She DESERVED someone to love and adore her for the incredible woman she is. And Bertie was just that. He gave her the respect and admiration she deserved and allowed her to spread her wings!
It was Michael Gregson who gave her those wings, and Tom Branson who encouraged her to use them -- two men who loved her unconditionally, if in different ways -- that allowed her to become the incredible woman that Bertie met and fell in love with.
@@robboyte1101 That is very true! And Matthew also encouraged along her personal journey. I was just so happy for her in this moment because I felt she was constantly being overlooked.
@@Anaxiphile A great deal of her vindictiveness was in response to Mary's constant put downs. She didn't react well to that, but she didn't have the tools, so to speak, to deal with Mary. Mary herself was not at all happy until she married Matthew and when he died she went back to misery. Tom got her out of herself by giving her the chance to work at running the estate with him, then leaving her to do it all herself. I think without Tom both Mary and Edith wouldn't have managed to be happy. Matthew encouraged Edith in the beginning of her writing career, but in the end it was Tom who helped both Mary and Edith the most. The family was lucky to have him.
I think an underrated friendship is the development between Anna and Thomas. They’ve come so far since season one and watching Thomas grow to a mature man is so nice
That was one of the most satisfying moments of the show. Lady Edith truly deserved a happy ending. She was a woman ahead of her time in many ways and lovely Laura Carmichael played her so bloody well.
Edith and Mary both ended up with their perfect partners. Bertie is very kind and devoted to Edith, she needs that constant kindness and gentleness. Henry loves Mary, but he’s independent, not obsessed with her, Mary needs independence with fidelity behind it
I loved that it ended with Edith's wedding. She went through so much and grew as a person. In a way Edith was a little of Sybil and Mary. She was headstrong but warm and understanding, ahead of her time. I loved loved that she outranked everyone on her family when she felt so little with them sometimes (most times).
Her outranking everyone was not important. Edith simply wanted a man she loved that loved her. she would have been just as happy living with Berite in London and their running the magazine together. I always wished his cousin had not died. Both would have been happier. We saw that in the movies. to me it seemed they made the best of doing their duty to his title and were at least content they were together.
Im the eldest as well and I didnt like how mary bullied edith. As the eldest, you should know that you always have the advantage and it is your responsibility to take care of your younger siblings- not fucking take things from them 🙄. Sybill was my favorite character until her untimely demise but them after that, it was edith because of the growth of her character.
The way that Edith handles the obstacle between herself (including her own family especially Mary), telling Bertie’s mother about Marigold is proof positive of Edith’s full transformation. The wedding is indeed a much deserved final happiness for her in the series. I teared up a bit when I watched this episode. Simply beautiful. ❤️
The only thing for me is Edith saying goodbye to her sister Mary. I admire her for that I'm afraid that had that been ME, I would have given Mary the cold shoulder and walked straight past her, without a second glance.
I got huge goose bumps when she coming down stairs and Robert's expression on seeing her. Almost cried! (I saw this episode before). I really truly wanted Edith to be happy with someone special.
I love how they show Mr. Bates, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Patmore, Daisy and the others from downstairs all smiling as Edith walked down the aisle. They all were so happy for her and Mr. Carson looked so proud of her!
I can see where you're coming from, but I dislike hypocrisy, and Carson, was as quick to snub Lady Edith over thr years as the rest of the family, so to see him strutting like a peacock, all proud feathers now that Lady Edith is a marchioness makes me feel rather sick.
@@CrazyMothafucka211 It's well known that Carson ALWAYS favoured lady Mary, from the word GO. He simply followed the family's lead, and kept Lady Edith fsr more at arms length, and like the rest if the family and staff, held Edith in MUCH lower esteem than lady Mary. So by default, that makes him as guilty as anyone else of putting Edith down as useless, all her life. Mary gets uoset abd Carson comforts her as if she were his own daughter, but there's no way in the world, that he'd be quite so quick to comfort Edith. That's what I meant when I said that strutting like a peacock and all oh dear darling Edith as she walked down the aisle is simply hypocrisy in my book. It happened to me too,even tho obviously I'm not in the upper echelon of society, but still from middle class parents and a broken home to boot. Maybe it's made me more sensitive to falsehood and hypocrisy,but my 100% feelings of congratulations on a wonderful match of a husband, no-one deserves it more, and sympathy for her tough past in her cold stiff upper lip Family, and how she coped so well with it in every possible way.
Class, the English have class where most Americans don't, we as Americans used to be classy, but lately not so much. I love the English the country and The Queen 👸!!!!!!
@@lindacallahan7388 Americans have class, taste and style. You just have dig deep, deep, deep, deep beyond a sea of Red, White and Blue to discover it again. But I will say this, God Save Us All! 🇬🇧👑🇺🇸💜🕊️🙏🏾
I remember my wedding day, pitty it only lasted two years, my wife passed peacefully away in her sleep at the age of 25, seeing this beautiful wedding of lady Edith reminds me of the beauty of life,
Edith grew up and loved herself and her own life. She discovered her passions and contentment and that’s when Birdie bumped into her. ❤️ I love this for her.
That’s why I like Edith best, too. She ran her own life. She was doing well with her magazine. She had her daughter. She would have done just fine, even if she hadn’t fallen in love with a handsome, wealthy man who actually fell in love with her first.
One of the best things in Downton is that the characters are not ‘good’ or ‘bad’. They’re both because they’re human. Edith has her spiteful side that mellows with maturity and increased self worth as she carved out her own life. Mary’s arrogance is tested and reduced with her life experiences. Sybil is the angel but actually, she shows a hot headed, stubbornness that meant she wasn’t a push-over. The same is true of all the characters. Thomas, for example, is both villain and victim, traitor and hero. Few shows are able to pull this off smoothly and write such rounded characters.
I wonder if Cora felt a little sad. To hear her daughter say that she had never felt completely happy before. I was beaming when I watched it. Finally Edith the put upon sister gets some good luck after all her heartache. She looks absolutely radiant :)
@@natalieh8023 yes she felt sorry for herself, but a lot of that was because she was always made to feel lesser than. Mary was the adored first child, and Sybil was a sweetheart, she could have made a good match if she wanted to, but she wasn't going to be bothered if she couldn't. I am not too fond of Edith, she did so many questionable things. But she really grew into herself the moment she stopped trying to gain a sense of worth from her family, and decided to make herself happy.
