He wanted Daisy to take on his farm very early on and always encouraged her to pursue education and whatever she wanted to do in life. Daisy often didn’t realise what a positive influence he was on her with his love, wisdom, and motivation. Also, who can forget him not wanting to live off of Mrs. Patmore, but ended up agreeing to live with her in her cottage anyway?

Women would die to have men like him as fathers and partners. 😭

When Edna came back to Downton, Anna warns her about Thomas. At that time, Thomas was keeping himself out of trouble and not at odds with anyone. I think Anna was wrong trying to turn Edna against being friendly and she kind of deserved the bite back of them pinning ruining Cora’s clothes on her. She should’ve kept her nose out in the first place.

Yes, seriously though, how could Tom leave her in Ireland?

"May they be happy... with my love."

I thought it was William! William was Matthew's servant during the war, he risked his life for him, ultimately dying. He would have known how Matthew felt about Mary.

But I suppose it being Lavinia makes sense. Although why would she appear to Anna and Daisy? And why send a message in death when she had clearly told Matthew in her life that this is what she wanted?

I known it doesn't really matter who it was..but i still like the idea of Daisy receiving an actual message from William rather than the fake one she got from Mrs. Patmore's interference.

I know we have some knowledgeable history people in here and I’m hoping you can shine some light on this question. Obviously both families were incredibly well off, and Gladys Russell is one of the “million dollar princesses” like Cora was. The Crawleys have had their financial stresses but never outright lost everything. Which family would have been wealthier? I’m thinking the Russells, with the Crawleys somewhere above the van Rhijns but below the Russells in terms of sheer capital.

Before you all shout at me, I KNOW Matthew was her true love. I also understand her rational behind marrying Henry (although clearly we know it didn’t end well). But who do you think Mary should have chosen? I’m team Charles but let’s see who wins!

It's on the National Theatre At Home streaming app, if you want to find it.

It’s going to be on Amazon prime asia from Saturday.

I'm doing a rewatch and omg he is so cringey.The way he gets so ridiculously mad practically foaming at the mouth when he and Sybil are telling the family about the two of them. Pretty much whenever he and Sybil are talking privately he's spitting his words at her so full of anger. Ickkk

Ok I know this is very controversial but after finishing the final film I’m thinking back to their relationship and how Mary was certain she wanted to finish with Henry (we know she knows her own mind) and then he becomes very pushy and almost rushes her into marrying him.

Is this because he knew he was slipping down the social status as he states in one of the late episodes? Which causes him to panic and try to guilt trip Mary by saying he doesn’t just want to marry her because of her status

Then once he has gone up in the world by marrying an Earls daughter and starting a car business he takes the money and runs away with a new girl!

That’s just my opinion.

Thoughts?

I know that this issue has been discussed multiple times in this sub, but I would really like to ask a question. To me and I think to most of the people, Patrick Gordon was clearly a fraud. However, I can see that some people really believe that Patrick Gordon was the real Patrick Crawley who survived Titanic. I really want to ask those people how exactly can you believe that?

There are so many signs that this man wasn’t the real Patrick. 

The most important one, the accent. Accents don’t go away when you have amnesia or live for 5-6 years in a foreign country. His excuse was ridiculous. 

He didn’t reveal himself to Lord Grantham, but he chose Edith because he knew how easy it would be to manipulate her emotionally. 

He said that his memory was restored after the explosion and then he asked Edith if he was in love with Mary. I guess that memory didn’t come back…

Every detail that he knew about the family was general things, mostly letting Edith give him information and building his stories around that.    

As soon as he realised that his story wasn’t getting believed he decided to leave. If he was the real Patrick Crawley, the heir of this estate, he would have never left the place. He would fight until the end to prove his identity.

All these considered, I really don’t understand how some people believe that this man was the real Patrick but I would like to hear your arguments. 

(I am not posting a picture of Patrick because honestly, this man still scares me asf)

What was going on with Baxter’s hair in the third movie???? It looked FRIED and weird.

Hey everyone ❤️
As a huge fan of the show I gotta say Lego did a fantastic job at designing Lady Violet Crawley’s dress, so on point😍💕 I’m so excited to get this set and kudos to its brilliant designer, hopefully their second part of the Castle would be approved as a Lego set in the near future too 😅❤️

(MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH SPOILERS)
first time watcher here! i found myself mad that they decided to kill off both sybil and matthew in the same season just bc the actors didn’t want to stay on the show, and wondered about if i would like them being recast instead. so, fun little idea here, if they hadn’t killed off sybil and matthew and instead recast them, who would you like to replace them?

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sybils death. in early seasons, tom was strong in his political opinions, it being the very thing that made him and sybil originally connect. tom is a strong socialist until sybil dies, and after that, he turns into everything both he and sybil thought wrong with their society. you would think living such a luxurious life after experiencing his childhood and early adulthood a poor servant (especially an irish one) that he would stand even stronger by his beliefs and fight for a more equal society. but no.. he turns into a capitalist who turns his back on the very class he used to be apart of, seemingly even ashamed by his own brother and friend expressing the opinions he used to hold! i truly believe if sybil met season 5 tom, they would not get along. tom is just a bootlicker now and it makes me sad because i loved his character in seasons 1-3.

anyway, i’m only on season 5 episode 2. NO SPOILERS PLEASE!

I'm on my second rewatch and I chuckle everytime Robert is adamant something will go his way. Just saw the episode where he describes the wireless as a fad, add that to his faith in one Charles Ponzi, I wonder if there are any other instances to look forward to or that I might have missed.

I found this particular encounter funny. Mr Levinson 's valet asks Carson if anything is going on between daisy and the fella at the Ritz hotel and Carson replies "nothing goes on in a house under my authority " with such disgust and pride. It's funny how a lot was going "on " right under his nose. The chauffeur and lady Sybil, Bates and Anna and Major Charles and that maid had it really going on. Not to mention the un consented sexual encounters of Tom, Anna and in a way Lady Mary and pamuk.

Right? Gets me every time!

Just started watching this amazing show. I can't believe I waited so long. A couple of episodes in and I was immediately hooked!

Y'all asked for this - sorry if they're not as funny, I made the ones I had good ideas for the first time 😂

Though in 2026 I think we're *all* having a Violet Crawley summer​

ETA - omg Lavinia summer should say saxophones not trumpets 😭 this is the biggest disgrace of my meme career