![]() ![]() ![]() (And our hope that Sir Richard or his henchmen will be revealed as the first Mrs. Fortunately, Lord Grantham was able to pull some strings and Bates' sentence was commuted to life in prison, making the way for an appeal in season three. Why must the downstairs hero only lie to protect others (like his thieving first wife and Lady Mary) but never himself? The jury had no choice but to find him guilty, and the judge donned the black cap and sentenced him to death while wife Anna ( Joanne Froggatt) cried out in protest. Hughes ( Phyllis Logan) and O'Brien's ( Siobhan Finnernan) reluctant testimony at his murder trial damned the valet-not to mention his own candid admissions to the police. ![]() as a Christmas special, was full of good tidings.īut there was some coal in our stockings:īates and Anna: Lord Grantham ( Hugh Bonneville), Mrs. Actually, this finale, which originally aired in the U.K. So at least we have one fairy-tale ending with the conclusion of season two. (You remember, that fellow Matthew punched out in the drawing room?) If you weren't dabbing your eyes with a lace handkerchief when Matthew ( Dan Stevens) finally proposed-on bended knee, in the snow!-then you must be more heartless than Sir Richard Carlisle. ![]()
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