Bates's love for Anna was strong, without a doubt. He truly loved his wife. His heartbreak when he's held back and watching her get taken away, the tears in his eyes ... awesome acting.
And let's not forget Mary. The way she cares and loves Anna. Their friendship was really sweet and pure. Anna is the person Mary has loved most in her life along with Matthew and Sybil. Given that Anna was only child and didn't have a stable family, Mary is the first person who's been like family for her, mostly a surrogate sister
I just started watching it 3 week's ago and just ended the series last night. Rented the movie yes. I'm planning on rewatching it again. Best TV series ever!
It broke my heart when Anna got arrested. She did nothing wrong, she was just a victim. That horrible Mr. Green was a mean man! Anna was and is innocent.
Beyond Mean - He was a freaking recidivistic inhuman and soulless monster and he got exactly what was coming to him . Anyone who brutally violates women/ children or men should be given the death sentence.
Mary may have snob to everyone but when it came to Anna no matter what she was a true friend and defended, tried to do whatever she could to help Anna to the end true friendship
It was a neat story and you would think that Fellowes would have ended it with the release of Mr. Baites but he apparently ran out of steam for the pair and continued to reiterate on the same thing. Baites went to jail? Guess his wife needs to go too! Not to mention that historically cases like this would have taken a month, two tops to solve. Police back then did not generally take years to solve simple murder cases.
It was done well. I too wanted it to end but it just dragged on. But the fact that it was so dragged out and tedious just reflected how situations like this don’t truly leave victims to rest, it just follows and becomes even more unwelcome.
It is not too late to say that the writing reflects real life, which can be cruel and unforgiving; sometimes this is due to other people's wickedness, and sometimes it is due to cruel, inexplicable fate.
I reckon Mary couldn't care less if Edith was arrested but she couldn't care more about Anna. Just look at her face. She's not shy of acting out her title but in this case, I liked how she threw in her title at him. EDIT: I say good on Robert here being so certain 5:12 and for Mary outright saying "She's innocent"
I think she would care a little. Her sister would be a murderer. I don’t think she would think that her sister was guilty. Mary may be cruel to her sister but I don’t think she would stoop so low not to visit her at least once
Two siblings being at eachother's throat all the time is not synonym of them being sworn enemies. I really do not understand how people do not see the nuances in it, it's a family dynamic where things are complicated, they might not like each other but they do not 'hate' each other. Mary would certainly step up to save Edith if she were in the same situation, it's a question of principle and loyalty to one's family and friends before being it about liking them or not.
Stupid, stupid, stupid. The Green plotline was old the season before, now they drag it out further with this ridiculous attempt to get Anna in trouble. How come Mr. Murray or another lawyer were never present for any of these interviews? Any lawyer with half a brain would have shredded this pathetic "case" to bits before it ever got far enough to charge anyone. Just stupid and was one of the clear signs this show was running out of steam by late season 5.
Mr Bates would have loved to have got his hands on that vile Mr Green. Great acting. Lord Grantham knew what Bates would be capable of if he didn't hold him back.
I think the defense would have a field day: (Barrister in RP accent) "My lord, the Crown's case is that this woman, a woman of unquestioned virtue and good character, having been brutally assaulted, one of series of physically very similar women to be assaulted by the vicious Mr Green, lurked in waiting for the opportunity to physically overpower the larger and more powerful man, and threw him bodily into the street to be killed by a passing vehicle. The prosecution relies on the testimony of a witness who identifies Mrs Bates as definitely the culprit, despite her close resemblance to Mr Green's several other, very similar victims, despite the crowd present at that time at Piccadilly, and with only a brief instant of examination. This would seem to strait credibility."
they really dragged this particular storyline out and milked it for all they could get out of it. i am glad they gave Anna plenty of time to process her trauma and i thought her inner struggle with keeping a secret and with whether Bates had killed Green was well done. but when she got ARRESTED it felt like the plot had taken things too far, to an almost unbelievable level. everything else that happened i found to be very believable, but the arrest itself left me scratching my head.
You just KNOW that after the show ended and Anna was proven innocent Mary waited until that rude police detective had forgotten her before using her connections to ruin his life.
I don’t understand why Anna was arrested in the first place. Did I miss something? I mean surely she was with Lady Mary the whole time, couldn’t she provide an alibi???
Downton Abbey cops...yikes. First Mr then Mrs Bates. Is it incompetence or just downright stupidity? Briscoe and Logan would have solved both of those cases before lunch.
The death occurred in London, so it was the London cops running the investigation. D.A. cops were just there because the "suspect" lived in their jurisdiction.
