In the final episode of the period drama’s second series, there’s excitement in the air with the wedding approaching, but will Branson’s plans rattle everyone?

Meanwhile, Spanish Flu reaches Downton, a desperate Thomas looks for a way to re-establish himself, Ethel faces a dilemma when the Bryants return with a heartbreaking proposition and a decisive Anna forces Bates to think about their future.

Episode 8 airs at 9pm on Sunday 6th November 2011 on ITV1. Here are ten teasing lines of dialogue from the episode…

» ‘‘You’re like all of your kind – you think you have the monopoly of honour.’

» ‘Don’t be defeatist, dear. It’s very middle class.’

» ‘The War is no longer an excuse for sloppy presentation.’

» ‘This sort of thing is all very well in novels, but in reality it can prove very uncomfortable.’

» ‘I will be your next of kin and you cannot deny me that.’

» ‘So, we’re quite the hospital again.’

» ‘If she lasts through the night, she’ll live.’

» ‘It therefore gives me great pleasure to say that you are now husband and wife together.’

» ‘I’m a little person, an ordinary person.’

» ‘Of course it’s the end. How could it not be?’

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