‘Downton Abbey’ season 5: The top five things that need to change

Was “Downton Abbey” season 4 at times a pretty fun adventure? Definitely. There were some great episodes, some heartbreaking moments, and also opportunities to get to know the characters. Unfortunately, all that we are left with now is a Christmas special before waiting another nine or so months for the show to be on the for its fifth season. This could be the final year of the show depending on what producers want to, and with that in mind, isn’t it all right if there is an interest already in seeing what we could be coming up ahead?

As we are solutions-oriented here at the site, we’ve come up with five humble storyline suggestions for the new season, pending of course that some of these do not transpire at all during the Christmas special airing in a little over a month. Since this is interactive, we also want to hear some of your thoughts below!

1. Something tangible for Robert to do – When you look at the story arc for Hugh Bonneville’s character this year, you’ll quickly realize one thing: He almost had absolutely nothing to do, outside of give an opinion here or there. None of the drama was centered around him at all, and that made his character hard to follow.

2. More for the men in general – When you think about it, the four characters who really pushed the story of the show this season were Mary, Edith, Rose, and Anna … in other words, all four women. There were smaller arcs for Mr. Carson, Thomas, and Tom near the end of the season, but the guys really were overshadowed almost the entire year by the ladies.

3. At least one daughter of Robert with happy circumstances – Mary’s husband is dead; meanwhile, Sybil herself is dead, and Edith thinks that the man she was about to marry is. These three have some of the sort terrible things happen to them possible, so can’t Mary or Edith have some sort of win soon? There can be drama without devastation, or at least so we like to think.

4. More travel – Rather than just hear about Robert going to America or someone else making the trip abroad, why not show us a little bit and give us a better idea as to what is really going on? This is an opportunity to give us a much more panoramic look at life at this time. While we know that this is pricey, they could at least manage to figure out a way to do it without breaking the bank.

5. Finding a way to push time forward  – We do not necessarily want to see tough financial times for the characters, or the start of World War II on the series. For one, it’s pretty unlikely that Violet would live that long, and this show is almost an idealistic look at times of the British upper class (save for some of the tragedy that occurred this year). Find a way to get deeper into the 1920s, but not where we end up seeing all of the characters emotional and miserable.

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