Mr. Selfridge

It’s the five year anniversary of the store’s opening, and faces old and new make an appearance. And though business is booming for Harry Selfridge, his personal life looks much less like smooth-sailing.

With the rumblings of war and social unrest unsettling his staff and the country at large, harry throws a tango party to thank his employees for their work.

Agnes manages to pull off a spectacular Empire Celebration in the store, but the mood is sourced by the big news – England has declared war on Germany.

As news of the first horrors of war in Belgium become known, Selfridges’ men clamor to sign up and Thackeray becomes suspicious of an oddly behaving Henri.

As Harry’s male staff go off to fight, women are recruited to do the men’s jobs and Harry yearns to do more for the war effort.

While anti-German feeling is running high, Harry arranges a special patriotic concert just at the point where he himself is asked to make a special trip for the British Intelligence Services and Henri is arrested.

With Henri’s arrest and Harry’s sudden absence, people are more worried that ever when a scandal hits the newspapers that points to Harry providing faulty equipment to British troops.

An unsettled and unnerved Harry arrives home in a swarm of bad publicity and has to deal with not only the scandal in the press, but with Henri’s arrest, too.

Harry is determined to get Selfridges back on track as Lady Mae and Frank Edwards unite to clear Harry’s name once and for all.

There’s some soul searching to be done for Agnes and Victor and Miss Mardle, too. Lady Mae takes a big risk that pays off for Harry, and Rose prepares to tell Harry some news that will shatter his world forever.