Downton Tragedy: Sybil's Death | Downton Abbey

Tragedy strikes Downton Abbey when Lady Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay) experiences complications during child birth.
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[@sorrynotsorryxoxo]

mary: "she can't breathe!" sir philip: "oh that's totally normal don't worry"

[@dobby6841]

exactly

[@elamplough1]

Christ that doctor annoyed me but in real life toxaemia would probably also be on his mind and he hoped that a quick delivery would resolve the problem. Unfortunately for the Downton contemporaries, it was not until 1928 when penicillin was discovered, and sulphonamides became available in 1935, so caesareans often meant maternal death from haemorrhage or sepsis.

[@emeraldcountess8471]

I'm not over it yet. Still mourning Lady Sybil.

[@Macgyverbrown]

Of course you do you earned it still haunts me

[@Macgyverbrown]

In my opinion there never has been or ever will be another Maggie Smith

[@unorthodoxromance254]

Sybil was the only Crawley daughter who actually gave a crap about people other than herself. She went out of her ways to provide for those soldiers in the hospital, helped Gwen find a job as a secretary working for a telephone company, and helped Mrs. Patmore and Daisy to deliver food to hungry soldiers. Edith and Mary were too busy catfighting about their lovers.

[@eughanbadli5269]

Good people always end up going first

[@deviousluxray5935]

Despite hating edith in the early years due to the way she screwed over her sister, she went out of her way to help the soldiers during the war, so that's patently untrue.

[@redmoon9650]

Edith did help the wounded soldiers. Mary was only concerned with Matthew.

[@deviousluxray5935]

@@redmoon9650 kindly dont be stupid she worked as a nurse at the house b4 Matt ever got wounded.

[@redmoon9650]

Devious Luxray she did it with annoyance though, smh

[@barb7124]

Watch Downton Abbey they said.....it's a great show they said. I almost tossed my TV out the window after this scene.

[@D_Marrenalv]

lol...glad you decided NOT to throw it out the window...the series ended well, didn't it.

[@eviegreen8405]

And after Matthew's death as well 😭

[@kyjuan89]

It's so endearing my cousin said....such a great story she said

[@janzibunz8689]

@@eviegreen8405 gosh its so well done. You grow to love the characters and then ...

[@yeecksd9744]

WTF HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO HER MOTHERFKERS RUINING MY NEW YEAR

[@meeeka]

Watching Sybil convulse and die, while Tom begged her to breathe and not to leave him, was a most painful scene to watch. Just too much love that goes away, "poof" leaving more pain than one can imagine or tolerate feeling. In real life.

[@everythingshiny]

I watched this episode over breakfast and spent the whole day at work worrying about how Tom was going to get on without her - luckily was watching on Netflix so I didn't have to wait very long to find out. Still think her death broke him and he was never the same afterwards.

[@hez5160]

Dying in the arms (practically) of her husband and mother, the two people who love her most in the entire world. The whole time my heart broke for both Tom and Cora. Imagine watching your baby girl die this way. :'(

[@scottw9318]

I don't normally cry at TV shows (save the occasional Pixar moment) but this did me in completely.

[@juliag.5114]

@@scottw9318 Yeah me too, and I'm used to death/bloody scenes but I remember being so shocked when I first watched this, it felt so real. They way she gets white as paper at 4:08, it's just scary

[@emeraldcountess8471]

And watching the dowager countess falter for just a moment. She outlived her granddaughter. Something no grandmother wants I'm sure.

[@borleyboo5613]

The restrained grief of the Dowager countess is more heartbreaking than any scene in this episode. Marvellous acting by Dame Maggie Smith.

[@sheilaburns8977]

When the Dowager stops and touches Carson and then she has a moment where she stops and touches the beam and has to gather her strength, and then walks to the sitting room …. a great scene.

[@lizaustinlc]

Borley Nun. I agree. This was an incredible scene, I was moved by her..

[@JadeBluee]

This entire episode got me. And when the Dowager Countess walks alone to the next room... Ugh. My heart.

[@Naldjei3396]

I got stop come to see this videos... Second death spoiler I face it... First Matthew, now the Dowager Countess 😢

[@lizaustinlc]

Ronaldo Andrade The Dowager doesn’t die! I was talking about the grief she felt over the death of another loved one. The Dowager lives through the whole series..

[@laurao8822]

Lets be real, its quarantine 2020 and we are all still traumatised by this.

[@sheilaburns8977]

It is a riveting scene, and so, so sad. My eyes burn each time I watch. PEACE to ALL ... and STAY SAFE and HEALTHY.

[@diledile89]

Im still traumatize about matthew's death

[@veroniquelebeau2692]

Will this scene never be traumatizing? I don't think so... 😭😭

[@carlycrays2831]

We all knew it was gonna happen and it was still shocking.

[@mimim6857]

I know I am.

[@ladyfoxwf1075]

Literally one of the saddest and most distressing deaths I have ever seen on screen. It was horrible especially as someone so beautiful and kind and alive as well as wise as Sybil was suffering so much pain. The two times I watched her death I cried all night, I cried myself to sleep because I was so disturbed and it felt so real. And poor baby Sybbie.

