Does Cora find out about O'Brien and the soap?

Cora ends up miscarrying the only male heir to the Crawley/Grantham fortune. Cora never suspects O'Brien's treachery, and somehow the lady's maid lasts a few more seasons. Mr. Bates went to jail and we somehow made it through the boredom.
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Does O'Brien tell Cora?

O'Brien told Cora that the soap had gone under the bathtub, but it clearly hadn't. I wonder why Cora didn't blame her more for the "accident"? Also, why would O'Brien tell Thomas that had intended Cora to slip on the soap? I'm assuming she did, otherwise how would he have found out...
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Does O'Brien tell Cora's miscarriage?

When Thomas tells O'Brien that Cora is advertising for a new maid, O'Brien's rage makes her arrange an accident for Cora resulting in the miscarriage of her baby boy. But O'Brien is mortified when she discovers the truth. It was Violet, not Cora, who was looking for a lady's maid.
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What did Mrs O'Brien do to Lady Cora?

Mistakenly believing that she was about to be sacked, O'Brien planted a wet bar of soap beside Cora's bath. The pregnant Cora duly slipped and miscarried her baby. To be fair to O'Brien, she was stricken with remorse for at least a couple of episodes.
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Does Cora find out about Robert cheating?

The whole thing happened behind Cora's back which was heartbreaking indeed. Cora was never shown to have found out about the almost-affair, though given how sharp she was, she might have had an inkling.
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Does Cora find out about O'Brien and the soap?

Cora ends up miscarrying the only male heir to the Crawley/Grantham fortune. Cora never suspects O'Brien's treachery, and somehow the lady's maid lasts a few more seasons. Mr. Bates went to jail and we somehow made it through the boredom.
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Does Cora ever forgive Robert?

Downton Abbey Season 3 Recap — Cora Forgives Robert | TVLine.
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What secret did Bates know about Obrien?

First, we deliciously learn what Bates whispered to O'Brien: "her ladyship's soap." Yes, that would be the trump card that Thomas needed.
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Does O'Brien get fired on Downton Abbey?

Once O'Brien, wrongfully fearing for her job, caused Cora to have a miscarriage, while last series the scheming maid stepped up her bitter feud with under-butler Thomas Barrow by trying to get him fired. But now O'Brien's downstairs rule seems to be over, with Finneran confirming she will not be returning to the show.
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Does Lord Grantham sleep with Jane?

SPOILER ALERT: Downstairs comes upstairs as Downton's Earl has secret bedroom tryst with his new maid. Things are about to get steamy at the Grantham country house in Downton Abbey. Viewers will see the Earl of Grantham commit the ultimate betrayal as he shares a steamy kiss with his maid, Jane, on Sunday night.
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Did Lord Grantham have an illegitimate child?

Cora decides who's inheriting – and it's not Lady Mary's son

She knows that Thomas is the illegitimate son of O'Brien and Lord Grantham – and the rightful heir to the house. She knows it will kill her husband to see an illegitimate child inherit Downton Abbey and she has waited a long time for this moment.
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Who inherits Downton Abbey?

Lord Robert has no sons, and an “entail” keeps any of his daughters from inheriting his great estate and mansion: Downton Abbey. Robert's heir is Matthew Crawley, a distant cousin. Matthew will someday inherit both the earl's title and his real estate, thanks to the entail.
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Does Tom Branson remarry in Downton Abbey?

Fans will also have been delighted to see that chauffeur Tom has found love again as he appears to remarry in wedding scenes that see him and maid Lucy Smith (Tuppence Middleton) tie the knot. Tom married into the aristocratic Crawley family only to be devastated by the death of his first wife, Lady Sybil.
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What happens to Obrien in Downton Abbey?

Instead, they were provided with only a very brief line of dialogue to explain her absence in Season 4's opening episode – after which she was never spoken of again! Actress Siobhan Finneran has revealed that her exit was down to nothing more dramatic than her contract ending.
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How does MS O'Brien leave Downton Abbey?

She is coerced by Mrs Levinson into leaving Cora for an American life. The family goes to Bath for a season, to recover from the trauma of season three, she takes an afternoon off to dip herself in the salts and slips on a bar of soap as she exits.
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Why did MS O'Brien leave Downton Abbey?

"Her initial contract came to an end and she didn't want to renew her contract. We certainly would all be very happy to have her back in the show." Masterpiece on Friday said that the door was open for O'Brien's return, but Neame said he doesn't know if Finneran will come back to the drama.
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What is Thomas's illness in Downton Abbey?

His trip to London earlier in the season had been to receive electrotherapy that would “make [him] more like other people” (to change his sexuality, that is) and he had given himself an abscess through follow-up injections with an unsterilized needle.
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What happens to Marigold in Downton Abbey?

Cora reveals Marigold will have moved to her stepfather's estate of Brancaster Castle in Northumberland by the end of Edith and Bertie's honeymoon.
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Did Dan Stevens regret leaving Downton Abbey?

Still, he has no regrets about his time at the Abbey. “I'm incredibly grateful for everything that that role and that show gave me,” he said in January. “And also, you know, learning to put my faith in fortune, I guess, and following instinct, and following the advice of good people around me.”
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Does Bates find out what happened to Anna?

Hughes and Mr. Carson's coming back from their honeymoon, Bates confronts Anna, saying that he thinks he knows what's going on. Anna confirms that she was in danger of losing another baby, but that he was wrong in his idea that she actually had lost it. Bates is very happy with the news.
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Who Killed Mrs Bates in Downton Abbey?

11. The death of Bates' wife. Season 2, Episode 6. The duplicitous Vera, Bates' estranged wife and the obstacle to his happiness with Anna, selfishly poisoned herself in season two, purely to frame Bates for murder and keep him away from his true love.
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Does Anna go to jail on Downton Abbey?

Anna was arrested and sent to jail in episode 8 of Season 5 for the murder of Green.
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Does Cora blame Robert for Sybil's death?

Lady Sybil finally gives birth vaginally. The joy, however, is short-lived as she soon develops a decerebrate posture and dies. Robert's wife Cora blames Robert. To help the couple reconcile, Dr Clarkson later reluctantly rationalises that Sybil's condition was such that hospitalisation would not have saved her.
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Who does Lady Edith marry?

Lady Edith and Bertie Pelham

Lady Edith and Bertie on their wedding day. After six seasons of troubles, Lady Edith finally finds happiness. In the last episode of the series, the middle Crawley daughter marries Bertie Pelham to become the Marchioness of Hexham, a position which outranks everyone else in her family.
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Who did Lord Grantham cheat on Cora with?

Lord Grantham broke off his relationship with Jane before it even started (all they did was kiss passionately), and she soon left, knowing it was for the best. It happened three times. Once while she was preparing the wine for dinner and then in his bedroom while Cora was sick.
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