One of my favorite moments in the entire show. If anyone deserved a happy ending it is Edith. And i love how proud Robert is, they gotten so far since season 1/2.
What bothers me about Robert's pride in her is that it is based on making a great match, not on how she has evolved as a person. Shows what a snob he is at heart.
@@deesestone1382 not really. He became pridefull of her at the end of season 5. When he realised how much he and Cora neglected her. In season 6 he shows how proud he is multiple times, even before Bertie's rank up and after he dumbed her. He showed allot of intrest in her magazine and believed she could be one of the most interesting women of her time
I always liked the poetic justice that when the show ended, Edith outranked everyone, even her father, and Mary married (literally) a used car salesman.
And I love that Mary had grown enough as a person not to mind the difference in status. The Lady Mary we met earlier on in the show would never have kept her pregnancy from her family just because it was Edith's special day.
Mary kept on harping about talbot’s lack of societal standing before finally marrying him - if anyone deserved to get this poetic justice - it was she … ultimately she is reduced to neither a countess nor a duchess - just a Lady Mary 😝😜 which for a person of her ego must have been a massive jolt
@@Jemini4228 technically she didn’t. When they first found out Bertie was the new Marquess and still wanted to marry Edith, Mary was horrified! It wasn’t until she broke them up by spitefully revealing the truth about Marigold and then getting her 2nd happily ever after first by marrying Henry that she finally ‘allowed’ Edith to be happy. Remember what Edith said, when Mary is unhappy then no one around her is allowed to be happy and she will do what she can to make everyone miserable. When Mary is happy only then is she ‘somewhat nicer’ which shows just how selfish she is.
@The mysterious Miss X A stuck up, nasty, spiteful woman? Mary always wanted to outdo her sisters and was a mean, horrible person who liked to cause misery to make herself feel or look better. Thankfully the character grew up, found some kindness and let Edith have her big day. To call people peasants is disgusting and boasting some relatives were supposedly rich is nothing to brag about. You need to grow up and realise nobody cares if some distant relative was rich which back then they used hard workers and appaling conditions to become wealthy. If you relate to the sneering, uppity, obnoxious, malicious Mary then you should look to changing yourself. Mary always looked down on others when she had secrets like sleeping with a man before she married which was shocking back in 1912.
I loved this! Sure, Edith made some mistakes here and there, but she had her nice moments too. She always picked herself up again and grew as a person. She definitely deserved her happy ending!
I always wanted Edith to stand up to Mary, regarding Marigold, and remind “Miss High & Mighty” just WHOM had dropped their nickers for a man in less than 48 hrs and subsequently drug his dead body around the house to conceal their deadly tryst & protect her hypocritical reputation!🤨
@@stephaniemcpherson2558Except Edith already pulled that moment writing to the Turkish Ambassador, that could have very well ruined Mary's life entirely and Edith's by association if it got picked up and blown up by the press. Edith and Mary were both horrid to each other, that was just how they worked, yet when push comes to shove and something truly terrible happens (like Sybil's death) they do come together somewhat. They're like oil and water, or fire and ice.
@@stephaniemcpherson2558 Okay but Mary was assaulted, she was cornered and pressured into saying yes but was extremely reluctant. Also he said if she screamed everyone would think he had her already. As mean as Mary was that clearly was a very traumatic experience and the way Cora handled that was disgusting.
This series was a high point in television history with many good reasons why. I noticed once again that one reason was the music. When Edith was coming down the stairs in her wedding gown, the music and lighting made her and her surroundings positively ethereal.
I agree that this show is a high point in TV, mostly because it shows that there can be good TV that is also lighthearted. Most of the lauded shows of the recent years have been more on the violent or depressing side (Breaking Bad, Mad Men, GoT).
I love Edith. She is my favorite. Mary not so much but she softened with Edith and it was nice to see. Mary was much more at ease, even her tone and voice had warmth. I absolutely adore Tom and the way the family took to him.
I love Edith and I ABSOLUTELY think she deserved all the happiness that came to her in the end. I'm so stinking proud of her for telling Bertie's mother the truth about Marigold. I can't wait to see her in Downton Abbey: A New Era!
Lord Merton and Lady Isobel are my favorite characters in Downton Abbey. And because I never saw this finale episode before, I didn't know until just now that Lord Merton's anemia had been misdiagnosed as pernicious anemia, but that he actually had iron deficiency anemia, which could be managed. Back in those days pernicious anemia was a death sentence.
@@Jemini4228 Yes, Lord Merton is a true gentleman, refined but not stuffy. He and Isobel are perfect together in the way that they bring out the best in one another, even when difficult circumstances arise.
After his small role as awful Larry Grey's father, he wrote the producers a thank you note. It must have seemed in character. They started finding things for him to do, and so and so on . . . Douglas Reith called it the best thank you note he'd ever written.
Daisy. Edith looked radiant - from her gorgeous gown, beautiful smile, and her father’s pride in his daughter’s choices. She waited and found the love ❤️ of her life!!
I was sad for her being jilted at the altar, but Sir Anthony did what was best for her. He knew she would eventually be taking care of an old man if he had married her, possibly not even achieving her dream of becoming a mother. It took her a while but she found the right one in Bertie. Incidentally, Laura Carmichael’s real-life boyfriend is Michael C Fox, who plays Andrew Parker, the footman.
@@taroman7100dear lord, are you negative. I liked Anthony Strallen a lot, such a kind and noble man, same with Bertie. Nothing wrong with a kind, gentle and sensitive man who is loyal and honorable.
"If you're proud of me, please be as proud as you want, as long as you like." I don't know about anyone else, but I waited a long time to hear those words.
@The mysterious Miss X Sorry to hear that - maybe your day will come soon. Therapy helped me get over a hard early life and allow love in. Maybe it would help you?
Edith's wedding .. is one of the most beautiful ones .. It is my favourite .. and you almost hold your breathe in fear something wrong will happen .. Also, the exchange she had with her dad is the sweetest .. I love Robert and his relationship with his daughters .. he doesn't show it much but in that moment .. it was the sweetest .. to tell his daughter that he is proud of the woman she has become .. he is proud of her choices and he find the man she chose is suitable .. he was proud to walk her down the isle :) .. that is perfect ... what every daughter really ask of her dad .. support and love.
