Downton Doings

Now that Downton Abbey, Season 3, has come to an end, I have a few questions for Julian Fellowes.  A few missing puzzle pieces, you might say. . .

How is Gwen, the housemaid from Season 1, making out at her job with the telephone company?

Did Sir Richard Carlisle--Mary's fiance from Season 2--ever find a wife?

Has Sir Anthony Strallan--the guy who stiffed Edith in Season 3--recovered from such a high-profile faux pas?

Is there finally hope for Thomas (Seasons 1, 2 & 3)?

Why did John Bates' cell mate (Season 3) have it in for Bates?  (And by the way, please don't send anyone else to prison; it's too depressing.)

Does Dr. Clarkson (Seasons 1, 2 & 3) accept Blue Cross/Blue Shield?

Does Cora ever learn about O'Brien's treachery (soap episode, Season 1)?

Will Daisy ever really get out from under Mrs. Patmore (Seasons 1, 2 & 3)?

Does Ethel's "bastard" son Charlie stand a chance with that mean-spirited prig of a grandfather (Seasons 2 & 3)?

And will the Dowager Countess be the last one standing (Seasons 1, 2 & 3)?