The BEST episodes written by Alfred Shaughnessy
#1 - Peace Out of Pain
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 4 - Episode 13
Rose receives excellent news, James is depressed about his slow recovery, Richard is courting Virginia, and the Great War is winding down to a victorious conclusion, but there's still one more casualty to be claimed.
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#2 - On with the Dance
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 5 - Episode 1
Eaton Place is enveloped with uncertainty. Edward and Daisy have moved on and been replaced with Frederick Norton, James' servant from the war, and Lily. The newlyweds, Richard and Virginia, and her children, Alica and William, have plans to move into their own home. There's not enough work to keep everyone busy and the house is far too large for James to live there alone, so he decides it's time to sell the house and gives the servants a month's notice.
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#3 - The Joy Ride
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 5 - Episode 4
When James buys a small airplane, Virginia defies Richard, putting the entire household through quite an ordeal.
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#4 - The Property of a Lady
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 2 - Episode 6
Thomas is approached by a blackmailer who claims to have love letters from Lady Marjorie to Captain Hammond.
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#5 - The Glorious Dead
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 4 - Episode 8
Sadly, perhaps inevitably, a double dose of tragic news arrives for those at Eaton Place.
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#6 - Women Shall Not Weep
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 4 - Episode 4
Daisy and Edward get married right before he ships off to France. Georgina goes to the train station to see a couple of friends off and sees the horrors of war firsthand. She's so moved by what she witnesses that she applies for a volunteer nursing program. On another note, James has been writing her letters in secret. Ruby surprises everyone with a surprise announcement.~
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#7 - Disillusion
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 5 - Episode 7
Spring is in the air and Hudson has found love, but it comes at a price for the household. In the end, the object of his affection makes a sacrifice for him.
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#8 - Goodwill to All Men
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 3 - Episode 9
Lady Southwold and Georgina Worsley, her 18 year-old step-granddaughter (the step-daughter of her late son, Hugo) are spending the holidays at Eaton Place and Georgina quickly befriends the new maid, Daisy Peel, also 18. When she learns that Daisy is homesick and hasn't seen her family in three years, Georgina hatches a plan to take Daisy to see them but things don't go as planned.
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#9 - Another Year
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 4 - Episode 9
This difficult year finally comes to bumpy close. Helen and Richard meet Mrs. Charles Hamilton who wants Richard to help get her pet project off the ground. Edward is home on leave but all is not well. A bombing in London brings a familiar face back to Eaton Place.
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#10 - Alberto
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 5 - Episode 11
Frederick considers his future when he feels his talents are largely wasted in the Bellamy household.
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#11 - The Key of the Door
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 1 - Episode 12
Winter 1908: Elizabeth befriends a bunch of Bohemian-types, but is drawn to two in particular: Evelyn Larkin, a radical Socialist extremist, and her lover, Lawrence Kirbridge, a handsome, free-spirited poet. On the eve of her 21st birthday, with her parents out of town, Lizzy invites the entire group to Eaton Place, and is humiliated when the Bellamys return home unexpectedly and throw everyone out. Anxious to prove she's nothing like her parents, Lizzy is compelled to do something extreme, leading to a falling out with her parents and a harsh discovery about Evelyn.
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#13 - A Pair of Exiles
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 2 - Episode 2
James and Sarah are going strong, but his debts from gambling have him very worried. The news that Sarah is pregnant, causes him to seek counsel from his parents who handle the news surprisingly well. After the Bellamys meet with their attorney, both James and Sarah are summoned to Eaton Place. The Bellamys are going to help them out of their messes, but that help comes at a price.
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#14 - The Crooked Man
Sherlock Holmes (1984) - Season 1 - Episode 5
An unhappy wife learns that her husband, Colonel Barclay, cheated her earlier fiance, leaving him disabled and in exile. After a fierce argument between them, the Colonel's dead body is found next to his unconscious wife in a locked room with no key, and with curious animal tracks outside the window. Nancy Barclay remains in a coma.Holmes investigates and finds a story of betrayal and a mystery worthy of his powers.
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#15 - Distant Thunder
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 3 - Episode 12
The summer brings a stifling heatwave, causing passions, emotions, and tempers to run hot. Georgina is staying at Eaton Place for the summer and has "come out" in society as a young debutante, Rose is regretting her decision regarding Gregory Wilmot, Hazel is recovering from her miscarriage, and James is letting his eye wander in an inappropriate and very dangerous direction.
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#16 - Why is Her Door Locked?
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 1 - Episode 9
November 1907: Everyone's been concerned about Mrs. Bridges, who's been despondent ever since Emily's suicide, but when they discover she took a baby from his pram when his mother wasn't looking, and brought him home with her, they realize she's suffering from a mental breakdown. Hoping to keep the incident quiet and protect everyone's reputations, the Bellamys return the baby to his parents and offer compensation, but refuse to divulge Mrs. Bridges' identity. The father, furious that they consider themselves above the law, has Mrs. Bridges arrested and during her hearing, Hudson makes an extraordinary gesture he hopes will keep her out of prison.
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#17 - The Mistress and the Maids
Upstairs, Downstairs - Season 1 - Episode 2
June 1904: An artist, commissioned to paint Lady Marjorie's portrait, takes a shine to Sarah and convinces her to pose for him. The painting, depicting Sarah and her roommate, is a bit racy, and when the Bellamy's see it in a public exhibit, they fire both girls for what they wrongly conclude is "questionable behaviour."
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#18 - Barks and Bites
All Creatures Great and Small - Season 4 - Episode 2
Tristan has been appointed a fertility counselor for the Ministry of Agriculture. He and James are sent to Grimbsby to examine an export consignment Russian vets. The Russian woman vet lives up to Tristan's belief that all Russian women are built like discus-throwers.
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#19 - Hail Caesar!
All Creatures Great and Small - Season 4 - Episode 5
The church fete looms for the Darrowby vets, along with the dreaded Scottish country dancing display. Can Tristan brush up his steps in time to woo the fair Deirdre? Or will his colleague Calum's back-to-nature approach sweep her off her feet?
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