Nerdy Snaildie; es uno de los momentos más bonitos de la serie. Me encanta cuando el padre la está esperando al pié de la escalera. Me encanta este final para Edith y tmb el novio!
Growing up, I knew three sisters who were very much like the Crawley girls. The oldest two were always always at it, and the youngest was going to the beat of a different drum. It was maddening; nothing could make the oldest two get along, and I loved them both very much.
LOL! I know a family like the one she described but I know they had a very narcissistic and neglectful mother who played them against each other at a very young age. They had to all live to serve and protect the feelings of the mother.
Yes it can happen in family's and they will be nice to other people but not each other .People call Mary a snob but thats not fair Edith is as well she dosen show concern for the servants
Never thought I would end up watching this show, but was recommended to try it by family. Now i wish I could re-watch it all over again. One of the most genuine pieces of content I have come across.
I have no doubt that I'll get shot oen for being a bit blunt. No-one deserved her lovely wedding MORE than lady Edith, who has been cruelly treated all her life, but in a way, I admire her MOST for being so forgiving. Her father's remarks that he was proud of her, and later that he had a sense of achievement, her mothers saccharine sweetness at the reeption. The snarky comments by Lady mary about sisters have secretsand I didn't see her kiss her sister goodbye at her send of on her honeymoon. I just get the impression, that all the goodwill they showed on Lady Ediths big day was all superficial snd that underneath it all they were glad to get her off their hands. Yet Lady Edith showed nothing but kindness and love as she moved along the throng of people at the reception and travel send off. For ME! The highlight of the day, was Dr Clarkson blothely coming up in the church, to tell Isabel and her husband that he had ordinary iron deficient anaemia and not the killer Pernicious type. He rather chose his moment, but that really cheered me up no end. I'm delighted that Lady Edith is finally and happily married to a good, loving and supportive husband. But apart from the principles of the whole affaire. I would have been less than friendly to the very people who had scorned and belittled her right through her life. I HATE hypocrisy and im those days it ran from the bottom to the top. It comes home to me all the more, as Im many respects, this is how I was treated, but then on birthdays Christmas and at festive family gatherings I was expected to be all lovey dovey under a barrage of " oh dear darling Elizabeth." Most of that lot have since died, so I'm no longer plagued by it or them, but to THIS day, anything that even vaguely reeks of that, makes me want to throw up.
After a long time we watched one wonderful series. Downtown Abby. The incredible story of our lives, each and every one of us. Kindness, selfish, jealousy, pride, snob, mean, merciful, etc… each character showing us different kind of feelings in different stages of life. We all learn how to behave during the ups and downs of life, some learn from their mistakes and climb the higher step, some don’t and fall down. We love some and hate others, but we forget that usually life gives us a second chance we should smart and alert to see and use it. Looking forward to the next sessions.
Edith so deserved her Happy Ending, she overcame so much. I also thought the moment between Anna and Barrow was so sweet, especially given everything that he tried to do to her and Mr. Bates. I miss this show so much.
I absolutely adore Dr Clarkson. An EXCELLENT doctor, but on this occasion I have to say that he DOES pick his moments. That scene in the church with his unofficial consult with the lady isabel and her fiancee/ husband in the church pews had me in fits of laughter.
And it's funny with the diagnosis which happens to be the same for Cora Crawley Countess of Grantham - pernicious anemia, must be going around among the British aristocracy, inbreeding at its best.
Lovely and loving! Bonus: It's refreshing to see such a feminine, flattering, beautiful wedding gown, vs. most modern ones which look like a strapless bathing suit with a skirt attached.
Considering this doesn’t take place in modern times it makes sense there isn’t a modern wedding dress. And I’m sure people back then thought same about her gown as you do about todays gowns.
Maybe the trend is turning back to classic wedding gowns. The daughter of former President Trump and the granddaughter of President Biden both wore modest, classic wedding gowns this year (2022). They both were truly beautiful brides.
Lady Edith (not Mary) was the true star & hero of this series! She became independent on her own, never played games when it came to love & was truly a character who grew into adulthood beautifully. Mary never really changed and stayed to her true, stiff self.
Oh no not to defend Mary but she grew too and became much more sympathetic and also more complex as a character. She has many good qualities and to say that her true self was stiff, no wrong, it is not a mistake that almost every man who meets her falls in love with her, she clearly is attractive on many levels not just physically. Edith I agree with you is a wonderful character and I am happy it turned out so well for her, she deserved it, love her self-confidence by the time she meets her husband-to-be -- a gradual development that viewers can observe as she confronts various trials, one after another.
@@deesestone1382 In real life, Mary would not be valued as much by men. Its a TV show. Most men dont like bitchy women. In fact Ive watched this show with alot of men because Ive seen it so many times and none of the men preferred Mary.
I'm glad Edith was able to enjoy her wedding day with Bertie after her previous experience at the altar 😊 I think I'd just be a ball of nerves praying it won't happen a second time
The end of Downton Abbey is proof that no matter what anyone says, the best stories have happy endings, and the words we want to hear most at the end of a story is, "and they lived happily ever after". For anyone who thinks otherwise, I have 6 words for you, "the end of Game of Thrones".
Part of me was hoping that when the priest asked if anyone objected to the marriage, the camera shot to the door and it burst open to show Michael Gregson.
I only wish Lady Rosamund, Cora and Robert had got after her when she said "Do we really have to do this now?" I hated Julian Fellowes for making Carson come in and interrupt them RIGHT at that moment.
Edith was goading Mary about Henry leaving just before that and she called him an oily mechanic she was mean on other occasions as well making snide remarks it wasn't all Mary
I was worried that the writer would made edith the spinster who ended up alone in a sad way. But i’m glad that she had a successful career AND found her true love with her prince charming. These two things are usually mutually exclusive to female characters but i’m so happy that she got both and it’s way overdue. Just like what robert said: nobody can plan on a brilliant match. Also i feel like among the three daughters, robert had the closest relationship with edith. Cora’s favorite is obviously mary, and sybil got attention from both parent. But edith and robert shared some tender memories that i really like to watch over and over again. Also i think mary and sybil got cora’s look, while edith got robert’s.
Yes, early in the series Edith was designated as "the plain one" whose job is to remain single and take care of her parents in their old age. (Which used to be a very real thing; no one stopped to think about what would happen to that daughter after the parents died and she was left a middle-aged spinster.)
