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An unrecognizable burn victim turns up at the convalescent home claiming to be Mary's presumed drowned cousin Patrick, Carlisle plans to lure Carson from Downton, and Bates' wife reneges on her divorce agreement.

November 1918. Believing her marriage to have been a sham, Daisy is reluctant to accept a widow's pension whilst Robert writes to the father of Ethel's child, only to learn that he was killed in the war. As the Armistice is announced a Canadian soldier, suffering terrible burns, comes to recuperate and declares that he is Patrick, the heir presumed dead on the 'Titanic' and until recently an amnesiac. Only Edith believes him. Carlisle plans to buy a house near Downton and poaches Carson as his butler. He also notes Mary's devotion to Matthew and threatens to expose her affair unless she proves a loyal wife. John returns from a meeting with Vera in London, with a cut on his face.—don @ minifie-1

The war is quickly coming to a close. Isobel would like Downton Abbey to remain open as a rehabilitation center. Not everyone in the family agrees. A badly burned new patient by the name of Patrick Gordon arrives to recover from his wounds. Lady Edith takes a liking to him but is shocked when he claims to be Patrick Crawley, heir to Downton Abbey and the title, who was supposed to have died in the sinking of the Titanic. Robert Crawley is disbelieving. Daisy isn't comfortable taking a widows pension. Sir Richard Carlisle asks Carson to be the butler for he and Lady Mary as they now plan on purchasing the nearby 12,000-acre Haxby Park estate. Lady Cora decides to take up Ethel's cause and writes to the parents of the officer who fathered her baby only to learn that their son has died. Lady Sybil and Branson realize that with the end of the war so close, they will have to begin making plans. Bates' wife is again making trouble for him and he travels to London to deal with it.—garykmcd

November 1918, Canadian officer Patrick Gordon, badly disfigured by burns,claims arriving at Downton to be Patrick Crawley, the supposedly Titanic-drowned heir, rescued with amnesia. Mary rejects the claim, but Edith is persuaded as he recounts details of old times at Downton. Robert's London solicitor Murray learns that Patrick Crawley's regimental friend Patrick emigrated to Canada. "Patrick" abruptly leaves just with a note fort Edith. Matthew is adapting and Mary nurses him, until Lavunia is ushered back top commit to him. Isobel is full of social-improvement schemes using Downton Abbey, but Violet inspires Cora to make her choose the refugee cause instead, so the estate can resume its aristocratic mode. Sir Richard Carlisle plans to buy a neighboring estate and wants to snap Carson away to run it 'for Mary' whom he warns never to cross him, the earl gloomily resigns. Ethel hears major Bryant has been killed. Lady Sybil is urged in vain by Branson regarding his marriage proposal. Bates is shocked to find the legality of his divorce threatened, as Vera reveals that he paid her to leave him, and he goes to London to attempt to settle matters with her again. Upon his return, he receives the news that she is dead. Soon afterwards, the war ends with the Armistice.—KGF Vissers