Plenty of angry outbursts and goings on in this episode as troubles between the two lovebirds, Denise (Joanna Vanderham) and Moray (Emun Elliott). Okay I referred to birds since Arthur (Finn Burridge) delivers Denise a message about the bird being at their usual meeting place, that bridge and we get to see that bridge during the day. Clara (Sonya Cassidy) later refers to him as a chaffinch etc, when Arthur brings yet another note for Denise from Moray. Actually I should have said there's trouble in paradise! Ha. Denise wants to apply for the position vacated by Miss Audrey but Moray doesn't think it's a good idea especially since Katherine (Elaine Cassidy) can use it against them. Thus putting his dream of getting back the store into tatters. He calls her "sweetheart" and they kiss, and Denise thinks she can agree to not applying as long as he keeps calling her "sweetheart."
Katherine has ordered a doll for Flora (Edie Whitehead) and has ordered for clothes to be made so Flora can play dress-ups with her doll, er, wasn't that a little like Katherine getting them to make matching outfits for herself and Flora. Did Katherine see Flora as her own little doll, looked that way, now they're all triplets. Katherine, Flora and the doll all with their matching dresses! No wonder it all got too much for Weston (Ben Daniels) as he pokes out the doll's eyes after drinking a lot. He asks Flora questions to which she doesn't know the answer, including when Christopher Columbus discovered America. Hey I got that right, 1492, ha. He thinks she "ignorant" and no daughter of his will be so, thus he's going to convert the attic into a schoolroom. Katherine wants to object to this but can't since well, women didn't really have any rights. He's her husband and yet again he brings up the fact she married a soldier! That's three eps in a row now it's been mentioned, but we're none the wiser as to how he got those scars that pain him so.
Thus the crux of this episode as later Denise and Moray argue over their visions for the Paradise. He thinks she doesn't have enough knowledge to run the store, not like him anyway. Telling her of how he toiled and worked at owning the store and learning all about running it. Whereas she argues she's a woman so can't have the same visions since society won't let her. The example being if she went to the bank for a loan she wouldn't get it, cos it would either show she's selling herself, being desperate for money. He doesn't treat her as his equal which is true, but Moray tells her it's cos he doesn't want her to go through the same hardships. Of course Katherine will also make their lives hell. This makes Denise determined to go through with making an application.
Denise says she doesn't mind whoever wins the position, it's better if it's Clara than some outsider but Clara doesn't agree with that. She hopes it will be an outsider, naturally. At a meeting with Moray and Dudley, Katherine embarrasses Weston when she brings up his wandering eye for women and how he almost got himself into trouble with one brunette, which he didn't appreciate, referring to Clemence from the previous episode. No wonder he wanted a governess for Flora, who hears them arguing over Denise and Weston tells Katherine she's having noxious thoughts.
Katherine is overcome and Dudley (Matthew McNulty) comforts her. She mentions the schooling and Dudley has two children but he wants them to have an education and not be ignorant. He suggests Katherine should teach Flora and at the same time she too can learn, but she sees herself as "shallow" and doesn't have a mind for such things. Dudley tells her he used to read a word a day from the dictionary and had to educate himself to keep up with Moray. He says she should bring Flora here and he gives her a lesson in French words, and where the crates are from and the languages on them. He also tells her about the war in Japan and how it can affect trade. Flora later mentions this in front of Weston who isn't impressed with Katherine making a spectacle of his daughter in public.
Jonas (David Hayman) has words for Denise and he's always got time for her. He gets Weston on side and suggests that he should go ahead and have the staff go to the music hall since they are more willing to back someone up who is on their side. That he will gain support from Moray's staff who will be less inclined to follow him. Also mentioning Denise in the process and how she'd be good for the role vacated by Miss Audrey.
They narrow down the candidates to four, including Clara and Denise. Katherine only wanting Denise in that position so she can cause trouble between her and Moray. As Weston told her he saw how she looks at Denise. Weston asks Denise how she'd organize the music hall entertainment but she tells him she'd bring the music hall here. She has to organize it for tonight and she signs the staff up to for the entertainment. Even getting Jonas to dance a reel with her. He has one arm and she has "two left feet" so they're even. She asks him how he's convinced Weston to do this and he replies he works for the Paradise. Still can't tell if he's up to anything yet as he seems to be chopping and changing sides. Don't know whether he's using Weston to help Moray get the store back or if he's playing them against each other. Not sure where his loyalties lie now he's returned. But he seems to be fine with Denise and does a good deed for Myrtle (Lisa Millett) when Arthur mentions a book is being run on who will get the position and Myrtle is at odds of 500-1. He bets ten shillings on her and gets Arthur to spread the gossip. Myrtle thanks him but tells him he didn't need to bet money on her. He could have brought her a drink which he replies she can do so herself.
Flora having asked Dudley what "noxious" means and tells her she heard Katherine refer to Denise as this and he fears she may be up to something. Denise organizes the show with Sam (Stephen Wight) dressing up as Myrtle which she finally sees as funny and Denise dances her reel with Jonas who is dressed in a kilt and Myrtle gets her wish to see him in one. As she has a special penchant for a man in a kilt. Dudley gets Flora to go on stage and answer ten questions from the audience, in music hall fashion, answering them all correctly, with Weston asking her when America was discovered, which she answers correctly.
Weston appoints Denise as head of ladies which Clara knew she would get and Katherine having the final say as she tells Moray Denise did an even better job than he could have done. Well she's definitely stirring up trouble between them and causing them to drift apart. Yes trouble is definitely afoot in paradise and it adds more to the tension between Moray and Denise, he wants her, she wants to make her dreams become real and envisions her, er, visions, but he seems to want to hold her back. Moray is sexist after all like all men at that time and he did come across as jealous with Denise and her visions. he still refers to her as his "little champion" but doesn't want her to excel him.
Wonder if we'll get to see Dudley's wife, she's been mentioned enough times and she doesn't even come in to his place of work, or the store to window shop or anything. Does he keep her on a short lease.
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