The Crawleys head to a Scottish hunting lodge, while the downstairs staff stays behind at Downton Abbey. New romances flare up, and a fresh crisis unfolds.
Change arrives in a big way for several key characters at Downton Abbey. A yearly cricket match with the village sees old scores settled and new plots hatched.
Things go badly amiss at Downton Abbey. Robert and Cora are not speaking. The servants are shunning Matthew's mother Isobel. And Matthew and Robert have fallen out. Also, Bates takes a gamble.
The Crawley family faces its severest test yet. Meanwhile, new faces try to fit into the tight-knit circle of servants. And new evidence turns up in a baffling case.
Two social revolutions arrive at Downton Abbey: the Irish civil war and the fight for women's suffrage. A mysterious conspiracy keeps Anna and Bates apart.
The fate of Downton Abbey hinges on a letter from a dead man. Edith and Sir Anthony face their own fateful moment. Mrs. Hughes confronts a crisis.
Wedding guests descend on Downton Abbey, where disasters large and small threaten. One is Cora's freewheeling American mother, who tries to loosen up her in-laws.
In Season 2's gripping finale, Carlisle tightens his grip on Mary, Bates feels the threat of the noose, and Anna is suspended between hope and despair. But Christmas is coming, and with it a new year!
Weddings dominate the talk both at the dining table and in the shadows. But an uninvited guest arrives, holds Downton in its grip, and will not depart alone.
With the promise of armistice, Sir Richard unleashes his dubious generosity, Bates takes on Vera in London, and everyone wonders just who really resides under all those bandages.