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I came to Downtown Abbey late, binge-watched several several seasons and finally caught up a couple years ago. It’s sad it’s going away but I hope they have a spin off or two 🙂 The season finale is Sunday. Yeah, I’ll be sad, but happy knowing people can still make great television. If you haven’t seen it yet, or have dismissed it, do give it a chance, I know you’ll like it 🙂 With all the craziness we deal with in politics and culture, it’s a good thing to have something with which to take a break. For me, this show was one of those thing.

Via Entertainment Weekly. (Spoiler-free)

Believe it or not, Sunday will mark the last time we sit down to watch a new episode of Downton Abbey. That means no more Dowager Countess putdowns, Carson disapprovals, and certainly no more sex tryouts with Lady Mary. But how will the final hour play out?

Based on what executive producer Gareth Neame tells EW, tragedy is pretty much off the table, which will come as a relief to fans who might be nervous about the loose ends that still need tying up. According to Neame, the nature of the show and its characters help to dictate the tone of what a Downton Abbey finale would be.

“Plotting the final season was relatively straightforward. We have such a grasp for these characters, what we like about them, what we wanted them to do, what we know that the fans respond to,” Neame says. “It’s very satisfying because it was really working up how we wanted them to end up.”

And that meant — to a certain extent — giving the fans what they want, because would it really make sense to have Anna or Bates carted off to prison as the show is ending? No, not at all.

“Although the show has light and shade and it’s got good and bad things going on in it — there have been big shocks and surprises even in the finale season — the overall direction of travel is one of optimism,” Neame explains. “It really felt that because these characters are so beloved, they had to have decent endings.”

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  1. midget says:

    Its a great British historical piece when the rich “Lorded” it over the poor.
    But when they killed off (spoiler alert) Sybil & Matthew, it started to wane a little. Lady Mary Crawley usually was the snootiest,Anna the sweetest,Barrow the meanest,the Dowager the most hilarious,Tom the chauffer,the dreamiest. I’ve had a few bosses like Carson and I wouldnt want to meet Bates in a dark alley (i dont trust him).I can’t believe there was a time when someone like Lady Grantham had to have someone help her put on a night robe only to walk into another room & take it off.But I will miss it.

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