Harry is furious with Wynnstay (Robert Pugh) who tells him he only agreed not to publish stories about his family, as Harry told him they didn't sign up for this life, but he did so he's fair game. If his reporters dig deep and find dirt on Harry then that's not his fault. Harry withdraws the advertizing from his paper and he tells Wynnstay it's not an idle threat. Wynnstay later calls his lawyers to see if he can actually go ahead and do that. Harry doesn't know where else to turn for help and so turns to Jimmy (Sacha Dhawan) who says he can come up with a plan to help him. He decides Harry should sell the provincial stores and people are eager to buy the land as they're prime investment opportunities. Harry disagrees since Gordon (Greg Austin) built those up and he can't do that to him.
Grove (Tom Goodman-Hill) makes plans for the wedding and has a suit made up for him. He tells Miss Mardle (Amanda Abbington) he will tell Harry about his illness later in the day and she thinks she should get a dress for herself. Meryl (Lottie Tolhurst) shows her dresses from Mae's (Kathleen Kelly) range but she doesn't want it in pink, maybe cream. She can have those made up and she knows just the person to do it. Of course adding to more work for Tilly (Mimi Ndiweni) who's given more sewing to do by Miss Ellis (Ria Zmitrowicz) which will take her all night. Grove asks Crab to be best man. He finally tells Harry who asks what he can do but there's nothing, except giving away Miss Mardle. Suppose can't call her that anymore. She asks Meryl to be her bridesmaid. Also Grove talking about how family is everything. Which Harry should know as he used to say the same once.
Later at home Grove sends the children upstairs as they're making too much noise and tells her he can't ask her to take on this "unruly mob." She says he broke her heart when he left her but she didn't stop loving him and she's more than happy to take them on. When she looks at him it's like she never left. So their wedding goes off without a hitch and the happy couple head for a honeymoon.
Mae does a photoshoot at the Palmcourt for her outfits and she gets Victor (Trystan Gravelle) to model as a waiter and he recalls how he started out here. She reminds him she was a Lady back then and how they seldom had their clothes on. He's happy to oblige since it's like things have never changed. Jimmy shows up and clearly he's jealous. He invites her to the opera and then later suggests they can also got to Colleano's afterwards. If that's the case why take her there. Rosalie (Kara Tointon) turns up at the shoot with Tatiana (Abigail Eames) and Mae helps her to relax and look natural. At Colleano's Jimmy just talks with his investors and Mae is bored with it all. She speaks with Victor and some others and later Jimmy wants her to leave with him, but she refuses to go. She talks with Victor again and tells him how Jimmy isn't for her and maybe it's not too late for them. They agree to meet for dinner and he'll close the club just for the two of them. She agrees.
The deadline for Harry to pay D'Ancona passes and he doesn't want to sell the stores since Gordon built them up and he doesn't want to take all that away from the families who run them. Even if they will get a nice return. Harry tries to reach D'Ancona but he heads o Harry's house, frightening Rosalie and Tatiana as he steals all the paintings, jewellery from the house. Including a bracelet Rosalie had from her mother. She tells him how their Pa was so wonderful and the would scoop them up into his arms. Now she doesn't feel safe anymore and Tatiana was so afraid. He tells her he can make them safe again but she replies she doesn't think he's safe even with himself.
The Dolly sisters rear their ugly bleach blonde heads again buying things thinking they'll still get credit. Crab tells them they can't and Rosie threatens to speak with Harry. He tells them to go ahead and do so. Harry tells them there's no longer any credit and especially after that dance they pulled last time. They apologize but he's still not biting. Rosie (Emma Hamilton) suggests they should return to New York. Harry tells Jenny (Zoe Richards) to watch out for herself. He tells Gordon he's going to sell the stores and he knows Gordon worked on them for so many years. Gordon wants to help him and he reminds him those years were all the missed ones between them. He would have done anything to help his father cos all he ever wanted to do was to work by his side. He wants Harry to sell as many stores as he needs to; even after Gordon had a visit from the Civic Society man, Mr Keen (Oliver Dimsdale) telling him about the newspaper headline and how the investors are worried. It's no longer really Harry's store.
Frank (Samuel West) and Kitty (Amy Beth Hayes) part ways as she tells him she's not that sort of a woman. The type to accept everything and turn a blind eye. She tells him to leave and even packs his bags for him. All he can say is that "men makes mistakes." Connie (Sacha Parkinson) is angry when she hears of this and so is George (Calum Callaghan) who wants to "biff him one." Frank has nowhere to turn and has to stay with George and Connie who hates him being here. Why didn't he turn to Harry? George tells him he's a writer and that's all he could say. He was jealous of her success and the job offer in New York, whereas he was getting nowhere with his work. Yeah and didn't she offer to work whilst he had the time to write if they went to New York but it was all about pride. He goes to talk with Kitty but she doesn't let him in. He tells her to take the job offer in New York if its still open. Which she does, but she doesn't want him with her. Or does she cos George can see how much they still love each other.
Victor waits for Mae as the club as he stands at the balcony looking down at the table. Of course its so obvious what's coming next as jealous Jimmy comes up behind him and wants him to leave Mae alone. She's too good for him. He lunges at Victor and soon he goes over the top of the balcony. Well that's another one gone before his time in this show! As if that's really going to get Mae back! Wonder who else will be meeting their maker before the series is finished. Just the usual happening here with everyone getting into strife as we watch the last days of the Selfridge empire come crashing down! As Harry reveals he has no money!
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