It's as everyone confirmed and Michael was dead, killed at the time of the Beer hall Putsch in Munich in 1923. Hitler has been arrested but won't serve any time for it. Edith goes for a walk and Cora asks Robert if she should see her. As if she needs his permission, she's her mother isn't she. Mary (Michelle Dockery) is 'up herself' as usual, if I can use that phrase! She knows what the news will be and yet she just can't force herself to be civil to her sister, cos once again, it's all about her and her own life. Making comments and putting Edith down again. How long did it take for her to get over Matthew.
Apparently the staff all hear about the editor coming down and Carson (Jim Carter) says it's bad news otherwise he wouldn't come down in person and would just telephone. Mrs Patmore (Lesley Nichol) is taking a final look at the cottage and taking Mrs Hughes (Phyliss Logan) with her. Mrs Hughes asks Carson to come and she realizes it's kind of an olive branch and will put behind the business of the war memorial. Mrs Patmore doesn't mind if he wants to go. Having seen the cottage, she finally decides she wants to take it, spruce it up and then live in it herself when she retires. Giving Carson an idea of his own to buy a property with Mrs Hughes as a business venture and they can rent it out and share the rental. Mrs Hughes smiles at it, oh just get the two of them together already!
Rose (Lily James) is having Atticus (down for the races and Mary gets a new haircut, is that all. Edith loses it when everyone talks about the race and how Charles (Julian Ovenden) and Gillingham (Tom Cullen) will also be there and Cora suggests how they should come down to stay at Downton. Charles putting his plan into action to get Lane Fox (Catherine Steadman) back together with Gillingham, as she woos him all over again. It's apparent he didn't really want Mary after all and it was just Mary trying to get her own way with another man and 'steal' him away cos she could. She even says this to Lane Fox on the actual day of the race. That she can't let him get away too easily!
Isabel (Penelope Wilton) also has an answer for Merton and again she is going to accept him, but she doesn't want to tell the Dowager (Maggie Smith) yet until she can break the news to everyone together.
The Dowager seems to be having problems with her new maid, Denker (Sue Johnston) and Spratt (Jeremy Swift) is completely resentful of her, she wants the laundry done at the main house since it's not the duties of a lady's maid to wash up. Police inspector Vyner (Louis Hilyer) returns with the sergeant and this time they have questions for Baxter (Raquel Cassidy) though she doesn't know why. They ask her whether she knows of Bates (Brendan Coyle) travelling to London and if he went or not. Threatening her that if she refuses to cooperate she will serve out the remainder of her sentence for theft. Which Mrs Hughes is shocked to hear about. She had heard something about it, but she couldn't say for sure who went to London or not. She asks how they know and reply they were sent a letter. We all know who sent that letter, Thomas (Rob James-Collier)! Mrs Hughes asks Baxter one question, if Cora knows of the theft and she replies she does. of course if she was a thief, she could have just lied about it.
Then Thomas has the audacity to ask Baxter for help. After having another dig at Bates when Anna (Joanne Froggatt) tells him he doesn't look well, telling Bates he's indifferent to him cos he's the same way about him too. He shows Baxter the abscess on his back and she wants him to see Doctor Clarkson (David Robb). He tells him to stop injecting himself with saline solution and it's not the 'fix' he's been lead to think will cure his homosexuality. So in effect he was taken for a fool and Baxter says she won't hold that against him, cos if he put his mind to it, he could achieve anything he wants. Which is what Daisy (Sophie McShera) is doing. Though she can't stop doting on Bunting! Molesley (Kevin Doyle) offers to help her with history cos he could have become a teacher but his father couldn't afford to keep up his education, but if he can help her get through, then that'll be good enough.
The Dowager sees Prince Kuragin (Rade Sherbedgia) to tell him about the princess and she finds his quarters rather dingy of course. He recalls their assignations and she wishes to leave all that in the past. Not even taking a sip of the tea he made for her. Her lady's maid is very forward, wonder how she puts up with her. Edith decides she wants to leave and take Marigold with her, especially since Mrs Drew (Emma Lowndes) refuses to let her see Marigold after the news she received. Edith also losing it when Atticus (Matt Barber) is at Downton when Mary shows off her new hairstyle, which she got from a hairdresser who isn't even French, oh if only she knew, that'd take her down a peg or two! Ha. Edith tells Atticus he may as well find out what they're really like now. Mary not having an ounce of sympathy, but she's not berated for it. Infact Cora doesn't even see if Edith is okay this time either.
Edith tries to write a letter but she can't put any words to paper. Though she wants to tell Branson (Allen Leech) she can't do that either even if he would understand her. Just asking him to say goodbye for her and for them not to change him. Bates finds Mary's book at the house after Anna's forgotten her button box there and as said by me, he gets the wrong end of the stick and thinks she doesn't want his children cos she believes him to be a murderer. She thinks she means his wife, but he means Green. He knew it was him who attacked her, especially when Green mentioned going down to the kitchen. He bought a ticket to London from York, but didn't go. He knew he'd kill Green and he didn't want to be hanged and to let Anna go through that. Anna recalls the coat she gave away for the Russians and the ticket inside the pocket, cos as I said last time, you really give things away without checking the pockets (well on TV you do). She reminds Mrs Hughes of this and she threw the ticket away when she found it. It would have proven he didn't go to London since it was whole and not in two halves, as it would've been if he had travelled there. Anna regretting the only thing that could prove Bates innocent and she gave it away.
The family return to find Edith is gone and the Dowager has an idea where she could be. Edith shows Mrs Drew the birth certificate withe her name on it even if its' in French, which she rips up. but she has other copies. Taking Marigold to London, she's going to celebrate with champagne and ice cream. The Dowager arrives too late and Drew (Andrew Scarborough) doesn't know where she's gone. Well, someone's going to catch up to her. She can afford to got it alone as she's been left the publishing business.
Oh just when it was looking like Anna could have killed Green, it's not turning out that way. That would've been a good story. Also looks like it was probably an accident in the end, or not, as I keep mentioning. This series has been a bit of a let down in terms of reception and already turning to plots covered in the previous series. Like Robert and his affections for the hired help and berating Cora now for being completely innocent of Bricker's affections towards her.
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