Emerging from her grief, Mary starts to take an interest in the running of the estate, but is met with resistance from Robert. As Molesley’s fortunes worsen, Bates hatches a plan to help him.

Episode 2 airs at 9pm on Sunday 29 September on ITV. To whet your appetite, here are ten teasing lines of dialogue from the episode…

» “When you talk like that, I’m tempted to ring for Nanny and have you put to bed with no supper.”

» “He was always a liar.”

» “I should not have said that. It was vulgar and self-important.”

» “Read it. Then you’ll understand.”

» “Do you want to be arrested?”

» “They do say there’s no one so jealous as a lady’s maid.”

» “I’ll tell you what it is. It’s an open wound.”

» “We shout and scream and wail and cry, but in the end we must all die.”

» “Oh! How I sympathise with King Canute!”

» “It’s getting harder and harder to say ‘no’.”

> Order Series 4 on DVD on Amazon.

> Buy the complete Series 1-3 boxset on Amazon.

Watch the Series 4 trailer…

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