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Favorite Downton Abbey Scenes (That Didn’t Actually Ever Happen) : #1 - Mary and Lavinia’s tearful love confession [2x09 - “The Christmas Special”]

Lavinia and Mary have grown closer than ever in the months following Lavinia’s recovery from the Spanish Influenza, thanks to Mary’s steadfast presence by Lavinia’s bedside and their shared impatience with the love square they’ve found themselves entangled in. Mary’s engagement to Carlisle is becoming more set in stone with every day; meanwhile, Matthew’s determination to marry Lavinia has been ardently strengthened by her brush with death, and they’ve set the wedding date for December 31. In this memorable scene, hailed by critics as a surprising but elegantly executed and beautifully acted plot twist that no one but the internet fangirls saw coming, Mary pays a late night visit to Lavinia’s bedroom to wish her well … and instead, the two women are forced to ask themselves — and each other — what it is they truly want. (And then they run away to Paris.)

#ZLOT THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT #ALL YOUR FAULT!

SELDOM AM I EVER BLAMED FOR ANYTHING SO WONDERFUL