Lord Sinderby has rented out Brancaster Castle and invited the Crawley family for a shooting party. Stowell has a axe to grind as the rest of the family enjoy the fun. The families get better acquainted with one another. Back at Downton the servants hold the fort. Anna faces up to a uncertain future behind bars, Bates decides to take drastic action to clear her name. Carson and Mrs Hughes consider going into business together. Baxter and Molesley work together on a joint plan.

Downton Abbey Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e00 - A Moorland Holiday
• s05e01 - Series 5, Episode 1
• s05e02 - Series 5, Episode 2
• s05e03 - Series 5, Episode 3
• s05e04 - Series 5, Episode 4
• s05e05 - Series 5, Episode 5
• s05e06 - Series 5, Episode 6
• s05e07 - Series 5, Episode 7
• s05e08 - Series 5, Episode 8

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...