Plot spoilers pose serious ‘Downton Abbey’ challenge

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

• Pictured from left are Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Grantham, Hugh Bonneville as Lord Grantham, Dan Stevens as Matthew Crawley, Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley, Allen Leech as Tom Branson, Jim Carter as Mr. Carson, and Phyllis Logan as Mrs. Hughes from the TV series “Downton Abbey.&rdqu...

• Shirley MacLaine plays Martha Levinson.

By Lynn Elber

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES—There are many delicious reasons to watch the returning “Downton Abbey” and an exasperating one to skip it: The cover’s been blown on major plot twists.

Published: 01/04/2013