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Critic Consensus: In its third season, Downton Abbey remains a gripping, fascinating look at 1920s England, though its melodramatic plotting occasionally veers into less satisfying territory.
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Cast
as Lord Grantham
as Violet Crawley
as Lady Grantham
as Matthew Crawley
as Isobel Crawley
as Lady Mary
as Lady Edith
as Carson
as Lady Sybil
as John Bates
as O'Brien
as Thomas
as Mrs Hughes
as Daisy
as Anna
as Mrs Patmore
as Tom Branson
as Ethel Parks
as Dr Clarkson
as Lady Rose MacClare
as Jimmy Kent
as Sir Anthony Strallan
as Martha Levinson
as Joseph Molesley
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Critic Reviews for Downton Abbey: Season 3
All Critics (37) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (7)
In the gentle, genteel hands of creator Julian Fellowes, the British smash remains delicious status-porn for restive commoners eager to lose themselves in the warm embrace of empire.
Still superior entertainment on a grand scale.
In its own elegant way, Downton Abbey offers solid storytelling woven around compelling love stories, upstairs and downstairs.
Were we in fact set up to fall in love with Downton Abbey? It hardly matters, because at this point, we'd follow the Crawleys over a cliff.
This is put-your-feet-up, pour-a-brandy television, a tasty import that's good company for a culture undergoing its own sometimes dizzying shifts.
It is by turns high-minded and lowbrow, hilarious and heartbreaking, and filled with heartfelt performances by actors who are clearly enjoying not only digging into their characters but playing off of one another.
Audience Reviews for Downton Abbey: Season 3
It gets better every season. A+
Super Reviewer
Season 3 reveals many new plots and a whole new set of characters making it fun to watch.
Super Reviewer
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