I always thought Sybil was Cora's favorite, as she was also the one who most resembled her in character and kind nature... and I think they also bared a slight physical resemblance, I could easily believe they were mother-daughter IRL, if I didn't know them :)
I think she wouldn’t have wanted to give up her work, grand achievement of being a WOMAN magazine editor, and city lifestyle for the lifestyle of English country semi-aristocratic wife. And Tom wasn’t quite ready yet to love and commit again.
I adored this series and each actor/actress in it! Each & every single one was important to the overall success in making this a much “beloved series!” ♥️
2023 watching them all over again and as much as I keep up with the story I love the era from Victorian to Edwardian the roaring 20’s I find myself looking at the furniture, clothes and the background lol
I love how it shows growth for Mary also as in the early seasons she wouldn't have missed a chance to upstage Edith but here she doesn't and waits until she's on honeymoon to announce her pregnancy.
I always preferred Edith over Mary. Mary came off as vindictive and cruel, and so so jealous of everyone who had any attention on them. Poetic Justice at its best.
She didn't have to instigate as much as she did same with Mary... but Edith really shouldn't have ever been ashamed to be as outspoken as she was. At the end I always conclusively liked Edith! All of the characters had flaws.. loved em all
@eathridge9215 I totally agree with you and with good reason. Mary was a cruel vindictive, cold snobby and heartless creatute, who only ever loved herself, and no one else.
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Seeing Edith get married and so happily after everything her character went through just warmed my heart!
I still get teary-eyed seeing Edith come down the stairs in her wedding dress, knowing that things are finally going to work out for her this time.
I cried!!!
She DESERVED someone to love and adore her for the incredible woman she is. And Bertie was just that. He gave her the respect and admiration she deserved and allowed her to spread her wings!
It was Michael Gregson who gave her those wings, and Tom Branson who encouraged her to use them -- two men who loved her unconditionally, if in different ways -- that allowed her to become the incredible woman that Bertie met and fell in love with.
@@robboyte1101 That is very true! And Matthew also encouraged along her personal journey. I was just so happy for her in this moment because I felt she was constantly being overlooked.
@@robboyte1101 Well said.
Her petty vindictiveness was insignificant in comparison to her many virtues, whatever they might have been.
@@Anaxiphile A great deal of her vindictiveness was in response to Mary's constant put downs. She didn't react well to that, but she didn't have the tools, so to speak, to deal with Mary. Mary herself was not at all happy until she married Matthew and when he died she went back to misery. Tom got her out of herself by giving her the chance to work at running the estate with him, then leaving her to do it all herself. I think without Tom both Mary and Edith wouldn't have managed to be happy. Matthew encouraged Edith in the beginning of her writing career, but in the end it was Tom who helped both Mary and Edith the most. The family was lucky to have him.
I think an underrated friendship is the development between Anna and Thomas. They’ve come so far since season one and watching Thomas grow to a mature man is so nice
Well said
I always had a suspicion that if Thomas was nicer to both Anna and Mr. Bates that they might have named him godfather to their baby.
After all the horrible things he did I doubt it
That was one of the most satisfying moments of the show. Lady Edith truly deserved a happy ending. She was a woman ahead of her time in many ways and lovely Laura Carmichael played her so bloody well.
I Absolutely agree when you think that she was jilted at the Alter and she was left Pregnant by her lover who got killed in Germany
Edith and Mary both ended up with their perfect partners. Bertie is very kind and devoted to Edith, she needs that constant kindness and gentleness. Henry loves Mary, but he’s independent, not obsessed with her, Mary needs independence with fidelity behind it
I loved that it ended with Edith's wedding. She went through so much and grew as a person. In a way Edith was a little of Sybil and Mary. She was headstrong but warm and understanding, ahead of her time. I loved loved that she outranked everyone on her family when she felt so little with them sometimes (most times).
Merci beaucoup de finir sur un mot positif pour Edith,,,,, bien en avance sur Son monde !🇫🇷
Her outranking everyone was not important. Edith simply wanted a man she loved that loved her. she would have been just as happy living with Berite in London and their running the magazine together. I always wished his cousin had not died. Both would have been happier. We saw that in the movies. to me it seemed they made the best of doing their duty to his title and were at least content they were together.
As a middle child myself it's especially pleasing to see things come together so well for Edith!
She was such an underrated character!
Middle child here...can definitely relate.
I'm an oldest and I hated Mary. So glad to finally see Edith coming into her own and finding a happy ending.
Im the eldest as well and I didnt like how mary bullied edith. As the eldest, you should know that you always have the advantage and it is your responsibility to take care of your younger siblings- not fucking take things from them 🙄. Sybill was my favorite character until her untimely demise but them after that, it was edith because of the growth of her character.
@@clair_di more common than uncommon
I love how Bertie's mother was spending time with Marigold. She's a sweet child who deserves a foster grandma and stepfather.
I know, Bertie's mother showing her her necklace was so, so cute!
where is that? I didn't notice
@@najiyaamjad3738 It's at 5:20! Short but sweet.
Step grandmother and stepfather. Not foster grandma
I bet Bertie officially adopted Marigold so that she could truly and legally be his daughter.
The way that Edith handles the obstacle between herself (including her own family especially Mary), telling Bertie’s mother about Marigold is proof positive of Edith’s full transformation. The wedding is indeed a much deserved final happiness for her in the series. I teared up a bit when I watched this episode. Simply beautiful. ❤️
The only thing for me is Edith saying goodbye to her sister Mary. I admire her for that
I'm afraid that had that been ME, I would have given Mary the cold shoulder and walked straight past her, without a second glance.
Edith's wedding dress is the most beautiful I have ever seen ❤
I got huge goose bumps when she coming down stairs and Robert's expression on seeing her. Almost cried! (I saw this episode before). I really truly wanted Edith to be happy with someone special.
I love how they show Mr. Bates, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Patmore, Daisy and the others from downstairs all smiling as Edith walked down the aisle. They all were so happy for her and Mr. Carson looked so proud of her!
I can see where you're coming from, but I dislike hypocrisy, and Carson, was as quick to snub Lady Edith over thr years as the rest of the family, so to see him strutting like a peacock, all proud feathers now that Lady Edith is a marchioness makes me feel rather sick.
