Lady Mary has always been the Crawley sister with the most number of suitors, and her love life, even after the death of her husband Matthew, has arguably been the most exciting. Michelle Dockery, the actress who plays Lady Mary in Downton Abbey talked to Access Hollywood about her character's romantic prospects next year.
"Mary's having fun this year. For me, it's like the new Mary," said Dockery about the state of Lady Mary's Season 5 love life. "She's through the grief, she's over that. She's just decided to move on with her life and she's not a dweller."
"Of course she wants to find a husband and a father for her child, so she's just kind of seeing what happens. She's really embracing a social life again," she added.
With a happier character comes a new array of clothing options for Lady Mary. "It's lovely for me not to be in black all the time! I get to wear a bit of color, which is nice," she said.
Dockery promised that this will be a "new era" for the widowed Lady Mary, and that romance will not be the only thing of concern for her.
"She's taking on the responsibility of the estate, and her and Branson are working together far more this year," she said.