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Downton Abbey 6th (Final) Season Recap

For those of you who are a fan and are waiting to view the final season when it airs on PBS on January 3, 2016, I won't spoil it for you. There were 8 episodes that aired on ITV in the UK which began September 20th with the finale airing yesterday, November 8th. For the most part it did not disappoint. As usual, there was lots of drama all season long.

Things that occurred this season:

  1. There were two marriages. 
  2. One attempted suicide. 
  3. One of the two main characters who left at the end of last season returned this season. 
  4. A long kept secret is revealed. 
  5. Someone becomes pregnant. 
  6. One person's status in the community is diminished as another's is elevated.
  7. Two characters start a flirtatious, possible relationship,
  8. Two servants are nearly "sacked". (Two different episodes)
  9. One of the daughter's gets engaged, then disengaged while her sister, after rejecting her suitor, changes her mind and agrees to marry.
  10. Someone dies. 
The above list is jumbled and not in episode sequence. The last episode left a lot of unanswered questions. Think about it. If life goes on as many of the characters would clearly live for many decades there is no way to actually wrap up any series. There will be a Christmas special on December 25th that will truly serve as the series finale and which might throw some more light on the family's and servant's futures. If I think it's worth an update, I'll amend this with Christmas episode high level details. My sister would have written a much better critique. She was the person who got me to watch this series or anything British for that matter. She was a true Anglophile. Me. I'm more an Anglo-Spaz. British music is about the most British I knew. She elevated my Brit knowledge. I truly miss her.
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