I’ll never forget the moment I watched Downton Abbey’s 2012 Christmas special. One second, Matthew Crawley was driving through the English countryside beaming with joy after meeting his newborn son… and the next, everything shattered. The camera lingered just long enough on his lifeless face to confirm what we didn’t want to believe: he was gone.
For years, fans like me were stunned, and a little hurt, by how abruptly Matthew was written out. The man who had become the emotional heart of the show was suddenly—and rather cruelly—removed.
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