TEXT: [OPENING CREDITS] [SCENE_BREAK] [INT. GREAT HALL - MORNING] [SCENE_BREAK] [Servants prepare the hall for a wedding reception. Edith looks down on the preparations from the balcony with a smile. She goes to the ground floor and looks around at the flowers and glasses and servants bustling about. Violet enters with Alfred.] Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Oh! Hello, Edith, dear. Lady Edith: Hello, Granny. Isn't it exciting? [Edith assists Violet over the rolled up carpet, Alfred stands by with a ready arm.] Violet: At my age, one must ration one's excitement. [SCENE_BREAK] [INT. DRAWING ROOM - DAY] [SCENE_BREAK] [Cora and a maid are arranging the gifts as Cora and Edith enter.] Violet: See, I told her everything would come right, but she wouldn't believe me. Edith: I still can't. Something happening in this house is actually about me. [Cora smiles.] Edith: The dress came this morning. Violet: I was rather sad you decided against Patou. I would've paid. Cora, Countess of Grantham: Lucile was safer. We don't want her to look like a chorus girl. [Edith smiles with a chuckle.] Violet: How is Anthony? Excited, I hope. Edith: Desperately. Just when he thought his life would never change, he's going right back to the beginning. Violet: Oh. What an invigorating prospect. [Cora gives Violet a look.] [SCENE_BREAK] [INT. SERVANTS' CORRIDOR - DAY] Sarah O'Brien: I hope you've got your shirt ready for tonight. Thomas Barrow: In case you're interested, I've hidden a couple, so I won't be caught out that way again. O'Brien: Why should I be interested? Thomas: That goes for you, too. Alfred Nugent: What have I done? O'B
SUMMARY:
Edith's big day finally arrives, but will her enthusiasm convince the family that Strallan's age doesn't matter? Meanwhile, Mrs Hughes anxiously awaits her results, Anna makes a breakthrough to help Bates, and Mary takes matters into her own hands to secure the estate's future - but the personal cost could be high.