Thanks to an unexpected surprise, the Christmas magic can findplace in a grieving mother's home, while Nonnatus is rocked tothe core when one of its own goes missing.
Mary endeavours to build bridges with her sister while Edith'ssecret continues to pose a threat, despite having nothing leftto lose. As Henry settles into the role of husband andstepfather, finding his place at Downton proves moredifficult. Below stairs, Carson faces some personalchallenges, which prove that even he is not invulnerable tochange.
Agnes Brown is determined to have a wonderful Christmas thisyear, but it isn't going like she planned it: Mark and Bettyare rowing over the reappearance of his first love, Bubbles;the carol singers are haunting her; and Buster is installingan unusual Christmas tree...
As Poplar readies itself for Christmas 1960, Nonnatus House isrocked when Sister Monica Joan goes missing.
Russell is upset when Derek and Charlene ask Mitch to officiatetheir wedding rather than him; gossip threatens to derail thewedding.
Mitch accuses a restaurant owner of discrimination - thenrealizes he might be mistaken; Tracy thinks her daughter isinvolved in a bullying incident at school.
Mary tries to build bridges but Edith and her secret continueto pose a threat. Henry settles into the role of been ahusband, but Charlie's death is hard to get over. Carsonstruggles to keep up with the changes. Spratt feels threatenedby Denker's interference. Isobel receives some devastatingnews. Robert learns how valuable it is to be independent. Thestaff and servants prepare to welcome 1926 in with aunforgettable New Year's Eve celebration.
After two long days of closing arguments, the jurydeliberates. Steven's fate hinges on whether the jury believespolice misconduct may have occurred.
When Russell and Angie aren't seated at their favorite fishtaco joint, the gang comes to the conclusion that therestaurant may be discriminating. Mitch eagerly steps up andmakes a huge scene, calling out the owner for his despicablebehavior in front of the crowded restaurant and winning thepraise of his best friend Russell. However, when Mitch laternotices the restaurant's "Entire Party Must Be Present To BeSeated" sign, he struggles for a way to come clean to Russell.Meanwhile, Tracy finds out her daughter Sadie has beeninvolved in a bullying incident at school and is determined tohelp her daughter overcome the issue. When Angie discoversTracy's perspectives on bullying are shaded by her ownhigh-school experiences, she helps Tracy work through themwith the help of Tracy's assistant Linda.
When Mitch is asked to officiate the wedding of friends Derekand Charlene, Russell is sent into a tailspin because he wasthe one who introduced the couple. When a piece of juicy gossipthreatens to break-off the wedding, Tracy sees her firstchild-free weekend away at risk of being derailed by Mitch'sobsession with running the perfect event. Meanwhile, asRussell maneuvers to get a bigger role in the wedding, hefinds out that his wife Angie thinks he already hogged up toomuch of the spotlight at their own wedding.
Parker gives Alan driving lessons at the Creighton-Ward estatein FAB0 while Lady Penelope has tea with her great aunt Sylvia.Progress is slow until a pair of bumbling intruders attempt tokidnap the ladies. FAB1 is the only vehicle that can reach themin time. Parker is injured and cannot drive so Alan has toconquer his fear and rescue them.
It's Christmas Eve and Jacob Marley is ruthlessly pursuing hisdebtors, including Little Nell's dying grandad at the OldCuriosity Shop. Meanwhile a young Miss Havisham has come into afortune.
Christmas Day arrives and news of Jacob Marley's murder dampensthe festivities, giving Inspector Bucket a new investigationto pursue. Meanwhile, at Satis House, Amelia Havisham'smysterious rescuer makes another appearance.
1939. As civilization teeters on the brink of war, tenstrangers are persuaded to retreat from their troubled lives toSoldier Island, an isolated rock off the Devon coast.
Granville has an eye on a tree for this years Christmascelebrations, but it gives him more then he bargained for.Gladys has tactics for her new job.
Ash battles someone all too familiar, and later hears amessage from the Necronomicon. Meanwhile, the deadliestDeadite attacks.
Leo must put his faith in his friends and in himself to have achance to defeat the Turks.
Steven's trial is over, but a new one is just beginning. Willthe jury find the suspect's confession or his conflictingstatements more believable?.
Ash battles someone all too familiar, and later hears amessage from the Necronomicon. Meanwhile, the deadliestDeadite attacks.
