Fans of the British period drama "Downton Abbey" have come to love Jim Carter's strict but tender-hearted butler Mr. Carson over the past few seasons of the show especially because of his unwavering loyalty to the Crawley family (particularly Lady Mary) and his hilarious tirades with fellow servants.
It is heartbreaking to think that Mr. Carson's story, as well as everybody else's in the show will come to a close after season six, but Carter, 67 guarantees that things will unfold nicely and will touch more than a few hearts.
"I think people will be very pleased. They'll need two hankies," told the Daily Mail UK.
The last episode will be aired on Christmas day and the very last scene will show all of Downton's servants gathered at the Great Hall for a party on New Year's Eve, 1925, shared Carter, and they are all mulling what their futures outside of the house will be.
"We don't finish on a climactic note. There are no explosions or charabancs going off cliff edges," he said. "All the servants are together in the hall. It is New Year's Eve, it's candlelit and there are Christmas decorations left over. It is dark and we quietly sing Auld Lang Syne. It is a nice, low-key, rather muted end to the thing. They said it was a wrap and we looked at each other and thought, 'Oh, we've finished.'"
Carter added that the last scene might sound very happy and peaceful, but that does not mean that the show's characters will not have their share of tragedy and heartbreak prior to New Year's Eve. In fact, they will even attend a funeral service, but everybody involved in the show has remained tight-lipped as to who it's for.
On the other hand, they will also be celebrating certain milestones and special events, since they will have no less than three weddings this season alone. One of these highly anticipated weddings will belong to Mr. Carson and housekeeper Mrs. Hughes (played by Phyllis Logan).
Carter shared: "One of the last lines is when I say, 'It's going to be a different life.' Mrs Hughes says, 'Yes, but together we'll manage.' That's the feeling of it."
"They (Carson and Mrs Hughes) will be like favoured retainers. I think that's what happened, really; the old ones who had been there for many years were given a grace-and-favour cottage. They will see out their time on the grounds," he added.
Carter also hinted that there might be more of "Downton Abbey" in the future even if the series has come to a close. "We are not closing the house up, we are saying goodbye to the series," he said. "It's not the end of 'Downton Abbey.' It's open as to where people go in the future. Me and Mrs Hughes are inevitably facing retirement, probably, but nothing is absolutely nailed down."
