"Downton Abbey: A New Era"

Title aside, there isn't a lot of new stuff here.  Mary still has man-problems, the children of the characters don't seem to play much of a role in their lives and the downstairs people still have dreams.  For fans this is a lovely coda.  It wraps up storylines.  That being said there isn't a lot of story.  There are attempts at story -- a family secret, once revealed, leaves one person wondering whether their life is on the right course.  Several issues do arise, and then evaporate into thin air.  A movie-maker and his cast come to Downton, which creates the potential for new relationships and new appreciations of the modern age.  Downton continues to  wrap historical notes into the production to underscore the uncertainty of the noble class.  I've always marvelled at the fact that few viewers seem to realize this.  In any case I enjoyed watching it but I do think we are "done".  Unless they want to jump ahead to the 1950s, when the invisible kids have grown up to have peccadilloes of their own and Downton is just a big old building in the countryside.  Or not.  It was a great series and a nice movie or two but anything more would just be beating a dead horse.  Enough.