Olalla wakes in the Jezequiel house to discover that Robert hastaken her there to lie low. Unbeknown to him the spectralcreature that escaped at the end of episode 5 has been stalkingthe house. It is a Siren, able to take the form of the belovedto anyone who looks at it. It is also driven by the need tosuck the life out of its victims with a kiss. Olalla quicklysenses something amiss in the house and she's right. The Sirenknows they are there and sees them as fresh prey. MIO lead afailed raid on Jekyll's to capture Robert and Olalla, but ofcourse they're not there. Lily fares no better when she triesto wheedle the information of their whereabouts out of Garson.Robert shares the news of his proposal with Maggie but Maggieis unimpressed. She is certain that Robert cannot keep the lidon his Hyde side. Olalla agrees and Robert argues with them.Alone and brooding he discovers Lily has arrived... but itisn't Lily. It's the Siren. Robert is mesmerized as 'she' tellshim she knows all his secrets - but will he kiss her? Tenebraesoon pick up the Siren's energy on their radar and Fedora istasked with tracking it down. Legend has it that the Siren ispowerful enough to release the dark power of Lord Trash andfree him from beyond the seal where he is trapped. RevivingDance is no longer Tenebrae's priority. Still unaware of theSiren, Robert tasks Ravi with finding Dance, using thevestiges of his psychic parasite-vision. Inadvertently Ravisees Renata conversing with the Siren and the team race to saveher before she is killed by a kiss. The Siren escapes andRobert pursues... only to find Lily again. This time they kisswith unexpected consequences. Now it is Renata's turn toconfess. She has allowed this thing to escape from the Templethrough the ancestral portal she is tasked with guarding. TheSiren seduced her by taking the form of her dead husband. Nowshe knows she must make amends. The team also learns that theSiren must reach full strength before it can break the seal forLord Trash. During this time it is vulnerable and they resolveto destroy it.
Robert is travelling back to London with Maggie and Ravi whenFedora ambushes them on the road. Fedora's goal is to retrievethe Incubus and she does so at gun-point with the aid of asupernatural extraction box. Garson and Bella turn up to rescuetheir friends but Fedora makes her escape. Robert now knowsthat Tenebrae have the demon - and that can only mean a finalreckoning. Before that happens he resolves to make a cleanbreast of everything to Lily. At Lily's house, Robert canfind no sign of her but he does find Hannigan from MIO. Itinfuriates him. He explores the house, searching for Lily anddiscovers Bulstrode, Lily and Sir Marian Carew together. Theshock flips him into Hyde and the scales fall from his eyes ashe realizes Lily has been an MIO spy all along. Sackler knockshim out with a monocane dart before Hyde can do any damage.Meanwhile, Fedora resuscitates Dance by channelling theIncubus into his rotting body. Dance is completely rejuvenated- and then horrified to discover the demon's power has beenwasted on him. Fedora persuades Dance it is a win-win outcome:he is alive and he holds the Incubus' power inside him. NowDance can open the stone Calyx, containing Lord Trash'sheart, by himself. All they have to do is retrieve it from MIOHQ. Then they can resurrect the apocalyptic Lord Trash... Atthe Jezequiel house Renata finds Olalla in the temple trying todecipher the story of the battle book. Renata is dying andOlalla has realized the importance of the portal. When Olallaoffers to become the Jezequiel guardian, Renata feels able toshare her last secret. If Robert finds the Calyx first there isone way he can thwart Dance... Robert wakes in his Jekyllguise and forms an uneasy truce with Lily. The urgency offacing a common enemy binds them together and they head for theJekyll house, intending to use Ravi's power to track downDance. At home Robert receives a crucial phone call fromOlalla, giving him the information he needs to destroy thecontents of the Calyx. The Cutter and Silas' men launch asurprise attack on MIO. They release the captured monsters fromthe cells, and trap the MIO troops and staff in the basementwhile they steal the Calyx. A major battle ensues, while theCalyx is hastened away to Captain Dance. Fedora and Dance thenlaunch their attack on the Jekyll house, trapping Robert andhis team inside. Dance opens the Calyx, holding everyoneexcept Hyde in suspended animation as Lord Trash's heart startsto beat. Only Hyde is able to force his way through the Calyx'sparalyzing power and he plunges his hand into the stone jar -unleashing a devastating explosion... Who lives? Who dies?.
