? History is history is history!!! Homosexuality is a fact of life. I do not condemn individuals for who they choose to love and I also don't condemn a series that happens to include the fact that these individuals have loved this way since the beginning of time. Shame on your small mindedness! Yes point to the Bible and tell me what it says PLEASE!!! I know what IT says and it also says "Love thy neighbor as thyself" & "Who is without SIN cast the first stone." Must be nice living in that glass house so high and mighty, careful you don't get a nosebleed.

R. Allan Weir

January 19, 2021

I had heard about this show when it was being produced, but I did not opt to watch it. I do not often go for period drama. Which is all the more reason to take the time to discuss the virtues of this show. It is well-written, engaging, with good attention to character detail and scenery. In short, it's everything a classic period piece should be. Once I had seen the first episode, I ended up buying the entire series and I have enjoyed it immensely.

JOSHUA Myers (Joshua)

November 2, 2020

Had to stop during the 1st episode. Why? Promotion of homosexuality, involving a gay kiss. Please don't watch this. Run don't walk.😤

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