Harry (Jeremy Piven) meets the staff at the warehouse and tells them he wants to sell everything in here at the heavily discounted sale. Frank's (Samuel West) been doing some robust advertizing with some robust wording too. Harry calls it, the "sale of the century." Nancy (Kelly Adams) has a business meeting with Harry later and works from home, as she tries to hide her ring from Gus (Jolyon Coy). She wants him to stay at lodgings and wants to take the money out in one go, when all the money's been deposited. She has to make time with Harry cos she's not with him anymore. A crate arrives for Olga Puskin from the Russian Embassy. It's the Princess's (Zoe Wanamaker) jewellery and she finds everything all there. Now her fortune's back with her, Serge (Leon Ockenden) can build his plane and that's what she wants for him. Even though he says he doesn't want to after all the hardship she's been through. The Princess also offers to pay Harry back and now she can pay her own way too. Harry refuses to accept as she's family but he's glad she offered. She's glad he refused to accept her offer.
Lord Robert (Edmund Kente) from Swan and Edgar, meets with Harry and he's angry at the advertizing campaign, which states they should buy now before all the stock goes. They have an agreement as sellers to be more competitive towards each other. Harry tells him it's what he would do and they're in business, which is how it should be conducted. Harry thinks he's behind the negative campaign in the press against Selfridges. Loxley (Aidan McCardle) looks at the advertizing in the paper and also finds the little column announcing Lady Mae's marriage in Paris, which sends him over the edge, as he pursues his vendetta against Harry even more fiercely and sets it into into full force. He meets with Lowe (Richard Braine) and Barratt (John Arthur) and tells them they've got to see the trading figures for the store since he's going to send them broke and they'll see no return on their shares, using his customary tactics of scare mongering.
Nancy tells Harry she can't wear the ring since the suppliers will see it and she won't be able to deal with them reasonably. But this proves to be the case even if she hasn't got the ring on, since the timber merchant increases the price of the timber, until he sees Harry with her and Harry makes him drop it even further. Outside the store protesters against the sale pelt them with eggs and Harry thinks they need more security. Miss Mardle (Amanda Abbington) thinks George (Calum Callaghan) should return to work since he's at a loose end now, as George gives her one of Earnest's toys for Grove (Tom Goodman-Hill). She says she'll ask about a good job for him, but he's not too fussy. Grove is abrupt with her and she almost forgets to ask about a job. Grove thinks he should he Head of Security since he knows the store, was in the military as well.
Billy (Craig Fletcher) comes to the house wanting to see Earnest but Grove sends him away. Also having words with Miss Mardle again as he accuses her of meddling once more. It's her fault that he's in his life. Miss Mardle tells him he's a hypocrite and sees things only in black and white. Mentioning their affair which they kept secret from his wife. Oh at least she said it, what I've been saying for weeks and he tells her to get out. Grove relents and lets Billy see Earnest every second Sunday telling him it's not just black and white when he asks why he changed his mind and they'll say he's a family friend, as they shake hands.
Miss Calthorpe (Amy Morgan) avoids Gordon (Greg Austin) and is very rude to Longchamp (Edward Akrout) when he brings in more boxes. Later she tells him that it's okay for him as he doesn't have anything to lose and he didn't tell his father about them. Harry later tells him that when he's sitting in his chair, he'll know it's all about fighting, he has to fight for everything and this is what he tells Miss Calthorpe as he visits her at home and that he will tell his father about her. Well that'll go down like a lead balloon. Which makes Harry hypocritical too, especially after he tells Violette (Hannah Tointon) she should fight for the man that she wants and for someone that she loves on her own terms. After she tells him that Jacques (Xavier Lemaitre) is probably the right man for her, since he can 'handle' her. Having taken her to Victor's (Trystan Gravelle) so she can get over him. Kind of looked like he was rubbing it in his face, that he was here with Violette.
Victor having his own problems as he struggles to bring in rich patrons to the gambling club and also ensuring they loose and don't win big. Which is what Regan (Sean Campion) wants to see in a week, otherwise there'll be trouble. Victor invites more rich punters, er, men to the club, all people he met at the Palm Court, as he tells Elsa (Naomi Ryan) again. Loxley walks in demanding to see the trading figures from Crabb (Ron Cook) who tells him they're not in yet and that's highly irregular. Miss Plunkett (Sadie Shimmin) fetches Harry who tells him to get out and that he's going to increase advertizing and lower the discount on prices by another 10%, which is exactly the result Loxley was looking for, aiming to goad him into reacting in this way. He tells Lowe and Barratt that Harry refused to show him the figures and for this reason he increased advertizing and he wants to convene an emergency board meeting. So why was Loxley at Victor's club, didn't he have anywhere else to go, or did he think no one would notice his scheming there.
The Princess bumps into Gus as he's leaving the office that Harry gave Nancy to work from at the store, as she says him she was going to tell him about the engagement, but not just yet. The Princess wants to make a fresh start with Nancy and she later bumps into Gus again at a jewellery store, where the man calls him Mr Paignton, as Gus finds her ring and sells it for £500. She brings Nancy an engagement present of an Austrian paperweight and tells her Harry informed her of the engagement. Nancy stressing it was a secret, she tells her about Gus and she races out of there, giving the Princess a chance to get Gus's card, as Harry finds her in the office, she feigns to have dropped her glove. She follows up on the lead and finds the address on the card. Connie (Sacha Parkinson) sees George at the store and Kitty (Amy Beth Hayes) thinks he should ask her out. He doesn't want her interfering in his lovelife.
Nancy tells Gus they can be happy without taking the money, that's why she hasn't touched it yet, cos they're in the clear and can stop running. He can go to America like he wants and she'll help him out, cos she loves Harry and wants to be Mrs Selfridge and build the estate. Of course now that she doesn't want to rip Harry off, she's going to be dropped in it by the Princess. Besides she did lie to him anyway. As she still lies to him telling him she lost the ring. The board convenes and Crabb comes in saying that under the Articles of Association, Harry requests the customary two weeks before he has to present any figures. Which plays into Loxley's hands further, who thinks he's completely lost the plot and that's why he should be removed from the board. Which leads up to the series finale next episode; where things should come to a head between Harry and Nancy and Harry and Loxley, not to mention Harry and Gordon too. As it's also judgement day for Victor too in ensuring he rakes it in. So they're both in a similar boat, each having their livelihood on the line.
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