The Dowager Countess VS. Lady Rose | Downton Abbey

Clip From: Series 3 Episode 8: Matthew and Mary are keeping important secrets from each other. Carson must decide what to do with Thomas, whose future employment at Downton rests in his hands.

A visit from Violet's great-niece could have other implications after things are learned concerning her in London. Everyone is very pleased at the prospect of the upcoming village cricket match, especially Robert, who shows everyone an unexpected competitive side to his nature.

The costume drama series, Downton Abbey, written and created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes, stars Academy Award-winner Maggie Smith as a Dowager Countess of an Edwardian English country house in 1912.

The series portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them, in a time before the last vestige of a century’s old tradition were stripped away by World W*a*r and the modern age. The all-star cast also includes Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern.