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Downton Abbey
Episode 1
Directed by
Minkie Spiro
TV-PG
S6 • E1
Sep 20, 2015
69m
8.3
7.3
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It is now 1925, when secrets and rifts threaten the unity of the family, while those below stairs are faced with social changes.
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Cast of Episode 1
Maggie Smith
Violet Crawley
Michelle Dockery
Mary Crawley
Laura Carmichael
Edith Crawley
Joanne Froggatt
Anna Smith
Hugh Bonneville
Robert Crawley
Phyllis Logan
Mrs. Hughes
Elizabeth McGovern
Cora Crawley
Jim Carter
Charles Carson
Brendan Coyle
John Bates
Penelope Wilton
Isobel Merton
Raquel Cassidy
Phyllis Baxter
Lesley Nicol
Beryl Patmore
Sophie McShera
Daisy Mason
Robert James-Collier
Thomas Barrow
Allen Leech
Tom Branson
Amaëlle Cunningham
Guest Judge
Kevin Doyle
Joseph Molesley
David Robb
Dr. Clarkson
Mark Morrell
Mr. Fairclough
Jeremy Swift
Spratt
Downton Abbey - S6 • E1 Ratings & Reviews
Wall Street Journal
Sarene Leeds
Times have changed, for both the Crawleys, and for their television viewers, and that means we're ready to see these characters move forward, not repeat familiar-looking misfortunes from earlier seasons.
TV Line
Andy Swift
For those of us who have waited impatiently for the Abbey's hottest will-they-won't-they duo to strip down and get to business, it was a welcome relief to see [Carson and Mrs. Hughes] finally having "the talk."
TV Fanatic
Caralynn Lippo
Downton Abbey Season 6 Episode 1 brought us back to our favorite Yorkshire estate, revisiting a few old themes, wrapping up tired storylines, and introducing future prospects.
Paste Magazine
Amy Amatangelo
[Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes]' might be the show's best romance.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Jen Chaney
After five seasons, this show is essentially family, which means we're well-aware of its flaws and manage to still love it - or at least appreciate it - in spite of them.
indieWire
Jay Bushman
This is the kind of storyline that drives me nuts about Downton Abbey - they set up a conflict, reiterate instead of escalate it, and finally solve it through some deus ex machina.
Guardian
Viv Groskop
And so we return to the usual collision of wonderful emotive acting performances and ludicrously bonkers exposition. Hooray to the max for this first episode of the final season, though.
Entertainment Weekly
Kevin P. Sullivan
Nowhere else on TV will you see a vision of the apocalypse as delightful as Downton Abbey, and while these aren't the literal end times for the upper class, the clock is tick-tick-ticking toward midnight for this way of life.
Digital Spy
Tom Eames
The first episode of series six introduced new threats, resolved others, had a perfect Dowager put-down and made things look a little bit too rosy.
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Ceri Radford
The beginning of the end of Downton Abbey opened with one of those scenes that made you realise how much you would miss it once this sixth and final series has galloped off into the sunset.
AV Club
Emily L. Stephens
It's rare for any show to balance sentiment and silliness as deftly as this episode does.
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