Season

Series 3

by Amy Nuttall, Siobhan Finneran, Dan Stevens, Kevin Doyle, Ed Speleers and 22 others

The Great War is over and a long-awaited engagement is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate. As other great houses are crippled psycholog

(6 total)

Characters

Julian Fellowes (6)Andy Goddard (4)Maggie Smith (3)Violet Crawley (3)Brian Percival (2)Sophie McShera (1)Peter Egan (1)Hugh "Shrimpie" MacClare (1)Mrs. Patmore (1)Daisy Mason (1)

“Love is like riding or speaking French: if you don't learn it young, it's hard to get the trick of it later.”

— Andy Goddard, Brian Percival, Julian Fellowes, Hugh "Shrimpie" MacClare, Peter Egan, imdb.com

Tagged: Love, Riding, speaking french, young

“If you must pay money, better to a doctor than an undertaker.”

— Julian Fellowes, Andy Goddard, Mrs. Patmore, Lesley Nicol, imdb.com

Tagged: Money, doctor, undertaker

“No farmer is his own boss—he takes his orders from the sun and the snow and the wind and the rain.”

— Andy Goddard, Brian Percival, Julian Fellowes, Daisy Mason, Sophie McShera, imdb.com

Tagged: Farmer, boss, Sun, Snow, Wind

“Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham: You Americans never understand the importance of tradition. Martha Levinson: Yes we do. We just don't give it power over us... history and tradition took Europe into a world war. Maybe you should think about letting go of its hand.”

— Julian Fellowes, Andy Goddard, Violet Crawley, Maggie Smith, imdb.com

Tagged: Tradition, Americans, Europe, world war

“When tragedy strikes there is a abject of blame. And in the events of tragedy we usually blame ourselves. You are not to blame. No one is to blame.”

— Julian Fellowes, Violet Crawley, Maggie Smith, imdb.com

Tagged: Tragedy, Marriage

“Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.”

— Julian Fellowes, Violet Crawley, Maggie Smith, imdb.com

Tagged: wit