Couples, whether married, engaged, or in committed relationships, can learn a great deal from the way that two of the key protagonists -- Mary and Matthew Crawley -- have fiercely disagreed over money.
Money is one of the most common topics couples fight about, and season three's opening episode depicts a stellar example of the way healthy, open communication can enhance a relationship. Open, honest communication does not make disagreeing easy, but it can allows couples to save their union simply by agreeing to disagree. For those of you who may have been living under a rock, here's the gist: Matthew is a distant cousin and unlikely heir to Downton and Mary is the daughter of Earl of Grantham.
They have been madly in love since they met, but they didn't know it at first. They spent most of season one fighting and most of the season two engaged to others and secretly but obviously wishing they could turn back the clock and find a way to be together.
She even goes so far as to say that her death is a blessing in a sense, as she knows that Matthew would be too loyal to back out of a wedding; but she also knows that his true affections lie elsewhere.
Instead of taking her dying words as a blessing, Matthew is tortured by the thought that sweet Lavinia left the world feeling unloved. He eventually pulls it together and proposes to Mary during the season two finale; and with their magnificent passion, genuine friendship and palpable chemistry there is no question that these two are meant to be together. When season three opens, Mary's family learns that they have lost their entire fortune by investing in the wrong railroad company.
Facing financial ruin, they realize they must sell Downton Abbey and leave their many servants to lose work they depend upon and fend for themselves in the bleak economy of the english countryside. Times are changing and the family is struggling to face the reality of a rapidly modernizing world. Matthew and William are pulled out of the war, with William dying of his injuries not before marrying his sweetheart, kitchen maid Daisy on his death bed.
Matthew is transferred into a hospital bed where Mary and her sister Sybil were waiting. Mary is heartbroken but is relieved that Matthew is still alive, she helps him recover by cleaning his injuries and wheeling him around on his wheel chair. She was delighted when he recovered but felt saddened when he and Lavinia announced their engagement at dinner.
While Lavinia is resting, Matthew is testing out their wedding present, a gramophone where he invites Mary to dance with him. Mary and Matthew talk about the past where Matthew apologises to Mary for breaking of his engagement to her and that he is marrying Lavinia out of sacrifice and duty. He and Mary then kiss, Lavinia sees and hears them but feigns ignorance of the episode. But later, she confronts Matthew with what she knows and says she doesn't want to go ahead with the wedding as he already loves Mary.
Matthew asks her to reconsider but Lavinia asks him to let her rest which agrees to. Sadly Laviania's conditions worsens hours later and she dies telling Matthew that he would not have to make a hard decision regarding her or May as she knows she in on the brink of death, she tells Matthew that she wants him to be happy for her sake to remember her fondly. Matthew tries to reassure her but too late.
Lavinia dies. Matthew is overcome with guilt at Lavinia's funeral and he tells Mary that he believes that Lavinia died of a broken heart because of them, and that any relationship between them is over. Mary understands and asks Sir Richard to walk her home. Lady Mary and Matthew are engaged but Downton is in financial trouble because of a bad investment made by Lord Grantham on a Canadian railway leaving Downton penniless.
Matthew then learns that he has been named heir to his late fiancee's father's money but he refuses to accept it since he believes that he played a part in Lavinia's death which angers Mary, making her believe that Matthew does not care for them and will not save Downton and mulls over cancelling her wedding. However Matthew with some help from his brother in law Tom, help Mary to understand that they won't always agree but their feelings for each other are strong and neither of them would be happy with anyone else.
Matthew and Mary wed and honeymoon in France. Matthew with some pressure from Mary, accepts Mr Swire's inheritance and invests the money within Downton, co sharing with Robert.
Matthew then reads the books and sees that Downton has never been propery manged to begin with and pleads his case with his father in law who is resistant to let things change. But his mother in law, wife and brother in law support him making Robert agree to try out the modernising techniques of making Downton self sufficient. Like the rest of the family, Mary and Matthew are heartbroken when Sybil dies after giving birth to her and Tom's daughter.
Mary and Matthew cannot have children biologically due to their respective issues, so Mary undergoes a successful operation to conceive a child within 8 months. Mary is heavily pregnant, and the family are getting ready to visit their relatives in Scotland, Matthew and the rest of the family are worried about Mary's condition but she insists she is fine.
Matthew and Mary then dance at the Ghillies Ball where Mary feels weary and says to Matthew that she will head back to Downton early, Matthew insists with coming with her but Mary refuses saying she wants Matthew to enjoy himself before he became a father. When Mary arrive sat the station, she goes into labour, her maid Anna and the train driver rush her to the cottage hospital where she gives birth to a healthy baby boy.
Matthew is notified of the bay's arrival and is overjoyed in seeing Mary with their newborn son. He professes his everlasting love for Mary. However when riding back home to tell the family about his newborn son, Matthew is speeding along the road without paying attention to anything and his car gets in a nasty crash with a truck throwing Matthew on the ground where the car lands on top of him.
Matthew appears to have died instantly on the scene with blood trickling down his face. Downton Abbey Wiki Explore. Downton Abbey. Isobel Crawley Tom Branson Dr. Kemal was a dignitary and friend of Evelyn Napier's who visited Downton to see a traditional English fox hunt. He was immediately attracted to Mary, who returned his feelings on the hunt. Later that night, he propositioned Mary in her bedroom. And we all know what happened next. It's hard to see Kemal's storyline ending with anything other than a heart attack in Mary's bed.
The point is, Mary still showed more enthusiasm for him than Henry. The Crawleys weren't the only aristocratic family in the Yorkshire countryside. They made the occasional reference to their neighbors, whose sons came out of the woodwork as soon as Mary was widowed. Tony Gillingham even broke off his engagement to another woman in order to pursue Mary. Unfortunately, after an illicit tryst, Mary decided she wasn't interested in Tony after all.
They seemed to be a good match on paper, but the physical aspect just wasn't there. Out of all the people on this list, Tony probably had the most in common with Henry. Both were tall, dark, and handsome with reserved personalities. Tony at least had the benefit of being a childhood friend Mary knew for more than one season. Tony's jilted fiancee was none other than the Honorable Mabel Lane-Fox, who Mary described as "the heiress of the season.
Mary's insistence that she was no longer interested in Tony and that she wanted their relationship to happen changed her mind. However, Mary couldn't make it too easy to win Tony back, and Mabel was clearly amused when she said as much. Instead of arguing over Tony, perhaps these two could ride off into the sunset on their own Tony Gillingham wasn't the only suitor Mary entertained in the years between Matthew and Henry.
His old war buddy, Charles Blake, also tried to win her heart. Blake was a government official studying how great estates like Downton Abbey were handling the post-war economy. When Mary assumed he was there to ensure the estates' survival, he quickly corrected her. Witty banter ensued.
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