‘Downton Abbey’ season 4 spoilers: Could a Tom Branson romance happen, after all?

While we have heard time and time again about how Michelle Dockery’s character of Mary is going to find herself some sort of new love interest for “Downton Abbey” season 4, there was not nearly as much revealed when it came to just what Tom Branson was going to be up to. Based on what we saw transpire with the character and the brief addition to the staff during the recent Christmas special, we honestly thought that he may be chooses to stay away from the world of love for a little while. However, we are learning now that this may not necessarily be the case.

TV Guide claims that Allen Leech is hinting that there may be something between Tom and his baby Sybil’s new nanny in the new season, but this is far from confirmed. For one, the publication does not have a direct quote from him on this, and in addition to that, wouldn’t it be rather strange to see Tom going through another sort of class-bending romance just after he was so publicly chastised for having one at the end of the last season?

If Tom does end up having a new romance, let’s just hope that it builds rather slowly. The reality is that the character has had even more time to move past Sybil’s death than Mary has had time to recover from Matthew, but mourning can still different amounts of time depending on the person going through it.

If you want to know for sure that Tom and Mary are not going to be hooking up on “Downton Abbey” anytime soon, just be sure to check out the story over here, and prepare to have a rather big smile on your face.

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