This whole storyline just drove me nuts. I ended up not even liking Mr. Bates and Anna by the end. Anna suffered terribly at the hands of the bloody Mr. Green, but I felt that her personality changed after marrying Mr. Bates anyway. I feel like she lost her sweetness. And the whole story was just beating a dead horse. It was suffering after suffering. I preferred the storyline of Miss Baxter and Mr. Mosley.
I agree. It makes me sad to see all the stress and ordeals Anna was through, it really put a strain on her spirit, all the worries painted on her face, I never saw her smiling as she used to. Everyone is Downton went through character developements, usually positive ones, but with Anna I feel like she just lost her spark.
This whole storyline was ridiculous. Plus, exactly NO house in the world would keep accused murderers on staff. They would have both been fired immediately.
I detest smug, self - important police officers, who do not do thorough investigations, and are quick to arrest someone on another's word. This happens quite often today.
"I am not Miss. I am Lady Mary Crawley!" "I don't care if you're Queen of the Upper Nile." I like this guy. In a democracy everyone is equal before the law. This detective may have had it wrong with Anna. (I haven't seen the episode, so I can't say.) But he reacted in the right way when this aristocrat, however well meaning, was trying to pull her weight around as a Lady. Warping the law even by nice aristocrats is still warping of the law. And that is bad for democracy and for equality before the law since most people don't have nice aristocrats to warp the law for them. The correct procedure is to prove Anna's innocence in a court of law and not by the personal judgments of an Earl's daughter. We're not in the Middle Ages after all.
Certainly. I think the scene was just tough to watch for most of us, since Anna was one of the sweetest characters in the show, and actualy a victim in this situation.
It was an accident, and they were looking to frame someone for bloody murder. Anna was innocent, she was on Mary's service that day, Mary had every right to speak the way she spoke.
Anna was arrested because an unnamed witness identified her as present at the scene. I don't remember it being made clear whether anyone killed Mr. Green or whether his fall was an accident.
Look at ms. Baxter's face..she's the one who gave Thomas the info about something may have happened between Anna, Bates, and green.......not nice at all ms. Baxter!
Yeah... He barges into their home, in the middle of the night to arrest an innocent woman who's as close as family to them, on the theory that she might have killed her rapist, which is based on circumstantial evidence and he's acting like a complete pig to Ana, her husband, their friends and her employers. But he didn't defer to the toffs, so he's TRULY an admirable chap!! Grow up!
@@readsomebooks666 His reasons for being there have absolutely nothing to do with my point. A lot of people back then were in awe of the aristos. This man couldn't give a damn about who "Lady Mary Crawley" is. In a time when these people enjoyed a ridiculous amount of privilege, it's refreshing to see someone doesn't treat them like their shit doesn't stink. Anyone with any sense would have understood what I meant.
@@TheWorstWarlock She only said that because someone she really cared about was falsely accused and he was being disrespectful by not using titles. You can still be disrespectful by using titles. He was disrespectful because he used no titles nor did he respect any of them
@@TheWorstWarlock What a sad and small life you must lead to have such a petty and mean-spirited attitude to people who are born with a title. LADY MARY has a title and wishes to be referred to as such. The police inspector has NO MANNERS and deserves to be told as much.
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I know I'm going to regret this...But how on Earth can anyone Not like/appreciate Anna?!? She has a heart and soul that is Beyond Gold, Silver or Platinum.
The Custodian Helmet is the headgear traditionally worn by male police constables and sergeants while on foot patrol in England and Wales. Officers of all ranks in most forces are also issued a flat, peaked cap that is worn on mobile patrol in a vehicle. Ranks above sergeant wear the peaked cap only. However, some Inspectors wear the Custodian Helmet, but with two silver bands around the base (to match the two pips worn as rank insignia) to denote their position. Claimed by some sources to have been based on the spiked pickelhaube worn by the Prussian Army, it was first adopted by the London Metropolitan Police in 1863 to replace the "stovepipe" top hat worn since 1829. In 1863, the Metropolitan Police replaced the previous uniform of white trousers, swallow-tailed coat and top hat in favour of very dark blue trousers, a more modern button up tunic and the early type of helmet which had an upturned brim at the front and a raised spine at the back, running from the bottom to the top of the helmet, which became known as the "cockscomb".
LOVE how even in a crisis, Lady Mary is such a snob! She's my favorite!
Thanks for posting!
Too be fair she was trying to boast her importance and title for Anna’s benefit
Bates's love for Anna was strong, without a doubt. He truly loved his wife. His heartbreak when he's held back and watching her get taken away, the tears in his eyes ... awesome acting.
