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UPSTAIRS: Earl and Countess of Grantham
(Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern)

British law dictates that the Crawley family estate must go to a male heir, but Robert and Cora have only girls, which meant Downton's future was cast in doubt last season when the heir presumptive (and their daughter's potential suitor) died on the Titanic.

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