So, were we watching Downton Abbey or The Exorcist? Because vomiting blood across the dining room table certainly seems like something straight out of a horror movie.
It’s been majorly foreshadowed since the beginning of the season and Robert’s stomach issues finally exploded, quite literally. During another tense dinner about what is to become of the hospital, Robert’s ulcer burst and he’s rushed to the hospital. Thankfully, Robert survives and I’m telling you right now he better live to see the end of the series. I’m not a fan of big deaths that occur during a show’s swan song. And honestly, enough people have already died on this show.
While Robert’s health issues were deteriorating, Edith’s romance with Bertie Pelham blossomed. As did Mary’s with Henry Talbot. Tom is on hand to play matchmaker for Mary and Henry. “I don’t mean to sound snobbish,” Mary says sounding utterly snobbish. “But I won’t marry down.” Tom reminds Mary that she needs to find a partner who is her equal—not financially or status-wise her equal, but her equal emotionally. Do I smell a double wedding in the works? Probably not, but that would be fun.
But it’s not only the Crawley sisters who have love in the air. Something seems to be up between Daisy and Andy, and maybe even Mr. Mason and Mrs. Patmore. The newlyweds Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Carson are adjusting to domestic life, which basically means Mrs. Hughes is trying to learn how to cook for Mr. Carson. Last week Carson thought he was the luckiest man alive, that Mrs. Hughes would marry him. This week he doesn’t like her pot roast.
In another example of the show spending a lot of time on a plot point that goes nowhere, Baxter goes to testify against the man she went to jail for. But at the last minute he changes his plea so Baxter’s testimony isn’t needed. The whole thing just seems like a lot of time wasted.
Denker verbally attacks Dr. Clarkson for changing his mind on the hospital. Dr. Clarkson promptly writes Violet a letter, and she promptly fires Denker. But Denker blackmails Spratt into helping her keep her job. Again, I’m just not that interested in what’s going on with these two.