This episode of Downton Abbey wasn't particularly great but wasn't particularly boring. There was a overall theme of change going on, with its most visual representation in the jazz band that plays at Robert's birthday. That band was a great dramatic way of showing how each character feels about the changing times ahead. Robert resists but accepts, Cora beams, Edith stands{}
Downstairs, Anna and Bates try and get over "it" by talking about not talking about "it". Anna has been through the worst possible experience for a woman. She is hurt but not broken, and Joanne Froggatt shows how skilled she is by showing staying exactly within that narrow zone.
In a surprising-yet-not-surprising-in-a-Downton-Abbey-kind of-way, Alfred gets invited to the Ritz after all, leading to a lovely, tender scene between him and Daisy. I love Daisy. She refuses to leave her innocent, almost fairy-tale world, and she is, for the most part, comfortable with who she is.
The loveliest scene in this episode, possibly in the season, was one between Mrs. Crawley, Thomas, and Mary. All three have lost the love of their lives, and find each other remembering the one time in their life that the love they felt for each one of these spouses, all of which are deceased. "How sad", we all thought. But Mrs. Frawley, instead, says: "Aren't we the lucky ones.". That brought tears to my eyes. They are lucky, indeed. It was a beautiful way of reminding us of the old cliché: It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.
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