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Dec 30, 2014 TV
‘Downton Abbey’: Where We Left Off With Each Character
By SARENE LEEDS
Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith in a scene from season four of ‘Downton Abbey.’ Associated Press
If you don’t count Internet catnip like this comedy sketch George Clooney did with the cast of “Downton Abbey,” then it’s been about 10 months since we’ve had any update on the Crawley family and their abnormally devoted household staff. Other than the Clooney video providing a sneak peek at Lady Mary’s period-appropriate bobbed haircut, and the cast offering up some innocuous hints about season 5 during their recent stateside visit, “Downton” fans can only conjecture as to what’s in store for the Crawley clan when the hit British phenomenon returns to our shores January 4, on PBS’s “Masterpiece Classic” at 9 p.m.
While 2014′s Season Four finale was mercifully remiss of an 11th-hour shocker like Matthew Crawley’s (Dan Stevens) death the year before, we were left with enough unresolved drama to fill an entire slate of new episodes, let alone a season premiere. So read on for a refresher on how our favorite Yorkshire residents closed out the 1923 London Season before we reunite with them this Sunday in February 1924.
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