[@fizzao1342]

L̶a̶d̶y̶ Fox Wolfae After Sybil and Matthew died, we stopped watching it.

[@maxeyre2024]

Fizza O Seasons 4 to 6 are still very much worth seeing.

[@ladyfoxwf1075]

Fizza O Yep we sure did! It took me a month to begin watching it again after Sybil’s death, only for Matthew to die. There was only Mary’s and Bransons friendship left, and their babies of course, but I’m afraid that isn’t enough.

[@bandygreen2456]

I understand! This got too real quick and I couldn't handle it. Her death was such a tragedy I cried

[@heatherlorscheider7758]

I agree I cried so hard

[@kerrid5717]

Sybil: Hallucinates Doctor: Perfectly normal :))

[@TShay92]

He should have been charged about lying to his patient's family.

[@SafeSpaceInc]

Kerri D EXACTLY.

[@realniggashit3]

The actor who played the doctor tragically died in 2017

[@pinkgirl5041]

Wait, when did she hallucinate?

[@DrHoe-dm6kr]

@@pinkgirl5041 when she told Tom: "we can lay back and look at the stars"

[@miaowang4981]

I still can't forgive Lord Grantham and his "prestiged" arrogant doctor

[@c.r.t1586]

Lord Grantham didn't trust Dr Clarkson. He was wrong before. Like Mathew will never walk again and not capable of having child.

[@PrincessofEllabur]

@@c.r.t1586 except that Dr.Clarkson new Sybill all her life. So which person should you trust: some rich snot doctor or the doctor who knew you?

[@kaypandey7221]

PrincessofEllabur Don’t be stupid. A doctor who misdiagnosed twice before Vs a doctor with reputation of being a “good doctor “. Trust me that reputation doesn’t come easy. It was Dr. Phylip’s bad diagnosis this time. As a father, Robert made sense. But Cora probably had a mother’s instinct. Not to forget in those days cesarean was way risky. Sk don’t pass judgement whike being ignorant.

[@PrincessofEllabur]

@@kaypandey7221 Which would you trust more someone who KNEW your daughter all her life even if he made mistakes a couple of time or some "snob" doctor?

[@olgachafeeva2828]

@@PrincessofEllabur that 'snob' doctor is a good physician. you calling him a snob doesn't make him any less of a good doctor. it does, however, make you sound very insecure. like those poor people who call rich people snobs simply because they don't have what the rich people have. ;)

[@gajesh1087]

Maggie Smith's acting at the end of this clip is superb, even the manner how she sighs and totters away is great acting. This is my favorite Dowager Countess moment.

[@marthajane6617]

I agree Damn Smith is an A list actress and she rocked her roll. Did she win anything for this? She had too.

[@StarfireMajesty]

martha jane Well she has received a reward for her acting services to the country by the Queen, what more could she win lol

[@LouiseAndersen1991]

She has definitely won an Emmy for her performance on Downton Abbey and has been nominated for all six seasons of Downton Abbey. But I don`t think she won anything for season 3.

[@pchiare]

Maggie Smith has deservedly won most acting awards known to humankind.

[@gainal9080]

She's won 3 Emmys as Dowager Countess for season 1, 2 and 6, 1 Golden Globe for season 2, and one Screen Actors Guild award for season 3.

[@Scrappy527]

I always got the feeling that the true favorite was Sybil. She was the sweetest and the most caring. Mary was the oldest, so they were obsessed with her marriage prospects, etc. Yet Sybil held true friendships with people both upstairs and downstairs. The fact that Thomas was devastated by her death and was moved to protect Sybbie in the later years shows how much his friendship with Sybil meant to him.

[@allshookup1640]

Oh you are correct. You don’t even have to guess. Sybil was EVERYONE’S favorite! Her mother, her father, her grandmother, her sisters, the staff, etc. EVERYONE loved Sweet Sybil.

[@scottw6704]

In my 16 years of marriage, I had not once seen my husband cry until we watched this scene from the series. He was inconsolable.

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

+Scott W this is the saddest episode of Downton. Because Sybil gives birth to baby Sybbie and dies from eclampsia. It's sad seeing Tom crying for her. Tom is my favourite character

[@farisanwari777]

He just like me fr

[@jujuchick303]

The saddest episode ever, and Violet having to outlive her youngest grandchild is just so painful to see only Maggie Smith could do that scene so beautifully and so painfully. Just...this is the only episode in all of the show that I absolutely hated because they got rid of one of the most kindest characters but in the end it showed how life and death work.

[@kittybitts9530]

They actually wrote this scene into the show because the actress was moving on and wouldn't be in more episodes. The same is true for Mathew's death. The actor was moving on from the show, so they had to write in a scene where he died.

[@MandieTerrier]

@@MM-eo2oz Dan Stevens a Jessica Brown Findlay, have both done well. Dan didn't want to be typecast.

[@timothykozlowski2945]

@@MM-eo2oz Typecasting

[@XxPhoenix14741xX]

Bransons “please don’t leave me, love” hits me right in the feels every time 😢

[@meiray]

Thomas's breakdown in response to this would be a great moment to include if you ever revisit this. Wrenching.

