Episode 6.05

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Episode 6.05
Series 6, Episode 5
Air date	18th October 2015
Written by	Julian Fellowes
Directed by	Michael Engler
Episode guide
Previous	Episode 6.04
Next	Episode 6.06

Episode 6.05 is the fifth episode in the sixth series of Downton Abbey. It will air on October 18th, 2015 in the UK, and on January 31st, 2016 in the US.

Synopsis

Neville Chamberlain visits Downton for dinner, and is drawn into Violet’s plan to "save" the hospital, ending with an unexpected catastrophe and deep concern from everyone. Andy finds an unexpected confidante while helping Mr Mason move into Yew Tree Farm. Meanwhile, Mary is uncertain if she has met her love match.

Edith meets Bertie Pelham in London again, and Spratt reluctantly comes to Denker’s aid. Mrs Carson struggles to keep Mr Carson happy, while Mary's suspicions about Marigold are roused upon overhearing a puzzling remark about the young girl from Violet.

Plot

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Cast List

Oliver & Zac Barker as George Crawley Antonia Bernath as Laura Edmunds Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley Laura Carmichael as Edith Crawley Jim Carter as Charles Carson Raquel Cassidy as Phyllis Baxter Paul Copley as Mr Mason Brendan Coyle as John Bates Michelle Dockery as Mary Crawley Kevin Doyle as Joseph Molesley Sebastian Dunn as Charlie Rogers Victoria Emslie as Audrey Michael Fox as Andrew Parker Rupert Frazer as Neville Chamberlain Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates Matthew Goode as Henry Talbot Harry Hadden-Paton as Bertie Pelham Fifi Hart as Sybbie Branson Rob James-Collier as Thomas Barrow Sue Johnston as Gladys Denker Allen Leech as Tom Branson Phyllis Logan as Elsie Hughes Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley Sophie McShera as Daisy Mason Lesley Nicol as Beryl Patmore Douglas Reith as Richard Grey David Robb as Richard Clarkson Eva & Karina Samms as Marigold Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley Jeremy Swift as Septimus Spratt Howard Ward as Sergeant Willis Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley

Notes

• Henry Talbot uses the phrase La Belle Dame sans Merci when talking to Mary and Tom at a pub. It is a reference to a poem by John Keats. La belle dame sans merci, the beautiful lady without pity, is a femme fatale; a Siren-like figure who magically attracts lovers with hypnotically irresistible voice and charm only to lure them to their deaths; similar to mermaids, and an enchantress Circe. She destroys because it is her nature to destroy.
• Ms. Patmore saying "Anyone can cook" is a main statement from the movie Ratatouille.