Downton Abbey - Edith could be a Marchioness!

[EsteffersonTorres]

Mary's face after finding out the sister she has bullied all her life is gonna outrank her is priceless!

[lauramcquade]

Also notice how Edith cares more about how Bertie feels than out-ranking anyone. She loves Bertie for who he is not what he is.

[louisefarrar]

Edith: Poor Bertie, he’s lost his cousin.
The Crawleys: Yes, yes, very sad, but EDITH’S GOING TO BE A MARCHIONESS!
Mary: 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[lotfibouhedjeur]

I love the sincerity of Lord Grantham's reaction in this scene.

[ladyinred]

Cora has a very classy way of calling people out.

[Celisar]

Please note how Edith doesn’t care about Bertie’s new status and also doesn’t rejoice one bit in Mary‘s surprise and jealousy.
Really shows how much she has grown.

[ABirdOnTheMoon]

I love how Edith is focusing on Bertie and his feelings while Mary is focusing on how on earth did her scapegoat sister come to outrank her ... lol. Mary's face is very funny! I couldn't stop repeating this scene just to see her expose how little she cares for her sister and how she always thinks she is beneath her.

[ABC_DEF]

"And getting nicer by the minute." So funny!

[trellises]

This scene is perfect! Every single person in the room is THRILLED that Bertie is now the Marquess of Hexham, that is, everyone except Mary!! 😂😂

[klaraward]

Mary was jealous there’s no doubt about it

[Camilla]

I always wondered if this reminded Mary of her own situation with Matthew but in reverse. She didn’t want to risk marrying him when there was chance he wouldn’t become an Earl then did want to marry him when he was going to be. In Edith’s case she wanted to be with Bertie when he was ‘just an agent’ in Mary’s words but now not only was he going to be a Marquis but one with A LOT of money and a massive estate.

Funny how Mary was always completely uninterested in Edith’s life until there was a chance she could find some happiness. Then she had to get involved and smother it every time.

[arkasengupta]

I know people like Mary in my life. Extremely charitable and kind to people below their station, but absolute arseholes to peers.

[Hiro_Trevelyan]

Feels good to have something nice happening for Edith
And I actually like that Mary is being jealous, it's perfectly in character for her. She's very flawed but that's what makes her human and relatable.
(And if Mary was more like Sybil I'm pretty sure the show would be over in 2 seasons, nothing would happen)

[rawyld]

The look on Mary's face is priceless.

[MrStGeorgeIllawarra]

Tom very much became the brother they never had, particularly to Mary with remarks like that.

[lotfibouhedjeur]

I've never been happier for a fictional character like I was for Edith.

[jacquelinem]

Such an unpleasant sibling was Mary, I was delighted fir Edith..she was so deserving of happiness. She was so resilient and faced huge challenges unlike Mary's character. 😊

[tinainaz]

Mary was so unlikeable towards the end

[TShay]

Mary : " What the fuck!" Face is killing me

[Amanda-ghfh]

Mary’s reaction to Edith outranking her and her trying to ruin the relationship after so glad Tom and Edith told her off!