[@OlgaLevin]

Right? He had a special connection to her. You could really see it.

[@blue1spiral]

I was very sad that his reaction to her death was not included in this. It really said something about her deep affect on the whole household, even the servants....her kindness and intelligence and importance to everyone there.

[@FDzerzhinsky]

Agreed. I love when he admits that he didn't mean it when he told Anna that she wouldn't have noticed if he died.

[@Rokstar12341234]

Agreed. Other than Branson and the baby, Thomas was the one that tore at my heart the most. Even though he was so closed off and hostile to everyone, he cried for Sybil because she had such a beautiful heart that she was the only one that was kind to him 100% of the time. No matter how he spoke or what his actions, she looked past that and his tears made me cry even harder

[@xanievans1479]

Thomas crying was a big surprise to me. I expected him to be sullen and uncaring. I expected him to be a little sad considering she worked with him for some time but crying?/ never saw that one

[@rebekkanachbaur7926]

When you see the dowager countess walking away from Carson, it’s the only time in the series that she has ever looked like an old woman to me.

[@carlycrays2831]

No one wants to think that they will outlive their granddaughter.

[@angielassa4237]

"Oh Carlson...we've seen some troubles, you and I. Nothing worse than this." Makes me tear up every time.

[@seikibrian8641]

* *Carson.*

[@LtColShingSides]

I've always blamed Lord Grantham for her death.

[@ladyfoxwf1075]

Radish Spirit not just him but yes but I can’t hate him but I was angry Update: okay I’m still angry I didn’t ever forgive him, but I never could hate him either

[@nazgullord3198]

I blamed him too, but in time I learned to forgive him

[@NoName-zh7yw]

Rhys Hoffman Clarkson did predict it.. (I get what you mean but Robert IS partly to blame.)

[@wickandde]

I still haven't been able to forgive him or the doctor yet

[@jameslyon2338]

They could and did predict this. Clarkson recommends taking precautions just in case and Robert decided instead to listen to whatever doctor gave an answer of the least inconvenience to the family. If they had only listened to Clarkson from the beginning, she would most likely still be alive.

[@maggiemcgee8487]

I can not imagine the guilt that Robert must have felt. But also I can not imagine the pain Cora experienced knowing her own husband was partially responsible for her daughters death.

[@elamplough1]

In defence of Robert, he just listened to the doctor that he trusted more.

[@vanessawyndham8791]

@@elamplough1 He trusted him more because he was of their class whereas Dr. Clarkson wasn't.

[@carlairving]

Does he though? I don't want to sound too harsh, but in the next episode, happening at most a month after Sybil dies, he ran to yell at the women at Isobel's house to GTFO while Ethel is cooking because he is the family boss or whatever... Doesn't look nor sound like someone who is experiencing grief, let alone guilt. He just wants to assert his authority over the family ASAP, even if he and his lack of judgment are responsible for Sybil's death. (Luckily, they stay sit and enjoyed the charlotte russe)

[@sjorssnel3032]

@@carlairving no Robert legitimately thought that people of ‘class’ were always better then people without, a cultural thing in aristocratic Britain. This is also why Robert and Cora clashed so hard over this, because Cora, the American, couldnt understand how Robert judged a doctor purely by class, even though Dr. Clarksen was better known.

[@SjofnBM1989]

Yeah Cora froze him out for a long while after that. She blamed him for Sybil dying.

[@beckyc8104]

The way Mary stands back in shock gives me chills. As soon as that happened, we knew immediately she had died. There was something so much more harrowing seeing the reactions of the family, rather than Sybil in her last few seconds. Absolutely devastating to watch.

[@juliag.5114]

i agree, it was so shocking because the moment the camera went back to sybil she was already so pale, props to the makeup team as well

[@helenarichard]

Yes I mostly noticed cousin Edith's eyes. Pure tragedy.

[@helenarichard]

@@juliag.5114 And her swollen neck looks so realistic!

[@12classics39]

the smaller more subtle reactions add as much weight to the scene as the bigger reactions, especially the way Matthew's anger at the doctors' failure slowly drains into silent despair as he leans against the bedpost. You really feel how much he loves his sister-in-law.

[@alpineazalea8029]

It was all the more shocking because I feel like that's what would really have happened- people standing around shocked by what is happening in front of them, except for her mother and her husband who can't do anything either but are already in grief. Beautifully done.

[@suesmith3744]

I had preeclampsia with my second son , horrifying to see what the outcome would have been for me , and possibly my son back in the day . Even in modern times it is a horrifying and serious condition that can have fatal consequences if not treated promptly . Thank God for modern medicine .

[@Tuepfely]

I am so happy you and your son were safe :)

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia

[@mikeoxmaul45]

@@SuperGreatSphinx why you always replying wiki links

[@nataliacoelho1063]

@Vishwas Singh Who created humans, dumbass?