And let's not forget Mary. The way she cares and loves Anna. Their friendship was really sweet and pure. Anna is the person Mary has loved most in her life along with Matthew and Sybil. Given that Anna was only child and didn't have a stable family, Mary is the first person who's been like family for her, mostly a surrogate sister
'I am not Miss, I am Lady Mary Crawley'
PERIODT!!
I was going to comment on that! Iconic line!!!
Inspector Vyner was so rude
Werk
I don't care if you're the Queen of the Upper Nile 😂😂
@@RedCard94He was also right! Mary tried to bully her way out of legal process.
Every snippet offered here makes you want to watch the whole thing all over again...
I keep having to watch the whole series over and over and over. It never gets tiring.
I religiously watch an episode every day.
@@mikeoxmaul45 Your devotion is understandable.
Mike Oxmaul me too
I just started watching it 3 week's ago and just ended the series last night. Rented the movie yes. I'm planning on rewatching it again. Best TV series ever!
It broke my heart when Anna got arrested. She did nothing wrong, she was just a victim. That horrible Mr. Green was a mean man! Anna was and is innocent.
Jack Robins agree
Had mr green been at Downton, and what had he claimed Anna had done?
Beyond Mean - He was a freaking recidivistic inhuman and soulless monster and he got exactly what was coming to him . Anyone who brutally violates women/ children or men should be given the death sentence.
I thought it was hilarious, It came unexpected😂
It's FICTION. Get back on your meds.
Mary may have snob to everyone but when it came to Anna no matter what she was a true friend and defended, tried to do whatever she could to help Anna to the end true friendship
Mary loved Anna so much, just like Robert loved Mr Bates. It's so sweet.
The Green murder was so tiresome. I just wanted it to be over, but it dragged on and on and on.
It was a neat story and you would think that Fellowes would have ended it with the release of Mr. Baites but he apparently ran out of steam for the pair and continued to reiterate on the same thing. Baites went to jail? Guess his wife needs to go too!
Not to mention that historically cases like this would have taken a month, two tops to solve. Police back then did not generally take years to solve simple murder cases.
Yes, it did.
I agree. It was the only story I wish they had changed. X
It was done well. I too wanted it to end but it just dragged on. But the fact that it was so dragged out and tedious just reflected how situations like this don’t truly leave victims to rest, it just follows and becomes even more unwelcome.
I honestly stopped watching because it was so tedious
I love how Mary defends Anna
Why dont the writers leave the Bates alone. One arrest story is enough regarding the bates.
It is not too late to say that the writing reflects real life, which can be cruel and unforgiving; sometimes this is due to other people's wickedness, and sometimes it is due to cruel, inexplicable fate.
I reckon Mary couldn't care less if Edith was arrested but she couldn't care more about Anna. Just look at her face. She's not shy of acting out her title but in this case, I liked how she threw in her title at him.
EDIT: I say good on Robert here being so certain 5:12 and for Mary outright saying "She's innocent"
I think she would care a little. Her sister would be a murderer. I don’t think she would think that her sister was guilty. Mary may be cruel to her sister but I don’t think she would stoop so low not to visit her at least once
No she would care. She cared about Thomas and Bates. She didn't like Edith but that doesn't mean she didn't love her.
Two siblings being at eachother's throat all the time is not synonym of them being sworn enemies. I really do not understand how people do not see the nuances in it, it's a family dynamic where things are complicated, they might not like each other but they do not 'hate' each other. Mary would certainly step up to save Edith if she were in the same situation, it's a question of principle and loyalty to one's family and friends before being it about liking them or not.
you could see john's heartbreak in his eyes whenever anna was in the lineup...such incredible actors 💞🥺
Anna’s story always makes my heart break
5:29~ "...and I am not Miss, I am Lady Mary Crawley."
Yass!!! That is my fav line in the whoever series. 👑 💎 ❤
Our poor Anna.......
You tell him Lady Mary! That is real power.
it didn't work....
That’s what I admire. She has power and she always tells the truth
I wanted Lord Grantham to punch him
These women got assaulted and they are the ones to be blamed for it? Disgusting
Stupid, stupid, stupid. The Green plotline was old the season before, now they drag it out further with this ridiculous attempt to get Anna in trouble. How come Mr. Murray or another lawyer were never present for any of these interviews? Any lawyer with half a brain would have shredded this pathetic "case" to bits before it ever got far enough to charge anyone. Just stupid and was one of the clear signs this show was running out of steam by late season 5.
because police never want it right they just want case closed and don't care to victim shame only in that time there were no laws to protect
Mr Bates would have loved to have got his hands on that vile Mr Green. Great acting. Lord Grantham knew what Bates would be capable of if he didn't hold him back.
