With the arrival of Matthew Crawley imminent everyone is anxious. Matthew finds it hard to settle into his new life in Downton and his mother Isobel is also soon at odds with Violet. Carson is shocked to be confronted by his past. Gwen has a secret correspondent.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 2 of Downton Abbey resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Downton Abbey Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Series 1, Episode 1
• s01e02 - Series 1, Episode 2
• s01e03 - Series 1, Episode 3
• s01e04 - Series 1, Episode 4
• s01e05 - Series 1, Episode 5
• s01e06 - Series 1, Episode 6
• s01e07 - Series 1, Episode 7

Downton Abbey Show Summary

The Crawleys have been the Earls of Grantham since 1772. In the drawing rooms and library and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above.

Some of them are loyal to the family and are committed to Downton as a way of life, others are moving through, on the look out for new opportunities or love or just adventure. The difference being that they know so many of the secrets of the family, while the family knows so few of theirs...