Downton Abbey: Series Six, Episode Three
(Episode 6.03)

Can I confess something to you?
I would be so totally happy if, at the end of Downton Abbey, it was Edith who had found true love and Mary who was alone. It’s high time Mary got her comeuppance, don’t you think?
Bertie Pelham, who we met at the end of last season, seems like just the man for Edith. He doesn’t get upset when she can’t keep their date because she (finally!) fired her editor. Bertie rolls up his sleeves and immediately helps her get her magazine out. He’s an all-around nice guy, which our Edith absolutely deserves.
But, of course, Edith finding love wasn’t the big news of the episode. The big news is that Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Carson are married! In true Downton Abbey fashion there is high drama involving the dress Mrs. Hughes will wear. She wants to wear one of her old dresses that would definitely land her on the pages of “What Not to Wear.” Mrs. Patmore secretly orders a new dress for Mrs. Hughes, but when it arrives it’s not much better than the one Mrs. Hughes already owns. (Be it in a catalog or online, it’s hard to buy clothes when you can’t see and touch them).
Mary hatches a plan where Mrs. Hughes can borrow one of Cora’s luxurious coats, but neglects to tell her mother this. Cora walks in on Mrs. Patmore, Anna and Mrs. Hughes trying on coats from her closet and is not pleased. This might be the most angry we’ve ever seen Cora. Except she’s not really angry at Mrs. Hughes. She’s still reeling from a fight she had with Violet over what will happen with the hospital.
In the end, Cora apologizes and even gives Mrs. Hughes her coat. And thanks to Cora, the wedding reception is at the school house not at Downton. It’s a lovely affair that made me happy just watching it. And it’s the kind of plot point, Downton Abbey excels at – two beloved characters have found true love. Now I just have to get used to calling Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Carson.
As for the fight about the hospital, Robert is still trying to stay out of it and Violet advises him to simply not talk to Cora. In one of her especially delightful bon mots, Violet tells her son, “I know several couples who are perfectly happy. Haven’t spoken in years.”