Downton abbey what was edited

Johnston's former co-star Robert James-Collier has recently described the plot of the reunion movie as "tying up a lot of loose ends". Although Sue Johnston didn't make it into the first Downton Abbey movie, there's every chance she could return for the sequel — since creator Julian Fellowes is already dropping hints about one. Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features? Type keyword s to search. I watched the US version first, and now the UK version seems to be hollowing out some storylines.

Oh interesting. Is my memory correct or did I dream it? Lorraine Nottinghamshire England. Maybe the American version talked about it more. The UK version has scenes that are completely different than those I distinctly remember from the US version.

Moseley dyes his hair I remember a scene where for some reason he began to sweat and the dye starting dripping down his head. Although American, I had less difficulty following legal issues in season 1 than female characters did. We need better television series to challenge us, not be dumbed down to avoid challenge. We have the greatest access to information to educate ourselves in human history. Or to be the stupidest, least-informed peoples in the past 3 centuries. Folks in the entertainment industry can make a big difference in the existential crises facing humanity.

You can make a bit less money and challenge us. It was unworthy of everyone involved to dumb down Downton for the American audience. Bates, then the new valet serving the Earl of Grantham. The film version carries a mysterious major who appears to be investigating the Irish Republican tendencies of Tom Branson Allen Leech but really has designs on killing the king.

Lady Mary, who had managed the estate with brother-in-law Tom, is running Downton solo and considering selling the castle and moving to a manor home. Relax, fans. She doesn't. Review: Rejoice! The cutting countess gets a huge helping of withering asides. The twist: Violet's mind is as sharp as ever, but her body is failing. She reveals her impending demise to granddaughter Mary, who is so much like her. In a scene that Violet somehow makes both witty and touching, she says she considers Mary her heir: In the future, "you'll be the frightening old lady of Downton.

You're the best of me that will live on. In another surprise, there will be a new arrival as Violet nears her departure, as Edith tells her husband she's pregnant. What's familiar: Carson's back! The proud butler, married to housekeeper Mrs. Hughes Phyllis Logan , had gone into involuntary retirement after developing palsy.

Mary, worried that Carson's successor, Barrow Robert James-Collier , isn't up to handling the royal visit, brings Carson back. The twist: Carson, dedicated to decorum, initially objects to the staff's planned insurrection against the haughty royal servants who seek to brush aside Downton's downstairs dwellers. The Downton staff gets its way, winning the chance to serve the king and queen, and Carson is a pleased beneficiary of his subordinates' creative treachery.

What's familiar: Barrow remains the butler at Downton, having replaced Carson, but he remains somewhat apart, partly because he's gay.