[INT. BATTLEFRONT TRENCHES - MORNING]

　　[William finishes helping Matthew dress.]

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Am I ready?

　　WILLIAM

　　Only you can answer that, sir.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　They're going to chuck everything they've got at us.

　　WILLIAM

　　Then we shall have to chuck it back, won't we, sir?

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Quite right.

　　[Matthew grabs his helmet and they head out. The men in the trenches read letters from home, smoke, and pray.]

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Now, there's no point pretending this is going to be easy!

　　[Matthew turns to a soldier standing next to him.]

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　How are you, Thompson? You've shaken that cold?

　　THOMPSON

　　I'm all right, sir, thank you.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Good man. We're nearly there, chaps! Just hold fast! Won't be long now.

　　WAKEFIELD

　　We're with you, sir.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　I know you are, Wakefield. I can't tell you how much lighter that makes the task.

　　[Matthew holds his watch, waiting as the seconds tick down.]

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　OFFICER

　　Make bayonets!

　　[The soldiers pull out the bayonets and fix them on their gun barrels. Matthew blows a whistle and the men climb out of the trenches yelling as they charge the enemy. Soldiers fall from gunshots and bombshells.]

　　[INT. DOWNTON, KITCHENS - MORNING]

　　[Suddenly we're in the Downton kitchens. Daisy stands frozen for a moment at the stove.]

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Daisy, what's ever the matter with you?

　　DAISY

　　Someone walked over me grave.

　　[Mrs Patmore rolls her eyes and walks off with a pot.]

　　[The battle continues on the front.]

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Forward!

　　[INT. DONWTON, LIBRARY - MORNING]

　　[We're back in the Downton library. Mary swoons and drops her teacup.]

　　LADY MARY

　　I'm so sorry.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　What happened?

　　LADY MARY

　　I don't know. I suddenly felt terribly cold.

　　[Back at the front, the British continue to advance. Matthew and William briefly find shelter in a dirt crater.]

　　WILLIAM

　　I won't be sorry when this one's over!

　　[They climb out of the crater just as a bombshell flies towards them.]

　　WILLIAM

　　Sir!

　　[William jumps in front of Matthew. The bomb explodes and they fall back into the crater. The troops continue to advance and the Germans surrender. William and Matthew lie unconscious in the crater, William draped over Matthew's legs and torso.]

　　[INT. LADY GRANTHAM'S BEDROOM - NIGHT]

　　[The door opens into the dark room. O'Brien comes in with a lamp and tugs Cora awake.]

　　O'BRIEN

　　My lady. My lady, wake up.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　What on earth?

　　O'BRIEN

　　You better come downstairs.

　　[INT. LIBRARY - NIGHT]

　　MR MOLESLEY

　　I didn't know what else to do when I saw the telegram. I knew it was urgent. So, I hope it was right.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Quite right. Mrs Crawley won't mind my opening it. The main thing is, he's not dead. Not yet, anyway. "We have patched him up. They're bringing him to the hospital in Downton."

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　When do they think he'll get here?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　It doesn't say.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　But how do we contact Isobel? And how will she get back?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　One thing at a time. I'll ring the war office in the morning.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Maybe they know she's out there. Perhaps she's with him now.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　They wouldn't have sent a telegram here, and she'd have rung. No, it's the usual bulls—usual mess up, I'm afraid.

　　MR CARSON

　　Ahem. Beg pardon, my lord. But we're all very anxious to know the news.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Yes, of course.