10 Saddest 'Downton Abbey' Episodes, Ranked

Downton Abbey is famous for inspiring a whole gamut of emotions in viewers. The perfectly intertwined stories of life upstairs and downstairs hooked fans from the start, and they still can't seem to get enough. Yet, when the show premiered, the world wasn't exactly craving a saga about the upper class, especially one that was reluctant to see their dynasty into the modern world. Still, viewers quickly saw that each and every character, upstairs and downstairs, was relatable and endearing in their own way. The Crawleys might have a lot of money and power, but they experience the same things as us: war, death, murder, illness, secret romance, bankruptcy, and even blackmail. They feel the same things we do. They make each other laugh and cry. When emotions run high, there's sometimes heartbreak and betrayal.