@@lizb853 what times did he snub her? Not disagreeing but I just finished the series and don't recall this.
@@CrazyMothafucka211 It's well known that Carson ALWAYS favoured lady Mary, from the word GO. He simply followed the family's lead, and kept Lady Edith fsr more at arms length, and like the rest if the family and staff, held Edith in MUCH lower esteem than lady Mary.
So by default, that makes him as guilty as anyone else of putting Edith down as useless, all her life. Mary gets uoset abd Carson comforts her as if she were his own daughter, but there's no way in the world, that he'd be quite so quick to comfort Edith. That's what I meant when I said that strutting like a peacock and all oh dear darling Edith as she walked down the aisle is simply hypocrisy in my book. It happened to me too,even tho obviously I'm not in the upper echelon of society, but still from middle class parents and a broken home to boot. Maybe it's made me more sensitive to falsehood and hypocrisy,but my 100% feelings of congratulations on a wonderful match of a husband,
no-one deserves it more, and sympathy for her tough past in her cold stiff upper lip Family, and how she coped so well with it in every possible way.
@@lizb853 Yes he favoured Lady Mary but he didn't treat Lady Edith badly, don't exagerate.
@@lizb853 there's not one instance where Carson mistreats her. It's just that mary is his favourite
"What do you think makes the English the way we are?"
"Opinions differ, some say our history. But I blame the weather."
Dame Maggie Smith is such a delight with her witty comebacks lol
@@CaitCher We don't call her the Queen of the Quips for nothing. 😂🇬🇧👑
Funny and possibly accurate, 🤣
Class, the English have class where most Americans don't, we as Americans used to be classy, but lately not so much. I love the English the country and The Queen 👸!!!!!!
@@lindacallahan7388 Americans have class, taste and style. You just have dig deep, deep, deep, deep beyond a sea of Red, White and Blue to discover it again. But I will say this, God Save Us All! 🇬🇧👑🇺🇸💜🕊️🙏🏾
I saw this gown in person in a Downton Abbey exhibition. It is stunning - absolutely stunning in person .
I remember my wedding day, pitty it only lasted two years, my wife passed peacefully away in her sleep at the age of 25, seeing this beautiful wedding of lady Edith reminds me of the beauty of life,
I’m so sorry about the loss of your young wife. At least you had two years.
May God bless you. ❤️
MHDSRIP 🙏❤️
Rest in Peace 🕊️ Sweet Princess may flights of Angels carry thee to thy Rest 💜
So sorry for your loss .
Edith grew up and loved herself and her own life. She discovered her passions and contentment and that’s when Birdie bumped into her. ❤️ I love this for her.
That’s why I like Edith best, too. She ran her own life. She was doing well with her magazine. She had her daughter. She would have done just fine, even if she hadn’t fallen in love with a handsome, wealthy man who actually fell in love with her first.
One of the best things in Downton is that the characters are not ‘good’ or ‘bad’. They’re both because they’re human. Edith has her spiteful side that mellows with maturity and increased self worth as she carved out her own life. Mary’s arrogance is tested and reduced with her life experiences. Sybil is the angel but actually, she shows a hot headed, stubbornness that meant she wasn’t a push-over. The same is true of all the characters. Thomas, for example, is both villain and victim, traitor and hero. Few shows are able to pull this off smoothly and write such rounded characters.
Very well said.
Agreed. Very well written. Even if viewers who love to hate are confused by the lack of baddies and goodies, they like their shows in black and white.
So happy about Lord Morton’s good news too!❤❤❤
Sorry to interrupt but I still hate Mary for what she had done to Edith. She wanted to ruin her sisters life just because she felt she was abononed.
@@fridakahlo4225Edith did the same thing to Mary. She also started it when Mary revealed her secret.
I wonder if Cora felt a little sad. To hear her daughter say that she had never felt completely happy before. I was beaming when I watched it. Finally Edith the put upon sister gets some good luck after all her heartache. She looks absolutely radiant :)
Cora said in the 1st season that she didn’t believe Edith would ever marry and would stay with her parents until she was old
Edith was always whiny and trying to get people to feel sorry for her, that’s why Mary was always able to read her to filth.
@@natalieh8023 yes she felt sorry for herself, but a lot of that was because she was always made to feel lesser than. Mary was the adored first child, and Sybil was a sweetheart, she could have made a good match if she wanted to, but she wasn't going to be bothered if she couldn't. I am not too fond of Edith, she did so many questionable things. But she really grew into herself the moment she stopped trying to gain a sense of worth from her family, and decided to make herself happy.
One of my favorite moments in the entire show. If anyone deserved a happy ending it is Edith.
And i love how proud Robert is, they gotten so far since season 1/2.
What bothers me about Robert's pride in her is that it is based on making a great match, not on how she has evolved as a person. Shows what a snob he is at heart.
@@deesestone1382 not really. He became pridefull of her at the end of season 5. When he realised how much he and Cora neglected her.
In season 6 he shows how proud he is multiple times, even before Bertie's rank up and after he dumbed her. He showed allot of intrest in her magazine and believed she could be one of the most interesting women of her time
I always liked the poetic justice that when the show ended, Edith outranked everyone, even her father, and Mary married (literally) a used car salesman.
And I love that Mary had grown enough as a person not to mind the difference in status. The Lady Mary we met earlier on in the show would never have kept her pregnancy from her family just because it was Edith's special day.
@@Jemini4228 Mary is the heir apparent's mother, she doesn't need more to feel, as she has always done, superior to everybody else in the family ;) .
Mary kept on harping about talbot’s lack of societal standing before finally marrying him - if anyone deserved to get this poetic justice - it was she … ultimately she is reduced to neither a countess nor a duchess - just a Lady Mary 😝😜 which for a person of her ego must have been a massive jolt
@@Jemini4228 technically she didn’t. When they first found out Bertie was the new Marquess and still wanted to marry Edith, Mary was horrified! It wasn’t until she broke them up by spitefully revealing the truth about Marigold and then getting her 2nd happily ever after first by marrying Henry that she finally ‘allowed’ Edith to be happy.
Remember what Edith said, when Mary is unhappy then no one around her is allowed to be happy and she will do what she can to make everyone miserable. When Mary is happy only then is she ‘somewhat nicer’ which shows just how selfish she is.
