TEXT: [OPENING TITLES] [SCENE_BREAK] [INT. DOWNTON - MORNING] [SCENE_BREAK] [Edith hands out the post.] Lady Edith: Mary, the men are arranging the concert now and they're so anxious for us both to be in it or there'll be no girls at all. Please say you will. Lady Mary: Do I have to? Cora, Countess of Grantham: Yes, you do. Keeping their spirits up is an important part of the cure and it's so very little to ask. Isobel Crawley: What's going on? Lady Edith: The men are putting on a concert. Isobel Crawley: Can I help? Cora, Countess of Grantham: Edith has it under control. Lady Edith: I do if Mary's willing. Lady Mary: Oh, all right. One song, and that's your lot. Isobel Crawley: What time is Dr Clarkson round? Cora, Countess of Grantham: It's already happened. Isobel Crawley: Without me? Why? I'm not very late. Cora, Countess of Grantham: We didn't see the need to wait. Mrs Hughes, I need to steal you for a minute. I have to check the linen books. Isobel Crawley: But I went over them last week. Mrs Hughes: Very good, milady. I'll get started. Isobel Crawley: Surely I can-- Cora, Countess of Grantham: Anna, can you tell Mrs Patmore it'd be easier for me to go through the menus this afternoon. Anna: Of course, Your Ladyship. Isobel Crawley: Cousin Cora-- Cora, Countess of Grantham: Please, can it wait? I've a mountain to get through. [Isobel's left standing in the entry with her clipboard, feeling superfluous.] [SCENE_BREAK] [INT. RECREATION ROOM - MORNING] Lady Edit
SUMMARY:
March 1918. Ethel continues flirting with Major Bryant; when Mrs Hughes finds them in bed together, she dismisses Ethel. Later, she returns, announcing she is pregnant with Bryant's child. Preparations are under way for a concert at Downton. Tensions flare between Isobel and Cora, while Edith receives worrying news about Matthew and William. Branson declares his feelings for Sybil again. Lord Grantham visits Bates at a nearby pub where he is working. Lord Grantham receives a letter from Carlisle, which causes him concern and forces an uncomfortable conversation with Mary.