Downton Abbey season 6 review

Over the course of its two-hour run time on Christmas Day, “Downton Abbey” had the immense challenge of figuring out a way in which to tie up almost every major character story, pave the way for the future, and also tribute what has come before. It was a difficult task. In the end, we’d call […]

Tonight, ITV played the nostalgia angle early and often when it came to the season 6 finale of “Downton Abbey,” acting as though it would be the end of the series. It’s not. However, it did certainly play up one element of a grand finale that we’ve been anticipating for quite some time: Mary finally […]

Going into Sunday night’s “Downton Abbey” episode on ITV, there was a prevailing sense of dread on a variety of different topics, with the primary one being this: Did Lady Mary have a terrible repeat of what happened with Matthew? Mary went to a race in this episode of her new love Henry Talbot, which […]

Can the ladies of “Downton Abbey” find love? We know that this is a question that we have pondered from time to time over the past year or two, but Sunday night’s installment on ITV (SPOILERS ahead for Americans) provided more when it comes to hope than perhaps any other installment so far this season. […]

Through most of Sunday night’s new episode of “Downton Abbey,” there were some moments where love was in the air. However, at the same time there were also moments where there was the potential for great despair. Robert was feeling ill, and ITV explicitly aired a content warning prior to this episode. There are only […]

The sixth season of “Downton Abbey” seems to already be very much invested in fan service, or at least making sure that longtime viewers are rewarded for their service watching. With that in mind, how else can you explain the surprise appearance from Rose Leslie in this installment? (Well, it may not have been that […]

Through almost every preview out there going into Sunday night’s new episode of “Downton Abbey,” the one thing that we continued to hear time and time again was that this was the episode fans of Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes could truly look forward to. After great delay, they were finally set to marry! Given […]

“Downton Abbey” kicked off the sixth season last week with a show that brought you a number of different elements, from a prospective wedding to the big reveal (finally) of what happened to Mr. Green. It set the stage for many events to come, including Anna (finally) getting a chance to move forward. Unfortunately, what […]

“Downton Abbey” promised great change in its sixth and final season, and through much of the season 6 premiere on ITV Sunday night, all of this was starting to bubble under the surface. Through the sale and departure of a major family estate, the Grantham family may have started to realize more and more that […]