Sansa doesn’t bother to tell Jon she sent for the Knights of the Vale, which nearly gets him killed and definitely results in a lot of people dying who probably didn’t have to (Game of Thrones)

The village haunting was caused by… a time-travelling car? (The Living and the Dead)

Mary decides she’s going to take over Tom’s job as the estate’s agent, despite having zero knowledge of the role and having never shown any real interest in the estate (Downton Abbey)

Ethan and Hecate hook up (Penny Dreadful)

Violette apparently flies herself all the way from France to England just to needlessly stir up shit at a family dinner (Mr Selfridge)

Rose completely turns on Drake because he doesn’t believe she saw a dead woman (Ripper Street)

Mrs Drewe briefly kidnaps Marigold (Downton Abbey)

Daisy uncharacteristically screams at Mr Mason’s aristocratic landlords, costing Mason his farm (Downton Abbey)

Vanessa went from being against Dracula, to totally being on his side, to being against him again for really no reason at all (Penny Dreadful)

Jamie’s wealthy relative just hands over his mansion and business, despite the fact Jamie himself admits he knows nothing about said business (Outlander)

Vanessa has Ethan shoot her (Penny Dreadful)

Two years after Greene’s death, someone comes forward and confesses to having done it, magically exonerating Anna (Downton Abbey)

Ross is acquitted on the plundering charge, despite there being mountains of evidence against him (Poldark)

Cynthia just gets over her horrific assault and major religious crisis in about five minutes (Call the Midwife)

Prince Philip goes full brat and pushes all of his wife’s buttons when she’s already really stressed out on a royal tour (The Crown)

Pierre treats a major battle like a spectator sport (War and Peace)

Nathan puts the chance of seeing the ghost of his dead son ahead of the lives of his wife, unborn child, and everyone in the entire village (The Living and the Dead)

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