I think the defense would have a field day: (Barrister in RP accent) "My lord, the Crown's case is that this woman, a woman of unquestioned virtue and good character, having been brutally assaulted, one of series of physically very similar women to be assaulted by the vicious Mr Green, lurked in waiting for the opportunity to physically overpower the larger and more powerful man, and threw him bodily into the street to be killed by a passing vehicle. The prosecution relies on the testimony of a witness who identifies Mrs Bates as definitely the culprit, despite her close resemblance to Mr Green's several other, very similar victims, despite the crowd present at that time at Piccadilly, and with only a brief instant of examination. This would seem to strait credibility."
Strain not strait.
Okay
Mr. Viner doesn't take a bitchslap from Lady Mary without a two-finger riposte.
I never understood why John and Anna couldn't just have a quiet life. Why couldn't life stop shitting on them 😢
“I am not Miss...I AM LADY MARY CRAWLEY” TELL ‘IM MARY
I bet that Inspector was back to pounding a beat once the Chief Constable heard how he spoke to a Lady
I swear they love torturing poor Anna!😤
Not Willis. Vyner, yes.
This arc is one of the most frustrating arc in DA. It pissed me off and made me angry.
Same here! It made no sense at all! Terrible writing!!
It just seems to pointlessly dramatic
they really dragged this particular storyline out and milked it for all they could get out of it. i am glad they gave Anna plenty of time to process her trauma and i thought her inner struggle with keeping a secret and with whether Bates had killed Green was well done. but when she got ARRESTED it felt like the plot had taken things too far, to an almost unbelievable level. everything else that happened i found to be very believable, but the arrest itself left me scratching my head.
The Bates' storyline was so tiresome.
Nooooo, it's my favorite. It's the blonde sister's story line I find dull.
My Favorite in this is Michelle Dockery and Laura Carmichael
You just KNOW that after the show ended and Anna was proven innocent Mary waited until that rude police detective had forgotten her before using her connections to ruin his life.
"I don't care if you're the queen of the Upper Nile" 👏
I do appreciate Mr. viner's comment that he doesn't care if Mary is queen of the upper Nile.
yes i don't understand why people are saying it was great. Your title says nothing about your virtue and the respect other people should have for you
I don't care if you're queen of the upper Nile lol!
It was nice to hear someone tell Mary off for once.
@@harringt100 she looked wayy more horrified at the cop for telling her off than him arresting Anna lol
I don’t understand why Anna was arrested in the first place. Did I miss something? I mean surely she was with Lady Mary the whole time, couldn’t she provide an alibi???
Anna was in London the day Green was killed, and wasn’t with Mary the whole time. And later, Anna went to the site of the murder.
Downton Abbey cops...yikes.
First Mr then Mrs Bates. Is it incompetence or just downright stupidity? Briscoe and Logan would have solved both of those cases before lunch.
The death occurred in London, so it was the London cops running the investigation. D.A. cops were just there because the "suspect" lived in their jurisdiction.
5:43 bates was ready to rip them all in half lol even Robert knew just by looking at him
Just shows how innuendo, supposition and false ID can lead to hell on Earth. Heartbreaking scene. And Viner has a very punchable face.
If Lord Grantham hadn't stopped Bates he probably would have punched at least one of the arresting officers.
This whole storyline just drove me nuts. I ended up not even liking Mr. Bates and Anna by the end. Anna suffered terribly at the hands of the bloody Mr. Green, but I felt that her personality changed after marrying Mr. Bates anyway. I feel like she lost her sweetness. And the whole story was just beating a dead horse. It was suffering after suffering. I preferred the storyline of Miss Baxter and Mr. Mosley.
I was quiet pissed that Mr Moseley and Ms Baxter did not get married
@@jehannethompson1432 Same. They had good chemistry.
I agree. It makes me sad to see all the stress and ordeals Anna was through, it really put a strain on her spirit, all the worries painted on her face, I never saw her smiling as she used to. Everyone is Downton went through character developements, usually positive ones, but with Anna I feel like she just lost her spark.
@@jehannethompson1432 Mosley proposed to her in the second movie!
@@OnLifeandLove I know, I was screaming lol
This whole storyline was ridiculous. Plus, exactly NO house in the world would keep accused murderers on staff. They would have both been fired immediately.
They all knew that she was innocent.
I detest smug, self - important police officers, who do not do thorough investigations, and are quick to arrest someone on another's word. This happens quite often today.
Mr.Bates was hot. A real man.
Why did it have to end 😭😭😭😭
All good things must come to an end. I don't know why, but it happens all the time.
You can't interfere with His Majesty's Constabulary.
Which season is that ??
