Are you aching for Downton Abbey Season 5 to begin?

If we recall from the first Downton Abbey Season 5 trailer, Carson suggests things are in flux on the estate, but these newly-released photos don't really offer much by way of hints to the changes we might encounter.

Mary is hunting, not just for a mate, but apparently for game as she is joined by Tom and Anthony Gillingham with some shotguns. Meanwhile, her son George is with a nanny.

Isobel is out and about and Cora is standing with but away from house guest Simon Bricker -- with her arms crossed. Why is she sharing a portrait with the Art Historian and not her husband?

The character probably most likely to change will be Lady Edith, with missing George Carmichael and a child hidden on the estate, but she's not the focus in this group of photos.

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