A New Era Properly Of Downton Abbey Storylines
Thomas Barrow (Robert James-Collier) gets his happy ending in Downton Abbey: A New Era, which properly concludes one of Downton Abbey's oldest storylines. In A New Era, "the modern world comes to Downton" in the form of a film production shooting a movie in Downton Abbey. Meanwhile, several members of the Crawley family travel to the French Riviera to investigate a secret from Lady Violet's (Maggie Smith) "mysterious past." With Mr. Carson (Jim Carter) among those abroad, Barrow as butler tries to keep Downton in order while the house is invaded by filmmakers and movie stars like Guy Dexter (Dominic West). As a footman, Barrow was one of Downton Abbey's original villains. Along with Mrs. O'Brien (Siobhan Finneran), Barrow was a venal presence among Downton's servants, endlessly scheming and manipulating his coworkers. However, Barrow also had a tragic secret: as a gay man in the 1910s and 1920s, the footman feared he could be imprisoned if people