Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale may be the end of the period franchise as we know it, but the story is moving forward with Lady Mary Crawley front and center.

“When you took charge, there were emperors in Moscow, Vienna and Berlin. And your parents were king and queen of this part of the county,” Crawley family cousin Tom Branson (Allen Leech) says in Us Weekly’s exclusive first look at the upcoming film which hits theaters on Friday, September 12. “But that world is gone now. It’s a different place.”

Hugh Bonneville’s character, Robert Crawley, also known as the 5th Earl of Grantham, fires back at Tom, “So everyone keeps saying.”

While Robert is upset by his family member’s perspective, Tom continues to explain his reasoning and advocates for Robert’s eldest daughter Mary (Michelle Doc

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