Sure. Just wish I could see "Lady Mary" holding her boy, one time.

@@EmmelineSama i know she is so cold

Especially when it’s Sybie and marigolds first meeting

Aqer

While I liked Sybil a lot as a person, I didn't like her as much as a character as she seemed a little to perfect at times (and that youngest wild born free spirited better then everyone else stereo type) I think as a character she would not have worked for more seasons. And like you said, her death ment for whole new fresh dynamics between Tom and the fam that ended up becomming my favorite part of the show. Same with Matthew. I loved those 2 characters a lot, but think the show was better for losing them. There was a limit to what kind of stories you could tell with them.

I thought the same. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy when Robert talks about Tom. Probably echoes real life where people are vehemently against someone but then find they love them.

​@@amberanimesybil was to downton abbey what ned stark was to game of thrones. A character most of us can relate to and appreciate but that is too good for their world and thus are doomed to die early to set up the dynamics of the show. Matthew I feel could've lasted a bit longer, but that's the overall issue of writing a character whose arc has already ended, or end very early in the show

The new generation :)

Tom was their longest lasting son-in law, so he had a deeper relationship with them. Mary was widowed- Matthew had previously been the favourite. Edith's husband out rank's them but she didn't get married until the end of the show

I agree! It's just the sweetest😊💗

I echo every syllable!

Crying, so beautiful 😭

Yes! Thank you for saying this. We had to wait 5 seasons for the Chelsies to get together and then this…

I felt the exact same!!!! So happy I wasn’t the only one that didn’t like Tom returning like that

Yeah. I agree

No, it is for dramatic effect. Who was expecting that. And the Carson’s are so pleased. Who’d have thought Carson would look happy about Tom Branson’s return?

Tom even acknowledged that he may have stolen their thunder. Robert tells him that they were happy to see him

She's British upper class. They don't scream as a rule. Mary was totally in character and clearly delighted.

Me too. Tears of joy. Thank you Lord Fellowes for making grown ups bulb.

Me three

Same oh my goodness 🥺

Tom and Edith are also up there

Her death as what made it real. Her death was the most excruciating scene i had seen till that point in television history.

Had Sybil not died, Tom would not have been as loved by the family as everyone would have just tolerated him as he was the husband of Sybil. The Crawleys each have a special relationship with Tom and they wouldn't have spoken to him much if Sybil was still alive. My hot take.

@@tombstonerforever9374 I agree

I'd rather hope they wouldn't grow up to be the next Mary and Matthew seeing as Sybbie George and Marigold are all 1st cousins. While not unheard of to marry cousins, not encouraged either. Mary and Matthew were distantly related but not close blood relation. Plus Mary and Edith were awful to each other.

@@BlastFromThePastTheGoodOldDays yeah I was gonna say George might be Tom, like brother of the house

@@BlastFromThePastTheGoodOldDays but seeing a next generation of DA would be nice

@@babsgrayson8432 The girls could be like Cora Isobel and Violet in personality. WHich is similar to Mary Edith and Sybil but more refined. Seeing the next Gen would be awesome. especially if the children of the servants were there living alongside them, showing how things change and class becomes less relevant. Like if they were friends with Anna and Bates baby or Daisy had a child or something

Bcos its more of a brotherly love. So much of their interactions remind me of my brother and me.😁

Tom was her anchor, when she thought everyone was against her. She found him to be a dependable and understanding brother she never had.

@@FatGouf well said

I ship them too, and am happy they never became an item. That would have been weird for the family dynamic and slightly pushing it in a series that already pushed the limits on what was believable a little to often. Tom canonly appears like a brother to Mary and Edith. Not a replacement sibling, rather a whole new one. For fanfics I dig me some Tom/Mary and even Tom/Edith. He gets these ladies. But for tv story telling, him being a dear and reliable brother is so much better. Not every meaningful and important relationship in life is that of romance.

And Tom certainly wasn’t afraid to confront her. Remember when he tells her she is a bully after ruining Edith’s life?? What a man.

You’re a snob.

he hasn't been the chauffeur for years....

As The Dowager would say: have you finished. Tom is strong, intelligent and kind. It doesn’t matter what he is doing he is a good man. And I guess he is rather like his father in law in those respects. Golly (as Robert would say), I wish I had a man like either of them!

@@jennifersivewright3117 it's tough to choose a favourite Downton character but if i did i think it would be Tom. He would be the character I'm more like