Episode 5.05

Episode 5.05
Series 5, Episode 5
Air date	19th October 2014
Written by	Julian Fellowes
Directed by	Minkie Spiro
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Episode 5.05 is the fifth episode of Series 5.

Summary

Simon Bricker returns to Downton to discuss the painting with Cora, but this time has his flirting crossed the line? Branson makes a difficult decision about Sarah Bunting, and Rose encounters a handsome stranger.

Determined to stop Isobel making the wrong decision about Lord Merton, Violet enlists the help of Doctor Clarkson, but things don't quite go as planned. Meanwhile in London, Charles Blake surprises Mary with a cunning plan to help her get exactly what she wants.

Downstairs, Mrs Patmore seeks Carson's advice on a financial matter and Inspector Vyner returns with some ominous words of warning for Anna.

Plot

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Cast List

Matt Barber as Atticus Aldridge Samantha Bond as Rosamund Painswick Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley Laura Carmichael as Edith Crawley Jim Carter as Charles Carson Raquel Cassidy as Phyllis Baxter Brendan Coyle as John Bates Michelle Dockery as Mary Crawley Kevin Doyle as Joseph Molesley Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates Richard E. Grant as Simon Bricker Louis Hilyer as Inspector Vyner Lily James as Rose MacClare Rob James-Collier as Thomas Barrow Allen Leech as Tom Branson Daisy Lewis as Sarah Bunting Phyllis Logan as Elsie Hughes

Emma Lowndes as Margie Drewe Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley Alex McNally as a Taxi Driver Sophie McShera as Daisy Mason Lesley Nicol as Beryl Patmore Julian Ovenden as Charles Blake Douglas Reith as Lord Merton David Robb as Richard Clarkson Christopher Rozycki as Count Rostov Andrew Scarborough as Timothy Drewe Rade Sherbedgia as Kuragin Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley Catherine Steadman as Mabel Lane Fox Jeremy Swift as Spratt Howard Ward as Sergeant Willis Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley

External links

1. Downton Abbey Series 5 - Episode 5 at Radio Times
2. http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/downton_abbey_season_5_episode_5_spoilers_video_lady_edith-2014-10