[@vickyemoriken738]

@Vishwas Singh she was thanking modern medicine and you're still upset, people are allowed to have their own beliefs

[@sheilaburns8977]

I was hoping to see the scene where Cora is sitting next to Sybil 's bed just looking at her daughter. When she is talking to Sybil and says she will take care of Tom and the baby, … "We'll take care of both of them", and then says, "My beauty, My baby" … Ugh, my heart just breaks. Such a poignant scene.

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

Now its up!

[@flamebunny6511]

As heartbreaking as her close family’s reaction to her death was, Thomas’s reaction is the one that broke me. Seeing him react the way that he did when he’s usually unemotional hits so much harder.

[@purpletigress9000]

Yes 😭

[@lauraschoenborn3544]

2:24 when Tom asked Cora, "You'd take her to the hospital" it was so clear in his eyes he was going to agree to take her to the hospital. Cora was the voice of reason in this episode. And Tom knew something was wrong it was obvious in his eyes.

[@mollylea2643]

And Cora’s “I would’ve taken her an hour ago!”

[@CarolaThurin]

Tom and Sybil's love might just be the strongest love I have seen on this show and all of TV. I LOVE THIS SHOW!

[@maxeyre2024]

+Carola Thurin Same here!

[@lindsayamerstwin-queerkids9369]

Are you forgetting Matthew and Mary?

[@whiskeyvixen9221]

ANNA AND MR. BATES?!

[@dr.spectre9697]

lol I dont know about that....

[@fish-fingers_and_custard7685]

Agree

[@Blue8spiral]

I still miss Sybil. As if she were real. I named my cat after her in fact, lol.

[@andreliem7654]

That was very thoughtful of you hahaha, and yes i named my dog sybil shes such a good girl

[@imnotpaulavery7608]

I named my cat Lady Sybil after her too ❤️❤️

[@sandgrownun66]

@@imnotpaulavery7608 "I named my cat Lady Sybil after her too". Sybil, that's a nice name for a cat lady.

[@clowicous]

I named my daughter Sybil lol no one in my husbands family understand why I named her after a character from a British show, they’re not TV/movie people *sigh*

[@VPGarg-pf2dy]

i have girl dog and boy dog i named the girl dog sybil and the boy dog matthew

[@racheyrach_rach3548]

Having just had a c-section 3 days ago due to almost dying of pre-eclampsia it makes you appreciate just how we've advanced medically. My baby is only 28 weeks old but has a fighting chance of surviving and I'm on the mend. Lady S never had that opportunity.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarean_section

[@racheyrach_rach3548]

@@SuperGreatSphinx thank you Stella, I'm sure you know though that "c-section" is the abbrievated form for "caesarean section". Thanks for the link.

[@MsJubjubbird]

the thing is that so much of it was guess work then. It would be far less likely that you would get such varying opinions for something like this

[@goo83]

I love that Maggie Smith. what an actress. she's the reason I ever started watching this show to begin with.

[@adoboguys9581]

same here

[@mithrandir_1998]

Me too, I started watching the show because of her

[@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

I watched it somewhere that Maggie Smith's character and Olena Tyrell should go head to head. I loved Olena Tyrell so I thought I would love this character and started watching this show. And what a beautiful decision. I am amazed by this show.

[@nicolebarker2899]

This broke my freaking heart. :'( Sybil was my favorite character.

[@FDzerzhinsky]

This was a great scene but a terrible shock. My wife and I hoped she'd be okay after the baby was born. It's amazing how great drama can make you shed tears for fictitious people.

[@ork4661]

What broke my heart is the baby crying when Sybil died. Like she knew her mother has died

[@carlycrays2831]

Plus just the practical issues that come with Sybil's death. Now the family has to figure out how to feed her without Sybil being there, changing the plans with the nanny, getting a funeral set up and changing rooms for Thomas.

[@calmenl981]

@@carlycrays2831 À cette époque là les nobles n'allaitaient pas leurs enfants, les nourrices le faisaient.

[@pjk3854]

Baby wasnt crying though

[@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701]

I think she was crying because she was hungry

[@MoonGoddess401]

Barrow's face when the staff are told the news is truly heartbreaking. Sybil was one of the few people he could genuinely call a friend, you can see the devastation and that he's actively fighting back tears and trembling. It's a very short scene and he isn't even the focus, but it's amazing acting.

[@12classics39]

It’s no wonder Barrow later protects Sybil’s daughter and Matthew’s son with all that he has. They remind him of two of the few people who treated him with kindness. He became the Carson to their Mary. (A big reason why it was so out of character for Barrow to just ditch them for someone he barely knows in A New Era, a film which doesn’t exist to me.)

[@ronaldgiroux3307]

The entire cast was so extremely well suited for their rolls. Cybil’s death was just so heart wrenching, truly one of television’s most tragic moments.

[@notelodigo501]

I cannot believe that Robert was more worried about his century year old mother hearing "urine" that his own daughter dying

[@meeeka]

Watching Sybil convulse and die, while Tom begged her to breathe and not to leave him, was a most painful scene to watch. Just too much love that goes away, "poof" leaving more pain than one can imagine or tolerate feeling. In real life.)

