Historically laughably inaccurate and comically terrible
The final episode of stately ITV soap Downton Abbey's last series had all the compellingly unrealistic elements that keep us glued to Corrie and EastEnders...
The sudden wedding with no arrangements (“Don't worry, the bishop's a mate of mine”), the wild character arcs, the chaotic misery swiftly giving way to neat happy endings, the pervading sense of implausibility.
After being likeable for five years, Lady Mary jarringly turned into the bitch from hell and ruined her sister's life.