Bucket pays a visit to his old enemy Fagin, convinced thecriminal had a part to play in the murder of Jacob Marley. Theencounter sets him on the trail of Fagin's old partner in crimeBill Sikes, whose wooden cosh could provide the vital cluethat will solve the case. Meanwhile, Frances comes up with anidea to ruin her sister's plans.
The Havishams throw a New Year's party. Amelia is delighted tobe reunited with her brother Arthur, but is troubled when anunexpected guest joins the celebrations. Meanwhile, FrancesBarbary rekindles an old friendship and allows herself to hopethat it may develop into something more.
As the sun rises and sets on the island and its solitarymansion, the number of guests is whittled down by theirinvisible enemy - to seven, to six, to fiveandhellip;
Robert seeks sanctuary in Jezequiel House, taking Olalla andRavi with him. Bulstrode is searching for the hidden party,whilst Lily manages to find them with ease, to Robert's shock.
Robert and the rest of his team are ambushed by Dance's crewwho take the Incubus out of Maggie and revive Dance with it.Robert realises his enemies are mobilising, so beginssearching for Lily. Dance launches his attack by stealing thejar which holds Lord Trash's heart. Olalla and Renata have someidea about how to destroy the heart, before it destroysRobert.
Granville decides to have a cut-price sale but only on stock hewants to get rid of. Mrs Featherstone takes a shine to newneighbour Mr Newbold. Mavis decides to invite Granville over afor a coffee.
The Librarians discover that Prospero's renewed magic iswreaking havoc with the technology of the world. He isrecreating an idyllic forest utopia, whether we want one ornot. In order to stop him, Flynn and Baird must travel back to1611, while the rest of the team battles Prospero in thepresent. Little do they realize that they can only defeatProspero in each time by finding a way to work together -separated by five centuries.
Production is ramping up with the newest generation of Rygaardon the job, however the day may take a turn for the worse withan ominous blood red sun in the sky. David Zitterkopf and hisson Levi take on their biggest job yet, but with David'shealth scare last year, will he be able to still remain theself proclaimed alpha predator? In Alaska, Papac's new unitcalled "The Longest Yard" will put their crew andequipment to the ultimate test as they plan to string a mile ofskyline across the mountainside. Back in Louisiana, theSwampman is on a hot streak after he delivered a sixteenthousand board foot order, but today he must finish a big jobfor a pint sized client. Still searching for the Legendary LostLog Train, Greg Chapman has found two more sites to search onthe St. Johns River.
Kiira's decision throws opening night into disarray. Daphnefinds herself in the spotlight while Claire rises to artistictranscendence and Romeo's prophecy is revealed.
Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews physicist Brian Cox anddiscusses communicating science to the public with co-hostMaeve Higgins and guest Jason Silva.
In the years after Steven and Brendan's very public trials,the various members of the Avery family struggle to mend theirbroken lives.
The apprehension of the notorious Boston crime boss WhiteyBulger; John Gotti Jr. discusses his infamous father, JohnGotti Sr.; an FBI agent who infiltrated the Gambino family.
Kiira's decision throws opening night into disarray. Daphnefinds herself in the spotlight while Claire rises to artistictranscendence and Romeo's prophecy is revealed.
The Librarians discover that Prospero's renewed magic iswreaking havoc with the technology of the world. He isrecreating an idyllic forest utopia, whether we want one ornot. In order to stop him, Flynn and Baird must travel back to1611, while the rest of the team battles Prospero in thepresent. Little do they realize that they can only defeatProspero in each time by finding a way to work together –separated by five centuries.
Porsha enjoys a long-distance relationship with a man she metin Miami; Kenya sets her sights on a younger man; the womengather to celebrate Kandi's musical collaboration with DemetriaMcKinney; Porsha and Phaedra get caught insulting Kandi.
Otto and Charlotte try to resuscitate a stillborn calf: Evelearns that hunting is difficult; the Kilchers say goodbye toBruce; Eivin and Eve welcome new life.
In Washington, production's rising with the newest generationof Rygaard on the job; David Zitterkopf is back in action withhis son Levi to take on their biggest; Papac's new unit putsthe crew to the ultimate test.
John is blackmailed by a terrorist into going on a suicidemission, employing the Geryon to accomplish the catastrophicdeed.