[@TheRassiusluine]

3:45 I can feel all of Cora's emotions thru her voice. Brilliant acting. For a very raw scene.

[@TrinityRosealy]

i feel like this is the first time cora isnt speaking in a soft way. she seeks to soothe, mediate, and comfort those around her by nature and reflects it in the way she speaks but in this scene you can hear how deep and powerful her voice actually is and how it reflects all that anger and helplessness she feels as she demands information from the doctor and begs for her daughters life. it gets me every time

[@josephinesasmr5288]

This scene killed me. I was so heartbroken, and in Mrs. Hughes’ words, the sweetest spirit under that roof is gone. She was truly loved by everyone, even the servants wept. Maggie Smith was amazing in the last scene, she really used her whole body, and she’s a wonderful actress. So are all the cast, and this was a terrible time.

[@staceyt6466]

The shot to the downstairs staff gets me every time. The look on their faces.

[@mollylea2643]

Thomas especially.

[@12classics39]

The cut from the sobbing family to the deathly silent servants hits harder than a speeding train. Brilliant editing in a brilliant show.

[@saberthecoolest]

Matthew’s expressions are absolutely horrifying, the way he clutches the bedpost in anguish. He comes from a medical family - his father was a doctor and his mother is a nurse - and hearing stories from his parents, he must have had some knowledge of maternal mortality and Sybil’s condition even if he wasn’t a specialist

[@12classics39]

If Isobel had only been there that night, she might’ve outvoted the men and talked them into getting Sybil to the hospital.

[@carlycrays2831]

Plus just the fact that he's a rich, well educated man and there is absolutely nothing he can do to protect his family. That would make anyone feel so powerless

[@DoriZuza]

“Do you swear you can save her?” As a doctor, I find this line the most frustrating. This way of thinking still leads to avoidable deaths even in this day and age.

[@DoriZuza]

@@Spearca It could have been avoided if they had taken her to the hospital and delivered the baby via Caesarean section. At least that’s what the movie implies.

[@greenwitch4944]

The way Mary said "She can't breathe" and moved back is heartbreaking 😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@RodrigoZavala]

Last scene, with the dowager countess almost breathless and deeply suffering is absolutely heartbreaking! A marvelous class of acting.

[@latinguy67]

I just watched the entire show from seasons 1 to 6 in the past week. And this was indeed, the absolute most heartbreaking scene/episode ever. It's crazy how a tv show can hit so many emotions and take one on a such a journey, The Dowager's walk alone was gut wrenching as she wobbled forward

[@everythingshiny]

Same, marathoned the whole lot in a week and goddamn this is the scene I thought I would never rewatch, it broke my heart into pieces. So glad Tom stayed on the show, even if his character got dulled down over time, but I never stopped missing Sybil.

[@benprice9917]

The scene of Sybil holding Sybbie I've always found so sad, the only part of each others lives they would be apart of, no first steps, no first day of school, no talks shared, all the love they would have shared crammed into that tiny moment. Sybil would have been such a great mother.

[@09adamwilliams]

The anguish in Cora's face is unforgettable. Such a heart breaking moment for her...Cora had an extremely soft spot for her youngest, a spitting image of her. Sybil was always her little baby.

[@julietantonio1049]

The staff learning of Sybil's death was one of the saddest parts

[@blossomx1804]

The quick flash of a shadow at the beginning to represent someone running in the hall...brilliant directing. I just love the creative ways directors think of to introduce scenes.

[@wotan10950]

I got hooked on Downton from the very beginning, and I remember this episode all too well. I was so shocked that I didn't want to watch the show anymore. But I did continue to watch, of course.

[@barb7124]

Yes, and then Matthew happened and SO DONE

[@gazellepop]

She was so incredibly kind and giving, what did she ever do to deserve such a horrific ending?

[@arianebolt1575]

Her actress wanted to quit. Yeah, I know.

[@Bjork4s]

@@arianebolt1575 Yeah, it's the same reason why Dan Stevens left, both actors wanted to move on and do something else

[@STSGuitar16]

@@Bjork4sit really is a shame that Mary and Matthew didn’t get one more season together. I think it is easy for all of us to want them to carry on playing those characters, but iirc they had to sign deals to continue the show in increments of three years and neither of them wanted to be tied down for another three years.

[@emaarredondo-librarian]

Also, in real life, many kind and giving people get horrific diseases, are involved in horrific accidents or meet horrific ends. It isn't a matter of deserving anything, it's what it is. If only bad people had horrific stuff coming at them, wouldn't ethics and morals be very simple, and life way easier?

[@Feisenbach]

@@emaarredondo-librarian First we would have to define "bad people".

[@yannickdrmda5295]

Lord Grantham in a nutshell : trusts a "Sir" more than the doctor who gave birth to the patient and knows her since then.

[@willowwhisper6575]

I really despised this character, couldn't stand his snobbery and Middle Ages- way of thinking

[@CzechMirco]

LOL what does "knowing the patient from birth" have to do with anything? You emotional dilettantes are really laughable. Eclampsia is a condition unique to pregnancy. How many times was Sybil pregnant before? ZERO. And actually it is not even the conditon of the mother sensu stricto, it is caused by the presence of he fetus's placenta. Thus the good ol country doctor had zero advantage over the "sir".

