<Tr> <Th> 11 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Episode 1" </Td> <Td> Anthony Byrne </Td> <Td> Andrew Davies and Kate Brooke </Td> <Td> 19 January 2014 (2014 - 01 - 19) </Td> <Td> 6.76 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> June 1914 The store is celebrating five years, and Harry and his wife, Rose, have become increasingly estranged . He's thrilled when she returns to celebrate the fifth anniversary . There's still a rift between them exacerbated by the influence of novelist Delphine Day and their 15 - year - old son, Gordon, who wants to leave school and work in the store . Agnes Towler returns from Paris as head of departmental displays . Lady Mae's husband unexpectedly arrives in London and she hears him blackmail his way onto a government military committee amid rumours of impending war . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Episode 2" </Td> <Td> Anthony Byrne </Td> <Td> Kate O'Riordan </Td> <Td> 26 January 2014 (2014 - 01 - 26) </Td> <Td> 5.73 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> The staff is worried Selfridge will return to the United States if war breaks out . To reassure them, he organizes an Empire Exhibition in the Palm Court restaurant and a staff party . The party ends up being held, to Selfridge's apprehension, at Delphine's club at his wife's request . Selfridge agrees to this change, hoping it will reconcile them . Trade unionists stir up the warehouse workers to demand more rights and Selfridge's son, Gordon, joins the meeting . Lord Loxley thwarts Lady Mae's plans to escape to their country house without him by renting it out . He also invites himself to the party to meet Selfridge . Delphine lets it slip that Rose has met Henri Leclair, who has returned to London after a failed venture in New York City . </Td> </Tr>

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