From the very first episode of downtown abbey, the first thing that immediately appeals us is the number of the servants who work in the house for a family composed only of 5 persons, they actually constitute the majority of people who live in that house. We also notice through the following episodes the relation which relates these people, which seems to be really superficial at the first sight, some questions have crossed my mind; does this kind of relation really exist between servants and their employees? How can this servants be so faithful and respectful to their masters? Has it been taken from reality or is it just a fiction?

So beautiful the days when the rich people lived in castles, served by an army of people, when each person had his personal servant! Beautiful the days when everyone knew their place and where the classes, though separate and unequal, were at least able to be polite to one other. That is actually what makes this series so charming and nostalgic, this break from reality can seems crazy but at the same time very intrigue, because you want to know if everything is going to stay like that ,or is something going to happen. What actually I liked about this series is that we feel like we are reading a book, like pride and prejudice or Jane Austen and other classical book related to this period, it is actually very smartly written and beautifully plays by the actors.

However; the first season can actually be define as upstairs/downstairs season, it was a story teller about how two different classes of the society leaves together in an astonishing mansion, all with the same life's stories (work, family, friendship, love…etc.) but, so differently live. Whereas the upstairs, had only to snap their fingers to have everything they wanted to, the downstairs sacrificed all their lives and even their families to work and stay alive.

However, a small summary of the season is required to see what the exiting things about this season;

Upstairs:

Lord Grantham’s aim was to make sure his daughters inherited his fortune, but unfortunately that all fell apart when Lady Mary’s intended was aboard the Titanic! Mary’s reaction was as icy as the glacier that sunk the boat.

Enter Matthew Crawley, the distant third cousin of Robert and his mother Isobel. Robert and Cora were hoping for a match between him and Mary, which Matthew wanted less than anything in world, even if the spark between them was almost immediate.

Pamuk The handsome Turkish visitor from afar provided the first major scandal for Downtown, when he seduced Lady Mary then promptly expired in her bedroom in a rather compromising position. He died in her bedroom; Cora and lady’s maid Anna helped remove him from the bed, the implications of that sordid night were drug out for two seasons.

Forbidden love between Sibyl and her car driver activist, and Matthew and Mary’s premature engagement.

Downstairs:

The staff of Downtown was thrown into upheaval by the arrival of Mr. Bates, an old friend of Lord Grantham in need of job who was assigned to be Robert’s valet.

Enter jealous footman Thomas and co-conspirator O’Brien, who almost get Bates ejected from the house by trying to frame him for stealing.

The kitchen staff triangle of love originated: William in love with Daisy, Daisy in love with Thomas, and Thomas in love with …. Himself.

And let’s not forget The Crawley’s cook, Mrs. Patmore and her treatment of Daisy as her personal servant were revealed to be the symptoms of a larger problem: her failing eyesight. Lord Grantham made a surprising offer to save her sight.