[@ilyis_7490]

@@CzechMirco he try to convince the lord to go to the hospital for save her but he refuse. That's the father fault and to the sir doctor if Sybil is dead

[@yannickdrmda5295]

@@CzechMirco Clarkson diagnosed the pre-eclampsia based on proteinuria and undersized foetus. And because he knew Sybil from birth, he also saw her ankle oedema and her confusion, a symptom Sir Philip dismissed because he thought it was normal for Sybil to be erratic like that under pressure.

[@sadee1287]

@@CzechMirco Know the patient from birth absolutely DOES have everything to do with Dr. Clarkson's ability to gauge Sybil's symptoms. He knows her healthy demeanor, her physiology....he has a knowledgeable baseline with which to compare her pregnant state to. I call bullshit on your "senso stricto" argument. Symptoms (fluid retention, headache, protein in the urine, fetal measurements based on gestation date, demeanor of the patient) were literally ALL they had to go by as they could hardly have done an ultrasound to determine placental condition -- they didn't have that technology in 1912. Clarkson was in the best position to observe that compared to a relative stranger. A doctor with a running family history of his/her patient ALWAYS has that advantage. The other one has zero.

[@rossharris94501]

Dame Maggie Smith is absolutely singular in this scene. What's more, the brief swell of music as she lifts the veil from her face underscores the grief everyone is feeling. She represents the tenderness and solidarity of the moment so well.

[@SnapeWinchester]

Why did I click on this? I've just made myself sad :(

[@julianstefanosmolcic1920]

The acting in this is bloody brilliant.I mean, like Oscar-worthy!

[@El-vi6lg]

Exactly!

[@12classics39]

Exactly. From Allen Leech and Elizabeth McGovern’s powerful grief to Rob James-Collier’s tears to Jim Carter’s bleak “carry on Daisy” to Maggie Smith’s falter in her step … everyone in this cast deserved far more awards than they received.

[@MissUdenGoofed]

I hate Thomas but when he cried I just.... Almost started sobbing.

[@brianekay4149]

Why the hate?

[@lucydempsey37]

Sarah Nicole Thomas Barrow or Tom Branson

[@ThePlur427]

Briane Kay Because he’s a horrible person and treats others like crud.

[@rei_cirith]

@jimmikulsky He said she was one of the few that was ever kind to him. I'm pretty sure that in the whole show, she was the only one he never tried to screw over.

[@user-em4wh5ji3w]

Lucy Dempsey lol why would anyone hate Branson

[@allfiner]

Damn it! Bawled when I watched the actual episode. Thought I'd be more resolute since I knew what was going to happen. But here I am bawling again. This and Anna's rape scene have got to be the most gut wrenching of the entire series.

[@Donyalicious]

allfiner wait hold up I've kinda been skipping around the series so idk a lot but ANNA'S RAPE SCENE?? ELABORATE?

[@allfiner]

Donya Hezaway Oh hell no. You just have to watch it for yourself. The actress playing Anna won an emmy for it. It was really believable.

[@Donyalicious]

allfiner oh duude I watched it. That made me cry holy shit

[@bookcreator]

You should see the scene where Bates finds out :'(

[@gladlock]

Why not say "spoiler alert" gosh... i just watched this episode and came here to see what people thought

[@lucasdeyton8842]

I think what makes this scene so painful to watch is the fact that Sybil was so… Alive. She was young, vibrant, and forward facing. She embraced change. She wanted a better life for other people, not just herself. Honestly I can’t think of a better person on the show. She was just good. And she died too soon, in a to preventable way. Amazing show, amazing acting, amazing story.

[@fangirlalltheway3627]

I miss her so much. Sybil was practically the only character that was an actual good person through and through, and she's the only character that never annoyed me at some point.

[@nicolejarel5953]

Maggie Smith and the girl who played Sybil, sorry I forgot her name, were simply outstanding in this scene. I don't have words for how amazing their acting was.

[@ladyfoxwf1075]

Nicole Jarel Jessica Simpson-Hadden 🙂

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

@@ladyfoxwf1075 Huh? You mean Jessica Brown Findlay?

[@ladyfoxwf1075]

@@dreamsteddybearsmaster Yes I got that one completley wrong XD Man I need to do my research!

[@ronaldgiroux3307]

My heart just broke watching this, Tom crying “please don’t leave me!” was so moving & Edith’s expression of pure shock and horror. I must confess I did tear up over this scene.

[@jimduffy7199]

Stunning performances by all the actors. An acting tour de force by an amazing ensemble. Every performance is believable. The pain and shock is perfectly captured and the writing and filming is sublime. It is a haunting storyline told excellently. Maggie Smith's walk, as a broken grandmother holding herself together for her family, is stunning. You don't get better than those scenes anywhere.

[@elizabitty213]

I don’t know why but the part that always yanks the tears out of my eyes is the moment with the servants showing their grief and Carson saying “carry on daisy, as we all must” My gosh so gut wrenching and beautiful at the same time that they all loved her so much and she touched them all in a special way 🥹

[@eveitsnotthatserious1677]

I had forgotten how hard it was to watch these scenes. I cried so much during this episode. In fact , season 3 was the greatest tear jerker of them all.

