A Quick Guide Where to We Left Everyone at the End of 'Victoria' Season 1

​Victoria Season 2 begins on Masterpiece on Sunday, January 14. But before the new season kicks off, here's a quick review of the story so far.

Victoria: "You don't think I'm too short to be dignified?

Once upon a time... There was a show called Downton Abbey.

Ok, that's not quite fair. ITV did not 100% develop Victoria as a Downton Abbey replacement. But with the choice, both by ITV and PBS, to have the new series go directly into the newly emptied Downton time slot, a show which was another period piece, once again focusing on the historical aristocracy, with an "upstairs/downstairs" format, the comparisons were inevitable. And in many ways not to Victoria's benefit.

Downton Abbey was complete historical fiction, not based on a real family or real people. If anything, Victoria should be compared to The Crown over on Netflix.