YMMV / The Curious Case of Mr. Pamuk

• Magnificent Bastard: Evelyn Napier is an acquaintance of the Crawleys with long ties to the British Secret Service. Assigned to keep an eye on Turkish attaché Kemal Pamuk, Napier is also ordered to assassinate Pamuk to prevent him voting against Albanian independence in a plot to weaken the Ottoman Empire. Selecting Downton Abbey as the site, Napier finds his old friend John Bates working at Downton and has him lace Pamuk's brandy with an overdose of aconite, poisoning him and making it look like Napier "accidentally" poisoned Pamuk by mistake. While Pamuk throws off the plan by dying in Lady Mary's bed, Napier banks on the aristocratic fear of scandal to ensure that all those who know how Pamuk died can be trusted to keep silent.