# Downton Abbey S6 - spoiler-free until broadcast in the U.S. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966 "2015-08-16T02:06:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/421 "2016-02-23T01:54:01Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > …Here’s a question - if the Earl’s wife dropped dead and he remarried, if they had a son wouldn’t he inherit instead of Mary’s son? Yes, a son by Lord Grantham & his new wife (or Cora, legally she’s presumed to be fertile regardless of age) would instantly displace George, but he’d only get the title & _half_ the estate. The entail was broken when Lord Grantham gave Matthew a 50% share after he invested his inheritance from Lavinia’s into the estate. Then Matthew died and made Mary rather than George his heir. > [@delphica](#): > > …How fast did they get married, anyway? Did anything in the show let us know how much time passed?.. It was less than a week since Henry just happened to have the marriage licence courtesy of his bishop uncle I agree the speed they wed was ridiculous. Also please tell me Mary didn’t reuse her wedding dress. :eek: It was bad enough she wore white again. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/422 "2016-02-23T02:21:27Z")
\*Washington Post \*article focuses on Edith within the context of the whole series. [How Lady Edith became the hero of ‘Downton Abbey’](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/02/22/how-lady-edith-became-the-hero-of-downton-abbey/) > [@](#): > > As we approach the end of “Downton Abbey,” this doughty and sometimes delightful British import feels much the same as it did when it began airing in 2010: handsome, tied up in arcane plots about village governance, and celebrating the plot of progress, as long as it’s not too disruptive. But in one respect, “Downton Abbey” is ending on a delightful and somewhat expected note. Who would have expected that Lady Edith Crawley (Laura Carmichael), who began the series as a stereotypical cranky, petty middle sister, has emerged as the series’ most delightful heroine, and one of its most powerful illustrations of the personal power of social change… ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/423 "2016-02-23T06:42:25Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I thought the “house of ill repute” thing was hilarious. But I agree the wedding seemed rushed, almost like the writers were hastily wrapping up al the story lines so the show can end. Small correction: There are no “writers.” There is only Lord Fellowes. Which explains a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/424 "2016-02-23T15:34:32Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > Lord Hexam will be back. They spent too much time talking about his mother for us not to get to see anything come of it. And Mary will be the one to bring him back. Everything is getting wrapped up in a nice little package with a bow on it, and having Mary be responsible for Edith’s eternal happiness is the final event that can bring things together. Did Barrow try to kill himself with a butter knife? It seems like there was very little blood, and he was perfectly fine a few hours later. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/425 "2016-02-23T15:47:54Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > It was less than a week since Henry just happened to have the marriage licence courtesy of his bishop uncle I agree the speed they wed was ridiculous. Also please tell me Mary didn’t reuse her wedding dress. :eek: It was bad enough she wore white again. Mary’s dress wasn’t white. It was cream colored, which is appropriate for a young widow. It was also very definitely a different dress than the first one. Her first wedding dress would have been very out of date style wise and Mary wouldn’t be caught dead in an out of style dress. You might have also noticed she wore a corsage rather than carry a bouquet. I believe that was also a nod to it being her second wedding. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/426 "2016-02-23T18:27:35Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Yes, a son by Lord Grantham & his new wife (or Cora, legally she’s presumed to be fertile regardless of age) would instantly displace George, but he’d only get the title & _half_ the estate. The entail was broken when Lord Grantham gave Matthew a 50% share after he invested his inheritance from Lavinia’s into the estate. Then Matthew died and made Mary rather than George his heir. At this point, the best ending would be: Edith gets married to the Marquess (who is actually a secret prince) Henry gets trampled to death by Mary’s horse. Tom says “screw it” and goes to Ireland. And the last line is Cora saying “I’m pregnant, and I think it’s a boy.” Cut to Yakety Sax playing over the credits. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/427 "2016-02-23T20:05:38Z")
