Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Downton Abbey - Episode Five

This show is just getting better and better with each episode.  This week's episode is set two months after last week's episode and starts with Bates walking in on Thomas stealing a bottle of wine from the cellar.  Thomas and Miss O'Brien conspire to set Bates up for stealing a snuffbox from the Earl before he can say anything about the wine.  Anna realises what is happening and she and Bates locate the snuffbox in Bates room and relocate it and then ask Carson to do a search immediately.  Thomas and Miss O'Brien quickly tear their rooms apart to locate the box and restore it to it's rightful place before they are found with it.
Anna and Bates finally reveal their feelings for each other (Anna even tells Bates that she loves him) but he says he is not a free man and for now, he cannot do anything.
The annual rose garden competition is on again in which the Dowager ALWAYS wins.  Isobel confronts her and challenges her to let Moseley's father win this year.  When it comes time to announce the winner, it is officially the Dowager, but she proves that she is really a nice person after all and awards it to Mr Moseley.
Sybil continues to try and get Gwen a job as a secretary and they sneak out only to have the horse throw a shoe on the way back.  they even fall int he mud trying to get the horse to move!  They get back very late, but are not discovered.  Unfortunately, Gwen is still not successful, but Sybil will not give up.
Meanwhile, Mary is still dealing with the fall out regarding the death of the Turk.  She is finding she is attracted to Matthew but she is fighting with her sister Edith and end up pushing Matthew away.  Edith finds out the horrible truth about Mary and the Turk from Daisy and the episode ends with her writing to the Turkish Ambassador.  What a spiteful little witch.  What is going to be the fallout for the family after this?  What has Edith done?  Can't wait for next Sunday's episode!

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