Down on Downton

I accidentally encountered an episode of the final season of Downton Abbey last night. The TV was turned to PBS when an On Demand show ended so I let it continue in the background as I worked on the computer. I gave up watching Downton sometime in the third season because I’d grown annoyed at it and came to suspect its politics (plus after Dan Stevens’ Matthew Crawley character was killed off, why continue?). So last night’s season 6 episode was the first I’d seen since season 3.

Of course I...