Douglas Reith

Professor T’s Season 4 conclusion, “The Warrior Gene,” does us all a solid in this turbulent year: it delivers a sweet, gentle story that feels like a hug from the show.

It’s the penultimate episode of Professor T Season 4, and personal lives are in flux as messy progress contrasts with “The Perfect Murder.”

The unraveling of this week’s Professor T is far sadder than what the expectations set. Yet it also manages to be fresh and entertaining, as we slowly gett character growth from Jasper.

Jasper goes full boundary-free wonder in a Professor T episode that answers the age-old question "Who stalks the stalkers?" 

Creator Julian Fellowes understands that with Maggie Smith's passing, it is time to close out this familial era of the Earl of Grantham peerage in style with a third and final feature film, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. 

Downton Abbey gives us one more set of glorious 1930s-era hats to admire ahead of the original show's final send-off.