February 1922. Lady Mary deeply mourns Matthew, feeling little motherly love for baby George. Lord Grantham and Branson dispute the estate's management and struggle to pay death duties. Miss O'Brien suddenly leaves Downton to serve Lady Flintshire. Needing a maid, Cora hires former servant Edna, who has trained as a lady's maid. Cora fires Nanny West when she overhears her disparaging remarks about baby Sybil. Mr Molesley has lost his job following Matthew's death; the Dowager Countess tries helping him by letting him serve at a luncheon. The servants are excited by Valentine's Day; Mrs Patmore struggles to deal with an electric whisk. Carson consoles Mary to bring her out of mourning. She initially resents it, accusing him of impertinence, but later apologises and has a good cry in his arms. Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 30 September 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 8 October 2012. Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV1 w/e 4 November 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 14 December 2012. Andy helps Mr Mason move into Yew Tree Farm with Mrs Patmore and Daisy. He volunteers to help Mr Mason take care of Downton's pigs and shows an interest in farming. Mr Mason gave some books to Andy, and he reveals to Thomas that he can write no more than his own name; Thomas offers to teach him to read and write. Andy later apologises to Thomas about his treatment towards him. Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1+1 w/e 21 October 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013 . Retrieved 29 October 2012.

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Downton Abbey film confirmed to shoot this summer with series cast returning". The Guardian. 13 July 2018. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020 . Retrieved 14 July 2018. When a witness comes forward to claim Mr Green was murdered and the investigation reaches Downton, police question Bates and Anna on several occasions. This puts strain on the couple, as Anna is too frightened to ask John the truth of his trip to York. Matters become worse when Anna assists Lady Mary in procuring contraception for a sexual relationship with Lord Gillingham, and Bates finds the evidence and mistakenly believes his wife is using it so she does not become pregnant with a murderer's child.

Lenker states that the character is initially "a solid villain" but develops and "he gradually became one of the most beloved members of the Crawley family staff". [14] The tension continues between Mary's suitors. Mary shares her time going on separate dates with each one. At the ball to celebrate Rose's coming out, Mary is startled to learn from Gillingham that the egalitarian Mr Blake is actually in line to inherit a huge estate from a cousin, so he is more suitable for her than she thought. Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Strutt KCB, DSO (played by Julian Wadham) is a senior British Army general known as the "Hero of the Somme". He visits Downton Abbey in 1917 as part of a tour of England to drum up support for the war effort. During a dinner in his honour, Branson, the Irish nationalist and socialist chauffeur, attempts to avenge himself on the Army by pouring a soup tureen of slop over the general, but he is stopped in time by Carson the butler (who after reading Branson's apology note to Lady Sybil, found by Anna, thought Branson meant to assassinate the general). Sir Herbert leaves Downton the next morning with no knowledge of the incident. In episode 6 Anna begins to experience uncomfortable pains again and Bates insists he pay for her to see Ryder again. However, the pains are nothing to worry about, as it's just her body adjusting to the pregnancy. In episode 7, after the accident at the car racing in Brooklands, Anna rushes after Mary, Bates warns her not to do so "in her condition" and he asks Baxter to go after her. That leads Baxter to guess that Anna is pregnant. Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV1+1 w/e 4 November 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013 . Retrieved 14 December 2012.In episode 2, Bates discovers Anna yet again upset, after having told Lady Mary about her pregnancy problems. He asks her if she had ever considered adoption, but she tells him that the idea would never work for him nor her as they would want their own child. Bates believes they must be content as they are, but Anna continues to believe that she cannot give him what he needs. Bates does not accept this, and insists that she alone is enough for him.