'Downton Abbey' Season 6 Episode 2 Spoilers: Wedding Planning Goes Amiss, Character Goes Missing

By Jackie Villegas, Christian Post Contributor Tuesday, January 05, 2016

This may be the last season of the British period drama "Downton Abbey," but the characters will still find themselves in trouble and involved in high drama as per usual. And in Season 6 Episode 2, both the Crawleys and those working on their estate will be embroiled in disputes left and right.

According to the synopsis for next Sunday's episode, the bitter feud over the take-over of the local hospital will continue to rage between Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham (Maggie Smith) and Isobel (Penelope Wilton), with Cora (Elizabeth McGovern), Violet's daughter-in-law, taking Isobel's side.

Meanwhile, Mary (Michelle Dockery) chides her father, Robert, the Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville), for telling Carson (Jim Carter) that he can have the servants' hall for his wedding reception. Mary offers him the upstairs instead. But Mrs. Hughes (Phyllis Logan), Carson's bride, wants to have the reception at a different venue, and this leads to tension between the two.

Other servants in the Crawley household are similarly concerned about future events, with Barrow (Rob James- Collier) worrying that he will be the first to be let go if Robert decides to begin laying off workers. Barrow will reportedly get some kind of hint in Episode 2, but it is unclear whether it will point towards him staying or packing his bags.

Just like the downstairs folks, the upstairs family will have their own share of problems as "pigs lead to trouble for Edith and Marigold," according to the official synopsis of the episode. Mary enters the estate's pigs in the local livestock show, and decides to bring Marigold with her when she goes to check on the farm.

While there, Mrs. Drewe (Emma Lowndes), who raised Marigold for some time when she was smaller, gets upset over seeing the little girl and takes the child. Her husband, Mr. Drewe (Andrew Scarborough) tries to get her to return Marigold before eventually deciding that the best thing for them to do is to move away.

"Downton Abbey" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. EST on PBS.