After six seasons and two movies, the final installment of the Downton Abbey franchise is fast approaching. Who’s ready to say good-bye? Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is set to be a giant reunion, both on and offscreen.

The Grand Finale has dropped, but it has divided diehard fans, as some are fuming about one character's exit and what it means for the future of Downton

One notable character absent from the trailer is Maggie Smith ‘s Violet Crawley. The Dowager Countess of Grantham died at the end of 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era, two years before Smith passed away on September 27, 2024, at 89 years old.