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Savenok/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 21, 2015 4:53 PM UTC You’ve never seen this side of Lady Mary before. Michelle Dockery, who plays [Downton Abbey’s](http://time.com/4035215/new-trailer-downton-abbey/) Mary Crawley, sat down with Allen Leech and Kevin Doyle — a.k.a. Branson and Mr. Molesley — to play a round of everyone’s favorite NSFW game: Cards Against Humanity. This was the [second time](http://time.com/3656505/downton-abbey-cards-against-humanity/) members of the [PBS Masterpiece Classic cast](http://time.com/4144684/downton-abbey-american-accents-colbert/) have gone head-to-head to try and come up with the most filthy fill-in-the-blank responses for the Entertainment Weekly series, and the results were as hilarious as ever. Some of the best moments include Leech singing “my lovely lady lumps,” Dockery playing the card “farting and walking away,” and Doyle cracking up at everything. Watch the full clip at [EW.com](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/21/downton-abbey-cards-against-humanity). ## Transcript >> President of the United States that I will faithfully execute the office. >> Power is a lot like real estate. It's all about location, location, location. Closer you are to the source, the higher your property value. Centuries from now when people watch this footage, who will they see smiling just at the edge of the frame? >> So help me God. >> Congratulations. >> Sherlock! >> Just stop it. Stop this. >> Mr. President-- >> Uh- huh. >> We can't. We can't >> We can. >> Look around you. Look where we are. This can't happen. 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