In the brand new fifth season of Downton Abbey, we have
quite a lot going on and the first episode sets up the drama nicely. Sweet Anna
and Bates are whispering about having a child someday, while the ladysmaid eyes
them and earns Thomas’ wrath by not sharing her suspicions with him. When he
finally threatens her position, the ladysmaid takes Moseley’s advice and tells
Lady Cora about her past, beating Thomas to the punch and getting him into
trouble at the same time. Edith, the secretive child of the family, is busy
nursing her broken heart and visiting the farmer Drewe and his family to see
her little daughter Marigold. With Mrs. Drewe getting suspicious of her reasons
for being there, Drew and Edith begin to come up with a plan for her to still
visit Marigold and more. And it’s Cora and Robert’s thirty-fourth wedding
anniversary. Rose causes trouble by inviting Branson’s teacher friend Emily to
visit. When she expresses her strong opinions at dinner, Robert and Branson
have an interesting discussion afterwards that prove both have grown and
changed so much. In Sybil’s death, Robert may have lost a daughter, but he
gained a son in Branson. That night, visiting guest Tong Gillingham proposes a
scheme to Mary, the footman James gets up to no good and Thomas redeems himself
by saving Edith when she accidentally sets her room on fire. So much going on
and only the first episode!
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