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* [[Incompatible Orientation]]: Daisy's crush on Thomas. Becomes a [[Love Triangle]] when Thomas decides to exploit her feelings to humiliate William, who genuinely does like Daisy.

* [[Inter Class Romance]]: {{spoiler|Branson and Sybil.}}

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* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]: Thomas.

* [[It Seemed Like a Good Idea At the Time]]

* [["It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It"]]: Mary and Pamuk. He knows what he's doing, and whatever she might say afterwards about lovers and her choice, he took total psychological control in that situation. It was rape the moment he entered her room.

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* [[Official Couple]]: Mary and Matthew. From the start, the romance between these two characters has been one of the primary focuses of the series and the back and forth nature of their relationship has served as a major conversation topic between the rest of the characters.

* [[Old Retainer]]: Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes.

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* [[Opera Gloves]]: The various actresses wear these throughout the series in scenes where they're dressed in formal outfits, starting from episode 1 where Cora is seen putting on a pair of long black gloves while dressing for dinner. (Very much [[Truth in Television]], as properly dressed men and women of the middle and upper classes were expected to wear gloves as accessories to almost everything except bathing suits and sleepwear during [[The Edwardian Era]].)

* [[Oop North]]: The working-class characters tend to have local Yorkshire accents, with the middle- and upper-class characters having southern English accents.

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* [[Opera Gloves]]: The various actresses wear these throughout the series in scenes where they're dressed in formal outfits, starting from episode 1 where Cora is seen putting on a pair of long black gloves while dressing for dinner. (Very much [[Truth in Television]], as properly dressed men and women of the middle and upper classes were expected to wear gloves as accessories to almost everything except bathing suits and sleepwear during [[The Edwardian Era]].)

* [[Orbital Kiss]]: {{spoiler|Mary and Matthew.}}

* [[Out with a Bang]]: {{spoiler|Pamuk.}}

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* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|The chauffeur Tom Branson and Lady Sybil.}}

* [[The Stoic]]: Bates. Except when he [[The Woobie|cries alone in his room]]. So a [[Stoic Woobie]], really.

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* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]: Thomas.

* [[Succession Crisis]]: Two of the Earl's heirs die on the Titanic.

* [[Suicide, Not Murder]]: This seems to be {{spoiler|Vera's plan, unless Bates really did snap once and for all.}}

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** Sybil when {{spoiler|she goes to a dangerous political meeting where she gets injured.}}

** Ethel when she {{spoiler|gets involved with Major Bryant.}} Anna even tried to warn her.

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* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Mr. Bates and Anna, Matthew and Mary, Branson and Sybil, {{spoiler|Robert and Jane}}.

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** Answers so far, in order: {{spoiler|[[They Do]]...if Bates ever gets out}}, {{spoiler|[[They Do]]}}, {{spoiler|[[They Do]]}}, and {{spoiler|They Don't}}.

* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: The flower show conflict is pretty much a straight rerun of the Best Picture-winning 1942 film ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' (except that the old man is not killed in a German air raid the same night).

* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Sybil and Daisy.

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* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Mr. Bates and Anna, Matthew and Mary, Branson and Sybil, {{spoiler|Robert and Jane}}.

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** Answers so far, in order: {{spoiler|[[They Do]]...if Bates ever gets out}}, {{spoiler|[[They Do]]}}, {{spoiler|[[They Do]]}}, and {{spoiler|They Don't}}.

* [[World War One]]: The backdrop of series 2.

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: Basically all of [[The Chew Toy|Molesley's]] subplots.