Downton Abbey season 4

Season 4

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606375/episodes?season=4

Episode #4.1 (2013)

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2530858

Episode #4.2 (2013)

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2746594

Violet and Robert:

Violet: I don't understand you.

Violet: Of course you must give it to her.

Robert: But what if it has no legal status? I don't want to build her hopes up only to have them dashed.

Violet: Robert, Matthew intended Mary to be his sole heiress.

Violet: That will mean a great deal to her whether or not it's legal.

Violet: Can't you see that?

Robert: But is it right to exclude George?

Violet: Well, right or not, it is what he wanted.

Violet: Besides, it's not up to you.

Robert: I'll send it to Murray.

Violet: Well, Mary must read it before you send it anywhere.

Violet: Or are you trying to hide from the truth?

Robert: What truth?

Violet: That you would prefer to be in sole charge of the estate and not share the crown with Mary.

Robert: Don't be silly.

Robert: This won't make any difference to all that.

Robert: She won't want to get involved.

Violet: When you talk like that, I'm tempted to ring for Nanny and have you put to bed with no supper.

Spratt, Tom, Violet, Mary:

Spratt: Mr Branson, Your ladyship.

Tom: Sorry if I'm late.

Tom: I had to call on old Fairclough at Roundhills.

Violet: You're not at all late.

Violet: Now I asked Branson to come here because I have an idea.

Mary: Granny, you must call him Tom.

Violet: I thought I could call him Branson again now that he's the agent.

Mary: Well, you can't.

Tom: I don't mind.

Violet: No.

Violet: I see I'm beaten but, oh, how I sympathise with King Canute.

Mary: Now what is this idea?

Violet: Well, Mary, either YOU or your baby son own half of Downton.

Violet: I want you to have a say in the running of it.

Violet: It's just what you need.

Mary: But didn't last night's dinner disabuse you of that scheme?

Violet: Well, that's the point.

Violet: I want …er Tom.

Violet: TOM to be your instructor.

Tom: What?

Violet: Well, take Mary, you know, on your rounds.

Violet: Let her learn the farmers' difficulties.

Violet: Mmm.

Violet: Explain the crops and the live, the livestock.

Violet: You know, let her see the problems facing the estate.

Mary: And are we to do all this without telling Papa? Isn't that rather underhand?

Violet: There can be too much truth in any relationship.

Michael Gregson and Edith:

Michael Gregson: I can't persuade you to stay?

Edith: But, I will say this, it's getting harder and harder to say no.

Mr Carson, Jimmy, Mrs Patmore, Mrs Hughes:

Mr Carson: Take her to the theatre?

Jimmy: It is my half day.

Mr Carson: But not hers and how do we know she'd want to go.

Mrs Patmore: She'll want to go.

Mrs Hughes: She could change her half day.

Mr Carson: Oh, I don't know.

Mr Carson: It's turning into Liberty Hall round here.

Mr Carson: Are we entertaining that night?

Mrs Patmore: I'm not cooking.

Mrs Patmore: They'll all be dining with Lady Lawson at Brough Hall.

Mr Carson: Very well but no lingering.

Mrs Patmore: You can go and give her the good news.

Jimmy: Thank you, Mr Carson.

Mrs Patmore: I hope he doesn't break her heart.

Mrs Hughes: We must all have our hearts broken once or twice before we're done.

Mrs Patmore: True enough, Mrs Hughes.

Mr Carson: Strange to think the theatre was part of my life at one time.

Mrs Hughes: Yours and Mr Griggs'.

Mrs Hughes: You know he's going to work in Belfast?

Mr Carson: I had heard.

Mrs Hughes: He's leaving the village in the morning.

Mrs Hughes: The 11 o'clock train.

Mr Carson: What's that to me?

Mrs Hughes: I'll tell you what it is.

Mrs Hughes: It's an open wound.

Mrs Hughes: I don't know why but I do know this: You'd do better to stitch it up and let it heal.

Mrs Patmore to Daisy:

Mrs Patmore: Nothing's as changeable as a young man's heart.

