The first trailer for Downton Abbey: A New Era came with the huge surprise that Maggie Smith's Dowager Countess of Grantham, Violet Crawley will return for the sequel. Unfortunately, the pleasant revelation of her continued presence at Downton undoes the emotional ending to the first Downton Abbey movie, ruining what was set up as a passing-of-the-torch moment. While Smith's return is no doubt a bonus for fans, it comes at a great cost to the story.
In Downton Abbey's movie, Lady Violet
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