X
- PBS
- Sep 20, 2015
- PBS
- Sep 20, 2015
- PBS
- Sep 20, 2015
- PBS
- Sep 20, 2015
Season Episodes
View All Seasons
6 Seasons
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
76
81% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
19% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
76
81% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
19% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Judging from the first eight hours, it truly will be grand. Downton Abbey looks for all the world as though it’s steaming steadily toward happy or at least contented endings for one and all.
Far more frequent are those moments that are likely to cause anyone who likes the show and the characters to smile or tear up, as on-screen and off, we all face the necessity of letting go of the past.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
7.9
84% Positive
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
8% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
8% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
7.9
84% Positive
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
8% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
8% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
This show blew me away, I began watching it much later than everyone else (right around when season five came out) I have nothing bad to say about this show, it was simply amazing. While I never cried, there were many moments that were tear-jerkers. This show really makes you care for the characters so you always feel there pain. The finale of the whole show, the last episode of season six, was brilliantly done and brought closure to the story. This is one of the only shows I have ever seen to end stronger than it started. Unlike many shows and movie series, this one just got better and better as it progressed. A combination of amazing actors, great attention to detail, historical accuracy, beautiful sets, stunning costumes, and a truly dazzling story makes Downton Abbey one of if not the best show to ever air.
Report
SEASON 6
I do like period pieces. This is the last of many, set in a time period that began the history that was my century. It is much like some of the others, but more of the gentle side of the Aristocracy. Great Cinematography of some of the old and large estates standing today. Season 2 and now it becomes more real with WWI. I look forward to watching it all, I expect that more drama is yet to come. I have no idea how it will end but I am sheltering in place, I have no reason to go anywhere. So binge watching is all there is, no sports, and I certainly don't want to watch the news.
Report
SEASON 6
Even though it was starting to feel a bit threadbare in recent years, its classy departure is likely to leave its legion of fans pining for more. [4-17 Jan 2015, p.14]
As is always the case in this dense and sprawling enterprise, the results vary from scene to scene, by turns wise and sentimental, condescending and hilarious.
Devoted and casual fans of the series alike will doubtless enjoy the gentle winding up of stories that have progressed over so many years, with new beaus for Mary and Edith introduced at the end of last season, an increasing degree of liberation for the servants, and even a glimpse of happiness for the tragedy-ridden Bateses. Meanwhile Downton’s villains, always cartoonish, remain so.
There’s much intrigue and backbiting going on in the small domestic household of the Dowager Countess, but that, too, ultimately goes nowhere. Fellowes hints at drama and pulls his punches.
While it's wonderful to be reacquainted with the various charming characters for the sixth and final season, the series' essential problems remain: A lack of subtlety as plot turns are signaled and then underscored; a tendency to keep certain characters stuck in one emotional state for prolonged periods--how much more angst can Anna and Bates (Joanne Froggatt and Brendan Coyle) telegraph again and again?, and a reliance on our allegiance to certain actors.
What a wonderful way to end "Downton Abbey". The season seemed more to be a wrap up of previous story lines, however there were some twists and turns and in the end we stay positive in hoping the family continues on in a happy manner.
Report
SEASON 6
By now we know what "Downton Abbey" is. It's a prime time soap focused on the lives of two groups of people in 1920s England. It also covers some of the social change of the time, but mostly we watch for the people. In this, it's final season, "Downton Abbey" is working to give a satisfying conclusion to all the stories and characters, and I think it does that well.
Report
SEASON 6
Too many story endings in first episode of season6, bates & anna acquitted, Mary blackmailed & settled, Carson & Hughes settle proposal,Isabelle & Violet arguing over Hospital take ****'s like the writer
was trying to tie up all loose ends in first episode, it should have been a TWO hour episode....I was a little disappointed
Report
SEASON 6
