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By. ), so she was replaced by Edna (the maid had gotten too close to Tom in Season 3). However, because of his misdiagnosis of Matthew, Robert hires a well-known doctor who strongly disagrees with Clarkson. He also later mentions Jimmy to Phyllis Baxter in a bout of sadness and annoyance that he's gone. 'Downton Abbey' Insufferability Index: That Bitch Braithwaite Most of the insufferability on last night's episode of Downton was trumped by the over-the-top villainy of Edna Braithwaite. Mrs Hughes threatens to summon a doctor to examine her if she persists with her lie. She is devoted to Robert and his family and thus feels it is her duty to speak her mind on every possible occasion, though her interference in her nieces' decisions often has disastrous results. When Bates is deemed guilty and is sentenced to be hanged, Anna breaks down and briefly prepares to leave Downton Abbey with Lady Mary, whom she is very close to, offering to accompany her mistress on an extended holiday to America, much to Mary's delight. She is the daughter of London solicitor Reggie Swire, to whom she has been very close ever since her mother's death during her early childhood. When she makes others (notably Tom Branson) feel or look bad, she senses no remorse for them or what she has done to them. However, in episode 4 she begins to suffer severe cramps and fears she is suffering another miscarriage. Anna worries that Mr Bates will have his revenge if her attacker's identity is ever revealed. She and her late husband, Marmaduke Painswick, had no children. 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. Braithwaite had a certain interest in the book's. When Vera learns that her husband has a larger than expected inheritance after his mother's death, she arrives at Downton Abbey. Later, he confronts Thomas about what happened, and though he is hesitant, eventually agrees to be friends. Discuss Everything About Downton Abbey Wiki | Fandom However, Mason becomes persnickety with the living conditions, which grates on the young couple. Mary struggles to move past her grief, but after the discovery of a letter from Matthew stating he intended to name Mary his sole heiress, she recovers and begins helping her father and brother-in-law Tom manage the estate. John Drake (played by Fergus O'Donnell) is a tenant farmer on the estate of the Earl of Grantham. The younger Crawleys often use Rosamund's home at 35 Belgrave Square as a place to stay when visiting London, on which occasions Rosamund takes the opportunity to catch up on family gossip. Downton Abbey (TV Series 2010-2015) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb However, Rosamund also supports Edith throughout Edith's unplanned pregnancy and with finding a way to raise the child. Edna Braithwaite was a general maid who arrived at Downton Abbey in September 1921 and left soon after, then . Carson is mortified when he suffers severe chest pains while serving the family dinner and as a consequence is forced to accept help from the female staff. William Mason (played by Thomas Howes) (d. 1918) was the second footman at Downton. They love to dislike her. 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. In 1921, he hosts the Crawleys at Duneagle Castle, his family's Scottish estate. Occasionally her caring attitude may become even counterproductive, as when she advises that Daisy should not sacrifice that much of her spare time to try to self-educate herself, as she sees that hopes for that kind of lifestyle which would justify such efforts are set too high considering Daisy's chances to move in the social hierarchy of that era. Bates is suspicious that the attacker could be Mr Green, valet of Lord Gillingham. Deducing that Miss O'Brien is pressuring Jimmy to have Mr Carson demand Thomas leave Downton with no reference, he informs Lord Grantham of the details, and asks Thomas to give him a weapon to use against his former ally. When she asks how it is possible that he has returned, he silences her, insisting that they speak later about it but for the moment, enjoy their Christmas. Tom doesn't learn her true identity until later. [6] Maureen Ryan of the Huffington Post stated that she believed Matthew's death was beneficial to the story as his storylines had grown repetitive.[7]. Downton Abbey (TV Series 2010-2015) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The Prince of Wales (Oliver Dimsdale), the future King Edward VIII, is also present at Rose's debutante ball, and his affair with the married Freda Dudley Ward is the centre of Sampson's blackmail plot. 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. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Sir Herbert leaves Downton the next morning with no knowledge of the incident. He began flirting with her, later admitting he is attracted to her. Bates sneaks up behind Anna, surprising her, then pulls her aside. This puts strain on the couple, as Anna is too frightened to ask John the truth of his trip to York. He is caught by Alfred, who walks in on this scene and eventually tells Mr Carson at O'Brien's insistence. Despite his questions, he does so. Anna May Bates (ne Smith; born possibly in 1886) was head housemaid at Downton Abbey and is currently lady's maid to Lady Mary Crawley. Carson had expressed his concerns about Andrew's suitability after the gambling club incident, but Mrs Hughes, Barrow, and Daisy urge him to give Andrew a second chance. Bertie later encounters Edith in London and helps her with her all-night push to get her magazine to the printer. After a long and somewhat secretive courtship she married Mr Bates in the end of the second series in a private ceremony at a registrar's office. After a fight with Thomas Barrow, in which she called him out as she saw him as being sly and oily and that nobody in their right minds trusted him; and he retaliated against her, by calling her a scheming witch whose schemes came to nothing, she stormed out of the abbey once and for all, after giving her notice, giving the reason of being family troubles. She is one of Anna's closest allies, being the first person who helps her in the aftermath of Mr Green's attack. Matthew is paralysed from the waist down while serving in the First World War, but, after a miraculous recovery and difficulty moving past Lavinia's death from Spanish flu, he and Mary wed in 1920. Ethel tells Mrs Hughes that her neighbours think she is a war widow but admits that Major Bryant