@The mysterious Miss X A stuck up, nasty, spiteful woman? Mary always wanted to outdo her sisters and was a mean, horrible person who liked to cause misery to make herself feel or look better. Thankfully the character grew up, found some kindness and let Edith have her big day. To call people peasants is disgusting and boasting some relatives were supposedly rich is nothing to brag about. You need to grow up and realise nobody cares if some distant relative was rich which back then they used hard workers and appaling conditions to become wealthy. If you relate to the sneering, uppity, obnoxious, malicious Mary then you should look to changing yourself. Mary always looked down on others when she had secrets like sleeping with a man before she married which was shocking back in 1912.
I loved this! Sure, Edith made some mistakes here and there, but she had her nice moments too. She always picked herself up again and grew as a person. She definitely deserved her happy ending!
I always wanted Edith to stand up to Mary, regarding Marigold, and remind “Miss High & Mighty” just WHOM had dropped their nickers for a man in less than 48 hrs and subsequently drug his dead body around the house to conceal their deadly tryst & protect her hypocritical reputation!🤨
She was mean because her entire family was verbally abusive to her. Especially Mary.
@@stephaniemcpherson2558Except Edith already pulled that moment writing to the Turkish Ambassador, that could have very well ruined Mary's life entirely and Edith's by association if it got picked up and blown up by the press. Edith and Mary were both horrid to each other, that was just how they worked, yet when push comes to shove and something truly terrible happens (like Sybil's death) they do come together somewhat. They're like oil and water, or fire and ice.
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Okay but Mary was assaulted, she was cornered and pressured into saying yes but was extremely reluctant. Also he said if she screamed everyone would think he had her already. As mean as Mary was that clearly was a very traumatic experience and the way Cora handled that was disgusting.
This series was a high point in television history with many good reasons why. I noticed once again that one reason was the music. When Edith was coming down the stairs in her wedding gown, the music and lighting made her and her surroundings positively ethereal.
I agree that this show is a high point in TV, mostly because it shows that there can be good TV that is also lighthearted. Most of the lauded shows of the recent years have been more on the violent or depressing side (Breaking Bad, Mad Men, GoT).
I must cease watching these short clips as I want to watch all the series again, but I must forget it all before I can.
I always thought Edith was beautiful, original and clever. She looks radiant in her wedding gown 💕
I love Edith. She is my favorite. Mary not so much but she softened with Edith and it was nice to see. Mary was much more at ease, even her tone and voice had warmth. I absolutely adore Tom and the way the family took to him.
Loved Edith’s character. She deserved every bit of her happy ending!
I love Edith and I ABSOLUTELY think she deserved all the happiness that came to her in the end. I'm so stinking proud of her for telling Bertie's mother the truth about Marigold. I can't wait to see her in Downton Abbey: A New Era!
Actually she's not very happy she's complaining
But perhaps by now you have seen it
Lil off topic, but Lord Merton is so sweet.
Lord Merton and Lady Isobel are my favorite characters in Downton Abbey. And because I never saw this finale episode before, I didn't know until just now that Lord Merton's anemia had been misdiagnosed as pernicious anemia, but that he actually had iron deficiency anemia, which could be managed. Back in those days pernicious anemia was a death sentence.
I love his relationship with Isobel and that she found love again with someone so nice and easygoing:)
@@Jemini4228 Yes, Lord Merton is a true gentleman, refined but not stuffy. He and Isobel are perfect together in the way that they bring out the best in one another, even when difficult circumstances arise.
He is indeed!
After his small role as awful Larry Grey's father, he wrote the producers a thank you note. It must have seemed in character. They started finding things for him to do, and so and so on . . . Douglas Reith called it the best thank you note he'd ever written.
Loved the character of Edith, glad the writers gave her a happy ending. ❤🎉
Oh it warms my heart that Edith has her happy day!
Daisy. Edith looked radiant - from her gorgeous gown, beautiful smile, and her father’s pride in his daughter’s choices. She waited and found the love ❤️ of her life!!
I was sad for her being jilted at the altar, but Sir Anthony did what was best for her. He knew she would eventually be taking care of an old man if he had married her, possibly not even achieving her dream of becoming a mother. It took her a while but she found the right one in Bertie. Incidentally, Laura Carmichael’s real-life boyfriend is Michael C Fox, who plays Andrew Parker, the footman.
Edith was so desperate. First, the farmer! then the creepy old guy! then Michael who was the best! Bertie was a wormy momma's boy.
@@taroman7100dear lord, are you negative. I liked Anthony Strallen a lot, such a kind and noble man, same with Bertie. Nothing wrong with a kind, gentle and sensitive man who is loyal and honorable.
Her wedding dress was the prettiest 😍
"If you're proud of me, please be as proud as you want, as long as you like."
I don't know about anyone else, but I waited a long time to hear those words.
I loved that line, it was so vulnerable. Lord Grantham was often harsh with her.
@@shabyheltayI don't recall him actually being harsh
Edith definitely deserved her happy ending after everything she’s been through ❤️
I could only see her with Michael. He was a man's man.
@The mysterious Miss X Sorry to hear that - maybe your day will come soon. Therapy helped me get over a hard early life and allow love in. Maybe it would help you?
@The mysterious Miss X Wishing you love & luck 🍀 in the future! ♥️
Edith's wedding .. is one of the most beautiful ones .. It is my favourite .. and you almost hold your breathe in fear something wrong will happen .. Also, the exchange she had with her dad is the sweetest .. I love Robert and his relationship with his daughters .. he doesn't show it much but in that moment .. it was the sweetest .. to tell his daughter that he is proud of the woman she has become .. he is proud of her choices and he find the man she chose is suitable .. he was proud to walk her down the isle :) .. that is perfect ... what every daughter really ask of her dad .. support and love.
Breath not breathe! Learn correct grammar ffs!
Nerdy Snaildie; es uno de los momentos más bonitos de la serie. Me encanta cuando el padre la está esperando al pié de la escalera. Me encanta este final para Edith y tmb el novio!
Growing up, I knew three sisters who were very much like the Crawley girls. The oldest two were always always at it, and the youngest was going to the beat of a different drum. It was maddening; nothing could make the oldest two get along, and I loved them both very much.
I'm sure you love your older sisters
@@gutsfinky I just have one....?
