Let's have a round of applause for J ulian Fellowes , the creator and impossibly elegant writer of PBS’s British import "Downton Abbey." It’s his top-notch cast that usually gets the glory — and the splendid costumes — for incarnating the aristocratic Crawley family and their 'umble servants as they navigate a rapidly changing England in the early 20th Century. In the third and (possibly) final film adaptation, “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale," Fellowes allows himself to take a bow — through his characters, of course.

We’ve reached 1930 now, and Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville, dependably) is preparing to step down as head of Downton Abbey (England's Highclere Castle, also dependably). But his wife, Cora (Elizabeth McGovern), has bad news: Their postcrash finances have dwindled peril

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