Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

In 1930, the Crawleys, minus Mary, attend a London play starring Guy Dexter and Noël Coward. Backstage they meet with Guy, Coward, and former Downton butler, Thomas Barrow, now Guy's assistant and partner-lover. The next day, the Crawley family is attending Lady Petersfield's ball when news breaks about Mary and Henry Talbot's divorce; a disgraced Mary must immediately leave because royals are expected to attend. Robert and Cora return to Downton Abbey while Mary remains at Grantham House to receive Cora's brother, Harold Levinson, who is arriving from America following their mother Martha's death. Accompanying Harold is financial advisor Gus Sambrook, who saved Harold from financial ruin by withdrawing his investments in the stock market prior to the Wall Street Crash. Sambrook and Mary are mutually attracted and sleep together. The party travels to Downton Abbey, where Harold, to Cora's dismay, reveals that he squandered their mother's fortune on poor investments. He wants to invest Downton's remaining assets to recoup his losses and repay his debt to Gus.