LOL! I know a family like the one she described but I know they had a very narcissistic and neglectful mother who played them against each other at a very young age. They had to all live to serve and protect the feelings of the mother.
It’s mostly a parental mistake not to correct such a problem in early childhood.
There is a lot parents can do do make sure siblings get along better.
Yes it can happen in family's and they will be nice to other people but not each other .People call Mary a snob but thats not fair Edith is as well she dosen show concern for the servants
Never thought I would end up watching this show, but was recommended to try it by family. Now i wish I could re-watch it all over again. One of the most genuine pieces of content I have come across.
Since my husband passed it's been the only comfort to and calm my mind.
@@taroman7100 Sorry for your loss. I can see how this show can be a comforting escape.
@@taroman7100 I am so very sorry for you Joanie! My heart goes out to you! God Bless you!♥️
Which country are you in? It’s all on Netflix here in UK.
@@taroman7100😢
LOVE HER GOWN!! She'll be happy forever!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
It is my favourite gown out of all of the sisters!
I have no doubt that I'll get shot oen for being a bit blunt.
No-one deserved her lovely wedding
MORE than lady Edith, who has been cruelly treated all her life, but in a way, I admire her MOST for being so forgiving.
Her father's remarks that he was proud of her, and later that he had a sense of achievement, her mothers saccharine sweetness at the reeption. The snarky comments by Lady mary about sisters have secretsand I didn't see her kiss her sister goodbye at her send of on her honeymoon.
I just get the impression, that all the goodwill they showed on Lady Ediths big day was all superficial snd that underneath it all they were glad to get her off their hands.
Yet Lady Edith showed nothing but kindness and love as she moved along the throng of people at the reception and travel send off.
For ME! The highlight of the day, was Dr Clarkson blothely coming up in the church, to tell Isabel and her husband that he had ordinary iron deficient anaemia and not the killer
Pernicious type. He rather chose his moment, but that really cheered me up no end.
I'm delighted that Lady Edith is finally and happily married to a good, loving and supportive husband. But apart from the principles of the whole affaire. I would have been less than friendly to the very people who had scorned and belittled her right through her life.
I HATE hypocrisy and im those days it ran from the bottom to the top.
It comes home to me all the more, as Im many respects, this is how I was treated, but then on birthdays Christmas and at festive family gatherings I was expected to be all lovey dovey under a barrage of
" oh dear darling Elizabeth." Most of that lot have since died, so I'm no longer plagued by it or them, but to THIS day, anything that even vaguely reeks of that, makes me want to throw up.
It is my favorite gown too! I so agree with you KAREN! Beautiful & feminine…. This gown & veil was exquisite! ♥️
This should’ve been the first gown and her first gown should’ve been this one. I LOVED her first gown. It was so gorgeous!!!
Lady Edith looks like a portrait of Tudor royalty, very English and proper and elegant.
She had the best wedding dresses! Both times
After a long time we watched one wonderful series. Downtown Abby. The incredible story of our lives, each and every one of us. Kindness, selfish, jealousy, pride, snob, mean, merciful, etc… each character showing us different kind of feelings in different stages of life. We all learn how to behave during the ups and downs of life, some learn from their mistakes and climb the higher step, some don’t and fall down. We love some and hate others, but we forget that usually life gives us a second chance we should smart and alert to see and use it. Looking forward to the next sessions.
Edith so deserved her Happy Ending, she overcame so much. I also thought the moment between Anna and Barrow was so sweet, especially given everything that he tried to do to her and Mr. Bates. I miss this show so much.
Thomas also changed. He actually asked her "what's the matter"
4:30 Robert’s glaring at him like “You better not leave”
Laura said that when she and Harry were at the altar, they couldn't help giggling when they looked at each other. The director left it in.
I absolutely adore Dr Clarkson. An EXCELLENT doctor, but on this occasion I have to say that he DOES pick his moments.
That scene in the church with his unofficial consult with the lady isabel and her fiancee/ husband in the church pews had me in fits of laughter.
And it's funny with the diagnosis which happens to be the same for Cora Crawley Countess of Grantham - pernicious anemia, must be going around among the British aristocracy, inbreeding at its best.
@@deesestone1382I never cared for the Dr Clarkson. Especially when he miss diagnosed Sybil's child birth. He was a bad doctor and killed her.
Lovely and loving! Bonus: It's refreshing to see such a feminine, flattering, beautiful wedding gown, vs. most modern ones which look like a strapless bathing suit with a skirt attached.
Amen! And Mary’s first wedding dress was a disappointment. Maybe it just didn’t photograph well.
Considering this doesn’t take place in modern times it makes sense there isn’t a modern wedding dress. And I’m sure people back then thought same about her gown as you do about todays gowns.
Maybe the trend is turning back to classic wedding gowns. The daughter of former President Trump and the granddaughter of President Biden both wore modest, classic wedding gowns this year (2022). They both were truly beautiful brides.
I felt so bad for Edith. So glad she finally found happiness.
Always thought that she would be happy married. She really made much of her self!
Lovely wedding for the sweet Edith! 👏👏😍😍
Of all the Crawley's I liked Edith the most. just something so believable and sweet about her character.
Me too, my granddaughter looks like her, so I had a soft spot
Lady Edith (not Mary) was the true star & hero of this series! She became independent on her own, never played games when it came to love & was truly a character who grew into adulthood beautifully. Mary never really changed and stayed to her true, stiff self.
Truth.
Yes! You can say THAT again.
Oh no not to defend Mary but she grew too and became much more sympathetic and also more complex as a character. She has many good qualities and to say that her true self was stiff, no wrong, it is not a mistake that almost every man who meets her falls in love with her, she clearly is attractive on many levels not just physically. Edith I agree with you is a wonderful character and I am happy it turned out so well for her, she deserved it, love her self-confidence by the time she meets her husband-to-be -- a gradual development that viewers can observe as she confronts various trials, one after another.
@@deesestone1382 In real life, Mary would not be valued as much by men. Its a TV show. Most men dont like bitchy women. In fact Ive watched this show with alot of men because Ive seen it so many times and none of the men preferred Mary.
My Husband and I just saw the movie. We are Downton Abby Fans. We've watched all of the seasons and the previous movie. We loved this one too.
I so loved the last episode. Most characters got that happy ending
Me too
"We're sisters and sisters have secrets."
