“Downton Abbey” is going to reach its conclusion soon, but the show has had a great run until now and it’s definitely not leaving off on a bad note for its fans. There is still some time left until season 6 starts airing, and it’s already been confirmed that it’s going to be the show’s last. And while fans had many questions to the show’s producers about what they can expect from the final season, details have been somewhat scarce so far.
In addition, US viewers will have to wait a little longer, as season 6 will air on PBS starting January 3, 2016 – a little after the show has ended. It’s been confirmed that season 6 will be structured slightly differently, and it’s going to feature a 90-minute Christmas special set in 1927. This episode will actually be the conclusion of the show, and it’s going to see all the relevant plots developed until the end.
Other than that, season 6 is going to have eight regular episodes, and it’s going to be a bit more intense than the previous seasons of the show, at least in terms of the plot developments that it brings to the screen. We might see some rather surprising developments with some of the characters we’ve come to know and love, but in the end, a show like this deserves to be sent off as best as the producers can manage.
Fans have been particularly excited for more information about the Christmas special, and everyone seems to be interested in seeing how the season is going to finish. The fact that the episode will be an hour and a half long has given some fans hope that it might feature some particularly interesting developments, finishing many storylines that have been coming up throughout the previous seasons.
The cast of the show are apparently very happy with how their work has turned out, and some of them have even expressed their disappointment at the fact that the show is ending. Of course, it’s always better to end a production like this on a positive note while it’s still successful, instead of dragging it on forever just because it still has an active viewer base.
According to Hugh Bonneville, his favorite line spoken on the show was “I’m going upstairs to take off my hat” by Mary, which he admitted to some humorous responses. Meanwhile, the rape scene that was depicted (or rather referenced) in the show has been drawing some negative comments from the media, but on the other hand, some have been praising the producers for deciding to include something so brutal in their story, because it serves as a strong contrast to some other developments on the screen.
Even though we never saw the actual assault going down directly, the reaction of Anna was more than enough to drive home the point that something terrible had happened, and the show’s producers apparently took the decision to not show any similar scenes in the future.
Something we’ve heard about the final season of the show is that it’s going to be a bit larger than the show itself – it’s going to have various references to the fact that a whole era is ending, and this is going to be depicted in detail in some of the new episodes of season 6. The last episode, the famous Christmas special, might actually push that theme even further in some ways, according to rumors.