<Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> "A Test of Love" </Td> <Td> Bill Bain </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth </Td> <Td> 11 December 1976 (1976 - 12 - 11) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The funeral of King Edward VII provides the occasion for a visit from Louisa's former employer, Lord Henry Norton . As Charlie Haslemere's sole surviving relative, he tells Louisa it's time for Charlie to marry - and he thinks he's found the right woman . One snag: as soon as Charlie's engagement to Margaret Wormold is announced, Irene Baker sues him for breach of promise of marriage . In the ensuing court case, Louisa, Merriman, and Starr are required to testify . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No. in series </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Family Matters" </Td> <Td> Bill Bain </Td> <Td> Julia Jones </Td> <Td> 3 September 1977 (1977 - 09 - 03) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> When Louisa's brother returns from his travels after a long time away, his doting mother talks her reluctant daughter into hiring him, as the hotel is short - staffed . Arthur soon antagonises the longtime servants, precipitating an ugly family quarrel after Louisa discharges him . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 17 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Poor Catullus" </Td> <Td> Cyril Coke </Td> <Td> Jeremy Paul </Td> <Td> 10 September 1977 (1977 - 09 - 10) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Two young men play a prank, sending Louisa love letters purportedly from their Oxford University professor . Louisa and Professor Stubbs soon turn the tables on the tricksters, but she is tempted by his somewhat inebriated offer to take her to America to start a new life . The next morning, however, he remembers nothing of the previous night . Charlie's wife, Margaret, seeks Louisa's help in searching for a house in London . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 18 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "A Lesson in Manners" </Td> <Td> Cyril Coke </Td> <Td> Rosemary Anne Sisson </Td> <Td> 17 September 1977 (1977 - 09 - 17) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> When an elderly but vibrant Bentinck regular guest dies unexpectedly, she surprises everyone by leaving nearly all of her considerable wealth to her attentive chauffeur Prince rather than her indifferent, spendthrift nephew Eddie Sturgess . When Prince considers entering British society, Louisa decides it would be fun to pass him off as a gentleman, under Eddie and the Major's tutelage, despite the latter's warning . The Major is proved right in the end . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 19 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Winter Lament" </Td> <Td> Simon Langton </Td> <Td> Maggie Wadey </Td> <Td> 24 September 1977 (1977 - 09 - 24) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Louisa visits the Haslemeres at their country estate, and finds that Margaret's strange behaviour is putting a great strain on the marriage . Louisa also sees her daughter Lottie for the first time since giving her up as a baby . Louisa tries her best to help Margaret, but in the end, the disturbed, emaciated woman wanders outside one night and is found dead the next morning . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 20 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "The Passing Show" </Td> <Td> Bill Bain </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth </Td> <Td> 1 October 1977 (1977 - 10 - 01) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Louisa rouses Charlie out of his depression after Margaret's death . Meanwhile, Sir Martin Mallory, a famous but aging actor, seduces Violet . When Louisa finds out, she sacks her chambermaid without a reference, forcing the poor girl to try to take up streetwalking . Fortunately, an understanding police inspector persuades Louisa to relent a little and provide a reference and assistance finding more respectable employment . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 21 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Your Country Needs You" </Td> <Td> Simon Langton </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth </Td> <Td> 8 October 1977 (1977 - 10 - 08) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> When Great Britain enters the First World War, Louisa is ultra-patriotic, until Charlie joins the Coldstream Guards . The Major returns to active duty . In exchange for getting Starr reinstated in the Army (it was established in Season 1, episode 8 that when Starr was a sergeant in the Sudan Campaign, he caught his young wife with another soldier, and was imprisoned and dishonourably discharged for his subsequent actions), the Major gets Louisa to hire Gaspard, a Belgian refugee . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 22 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> "The Patriots" </Td> <Td> Bill Bain </Td> <Td> Bill Craig and John Hawkesworth </Td> <Td> 15 October 1977 (1977 - 10 - 15) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Autumn 1915 . Louisa is cold to shirkers who avoid military service, particularly Bentinck resident Mr. Appleby . A naval intelligence lieutenant uncovers an espionage ring which is reading the correspondence of high - ranking officers who frequent the Bentinck . Gaspard commits suicide to avoid arrest . His confederate, American hotel guest Brewster, is not so quick . Louisa is embarrassed to learn Appleby is also a spy, but for the British . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 23 </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> "The Reluctant Warrior" </Td> <Td> Simon Langton </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth and Rosemary Anne Sisson </Td> <Td> 22 October 1977 (1977 - 10 - 22) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Winter 1916 . The hotel sustains minor damage from a Zeppelin bomb attack . Some soldiers are assigned to deal with what may be a buried unexploded bomb very near the Bentinck . Ethel is attracted to one of them, a conscientious objector ("conshie") despised by everyone else . Among Louisa's guests are an 18 - year - old and the officer with whom she has eloped . Tired of waiting for a demolitions expert and fed up with the sneers aimed at him, the conshie Clive digs around and finds there is no bomb . He also discovers the body of Fred, Starr's dog . Before Clive leaves, Ethel accepts his engagement ring . (In a later episode, Ethel is a bereaved widow who just wants her Clive back .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 24 </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> "Tea and a Wad" </Td> <Td> Cyril Coke </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth </Td> <Td> 29 October 1977 (1977 - 10 - 29) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Spring 1917 . The hotel is empty as repairs are being made . The Major persuades Louisa to set up a canteen in Boulogne for troops with no place to go while waiting for transportation back to Britain . A helpful soldier eventually confesses to Mary that he is a deserter . She consults the Major, who comes up with a plan to get him out of his predicament . A rival do - gooder creates trouble for Louisa . Fortunately, the general in charge turns out to be a Bentinck regular . Louisa agrees to marry Charlie after the war ends . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 25 </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> "Shadows" </Td> <Td> Bill Bain </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth and Jeremy Paul </Td> <Td> 5 November 1977 (1977 - 11 - 05) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Summer 1918 . Louisa opens the Bentinck to recuperating soldiers . Mary is attracted to Brian, one of the convalescents . Charlie receives a head wound and returns to the hotel for a rest . The wound takes a turn for the worse, and he begins to go blind . An eminent brain surgeon advises against surgery so soon after the previous operation . Charlie dies in Louisa's parlour . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 26 </Th> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> "Where There's A Will" </Td> <Td> Cyril Coke </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth and Julia Jones </Td> <Td> 12 November 1977 (1977 - 11 - 12) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Louisa is in dire financial straits, but stubbornly refuses to cash the cheques of the soldiers who stayed at her hotel . Grief - stricken over Charlie's death, she decides to sell up the Bentinck . Her father makes her read a letter from Charlie, which gives her renewed resolve to go on . With the money he left her in his will, she sets about restoring the hotel to its former glory . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 27 </Th> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> "The Legion of the Living" </Td> <Td> Gerry Mill </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth and Maggie Wadey </Td> <Td> 19 November 1977 (1977 - 11 - 19) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Louisa returns to the Haslemeres' estate for a memorial service, and the truth of Lottie's parentage is exposed . Louisa offers to take Lottie back to London . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 28 </Th> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> "Lottie" </Td> <Td> Bill Bain </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth and Jeremy Paul </Td> <Td> 3 December 1977 (1977 - 12 - 03) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Louisa tells Mary, Starr and Merriman who Lottie is . She has the Major show the young woman the sights of London, but inevitably, rumours swirl around her . Brian returns, embittered by the war and irritated by Mary's attempts to help him . He leaves, breaking Mary's heart . Finally, Louisa decides to send her daughter to a Swiss finishing school . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 29 </Th> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> "Blossom Time" </Td> <Td> Gerry Mill </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth and Jeremy Paul </Td> <Td> 10 December 1977 (1977 - 12 - 10) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Lottie returns on a school holiday, bringing with her one of her teachers, Miss Olive Bradford . The Major and Miss Bradford fall in love and become engaged . Lottie herself falls for a handsome young man, but when she incautiously reveals who her parents are, his interest in her vanishes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 30 </Th> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> "Poor Little Rich Girl" </Td> <Td> Cyril Coke </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth and Julia Jones </Td> <Td> 17 December 1977 (1977 - 12 - 17) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Louisa and Lottie clash over her future . Lottie is determined to become a singer . She meets her grandfather for the first time . He becomes her ally, giving her his meagre life savings before he dies . Lottie moves in with her grandmother, who tells Louisa she understands Lottie, whereas she could never fathom Louisa . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 31 </Th> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> "Ain't We Got Fun" </Td> <Td> Bill Bain </Td> <Td> John Hawkesworth </Td> <Td> 24 December 1977 (1977 - 12 - 24) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Louisa permits an American woman to write her biography, though she insists on final approval of the result . Merriman wins a newspaper contest and samples life, even sauntering into the Bentinck for a drink, before his money runs out and he returns to his usual post . Mary and Starr inform Louisa that they have become engaged . Louisa is furious at first, as she has a policy of not employing married people, but eventually gives in . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No. in series </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> </Tr>

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