Season 5, Episode 1

Downton Abbey, 5:1 Season 5 is here! And the first episode did not disappoint! Here is a breakdown of the podcast episode we go over for episode 1. Secret Mama Edith visits her baby, Marigold Tim Drewe was asked to be chief fireman. Tim’s wife doesn’t know Marigold is Edith’s. Hughes found one of Gregson’s old books Edith agrees to meet Mr. Drewe. He wants to propose something because his wife is getting suspicious of Edith having a crush on him.  Margarie, Drewe’s wife - thinks Edith has a crush on Drewe. Drewe: We need a way for you to live the truth without telling the truth.  Stop the World 1924 The king has to deal with a labor government - Mr. McDonald - the servants are glad he’s worked before - the prime minister is the son of a crofter. Robert: Government is committed to the destruction of people like us and everything we stand for. Mary: We should wait and see what happens. 34th wedding anniversary  - tidbit - Robert’s working hard to keep his marriage together. Mr. Carson is asked to be chairman of the board by the village and want Robert to give them land for the site of the memorial Carson to Hughes: The nature of life is not permanence but flux Robert tells Mary, they don’t want him for the school or the memorial. Would they have asked his grandfather’s butler to head something…? Robert okays Carson being the chair. Robert tells the girls to invite some young girls over. Slow Learner Daisy’s upset because they didn’t replace Ivy. Daisy ordered books to learn math so she can run the farm. Has a hard time following. Match Making - or Breaking? Lord Diffy Murton asked DC to give another luncheon party so he can see Isobel. DC asks Dr. Clarkson about Murton. Tells him Murton and Isobel are friendly. She invites him to luncheon. Wants to matchmake him with Lady Shackleton. Cora tells Robert that DC would be jealous. Isobel is jealous of Lady Shackelton with Murton. Mismatched Jimmy has a letter from Lady Anstrather… He sent her Valentines.  Thomas: It’s pathetic for a lady to be pining over a footman. Jimmy: Excuse me. I think it’s in very good taste. Lady Anstrather invited herself over for tea. She is staying over because of car problems, but Tom couldn’t find anything wrong with it. Another Scandal Tony Gillingham - coming to visit. Robert: That’s okay. I want to see him. In private to Cora: I want to inspire him with thoughts of marriage. Mary tells Anna she hasn’t made up her mind yet. We do these things so weirdly. You have to decide without having spent in real time with them much less the other thing. Mary: Do you dread the future? Gillingham: Only if I have to live it without you. Mary: I do love you in my cold and unfeeling way. I don’t want to get it wrong. I intend to be as happy with my next husband as I was with my first. Gillingham tells Mary he wants them to be lovers. Another prisoner Thomas asks Baxter what she knows about Anna and Bates. Bullies her.  Molesly is putting on fake hair paint. Baxter tells Molesly about a journey Bates took and something he did that he wouldn’t want known. He would deny the journey. Mosely tells her to report him. Baxter: I can’t. Molesly is tilting his head trying to get her to see his hair. How old do you think I am? Baxter: 52. Molesly: I’m 51. Baxter says to Molesly it’s ironic for Mr. Bates to dress Gillingham because she knows about the scandal. Thomas overhears. Thomas tells Baxter he’ll tell Lady Grantham her story if she doesn’t tell him the connection between Bates and Gillingham’s dead valet. Molesly tells Baxter to tell Cora her story. It will be worse if Mr. Barrow tells her first. (Would be the most nerdy (and uncomfortable) hookup on TV.) Baxter was a friend of his sister’s growing up. She stole from a previous employer. Went to prison for three years. Thomas goes to tell Cora about Baxter and it backfires. She asks why he let a convicted felon in her house, in her bedroom when he knew every detail of her past. If you’ve been using your knowledge against her, I’ll have to consider your future here, Mr. Barrow, whether indeed you have one at all. Baxter is a Bates - won’t give Cora all the details to exonerate herself. Carson to Molesly: I don’t know why you have treated your hair, but the effects are not what you wanted. Take steps, Mr. Molesly. Take steps. You will remain downstairs until you do. DC Lines DC: There’s nothing simpler than avoiding people you don’t like. Avoiding one’s friends - that’s the real test. DC: He just wants what all men want. Isobel: Don’t be ridiculous. DC: I was referring to companionship. As I hope you were. DC: You should write a book: Daughters in Law and How to Survive Them. DC: It’s time he decided whether he’s fish, flesh, fowl, or good red herring. Edith: Aren’t you being quite snobbish? DC: We’re being realistic. Something your generation has such trouble with. DC: Principles are like prayers: noble, of course - but awkward at a party.