The gratuitous use of that early electric vibrator in the bedroom scene was not necessary....!
Watched the entire series so captured I couldn't stop! Seeing just 7min makes me miss them all over again!!
I'm glad Edith was able to enjoy her wedding day with Bertie after her previous experience at the altar 😊 I think I'd just be a ball of nerves praying it won't happen a second time
You can see tension lift off her when the vicar says the 'speak now or forever hold your peace' bit.
Good for Edith, she has a lot to offer.
Edith was my absolute favourite of this show!
The end of Downton Abbey is proof that no matter what anyone says, the best stories have happy endings, and the words we want to hear most at the end of a story is, "and they lived happily ever after". For anyone who thinks otherwise, I have 6 words for you, "the end of Game of Thrones".
Agree!!!
Part of me was hoping that when the priest asked if anyone objected to the marriage, the camera shot to the door and it burst open to show Michael Gregson.
I would have loved that, too.
Oh no that would be awful
I’m glad Tom got after Mary for what she did and Mary came to her senses…
I only wish Lady Rosamund, Cora and Robert had got after her when she said "Do we really have to do this now?" I hated Julian Fellowes for making Carson come in and interrupt them RIGHT at that moment.
I was so proud of Tom in that moment. You could tell how angry he was.
Tom basically took Sybil’s place as referee between Mary and Edith.
Edith was goading Mary about Henry leaving just before that and she called him an oily mechanic she was mean on other occasions as well making snide remarks it wasn't all Mary
You know among the sibs, I always loved and felt sorry for Edith I'm so glad she gets the happy ending
At last to see Edith loved and happy worth waiting for
As a middle child of a noble House, I feel Edith’s character spiritually. So glad she got her happy ending❤️.
This is the BEST show on television, EVER!
I was worried that the writer would made edith the spinster who ended up alone in a sad way. But i’m glad that she had a successful career AND found her true love with her prince charming. These two things are usually mutually exclusive to female characters but i’m so happy that she got both and it’s way overdue. Just like what robert said: nobody can plan on a brilliant match.
Also i feel like among the three daughters, robert had the closest relationship with edith. Cora’s favorite is obviously mary, and sybil got attention from both parent. But edith and robert shared some tender memories that i really like to watch over and over again. Also i think mary and sybil got cora’s look, while edith got robert’s.
Yes, early in the series Edith was designated as "the plain one" whose job is to remain single and take care of her parents in their old age. (Which used to be a very real thing; no one stopped to think about what would happen to that daughter after the parents died and she was left a middle-aged spinster.)
@@Cobbsouth Yup. Happened to someone I knew.
I always thought Sybil was Cora's favorite, as she was also the one who most resembled her in character and kind nature... and I think they also bared a slight physical resemblance, I could easily believe they were mother-daughter IRL, if I didn't know them :)
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Does anyone else think the show was trying to set up Tom with Edith’s editor?
It did .
I thought so too. It would have been a nice pairing but do you knownwhat happens to her in the movies? Does she take over the company or find someone?
@@IndieGirl10100 I've only seen the first Downton film but I don't think she appears.
I think she wouldn’t have wanted to give up her work, grand achievement of being a WOMAN magazine editor, and city lifestyle for the lifestyle of English country semi-aristocratic wife. And Tom wasn’t quite ready yet to love and commit again.
Yes.
I adored this series and each actor/actress in it! Each & every single one was important to the overall success in making this a much “beloved series!” ♥️
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Edith was the secret Cinderella all along.
Perfect 😊
I love Edith's happy ending, but I'm really just here for the way Isobel and Lord Merton look at each other at 4:41 aaaaaahhhhh they are so cute!!!!
Happiness so deserving for the lovely intelligent woman she is.
Say what you want about Edith but she deserved true love and happiness
And that’s what she got
I'm glad seeing Lady Edith getting happily finale married
I was so happy for her , Edith was my favorite on the show ♥️
She was my favorite too Jessica! I so agree with you!♥️
❤️❤️❤️Take Care Jessica & “WISHING YOU THE ABSOLUTE BEST!”😄
2023 watching them all over again and as much as I keep up with the story I love the era from Victorian to Edwardian the roaring 20’s I find myself looking at the furniture, clothes and the background lol
So happy for Edith ❤. Loved the tender scene between her and Lord Grantham
They make a beautiful couple, bertie was worth waiting for
There is so much tragedy throughout this show, but they gave it the perfect ending.
Edith had a beautiful dress at her first wedding. Her second dress she looked beautiful and happy. Fairy Tales come true
Lady Edith..my favourite...so deserving
Wonderful clip. Loved the wedding gown.
Me too!! I absolutely LOVE this wedding gown. One of the Best throughout the entire series. Add to it Lady Rose's gown she wore to the Blessing.
This show was outstanding and will be missed, just watched the second movie and can't wait for the third, hopefully.
Glad that she found happiness and fulfilment. Am number 5 of 6 and had a great life of freedom, travel and choices and giving back.
Edith's partners each and everyone were truly loved edith
Best downton wedding scene. Best father-daughter relationship 💖
I’m glad she got married this time but I loved her first wedding look
So glad Edith got her happy ending!
Just loved the hats!
I love how it shows growth for Mary also as in the early seasons she wouldn't have missed a chance to upstage Edith but here she doesn't and waits until she's on honeymoon to announce her pregnancy.
Simple: everyone would have disliked her for trying to upstage Edith.
It is an unwritten law not to do so on a wedding day.
Edith was always my favourite. Her marriage to Bertie was perfect, for her and the audience.
Brava Edith, luxuriate in your deserved happiness 💖
Edith’s dress is beautiful ❤
I always preferred Edith over Mary. Mary came off as vindictive and cruel, and so so jealous of everyone who had any attention on them. Poetic Justice at its best.
Game, set, and match to Edith.
*"I'm getting a little verklempt..."*
Love it...I am hooked on this series ❤️
She didn't have to instigate as much as she did same with Mary... but Edith really shouldn't have ever been ashamed to be as outspoken as she was. At the end I always conclusively liked Edith! All of the characters had flaws.. loved em all
I never warmed to Mary.
@eathridge9215
I totally agree with you and with good reason. Mary was a cruel vindictive, cold snobby and heartless creatute, who only ever loved herself, and no one else.
Love this thanks ❤ for giving us this Downton ❤