A good episode, I thought. My wife and I saw Mary’s unforgiveable breakfast-table revelation about Marigold coming - but of course we couldn’t look away. Glad Tom called her on it. Very funny to have Spratt revealed as the advice columnist. Nice to see the Dowager again, too - thought for awhile that she might actually die overseas. Her heart-to-heart with Mary was good, although I agree with others that Henry’s racing would, IRL, be a continued tribulation for Mary. Glad Moseley is in his groove as a teacher. I noticed that we’ve seen Thomas with Mary’s son George more than we’ve seen Henry. They’ve never even met, as far as we know. The little boy wasn’t even at the wedding (maybe that wasn’t customary in 1925). What if stepson and stepfather don’t click? It would’ve been nice to have a scene of Henry and George bonding at some point before the (very rushed) wedding. > [@Miss\_Woodhouse](#): > > Mary’s dress wasn’t white. It was cream colored, which is appropriate for a young widow. It was also very definitely a different dress than the first one… Yes, agreed: [![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/09/17/article-0-150D13A2000005DC-695_634x399.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/09/17/article-0-150D13A2000005DC-695_634x399.jpg) [http://www.radiotimes.com/uploads/images/Original/90707.jpg](http://www.radiotimes.com/uploads/images/Original/90707.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/428 "2016-02-23T20:23:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I noticed that we’ve seen Thomas with Mary’s son George more than we’ve seen Henry. They’ve never even met, as far as we know. The little boy wasn’t even at the wedding (maybe that wasn’t customary in 1925). What if stepson and stepfather don’t click? It would’ve been nice to have a scene of Henry and George bonding at some point before the (very rushed) wedding. Combine the pre-1970s attitude that mothers and not fathers raise children with the aristocratic custom that mothers don’t really do it either\* and the result is that Mary wouldn’t have dreamed of that as a possible issue. 🙂 \*Isobel: “I’d imagined them surrounded by nannies and governesses, being starched and ironed to spend an hour with you after tea.” Violet: “Yes, but it was an hour _every day_.” ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/429 "2016-02-23T20:31:57Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I really, really don’t think Julian Fellowes intended the portrayal of Barrow “to show the Wages of Sin” but rather to show how trapped he is, given the social mores. To a certain extent, I think Bertie’s cousin was intended to show how much more free a titled person was. Free to _die_ --at a remarkably young age. It’s a matter of opinion, of course. But my view is that Fellowes’ failure to write in even _one_ counterexample (of a gay person living a happy, long, productive life) is reasonable evidence that he _does_, indeed, intend his story to illustrate the Wages of Sin. A homosexual cannot be shown to be living a happy, long, productive life–because the sin of homosexuality cannot be so rewarded. (In Fellowes’ world, at least.) > [@Sherrerd](#): > > …But then to have virtually all the characters go into gales of laughter over the situation–‘ooh, we shouldn’t, we are being _so_ naughty, but it’s so HILARIOUS!!!1!!!’–that made no sense at all. How was it funny? Was it a laugh riot that Mrs. Patmore had failed to demand a look at the marriage license of her guests? Was it comedy gold that her venture was in trouble? It wasn’t a case of pretension slipping on a banana peel, or any other category of humor that I can see. > [@delphica](#): > > The laughter was because of the notion that Mrs. Patmore, who is so solidly proper and upright, might be running a “no questions asked” Den of Sin on purpose. It’s because the characters know her, and know how far-fetched the idea is. They wouldn’t be laughing if it were Barrow running the Adultery Inn, because even if he claimed ignorance, they would still be wondering if maybe he did know the situation. Like if some random relative loves a pop song with explicit lyrics – maybe you think that’s just tacky, or you don’t think anything of it at all. But if your grandma starts playing this song and saying how much she loves it, you know it’s because she doesn’t understand the lyrics, and it’s hilarious. Sure, the comedy trope is: person X who is known as a stickler for high moral standards, is put in the position of looking like a person with low moral standards. The problem with claiming that the trope is in good working order in this case, is that _it was never established that Mrs. Patmore was famous and/or infamous for being a stickler_ for high moral standards. So the trope falls flat. And even if “Mrs. Patmore is such a stickler for high moral standards!” had ever been established on the show, it would _further_ have to have been shown that the upstairs people were _aware_ of that particular character trait. As it is, it’s difficult to believe that all of the upstairs Downtonites shown being helpless with laughter were so well-acquainted with Mrs. Patmore as an individual (not as a mere cook), that they were familiar with her personality quirks (such as a never-established-on-the-show tendency to be prudish or judgmental about morality). ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/430 "2016-02-23T20:56:54Z")
Jeez, it’s nothing so complicated. You don’t need to be a person of exactingly high moral standards to be an unlikely bawdy house madam. The stereotypical madam would probably be kind of brassy, sexy, alluring, a Mae West type. Mrs. Patmore is far enough from that that the idea of her running a den of sin is pretty absurd on its face. I found it completely believable the other characters would find it funny. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/431 "2016-02-23T21:11:57Z")