Mrs Patmore: Take hope and a warning from that.

Jimmy and Rose:

Jimmy: What the …

Rose: Say nothing and I'll be your friend forever.

Episode #4.3 (2013)

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2746600

Lord Gillingham, Mary, Violet:

Lord Gillingham: What about it?

Mary: I thought I'd keep Granny company.

Violet: Don't use me as an excuse.

Violet: If you don't want to dance, tell him.

???, Tom, Cora, Mr Carson, Isobel, Violet, Robert:

???: Do you know Isabella Moncrieffe?

Tom: No.

???: She's blown up like a balloon!

Cora: She's in her room? How long has she been there?

Mr Carson: Her maid took her some tea when she arrived

Cora: What?

Mr Carson: I'm about to send up dinner.

Isobel: Doesn't she want to eat with us?

Mr Carson: I didn't think it appropriate, ma'am, and his lordship agreed with me.

Isobel: I can't believe my ears.

Cora: Robert? A world-famous singer is in our house, a great artist honoured by the King, but you felt it beneath your dignity to eat with her?

Robert: I don't recall

Cora: Am I the only member of this family who lives in the twentieth century? What room is she in?

Mr Carson: Princess Amelia, m'lady.

Cora: You will have her next to you at dinner and you will like it!

Robert: But what do I say to her? What does one say to a singer? (Towards Mr Carson) I blame you!

Episode #4.4 (2013)

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2746602

Cora and Mary:

Cora: Will you meet Tony Gillingham while you're there? I don't think so.

Mary: Why should I?

Cora: Just thought you might.

Mary: Don't be transparent, Mama.

Mary: It doesn't suit you.

Episode #4.5 (2013)

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2752744

Mary, Robert, Violet, Cora, Isobel, Tom:

Mary: You might've talked it over with us before you made up your mind.

Robert: But I haven't.

Robert: I told him we'd think about it.

Robert: That's all.

Mary: Sounds to me as if you've come to a decision.

Robert: If we don't respect the past, it'll be harder to build our future.

Violet: Where did you read that?

Robert: I made it up.

Robert: I thought it was rather good.

Violet: It's too good.

Violet: One thing we don't want is a poet in the family (!)

Isobel: Would it be so bad?

Violet: The only poet peer I am familiar with is Lord Byron.

Violet: And I presume you all know how that ended.

Cora: So, you'd let Mr Drewe stay on.

Robert: Since he wants to repay the debt, I think it only fair.

Robert: Besides, he talks of the partnership between the farmers and the family, and I like that.

Isobel: Well, I think it's splendid.

Violet: Says the queen of the rebels (!)

Isobel: Thank you.

Mary: And you agree, even though he has no right to renew the lease?

Cora: No right legally, no.

Cora: But we think he has a moral right.

Tom: It's a pity it should be Yew Tree.

Tom: It would've filled a hole in the land we farm.

Isobel: You've managed without it till now.

Mary: You haven't said what you think.

Mary: Which side are you on?

Tom: The farmer's, of course.

Tom: I've not abandoned all my socialism.

Tom: Even though it feels like it sometimes.

Robert: In this one and only instance, I am glad to hear it.

Mary: When will you tell him?

Robert: There's no tearing rush.

Robert: We've a day or two to talk it over.

Robert: And then you can tell him.

Episode #4.6 (2013)

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2752784

Isobel, Violet:

Isobel: Aren't you going to say you're sorry?

Violet: Certainly not.

Violet: He may not have taken this, or he may have sneaked it into the maid's bucket when we weren't looking.

Isobel: How you hate to be wrong.

Violet: I wouldn't know.

Violet: I'm not familiar with the sensation.

Isobel: So you're determined to dig in your heels.

Violet: I am sorry.

Violet: But whether or not he took this, he certainly took the knife.

Violet: That is all I have to say on the subject.

Episode #4.7 (2013)

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2752752

Episode #4.8 (2013)

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2752760

Episode #4.9=christmas special (2013)

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2819840