What is Mr Bates secret in Downton Abbey?

Bates was found innocent of the wine theft, but he confesses to Anna, Carson, and Mrs. Hughes that he was a drunkard "until a couple of years ago," and that he went to prison for theft.
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What did Mr Bates hide in his cell?

Last night on Downton Abbey, poor, wrongfully imprisoned Bates was upset because he didn't have any. Then his only jail friend warned him about a planted shiv, Bates managed to rehide the single shiv in his cell mate's bed, and all the letters were delivered to their rightful owner.
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What secret does Bates have on O Brien?

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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Is Mr Bates a killer?

Bates is an assassin. He's quite an expert too, with at least three very subtle murders under his belt. The cold eyes of a calculating killer? Two of Downton Abbey's strange deaths were convenient for Mr.
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What happens to Mr Bates wife in Downton Abbey?

Death and aftermath

Not long after her visit to Mrs Bartlett, Vera is found dead due to ingesting rat poison that she placed in a pie she cooked herself.
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Do Anna and Bates have babies?

Chatting to The Daily Telegraph, the actress said: "Anna is in a really good place. She and Mr Bates have a baby boy, now 18 months old. She is passionate about helping Lady Mary with the running of Downton, about keeping the legacy going."
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Is Bates found guilty?

The evidence shows Bates in a bad light and he is found guilty. Although initially sentenced to hang, the lack of apparent premeditation results in commutation to life imprisonment. Anna and the lawyers are still planning to appeal the verdict.
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Who poisoned Mrs Bates?

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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Why does Anna go to jail?

A Manhattan jury convicted her on one count of attempted grand larceny, three counts of grand larceny and four counts of theft services. The Russian-born Sorokin was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison and was later released on parole in February 2021.
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Does Bates get caught for killing Green?

Anna Bates — one of a handful of Downton Abbey characters who has never done a selfish, mean-spirited thing in her life — is arrested and sent to the slammer for the alleged murder of Mr. Green, the valet who raped her.
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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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What illness does Mr Barrow have?

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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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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What's real in Inventing Anna?

Inventing Anna explores Sorokin's rise and fall through the perspective of Jessica Pressler, the journalist who penned an explosive exposé on Sorokin that went viral in 2018. As every episode reiterates, “This whole story is completely true.
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Who is real in Inventing Anna?

Netflix's Inventing Anna tells the wild true story of Anna Sorokin, who posed as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey while living in N.Y.C. Inventing Anna is one of the latest true-crime series to hit Netflix.
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Does Mary find out about Anna?

Lady Mary finds out that Anna has been raped and tries to channel her best sexual assault crisis counselor, asking her if she should see . . .
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Who does Mary end up with in Downton Abbey?

Even after Matthew's death, Mary was impacted by their relationship. Even though Matthew's death was incredibly heartbreaking for many fans of "Downton Abbey," there is one silver lining — their story has always been one of true love. After Matthew's death, Mary grieves and eventually moves on, marrying Henry Talbot.
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Does Tom 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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Does Anna get out of jail?

Anna was convicted and sent to prison in May 2019 for grand larceny, attempted grand larceny, and theft of services, per ABC News. She was also fined $24,000 and ordered to pay nearly $200,000 in restitution. But Anna, who was born in Russia, got out of jail in February 2021.
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How does Downton Abbey End?

In the film's final scene, Tom and Lucy visit Downton with their new baby, and Violet watches the family gather from a portrait above the mantle. Write to Eliana Dockterman at [email protected].
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Does Mary ever find out about Marigold?

6. Mary- Mary grew suspicious about Marigold when she heard a puzzling remark about the child being a family secret between Cora and Violet and she tried getting answers out of Tom and Anna but they said nothing but they knew. In the end she figured it out and forced Tom to confirm the truth with her.
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Do Anna and Bates break up?

Anna and Bates have earned a break, so someone else has to be found guilty of Green's murder in Season 6. Perhaps it was another one of Green's rape victims (the police mentioned that Anna's case was not an isolated incident and the person who allegedly pushed him was short).
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Does Edith marry?

Lady Edith and Herbert “Bertie” Pelham

Edith and Bertie eventually reconciled, each admitting that they could not go on without the other, and got married in the Christmas special.
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Is Lord Grantham unfaithful?

- Feeling ignored by Cora (who was busy running their house-turned-makeshift hospital) and useless during the war, Lord Grantham almost starts an affair with a maid. - He tries to pay off his son-in-law, Tom Branson, because he is of a lower class. He later owes much of his renewed success to said son-in-law.
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Who does Rose marry in Downton Abbey?

Actually, Lady Rose MacClare, the seemingly permanent houseguest at Downton Abbey (at least until she marries The Hon. Ephraim Atticus Aldridge), shares many qualities with Cinderella.
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