[@LeahWalentosky]

4:30 Cora’s reaction was pure heartbreak

[@robertmonroe6944]

Tom’s voice breaking .. please love , don’t leave me love, please love. That’s just love beyond status and psitions

[@BridgeJacksonn]

Thomas's reation. I almost started to cry. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@mariamara999]

Well if it wasn't for him Sybil would be fine

[@xanievans1479]

@@mariamara999 how does Thomas get the blame? He had no contact with Sybil for a long time. He was just downstairs being a valet for Robert

[@Unownshipper]

This was tragic, shocking, and truly unexpected. It was brilliant! It's sad Sybil should go out this way, but what a show-stopping exit for Jessica Brown Findlay. ALL of the characters grew and developed from this event, and I think it's one of the reasons this show is as masterful as it is. Here's to you Sybil!

[@chelsiebrown2623]

I just realized with each birth to the sisters, one of the parents die right after. Sybil and Tom it was Sybil. Mary and Matthew it was Matthew. Edith and Michael it was Michael.

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

Yeah the fate of the Crawley firstborns really is tragic! To have a dead parent

[@rahaa.sh_307]

Exactly. None of the babies had the chance to be born by both of their parents😭😭😭

[@arianebolt1575]

Classic tv trope of killing off new parents. Everyone does that.

[@rowanaforrest9792]

Michael Gregson died (murdered in Germany) before Edith even realized she was pregnant.

[@MsJubjubbird]

a show is more interesting if the young female characters are single/jumping between relationships. Though Matthew and Sybill left early due to a contract dispute.

[@seculartemplar5407]

4:34 You know its sad when even Thomas Barrow is upset.

[@RiaDabhade]

I am not sure how but this scene has the power to make me cry every single time. That just shows how much connected we as audience can get to stories.

[@spaniard_flower2539]

The steady, composed Carson trying not to break down when the Dowager braces a hand on the wall to steady herself......

[@kevinlongman007]

Sybil's death was even more shocking given the fact that nobody knew it was coming...they kept the storyline under wraps.

[@rowanaforrest9792]

Yes. There was no sense of foreboding or foreshadowing at all. I only began to worry when she had those moments of confusion/disorientation. That is NOT normal. Shocking that that snobbish aristocratic doctor completely ignored all her symptoms of eclampsia, including her disorientation. Inexcusable.

[@RapaxGuardian]

As a big fan of Call the Midwife, I picked up on the warning signs throughout the episode: headache, swollen ankles. I knew where it would lead, and the acting was so spot on.

[@kevinlongman007]

@@RapaxGuardian Indeed but until the actual episode itself there was no indication that Sybil was being killed off. Usually when a major character in a big show is being written out it is all over the newspapers, but that was not the case here.

[@summerdavis8195]

I stopped watching when Sybil died. She was my favorite character! Kind from the very beginning.

[@marthajane6617]

I agree and she was beautiful, Mary was the worse looking to me even though they tried to make Edith look homely i thought she was pretty and smart.

[@LucysArt]

Summer Davis You should continue watching. Because you are missing so much from the following seasons that is very worth it ;) I watched every single episode til the end of the series. And im overwhelmed :)

[@melvawages7143]

@@LucysArt and Jessica Brown Findley chose to leave she would not renew her contract. Neither would Dan st[evens which is hwy he died too. At first I thought they should have had her and Tom move to America but Tom became such a beloved character I am glad he stayed in the story. We also needed Tom in the story with Matthew (Dan Stevens)"dying." O'Brian left too , I forget that actress's name but it was easy enough for her to leave to take a new job. She was not a daughter of the house or married to a daughter of the house so no need to kill her off. But I loved Baxter who eventually replaced O'Brian. I only regretted that no love interest was found for Tom and I preferred Charles Blake for Mary, he was like Matthew in that he saw Mary for whom she really was, warts and all, he did not have Mary on a pedestal like most of Mary's beau did, you know worship at her feet. . He just loved her in spite of her warts. Mary should have married him.

[@LucysArt]

@@melvawages7143 In the trailer of the coming movie I saw, that Tom will fall in love with a woman. So maybe we'll see him happy in an relationship with her at the end. ;) By the way, I was very happy with, how the series ended. But when a series is ending, I want to know how it is continuing and what happens after it. That's why I am so hyped that a movie will be released in September, where we can see what's happening after our beloved series. :) Ps. The only thing that I'm a bit pity of, is that we won't see Rose Aldridge and James Kent in the Downtown Abbey movie.. I loved Rose's bright minded character

[@AshleyReed_ashmoe2004]

Being pregnant in 2020 with my second son... and watching this during my pregnancy nearly killed me (so emotional), only to discover a few months later I was on the verge of eclampsyia. My son was taken 3 weeks early via C-section. Every time I watch this I cannot help but cry. Downton Abbey is such an incredible show. Lots of sadness and lots of laughs. Beautiful.

