The series finale picks up events in the months following season 6's true finale (this episode is in fact the Christmas special) which saw Lady Mary finally give in to happiness and accept Henry Talbot's proposal, but also where she unleashed one of her most spiteful acts - sabotaging Edith's chance at a happy and advantageous marriage with Bertie, now the illustrious Marquess of Hexham. And when it comes to ending what has been seasons of ups and downs for a group of generally good people, audiences want to see them rewarded with happy endings - which Downton Abbey's series finale delivers on practically every front. This has certainly been key to the show's appeal - just about every character is given some redeeming quality, and the Crawley's especially represent an idyllic version of the upper-class family. Yet, the Crawleys remain enshrined within their great home, somehow getting to retain the best of both worlds - the trappings of high society, the glamour of wealth and "good breeding", while also being generally open-minded towards change, even if a character or two balks at first. Over its six seasons, the Crawley family and its house full of servants endured 14 turbulent years: the turmoil of world war, the oncoming economic boom, and without question, a rapidly changing socio-political atmosphere. Downton Abbeyhas been a window on a bygone era, a time riddled with change, though also filled will relics of the past.
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