The BEST episodes written by Alfred Shaughnessey
#1 - A Family Secret
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 3 - Episode 4
James has been secretly courting Hazel Forrest, and soon discovers she's a master at hiding secrets because she's been hiding a really big one from him.
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#2 - A Family Gathering
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 2 - Episode 13
Elizabeth, depressed about her own relationship, is less than cordial when James returns home with his fiancee in tow, a woman named Phyllis whom his parents feel is beneath his station. The family is gathered to celebrate Lady Marjorie's birthday, as well as James' homecoming and engagement, when a surprise visitor shows up, changing the mood of the festivities, and the night ends on a somber note when a phone call reveals devastating news.
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#3 - Guest of Honour
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 2 - Episode 5
There is great excitement among the servants when King Edward VII attends a supper party at Eaton Place. During the evening the arrival of an unexpected visitor creates an emergency below stairs.
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#4 - Miss Forrest
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 3 - Episode 1
It's two years later and Eaton Place has seen many changes. Richard is writing his late father-in-law's biography, assisted by Miss Hazel Forrest, his typist. James has been working in London ever since Phyllis broke off their engagement, and Miss Forrest has caught his eye. Daring to venture across the class boundaries once again, James invites her to dine with him, much to the chagrin of Hudson who finds this impropriety upsetting and when he's unable to hide his feelings, it provokes a confrontation with James. Lady Marjorie is looking forward to visiting Elizabeth who now lives in America. Her brother, Lord Hugo Southwold, and his new wife, Marion, are also going, as well as her maid, Roberts, who is giddy with excitement that she gets to sail on the maiden voyage of that magnificent new ship, the Titanic!
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