The Downton Abbey Spoiler, Episode 7 (Season 5)

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Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Film Reviews

3.6 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2015

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Each week, Slate’s culture critic and Outward editor June Thomas will chat with frequent contributor Seth Stevenson to dissect the latest developments on the new season of Downton Abbey. In this installment of the podcast, Thomas and Stevenson discuss Lord Grantham’s tearful farewell to Isis, Lady Edith’s short reign over the publishing house, and whether Atticus and Rose’s new engagement will really last. This podcast contains major spoilers, so listen after you watch each episode. Listen to the other episodes here. Feedback about today’s podcast? Let us know! [email protected]. Our sponsors this week are: HBO’s The Jinx. Four decades. Three murders. And one very rich man who refused to speak, until now. “The Jinx” airs Sundays at 8 on HBO. And Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price. Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting www.casper.com/downton and using the promo code “Downton” For info on how to subscribe to the Slate Plus podcast feed, go here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Slate's Downton Abbey's spoiler special is sponsored by HBO and the new documentary series The Jinks,
0:06.2	The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, four decades, three murders, and one very rich man who refused to speak until now.
0:13.3	The Jinks air Sundays at 8, only on HBO.
0:16.5	And by Casper, the online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price.
0:21.8	Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting casper.com slash downton and using the promo code,
0:28.0	Downton. That's casper.com slash downton and the promo code, Downton.
0:33.0	Slate Plus members get early access to our Downton Abbey Spoiler specials this season,
0:37.4	immediately following the broadcast on PBS.
0:40.2	If you're not a Slate Plus member and you want early access, sign up for Slate Plus at slate.com slash spoiler plus. Hello, everyone.
1:05.7	Welcome to a slight spoiler special for season five, Episode 7 of Downton Abbey.
1:11.6	I'm June Thomas, and I'm here in the New York studio with Seth Stevenson, known to me as Donk.
1:17.5	Hello, Shrumpy Flinter.
1:19.1	Hello.
1:19.9	That was a really emotional episode.
1:23.6	Well, you're a pet owner, June, and I think this hit you where you live.
1:26.4	It did.
1:27.6	The idea of bringing the sick pet into the bed, and it did bring, once again,
1:33.3	Cora and Robert together for their really quite lovely sort of thought of being surrounded by love as you leave this life.
1:42.9	Yes, although it was oddly phrased, if you noticed at the end there.
1:48.2	Robert says, you know, we want her to spend the night knowing she's very loved.
1:51.3	And Lady Cora says, yes, let me just make sure I've got this quote right.
1:55.2	Robert says two people who love her and each other very much on either side of her.
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