[@scottw9318]

I am still not over this scene. You see all sorts of death scenes in just about every movie (even Disney) but this, THIS...was gut-wrenching. Jessica and Allen were amazing.

[@MariaHossain]

The pain and desperation clawing at you when you're watching your loved one breathe their last is something you'll never ever forget. I've been there. It still haunts me.

[@Jamestopboy]

3:57 is that moment when both Mary and Edith, despite their differences, realise *exactly* what has happened. For one, brief moment they’re on the same page… the page of horror.

[@LioraScarlett]

I just watched this scene for the first time a few days ago, and I don't often cry during shows, but this one got me. The acting was superb in capturing the emotion of the tragedy.

[@joannedenney5608]

Cora was what really got me. "You always will be. My beauty, my baby."

[@ryn0913]

Tom asking Sybil not to leave him makes me cry more and more each time I watch this scene😭😭

[@L3a98]

My heart broke watching this scene of Sybil’s death. Literally one the saddest scenes in the series.

[@ailsadixon408]

When Tom asks "to take her away?" my heart breaks into a thousand pieces, the pain I felt when we knew they we there to take my Dad. I just wanted to cry beside him forever. The layers of utterly superb writing and acting in the scene will be magnificent forever.

[@claire4266]

I cried so hard at that scene, I went through the same thing with my mum. We didn’t want them to take her away after she died. I refused to leave her bedside for hours

[@ailsadixon408]

@@claire4266 It's so hard to let go, I think as a society we're conditioned to think of it as something that needs to be dealt with quickly but I think you need time. I know we certainly did you have to allow yourself space to say goodbye properly. I'm so very sorry for your loss 💗💗

[@jennifer.martin.48]

Watching this as a former labor and delivery nurse and being pregnant was the worst idea, but the best way to get my pent up hormonal emotions out 😭😪😢

[@scottw9318]

47 years old and I've NEVER cried at a TV scene. Til this. This completely broke me for at least a week. I even called my mother!

[@tonyabfab]

I cried my eyes out to this so long ago... Here I am now crying again.

[@latinguy67]

me too

[@amberward5715]

For her parents, siblings, husband and brother in law to all be there and powerless to help her, capable of nothing more than watching her die just shows how unpredictable and fragile life is.

[@shadowfury428]

Seeing Branson like that… and watching her suffer, and watching them ignore his advice, his warnings… watched it for a second time, knowing what was coming, I still ugly cried.

[@TShay92]

I was watching Downton as usual. In my bed, comfortable and then out of nowhere this happened and it is 2023 and I am still scarred.

[@nightbender9250]

When violet had to lean against the wall for support momentarily hits me hard

[@aihara2799]

Watching how the Dowager, such a cheerful and energetic lady crumbles up into tears Mourning her grandchild really made me bawl

[@chloerose5999]

"Please don't leave me" My god i know this feeling way too well i cried and cried i hate memories

[@moonchild3303]

Thank you for this video. My mom introduced me to Downton Abbey 3 years ago, and she said when she watched it the first time, she cried too hard because she said I looked like her and acted like her. But it was truly heartbreaking. I was left in shock.

[@JavierArveloCruzSantana]

What a powerful montage. Exquisite. To end with the Doweger being both sad and humble is simply fabulous writing.

[@dawnbell6500]

Saddest scene easily from this tremendous show. Even though, Maggie Smith's scene had me ugly crying!!

[@El-vi6lg]

Unbelievably distressing scenes that stay with the viewer forever. And the scene with the Dowager Duchess stopping when walking full of grief is beyond heartbreaking.....such acting is legendary.The power of brilliant filmmaking!

[@WillScarlet16]

We were a few days late watching this episode. Unfortunately the Tuesday after it aired the NY Times decided to run a piece explaining "What Killed Lady Sybil" and ruined it for my Mom. And she was so distressed she just blurted out "SHE DIES!" right as we were sitting down to watch.

[@houseoftyrell1544]

During quarantine, I've been binge watching Downton Abbey every day until this scene comes, I'm crying and sobbing at 4 am. Sybil is my favorite character, her freedom and kindness with Branson they made a perfect couple got me excited to see their life and watch the series. Really heartbreaking moment.

[@mariogiresi6792]

Suburb writing, excellent acting, and brilliant photography. The series will forever remain a milestone in filmmaking. To all present and future filmmakers, this is how it’s done.

[@natalieitliongfechter6073]

God this scene broke me for sweet sybil. The acting and emotion. I had preclampsia with my first born few years later and I always take this scene to heart ❤️

[@Anthony-qi4cz]

When the music changes at 3:20 - makes me so anxious

[@TsukabuNosoratori2]

Thank you for sharing these scenes on here. Though this one hits me a little hard because it reminds me of when my dad passed from cancer and Parkinson's 2 years ago. The cries and grief were so real in this. I always loved Sybill and was sad to see her go. But she really did an amazing job here.

[@MAHispanos]

Whoever didnt cry here I just cant believe you. This was the saddest and most emotional scene of all the episodes.

[@unnihaugen1915]

Yeah😔😢