There's death, sex and more scandal in this saucy episode. Mary once more connives to allow an illicit tryst within the house
[Sybil and Branson? Anna and Bates???], this time for another member of the household. Two affairs go on
[Robert/Maid and... Mary/Matthew lol @ my wishful thinking] while one draws to a conclusion with Ethel facing the parents of her baby's Father to decide upon the boy's fate. Spanish flu has spread throughout Europe following the Great War. Fate rolls the dice on the lives of those at Downton Abbey. Who will survive the night when several of the stately home's inhabitants are taken ill? Isobel is once more in her element, though Doctor Clarkson can no longer pull rank and tell her to go away. Similarly, Thomas wiles his way back into the household by being helpful while Carson and Molsley are incapacitated.
[Tbh, I'm pleased with this method of keeping Thomas around.] O'Brien feels that the chaos might give her the opportunity she needs to salve her conscience and apologize to the Countess for her unforgivable deeds.
[This reminds me a bit of GWTW when Mellie is on her deathbed and Scarlett clearly wants to confess to kissing Ashley, but the Doctor is all "DON'T DO IT SCARLETT." Let Cora die in peace, O'Brien.] There seems to be no end in sight for Matthew and Mary, for whom there are an endless stream of reasons why they do not have a future.
[WHYYYYYYYYY?] In contrast, it seems that Sybil and Branson have swiftly written themselves out of a life at Downton
[LOL BYE BITCH BRANSON. The show isn't going to follow them there, so I'm guessing they'll have a super limited role on the show next season if any role at all if Sybil goes through with it and goes to Ireland.], the only question being whether the family will stay in touch or not. Whilst the other members of the household buzz about, Lady Mary is left wondering where the drama is in her life.
[Um... giiiirl, you have plenty of drama.] Granny comes to the rescue, however. Maggie Smith has some more excellent lines including "Don't be defeatist dear, it's very middle class", as well as some aristocratic scheming of the sort historians could only dream of – re-writing family lines and pulling major strings to advance a career.
[I'm REALLY curious as to what this is about tbh.] source #1 and
source #2 OMG THAT PROMO THOUGH. Matthew's "We're cursed, you and I." I JUST CANNOT WITH HIM. But I literally squealed in that half second clip where he is leaning in to kiss Mary. This promo is making me think that Cora is done for though. 
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