Downton Abbey plot events

Put these Downton Abbey moments in the order they happen in the story, from the Titanic news to the New Year's Eve wedding that closes the show. You place all 58 cards in the right order, one at a time. You start with three lives, and ten right in a row wins a lost one back.

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Put these Downton Abbey moments in the order they happen in the story, from the Titanic news to the New Year's Eve wedding that closes the show. Drag or tap it onto the line
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How to play the Downton Abbey plot order game

Each card is a moment from Downton Abbey, upstairs or down, and you're aiming to put them in the order they happen in the story. The series appears under each card, using the British habit of calling a season a series. One moment begins on the line. Place every new card before, after or between those already set. A right answer confirms its spot, and a wrong one still moves the card into place but takes one of your three lives.

History helps, since the war, the flu and the changing decades push the story forward, but plenty of plots stretch across several series. Bates and Anna spend years under suspicion, Edith's secrets surface slowly, and suitors keep arriving for Mary. Each Christmas special belongs to the series it closes, so a festive card still sits at the end of its series, after everything else that year. Watch the time gaps too, because a special can jump months ahead of the episode before it.

What's in the deck

Here are 28 of the 58 cards you might be dealt, with 30 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • News arrives that the heir and his son died on the Titanic Series 1
  • Matthew and Isobel move into Crawley House Series 1
  • Sybil shocks the family by wearing harem pants Series 1
  • Sybil is hurt in a brawl at a by-election count Series 1
  • Robert announces that Britain is at war with Germany Series 1
  • Downton becomes a convalescent home for officers Series 2
  • Mrs Hughes dismisses Ethel after finding her with Major Bryant Series 2
  • A disfigured officer claims to be Patrick Crawley Series 2
  • Lavinia dies of Spanish flu Series 2
  • Bates is convicted of murdering Vera Series 2
  • Matthew and Mary marry Series 3
  • Tom Branson flees Ireland for Downton Series 3
  • Robert is outraged that former prostitute Ethel cooked lunch Series 3
  • Lady Rose MacClare comes to stay at Downton Series 3
  • Matthew is killed in a car crash Series 3
  • A letter is found naming Mary as Matthew's sole heir Series 4
  • Lord Gillingham proposes to Mary, and she refuses Series 4
  • Edith learns she is pregnant Series 4
  • Mary learns Green has died in a street accident in London Series 4
  • Thomas rescues Edith from a bedroom fire Series 5
  • Lord Merton proposes to Isobel Series 5
  • Edith learns Michael Gregson was killed in Munich Series 5
  • Anna is arrested for Green's murder Series 5
  • A woman's confession closes the case over Green's death Series 6
  • Tom and Sybbie arrive unannounced from Boston Series 6
  • Robert vomits blood at dinner as his ulcer bursts Series 6
  • Henry's friend Charlie is killed in a crash at Brooklands Series 6
  • Mary marries Henry Talbot Series 6

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