"Busy Night at Downton, My Lord."

Well it was good to see Downton at full capacity.  Of course, after all, there were sixteen guests and a singer visiting.

Mr Carson was at full capacity as well. Not since the war had he been so busy with such a staff. A bloody sneaky one at that. One would be wobbly after the head cook looks to have had a heart attack but was only keechy.. I for one thought it was time for daisy to step up.

Meanwhile Mary is having mixed emotions concerning the interest being paid her. Matthew has not been gone long and his mother has one eye on Mary, and an eye on her very own flirt, the doctor.  She is obviously experiencing depression.

Lord Grantham loses a few acres worth of money in cards (and is hiding the lapse of good judgement from his wife).  His daughters' married boyfriend, who is planning to go to Germany to obtain a divorce,  won her fathers money back, while cheating the cheat who cheated her Pa Pah.  Meanwhile one of the maids is trapping Tom Branson, which  may result in another scandal and the maid's second dismissal, maybe.

While guests and staff, listen to the entertainment from the opera, Anna goes down stairs and is raped by a demanding footman/or something.  A sad event indeed that is being kept secret from Mr. Bates, lest he kill the man and return to prison.

My wife is calling me to go to sleep.  "Yes, My Lady!"