Lord Grantham sees his family heritage, especially the grand country home Downton Abbey, as his mission in life. The death of his heir aboard the Titanic means distant cousin Matthew Crawley, a Manchester lawyer, suddenly is next in line and accepts moving onto the vast estate with his even more modernist, socially engaged mother, who clashes with his lordship's domineering, conservative mother, the dowager countess. Marrying off the daughters is another concern. Meanwhile, the butler presides over a staff which serves the family, but also lead most of their entire lives in the servants' quarters, intriguing amongst themselves. 贵族到底贵在哪？。来说说我为什么待见大小姐。挚爱此片于是开始琢磨花边：Cora与Robert模式的原型们。冗长无趣的《唐顿庄园》观影笔记。时代剧，不容易。因为太美，所以不舍告别。台词so美。On Lady Edith ——关于我为什么喜欢二小姐。很喜欢Marry，虽然她不在乎。精致与体面的生活下，隐藏的是骄傲与荣耀。 该剧是英国ITV出品的古典剧，由荣获奥斯卡的金牌编剧Julian Fellowes一手打造， 明星云集的演员阵容极其耀眼。 第一季的故事从1912到1914年第一次世界大战爆发。Grantham的伯爵的头衔及产业只能由男性继承人同时继承。现任伯爵Robert通过迎娶了极富有的Cora才让产业得救，同时她的巨额财产按照契约永久的成为伯爵资产的一部分。没有子嗣的伯爵只能让侄儿Patrick成为法定继承人（即大女儿Mary的未婚夫）。可Patrick却在泰坦尼克号事故中丧生，而他们的远房亲戚Matthew将继承他们的一切，包括伯爵夫人的个人巨额财产。围绕财产的继承问题，Mary和Matthew的情感纠葛，Grantham一家和仆人们的关系，会发展会怎样的故事呢？