refuses to acknowledge that he is Charlie's father, despite Ethel and Mrs Hughes's best efforts to get him to admit paternity. Episodi di Downton Abbey (quarta stagione) - Wikipedia At the end of series five, Tom decides to leave Downton for Boston, Massachusetts with his daughter, but he eventually changes his mind and returns permanently to Downton. She also seems to have protective feelings towards Daisy when she suspects that some of the other staff such as Thomas or Miss O'Brien are trying to make a fool or take advantage of her. Violet convinces the local parish vicar to officiate the bedside wedding ceremony and attends along with Lady Edith and the entire staff present. In the third episode of the fourth series, Anna is violently assaulted and raped by Lord Gillingham's valet while the rest of family members and staff are attending a concert above stairs in the house. In series six, she and her father have left for America, only for them to return to stay at Downton in the third episode. [8] Leech at first tried to develop a Yorkshire accent in an effort to prevent his character from becoming an Irish stereotype, but when he was persuaded that Tom would not become such, he used his native Irish accent.[9]. Sybil "Sybbie" Branson, (b. late May 1920) is the daughter and only child of Tom Branson and the late Lady Sybil Branson (ne Crawley). He has a stern, but fatherly, disposition over the servants. Daisy admits she loved Alfred, but that is gone and they need to go their separate ways. Edith inherits his publishing company and reclaims their daughter, Marigold. Carson is reluctant to go along with the servants' plan to overpower the royal staff and take over serving the royal family, but ultimately agrees under prodding from Mrs Hughes. She does, though she thinks Edna is not cut out to be a housemaid. 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. Richard Carlisle (played by Iain Glen) is the fianc of Lady Mary Crawley in series two. When Mary discovers that it was Green who assaulted Anna, she asks Tony to dismiss him, but says she cannot tell him why. She makes him feel guilty about having moved up in the world, going so far as to get him to eat downstairs again and suggest that he drive them to the Thirsk Fair, after urging him to come with them. At the end of the series five Christmas special, Carson has purchased a house and added both his and Mrs Hughes's names to the registry, with the intention of asking Mrs Hughes to marry him; she accepts. 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. Fearing for his safety, Lord Grantham had him assigned to Matthew Crawley's battalion to be his batman. 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. During the Christmas episode, Bates visits Anna in prison where she reveals that a secret from her past could compromise any character witness statement the Crawleys make in her favour. Throughout much of the series Bates is at odds with Thomas, who tries to get rid of him so that he can take his place as valet. Anna's attempts to locate the ticket prove fruitless, due to Lady Mary's prior actions. Bates does not say much about his family or childhood, though he does mention that his late mother was Irish and he has a Scottish grandmother. He tells Anna he knows what has happened, and reassures her that he still loves her. . Matthew is left a considerable sum by Mr Swire, and Matthew is initially consumed with guilt and refuses to accept it. At the end, he is seen playing football on the beach, while Thomas watches from a nearby chair. Over time, however, the pair grow closer, and a romance develops. Upon learning that her parents are dead, he offers to take her under his wing as a surrogate daughter, which she accepts, though reluctantly at the outset. In series four, Barrow is as shocked as anyone when his old ally Miss O'Brien leaves Downton in the middle of the night. In September 1921, Mary gives birth to their son George, but Matthew is killed in a car crash while driving home from the hospital. In the series three Christmas Special, he tries to call Jimmy off his aggressive streak towards Thomas, and then spends the rest of the episode talking about his interest in cooking. Despite being upset that she kept it from him, he comforts her when she tells him she thinks she's let him down. Known for its extravagant set, charming characters and stellar ensemble cast, the series became a cultural. Tom Branson was supposed to appear in only three episodes of the first series,[8] and Branson was originally Yorkshire-born. In the 2019 film she and Andy have become engaged, but she shows little enthusiasm for marriage. Chamberlain later reveals to Tom that he had been blackmailed into attending by Violet, who knew of his role in one of the notorious pranks performed by his brother-in-law, Horace de Vere Cole (in their youth, de Vere Cole, Chamberlain and some others had disguised themselves as workmen and had dug a trench across Piccadilly Circus, causing a massive traffic jam "from the East End to Belgrave Square."). Tom and Lucy later have a child of their own, a female, named Violet after the now deceased Dowager Countess of Grantham. 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. They kiss and enjoy their reunion. In 1924, she meets, falls in love with, and marries Atticus Aldridge, the Jewish son of Lord and Lady Sinderby. Lady Anstruther, returned from France, orchestrates a plan to turn up at Downton Abbey in pursuit of Jimmy. He dies hours later. Through Lady Rose MacClare, who is one of the helpers, he learns of her relationship to Violet and that the Dowager Countess still lives at Downton. In August 1914 they are successful and Gwen wins a position at a telephone firm. He also nearly weds Edith to Anthony Strallan before he jilts her at the altar (Travis and the Dowager discussed Strallan's first wife beforehand). After a hot post-dinner make-out with Lady Mary, the dangerously handsome Turkish diplomat sneaks his way into her bedroom and forces himself on her, only to collapse in an . She had one favourite brother who had shell shock and later died during the Great War. His paternal grandmother, Isobel, assures a dying Lady Violet on her deathbed that she will ensure that George will remember his great-grandmother well. Pamuk rebuffs him and later uses this incident to blackmail Thomas, threatening to inform Lord Grantham about his indiscretion unless Thomas agrees to guide Pamuk to the room of Lady Mary later that same evening.