Harry (Jeremy Piven) and Frank (Samuel West) who is now head of press and public affairs, or some such title, celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, "peace at last." As Harry comes up with plans of how to celebrate, time on peoples' hands after 5 years. Harry comes up with 'Britain at Play' which Frank will have to break the news to Crabb (Ron Cook) about whilst he's sitting down, no expenses spared.
George (Calum Callaghan) looks after Earnest as Miss Mardle (Amanda Abbington) is at work and he's really a right proper nanny, she's grateful to have him. Frank and Gordon (Greg Austin) tour the store finding out what each department's plans are for the big event. Kitty (Amy Beth Hayes) comes up with portable make -up and Miss Calthorpe (Amy Morgan) talks of hats for all occasions, they're much smaller now, for golfing and other events. Mrs Crabb has knitted clothes for Earnest but Grove (Tom Goodman-Hill) doesn't want them. As well as Crabb bringing a toy for his godson. However the children are with their aunt and grandmother. Kitty appears to have a rivalry going with Miss Calthorpe and Gordon and she are caught kissing in the storeroom by Crabb. Harry comes up with 100 hampers to give away, a raffle for a free flight and the money from raffle the tickets will go towards the Selfridge estate.
Nancy (Kelly Adams) tells Harry she wants to cool things off since her work is slipping and she's put things into perspective. The Housing Department will give them funding as soon as they're ready to go ahead. She'll be busy. She wants to take a step back and he didn't realize he was a distraction. He writes her a cheque for £1,000, watch her look at it with her tongue sticking out as if he wouldn't write her the correct amount on there, or cheat her out of it.
Some of Regan's (Sean Campion) men come to the club and make trouble, taking it into the bar area. Victor (Trystan Gravelle) isn't happy about this and also gets hit in the process. Elsa (Naomi Ryan) tells him she thought he wanted to be his own man when they first met, but look at him now, skulking after Violette (Hannah Tointon). She tells him to tell Regan about his men, cos they're his responsibility. She tells him the gambling den can make it big, she's worked at casinos and it can be big money. With this in mind, Victor approaches Regan and tells him he wants to expand, open up an exclusive members club and lose the roulette wheel. Baccarat is big money and he knows wealthy customers from the Palm Court cafe and can bring them in. He asks Regan for more money and Regan tells him if he fails then his club is his.
Jacques De Sibour (Xavier Lemaitre) is a French pilot, decorated during the war. He's helping Serge (Leon Ockenden) and is his business partner. Serge's taken a backseat with his own plane for the moment and he hopes to take their flight commercial. Jacques has a liking for Violette, who's rather bored of it all. Serge saying he's got more people to think about right now, his wife and child.
Miss Mardle demands to know what Grove intends to do about Earnest and he refuses to listen, still blaming her interference for everything that's happened. George sends Earnest out with Billy (Craig Fletcher) for a picnic and he tells him once he's got a place of his own, he wants to take Earnest full time, for good. Of course that's going to cause ructions between him and Grove, since he won't let Earnest go so easily. Mrs Crabb has found some magazines which advertize female help for children so that Grove can gather his children together and bring them back home, but he's not interested. Later George speaks with him and tells him how Earnest has been mentioning names. He recalls his father was a drunk and wasn't much of a parent that's why he and Agnes were so close. Earnest wakes up in the night and points to take him to different rooms, where he point to them and calls out names, Arthur, Meryl, who Doris used to call 'little mother' cos she used to bathe him. George tells him Earnest wants his family.
Loxley (Aidan McCardle) gets wind of the event at the store, as he would do and calls two other investors and shareholders, Lowe (Richard Braine) and Barrett, (John Arthur) to go to the store with him and find out what's happening from a business angle. He doesn't see how Harry's going to make money for them by spending so much, on the hampers and the flight, which he says is a gift from Serge's business partner. Loxley having a jibe at him about family and business. Loxley stating the customers will have to spend more so they get their money back. Harry saying the next event will impress even more, as he tells Crabb, it's going to be unlike anything anyone's ever seen. Crabb thinks Gordon should call it quits with Miss Calthorpe, since he's got many chances, but she'll only have at best three in finding a man. Gordon respects her. Later telling Miss Calthorpe that he told Crabb to mind his own business, which he didn't really. He didn't stand up for her other than saying he respects her.
Nancy's brother, the so-called architect, tells her he didn't want her to call things off with him, just to cool it, and that she shouldn't have slept with him. She gives him the cheque and he just knows this is one step further for their plans of America becoming a reality. Lois (Kika Markham) asks Harry about Nancy an dhow he's been working late nights with her, knowing it's not all work. The family comes to the store and Rosalie (Kara Tointon) thinks Jacques is a good match for Violette, who doesn't want her to matchmake for her. Jacques tells her green is more her colour, or grey, not red and that she should come on the flight with him. She's not interested and when he picks the raffle winner, he cheats by already having Violette's name in his hand. She refuses the flight and promises to go on a flight with him if he picks another winner. The Princess (Zoe Wanamaker) and Lois talk about Polly Maxwell Taylor (Jessica Madsen) and how Gordon knows her, she's from a good family and she buys a hat which her mother will hate. Referring to Miss Calthorpe as 'the girl,' to package it for her. She's in tears and Kitty finishes it off for her. She tells Gordon it's off cos she's just a shop girl and can't really meet his family, she's already served them. Then Gordon tells her he'll tell his father about them.
Connie (Sacha Parkinson) is making progress at the store and Miss Mardle has more fashion magazines at home she can look at, a she points out the latest fashion outfits in tennis. Connie goes to her house for the magazines and meets George, who is looking after Earnest still. She can't believe he's doing that. Then later tells Kitty about Earnest. Miss Mardle says George is a help cos she's not mother material, having no maternal instincts. She didn't realize that until now, but she's just good at her work. Kitty saying she's helped Connie and all of the girls get to where they are.
Violette tells Harry that Nancy let her go, so she can't even keep her job, not that it was a proper job working for her father. Also telling him that Jacques isn't right for her cos she's not giving up on Victor and still wants him. You don't give up on someone you love. Harry takes this to heart as he visits Nancy and proposes to her. The shameless hussy accepts him!! Ha. Trouble in paradise there and I can't wait for the big reveal where he finds out what she's been up to. Yet again he may not find out until it's too late and she's scarpered with all his money. But then, she'll have all his money if she marries him. Victor in the same situation as Harry in wanting to make it big and having to suffer the indignity of having other people who have to help them. Victor with Regan and Harry having to answer to the shareholders, and worst of all Loxley. So things are still crumbling for Harry in his world.
Fans of the show will be happy to hear that Mr Selfridge will return for a Series 4 next year, so we have still to suffer the downward spiral in his life, at least it won't be a rushed affair!
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