Wow what a season finale last night. I really enjoyed the change of scenery with most of the family visiting Donegal castle in the Highlands of Scotland. The landscape shots were spectacular and it was exciting to see how the staff interacted on the road as well as back home with the family out of town. Not sure how you could love Anna or Carson anymore before this episode but Anna's reeling in honor of Mr. Bates and Carson caring for Baby Sybil stole my heart.
I found it an intriguing decision to flash forward a year and half from the previous season, but since the second to last episode had its own season finale feeling, it didn't seem like they had left anything unresolved in the year plus lapse. I do wonder that since Dan Stevens, who plays Matthew Crawley, had announced his departure from the show a few months ago, the writers pushed the timeline up for the season finale on purpose.
SPOLIERS: So let's get to the big elephant in the room. Mary and Matthew successfully produced a male heir at the end of the episode and they left us with the image of a perfect family. Matthew, the doting father and husband, reminded us all why we adore him. But in true Downton fashion, happiness is only temporary. Just like Bates was unjustly imprisoned right after he and Anna wed, like Sybil died of birthing complications after giving birth to her and Tom's daughter and first child, Matthew was ripped from Mary, dying in a horrific car accident on his way to Downton from the hospital to fill the family in on his and Mary's wonderful news. While it was a definitive end to the Matthew storyline, it leaves me concerned about how Lady Mary will react to the news. Also did anyone notice that Baby Boy Crawley was not named in the episode? My money is on him being named Matthew after his father, just as Sybil was named for her mother.
Now all there is to do is wait for season 4. 2014 is so far away!
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