Cora's playboy brother has got himself into a spot of bother and Robert has to make a trip to America to bail him out. Blake and Mary are forced to put aside their differences to deal with a new farming venture on the estate. When Violet is taken ill, help comes from an unlikely quarter. In spite of Mrs Hughes, Mrs Patmore and Carson's attempts to keep the peace, romantic tensions below stairs cause problems.

Downton Abbey Season 4 Episodes...

• s04e01 - Series 4, Episode 1
• s04e02 - Series 4, Episode 2
• s04e03 - Series 4, Episode 3
• s04e04 - Series 4, Episode 4
• s04e05 - Series 4, Episode 5
• s04e06 - Series 4, Episode 6
• s04e07 - Series 4, Episode 7
• s04e08 - Series 4, Episode 8
• s04e09 - Christmas Special III

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...