The Truth Will Out: It was too late to save Bates (who gave up his post to protect Lady Mary), but Lord Grantham finally learned the truth about Mary's scandal. Bewildered at Mary's plans to marry Sir Richard despite her obvious misery, and upon the good/bad news that daughter Sybil (Jessica Brown-Findlay) is pregnant (hooray!), his wife (Elizabeth McGovern) finally spilled the beans. When she asked whether her husband remembered Mr. Pamuk's visit, Grantham responded dryly, "I think I can be relied on to remember any guest who is found dead in his bed the next morning!" To which Cora said, "Well, that's the thing…" And, scene!
Pushing Daisy: Lady Rosamund's (Samantha Bond) new maid, Shore (Sharon Small), brought nothing but nasty to Downton—even suggesting Daisy (Sophie McShera) should leave (gasp!) Downton Abbey for a better position. Fortunately the kitchen maid received sensible advice from her father-in-law, a visit engineered by Mrs. Patmore (Lesley Nicol) with a little nudge from the staff's Ouija board. What's more, the farmer finally assuaged Daisy's guilt at marrying his son even though she wasn't in love with him. She returned to Downton with a lighter heart, got a promotion and saw that harlot Shore exposed as fortune-hunter Lord Hepworth's (Nigel Havers) co-conspirator. All in all, a most satisfying outcome.
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