“I am sure.”Ī rare kind of unguarded joy passes over Mary’s face at this confession. Please don’t take me there again unless you’re sure.” “We’ve been on the edge of this so many times, Matthew. Hesitating still because of Matthew’s recent loss (of his fiancé) and her feelings of inadequacy, she asks one last thing of him. “And now it’s time we lived them together.” You’ve lived your life and I’ve lived mine.” Though he’s made his case amply, Matthew continues with words never truer. “I haven’t forgiven you because I don’t believe you need my forgiveness. “No, I haven’t forgiven you.” Cutting off Mary’s crestfallen face and attempts to put an end to the matter, he continues. With expectation, she turns to him and tentatively asks, “You mean you’ve forgiven me?” In answer to her worry, that every fight between them would trace back to her past dalliance, his reply is simple: “No.” This causes a smile to pass over Matthew’s face as he likely remembers some of the moments of their past and ignores Mary’s continued bid to make a case against them being together. With her calm sophistication, Mary replies, “Oh, Matthew, you don’t mean that.” Continuing she says, “You know yourself we carry more luggage than the porters at King’s Cross!” With hope, Matthew speaks the words long overdue. Walking outside, Matthew finds a shivering Mary standing out in the cold. Following their dance, Matthew asks her about her plans to head to America (a necessity to protect her secret which a powerful newspaper owner learned). A secret that he took in with some surprise and silence and neither one of them has spoken of it since. It’ll either seal her fate forever or bring her closer than ever to the only man she has ever loved… The Romantic Moment Matthew and Mary share a dance at the Servant’s BallĪt the Crawley’s servants ball, Mary and Matthew are sharing a dance post-Mary confessing her secret to Matthew. Against the better advice of her grandmother, Mary takes a risk, she must tell Matthew. The death of a one-night paramour in her bed hangs over her head. As Mary begins to hope again – hope that Matthew might be willing to give them a second chance, she worries over the one thing she has kept carefully hidden. There are close calls that nearly separate them for good including a brush with death, but ultimately fate is kind. The series of events that led up to today’s moment are many. SPOILERS AHEAD! The Lead In: Mary and Matthew Never was there a truer love meant to be – especially on this show. The writers did everything they could to delay what loyal fans knew was inevitable between these two. The love they had for one another survived Mary breaking his heart, secrets and fiancés, unspoken words and a World War. Theirs was a kind of “epic” love story we forgive clichés for. Matthew brought out the best in Mary he knew how to elicit the best response and find the best part of her heart. From that first meeting, I think nearly every fan would admit they were head over heels for the compassionate, blue-eyed British gentleman. Then along came Matthew, a distant Crawley cousin who suddenly became the family estate’s only heir. Mary and Matthew meet for the first time. Mary is the epitome of a proper British lady right down to her stiff upper lip and because of that, she isn’t the most popular character on the show. Even through the convenient obstacles that were placed in their lives or the separations, there was something magnificent about these two together. THE EPISODE: Season Two, Episode Nine (“Christmas at Downton”)Īmid the ups and downs of this six-season series, I don’t think there were many fans that didn’t root for the primary love story of Lady Mary and Matthew Crawley. THE PAIRING: Lady Mary Crawley (Michelle Dockery) and Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens)

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