"I am not Miss. I am Lady Mary Crawley!" "I don't care if you're Queen of the Upper Nile." I like this guy. In a democracy everyone is equal before the law. This detective may have had it wrong with Anna. (I haven't seen the episode, so I can't say.) But he reacted in the right way when this aristocrat, however well meaning, was trying to pull her weight around as a Lady. Warping the law even by nice aristocrats is still warping of the law. And that is bad for democracy and for equality before the law since most people don't have nice aristocrats to warp the law for them. The correct procedure is to prove Anna's innocence in a court of law and not by the personal judgments of an Earl's daughter. We're not in the Middle Ages after all.
Excellent !
I get that!
Certainly.
I think the scene was just tough to watch for most of us, since Anna was one of the sweetest characters in the show, and actualy a victim in this situation.
It was an accident, and they were looking to frame someone for bloody murder. Anna was innocent, she was on Mary's service that day, Mary had every right to speak the way she spoke.
there shouldn't be equality before the law.
The constant accusations against Anna and Bates were not my favorite plot.
Someone help me, why Anna arrested? And who did kill Mr Green?
Anna was arrested because an unnamed witness identified her as present at the scene. I don't remember it being made clear whether anyone killed Mr. Green or whether his fall was an accident.
I have the worst short term memory lol. I've watched episode and the film twice but i don't remember why someone lied like this or what happened 🤷♀️
Rip
As the World Turns.
The worst plot line and writing honestly
The writing of this was so bad!! It made no sense at all! I was so ticked and angry!!
For you maybe but not for all other of us
It was worth it just for the Queen of the Upper Nile jibe
I wonder how the other women in the lineup knew mr green?
Law & Order. Constabulary. Police.
Look at ms. Baxter's face..she's the one who gave Thomas the info about something may have happened between Anna, Bates, and green.......not nice at all ms. Baxter!
😎📺👍👍💎
Gotta respect that policeman for not deferring to toffs.
Yeah... He barges into their home, in the middle of the night to arrest an innocent woman who's as close as family to them, on the theory that she might have killed her rapist, which is based on circumstantial evidence and he's acting like a complete pig to Ana, her husband, their friends and her employers. But he didn't defer to the toffs, so he's TRULY an admirable chap!! Grow up!
@@readsomebooks666 His reasons for being there have absolutely nothing to do with my point. A lot of people back then were in awe of the aristos. This man couldn't give a damn about who "Lady Mary Crawley" is. In a time when these people enjoyed a ridiculous amount of privilege, it's refreshing to see someone doesn't treat them like their shit doesn't stink. Anyone with any sense would have understood what I meant.
@@TheWorstWarlock She only said that because someone she really cared about was falsely accused and he was being disrespectful by not using titles. You can still be disrespectful by using titles. He was disrespectful because he used no titles nor did he respect any of them
No, he disrespected everyone. And hating a social class doesn't make you more respectable or a better person
@@TheWorstWarlock What a sad and small life you must lead to have such a petty and mean-spirited attitude to people who are born with a title. LADY MARY has a title and wishes to be referred to as such. The police inspector has NO MANNERS and deserves to be told as much.
ok
Mrs. Hughes did it.
It was me. I did it.
@@spikesgirl9371 don't take my blame on your head . I can own up to my mistakes. It was me guys . I did it.
@@spikesgirl9371 I helped a bit !!!
I thought she might after she confronted him
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Who let you escape from the nut house?
@@brennickler 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I tried but i just cannot like Anna.
I know I'm going to regret this...But how on Earth can anyone Not like/appreciate Anna?!? She has a heart and soul that is Beyond Gold, Silver or Platinum.
@@m.layfette6249it's all the suffering. It's fatiguing.
What would be nice Is if these videos could be indexed so they can be watched in sequence
The Custodian Helmet is the headgear traditionally worn by male police constables and sergeants while on foot patrol in England and Wales. Officers of all ranks in most forces are also issued a flat, peaked cap that is worn on mobile patrol in a vehicle. Ranks above sergeant wear the peaked cap only. However, some Inspectors wear the Custodian Helmet, but with two silver bands around the base (to match the two pips worn as rank insignia) to denote their position.
Claimed by some sources to have been based on the spiked pickelhaube worn by the Prussian Army, it was first adopted by the London Metropolitan Police in 1863 to replace the "stovepipe" top hat worn since 1829. In 1863, the Metropolitan Police replaced the previous uniform of white trousers, swallow-tailed coat and top hat in favour of very dark blue trousers, a more modern button up tunic and the early type of helmet which had an upturned brim at the front and a raised spine at the back, running from the bottom to the top of the helmet, which became known as the "cockscomb".