Downton Abbey: A New Era | The Dowager Makes An Important Announcement | Extended Preview 

Wonderful idea! But it is probably difficult to find someone to portray the young Violet adequately.

@@Celisar1 I think no one can portray Violet Crawley as well as Maggie Smith

@@Celisar1 yes that is so true! maybe Claire Foy?

I like the idea in general, but it veers too close to being "Young Violet". Still, there may be a way around that.

I think Emily Blunt would make a great young violet. She can be really snarky and sharp and has a decent likeness.

Sometimes what siblings need in order to get along is distance apart. With her living with Bertie, it gives them both space to do what they like without having the other constantly watching like a vulture.

I think they truly became “closer” at the end of the last season.. you can also see their relationship blossom even more in the first Downton movie.

@@finderinskaie I cannot concur. In the last season Mary was brutal to Edith. Nevertheless due to the distance between the sisters and Edith’s new social position Edith had the chance for personal growth and development so that she is no longer vulnerable to being bullied which balanced their relationship.

@@Celisar1 I partly disagree. Edith had good reason to be livid with Mary, but did show up for Mary's wedding to Henry at the very last minute and I think (if I remember correctly) this is where Edith tells Mary that one day, they will be the only ones to remember Downton and everyone who lived there, and that that is more important than all of their sisterly issues. Yes, Mary was brutal to Edith, like she always was, but eventually, she did bring Bertie and Edith back together, with the help of Rosamond. Besides, Edith was often equally brutal to Mary. They were always fighting, being sarcastic and mean to each other all the time and sabotaging each other's lives, from the very beginning. Of course they were also manipulated by O'Brien, the first ladies' maid to Lady Crawley, but they both really didn't need that much encouragement. I also think that Edith's real personal growth and development happened when she was editor of her magazine. I think she even talks about being bored in her new life in the 1st movie but I can't remember exactly. Distance and the both of them being happy in their own lives probably díd make it a lot easier for them to get along.

I'm just happy to see them acting like sisters. I loved, and at times couldn't stand, both characters especially with all of that tit for tat. Losing Sybil should've brought them closer. Better late than never. I can't wait to see this movie.

This made me 🥰😍🥰😍 LOVE Violet!

The friction between Mary and Edith was just another layer of deliciousness! Couldn't imagine the PBS Downton without their squabbles!

@@pwatson5766 agreed, but it is also cool to see they've both grown up

Yes, I wanna know what happened to Henry Talbert, he was so in love with Mary and now he's disappeared,

I do and I don’t. I feel now that the grandmother passed on the movies won’t be the same. She made it fun and in this movie she was not much in it and it changed the feel of the movie.

@@deborahd6142 Well Matthew Goode is a movie star now. I doubt they can pay him to be part of an ensemble cast what he gets for starring roles. He will pick a starring role over nostalgia for DA fans. However, I think it would be interesting if Mary got divorced. Lady Catherine of Highclere Castle, the current earl's grandmother, got a divorce in the 1930's. So, it was done.

​@@PaulyWally30 Coincido maggie tuvo el mejor guio y sjn duda el mejor personaje me hubiese gustado que se evitara todo esto creo que con la primera pelicula era suficiente va para mi.

What else was in the tire? Perhaps the ENTIRE series?

Maybe put 10 pounds back on. He is almost frail in appearance.

The mechanical transmisión in those beasts must be wonderfull!

Somos dos soy fan de ella desde que tengo 10 años cuando la vi por primera vez en sister act como madre superiora jjaja.

Clash of the Titans

I have to say I found the male makeup very disturbing and unnatural.

@@brontewcat absolutely!

Gettagarip all of you... many men, DO tan easily. It shows these fellows are getting some air and exercise in some form. By the 1920s the sun, was no longer shied away from as it had once been by the upper-class.

@@billhosko7723 It was clearly poor make up. Natural tans are much more subtle. If they wanted to show them as tanned, then they did it badly.

I saw somewhere that Hugh Bonneville said he and Jim Carter are both avid gardeners and tan easily. I believe they are the only two that looked very tan. Could be true. But I also thought that it was lousy makeup before I heard that. Now I’m trying to look at their hands to see if they are tan like that as well.

Big spoiler. She was tempted but stayed faithful

You can always purchase the series on DVD. Not sure how expensive it is. Check out your local library first, to see if it's available.

His sister looks more like their mother and he probably looks more like his father the Dowager’s late husband

No ella ya estaba poco tiempo de casada tuvo un amorio pero no sucedio nada xq ella despues se fue con su marido y ahi tuvo a robert.

not like he was sitting on the ground.

You're referring to an episode in season 1 actually. The Charming Charlies. Carson and Mr. Greg were partners in a dance act on the stage. Unfortunately, Mr. Greg couldn't keep his hand out of the honey pot and the two parted company for that and other reasons. Mr. Greg showed up again in Season 4, wanting to heal old wounds. He was brought out of a workhouse and put up residence with Mrs. Crawley (Isobel). The idea was to bring her out of the shadow of her only son's Matthew's death. It was after Carson left the stage that he came to work at Downton Abbey as a Junior Footman when Lady Grantham (Violet) was a young wife and mother.

Not Charning. It was a comedic act, The Cheerful Charlies.

@@m.layfette6249 However that could be explained away that Carson left service to do vaudeville but returned to service after his partner Charlie stole the woman he loved, from him.

@@peachygal4153 Charles Carson started his working career on the stage Prior to joining the Downton Abbey staff as a Junior Footman when Lady Grantham (Violet) was a young wife and mother. He left vaudeville because, one Mr. Gregg was a thief and the Love of his life left him to marry Gregg. Carson always blamed Gregg for what happened with his relationship with Lucy (I think that was her name. I know she and her sister had an act called the Lark and the Dove.) After all is said and done, Carson has been employed at Downton Abbey for at least 4-decades, if not longer.

He is returning to train Andy and Andy wants to be a fulltime farmer. They need to get Spratt.

It's not because he's getting older. Saw him in an interview. He had gained some weight and decided to take it off. He commented that he hoped the fans would still accept him.

It's on Vudu, rental.

We all want Maggie Smith to go on and on and on...OMG I love that woman !

Bertie has an even bigger state than Downton (technically, Edith outranks all the other Crawleys) and direct connections with the Royal Family. He's by far the richest/most powerful of the main characters, basically. And considering that Marigold is openly calling Edith "mummy" now, it's likely that they have officially adopted her; in any case, it's unlikely Marigold isn't already in Bertie's will and Violet would certainly know about it.

@@julianmarqm8005 Thanks

Also, Marigold will inherit the magazine and London flat.

@@traceybaham8389 Good point

Marigold will inherit the apartment and magazine her father had. Gregson left Edith well set up. Remember, after Bertie broke off with her, she decided to move to London with Marigold and run the magazine. In reality it is Caroline who has nothing, as Mary's money came from Matthew, George's father. Henry was penniless, pretty much.

I couldn't even recognise him

Maybe he is ill. :(

Oh, I didn't realize that this isn't Hugh.

Did you not read Hugh went on a diet for health reasons and I think it suits him👏👏

Did he have work done??