There’s still a lot of unfinished business. Will the Christmas episode be longer than an hour (I hope)? To-do list for the last episode: (Others feel free to add on) 1. Resolve the Edith-Bertie thing 2. Resolve the Mr. Mason-Mrs. Patmore thing 3. Get something going between Daisy and Andy if anything is going to happen 4. Hint at Daisy’s career/school/etc. potential. 5. Resolve the Baxter-Molesley thing (if indeed there is a thing) 6. Put Carson out to pasture somewhere 7. Give Barrow the butler’s job with Molesley gone to teach full time, so he doesn’t have to be demoted 8. Find a woman for Tom (Edith’s editor?) 9. Resolve the Henry-Death Wish Driving thing 10. Figure out how to bring in big piles of money to keep Downton afloat. I’d like to see this happen by Edith marrying Bertie, and then Mary crawling on her hands and knees to Edith (preferably through mud scattered through with broken glass) to beg her rich sister and her rich husband to save the old homestead. That’s just my personal dream. 11. Resolve the Isobel-Lord Merton thing. 12. Find love for Barrow. 13. Meet the Bates’ new baby. Holy cow… how can we get all this done in one episode?? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/432 "2016-02-23T21:28:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > There’s still a lot of unfinished business. Will the Christmas episode be longer than an hour (I hope)? > > To-do list for the last episode: (Others feel free to add on) > > 1. Resolve the Edith-Bertie thing > 2. Resolve the Mr. Mason-Mrs. Patmore thing > 3. Get something going between Daisy and Andy if anything is going to happen > 4. Hint at Daisy’s career/school/etc. potential. > 5. Resolve the Baxter-Molesley thing (if indeed there is a thing) > 6. Put Carson out to pasture somewhere > 7. Give Barrow the butler’s job with Molesley gone to teach full time, so he doesn’t have to be demoted > 8. Find a woman for Tom (Edith’s editor?) > 9. Resolve the Henry-Death Wish Driving thing > 10. Figure out how to bring in big piles of money to keep Downton afloat. I’d like to see this happen by Edith marrying Bertie, and then Mary crawling on her hands and knees to Edith (preferably through mud scattered through with broken glass) to beg her rich sister and her rich husband to save the old homestead. That’s just my personal dream. > 11. Resolve the Isobel-Lord Merton thing. > 12. Find love for Barrow. > 13. Meet the Bates’ new baby. > > Holy cow… how can we get all this done in one episode?? 1. Have Cora and Violet reconcile, or…not. 2. Give Violet a new butler (who will work cheap) to replace that latest literary star, Spratt. (Could this be Barrows’ destination? If so, it would fit in pretty well with the ‘punish gay dude’ theory.) 3. If Bertie isn’t going to bail out the Downton finances, perhaps the family will decide to admit the ticket-buying public on a regular basis (that shoe has never really dropped). 4. If Baxter snuffs it (my theory–she will, like moth to flame, approach her violent former paramour and he’ll do her in), then give Molesley some glimmer of a future relationship (the school’s headmaster has a spinster sister?) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/433 "2016-02-23T21:29:52Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The problem with claiming that the trope is in good working order in this case, is that _it was never established that Mrs. Patmore was famous and/or infamous for being a stickler_ for high moral standards. So the trope falls flat. > > And even if “Mrs. Patmore is such a stickler for high moral standards!” had ever been established on the show, it would _further_ have to have been shown that the upstairs people were _aware_ of that particular character trait. As it is, it’s difficult to believe that all of the upstairs Downtonites shown being helpless with laughter were so well-acquainted with Mrs. Patmore as an individual (not as a mere cook), that they were familiar with her personality quirks (such as a never-established-on-the-show tendency to be prudish or judgmental about morality). That is an excellent point. It would have been a funny thing to happen to Carson. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/434 "2016-02-23T21:31:57Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > That is an excellent point. It would have been a funny thing to happen to Carson. I hadn’t though of that; you’re right! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/435 "2016-02-23T21:43:52Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Holy cow… how can we get all this done in one episode?? Maybe it’ll be a longer episode, being a Christmas special and all. “Golly gumdrops”? Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/436 "2016-02-23T22:51:56Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > That is an excellent point. It would have been a funny thing to happen to Carson. Oh, THAT would have been brilliant! Maggie Smith was interviewed on Fresh Air today if anyone wants to [listen](http://www.npr.org/2016/02/23/467802382/maggie-smith-on-the-pressures-of-acting-you-want-so-much-to-get-it-right). ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/437 "2016-02-24T00:25:29Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Holy cow… how can we get all this done in one episode?? With great or even half-good tv writing, you can’t. Luckily, Downton Abbey isn’t encumbered by that particular problem. My guess - It’s late august 1929, 4 years in the future. As it’s been some time since the last criminal activity at Downton, Policeman whats-his-face wanders by to arrest Daisy for murder. As he leads her out: **Policeman** : Things have gone downhill since Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes opened up their B&B. **Daisy** : B&Bs, don’t talk to me about B&Bs. Anna and Bates just leave their baby here for free child care while they’re running their B&B like I have time to do that & cook. And now that Mrs. Patmore married Mr. Mason, he spends all of his time at _her_ B&B. He doesn’t have any time for me any more. **Policeman** : Is that why you did it? **Daisy** : Those village children are so snobby now that Mr Moseley’s turned them into the best village school in England. They teased my Andy 'cause he can’t read. We were going to show him, by feeding Baxter to the pigs. No one would have ever known (cue: Deadwood theme song) **Barrows** : Don’t take her away, we’ve run out of staff. Everyone has gone to open B&B’s and restaurants. I’m the butler, underbutler, valet, footman, and scullery maid. **Policeman** : You’re working too hard. Leave it all and run away with me. **Barrows** : but…you mean…!?! **Policeman** : yes. I love you. Why do you think I keep coming here all the time for the most convoluted and trumped up criminal cases. We’ll drop Daisy off at the station house and run away to Tangiers. I hear we can watch fishermen at sunset there. _Exeunt_ And we’ve taken care of 2,3,4,5,6,7,12, and 13 can be playing under the servants table the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/438 "2016-02-24T00:51:36Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Free to _die_ --at a remarkably young age. > It’s a matter of opinion, of course. But my view is that Fellowes’ failure to write in even _one_ counterexample (of a gay person living a happy, long, productive life) is reasonable evidence that he _does_, indeed, intend his story to illustrate the Wages of Sin. A homosexual cannot be shown to be living a happy, long, productive life–because the sin of homosexuality cannot be so rewarded. (In Fellowes’ world, at least.) You’re projecting here. And what about the Duke that Thomas had the fling with? You really think it would be realistic to have a gay character living openly with a partner and everyone being OK with it? In 1920s Yorkshire? And geez, half the \*straight \*couples on this show have had so much unhappiness thrown at them, why should Barrow be any different? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/439 "2016-02-24T01:34:10Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > With great or even half-good tv writing, you can’t. Luckily, Downton Abbey isn’t encumbered by that particular problem. > > My guess - It’s late august 1929, 4 years in the future. As it’s been some time since the last criminal activity at Downton, Policeman whats-his-face wanders by to arrest Daisy for murder. As he leads her out: > > **Policeman** : Things have gone downhill since Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes opened up their B&B. > **Daisy** : B&Bs, don’t talk to me about B&Bs. Anna and Bates just leave their baby here for free child care while they’re running their B&B like I have time to do that & cook. And now that Mrs. Patmore married Mr. Mason, he spends all of his time at _her_ B&B. He doesn’t have any time for me any more. > **Policeman** : Is that why you did it? > **Daisy** : Those village children are so snobby now that Mr Moseley’s turned them into the best village school in England. They teased my Andy 'cause he can’t read. We were going to show him, by feeding Baxter to the pigs. No one would have ever known (cue: Deadwood theme song) > **Barrows** : Don’t take her away, we’ve run out of staff. Everyone has gone to open B&B’s and restaurants. I’m the butler, underbutler, valet, footman, and scullery maid. > **Policeman** : You’re working too hard. Leave it all and run away with me. > **Barrows** : but…you mean…!?! > **Policeman** : yes. I love you. Why do you think I keep coming here all the time for the most convoluted and trumped up criminal cases. We’ll drop Daisy off at the station house and run away to Tangiers. I hear we can watch fishermen at sunset there. > _Exeunt_ > And we’ve taken care of 2,3,4,5,6,7,12, and 13 can be playing under the servants table the whole time. 😃 \ You’re not just good at Valentines, you’re good at writing, too. I think you’re on to something with Thomas and the policeman… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966/440 "2016-02-24T16:13:24Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > It was less than a week since Henry just happened to have the marriage licence courtesy of his bishop uncle I agree the speed they wed was ridiculous. Ahh, okay. It’s still a TV shortcut … but in terms of the plot, it makes me feel slightly better that Bertie was still in Tangiers so it’s not like Mary let months and months go by without trying to support Edith in some way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-s6-spoiler-free-until-broadcast-in-the-u-s/727966.md?page=23)