It’s heartwarming to see the cast’s sympathy for Thomas:
It’s whether or not other people will let him change his spots I think is the real thing, isn’t it? You know, you can turn over as many leaves as you like, but if everybody is expecting and looking for the worst in you, sometimes the only thing you can do is revert to type.
- Raquel Cassidy
I think he is very lonely. And I think in the acceptance of his loneliness comes a tragic storyline. Rob plays him brilliantly. His own justification for what he is doing, you can almost see in everything that Rob does. It’s almost a constant turmoil of that he wants to be good, the frustration, the evil, and he wants to take it out on someone. But it’s not evil, it really isn’t. It’s frustration and sadness and bitterness over the fact that he can’t have what everyone else can.
- Allen Leech
Also pleased to see Jim Carter (aka Mr. Carson) speaking well of Thomas for once.
This interview is my fantasy of what everyone at Downton realised at the end of the series.