This specific episode is about the family having King Edward VII as guest of honor for dinner. Everyone is excited and the servants work as hard as they can to make sure everything is perfect, from the food Mrs. Bridge will prepare to the list of guests arranged by the servant chief, Mr. Hudson. The dinner was going fine until an unexpected visitor shows up. It was Sarah, she was a maid in that family before until the noble James Bellamy impregnated her. Now she shows up and her baby is coming. The servants secretly take her upstairs and call a doctor, while taking care of the guests of the party.
Sadly, Sarah's baby couldn't make it. The dinner was a success at least. The servants decide to make Sarah work with them again and she accepts.
This relates with history by showing the aspects of a rich family, with servants, and a colonial-type house. The first decades of the XX century in England are shown, when it is still a monarchy. Some art styles, house designs, gourmet dishes and clothing are shown, giving us ideas of how life was for the wealthy. This episode never shows a single scene where we could appreciate the street, it only shows the family inside the house. We can also appreciate the behavior and aspects of the family, which are based on obedience, lots of respect and formality.
The character with which I'm indentified the most is Mr. Hudson, the head of the staff, because, apart from being my 2nd favorite character (the 1st one being Mrs. Bridge), formality, responsability and perfection are the behaviors I'm trying to follow. Also, most of the times I prefer giving orders and guiding others rather than being ordered and directed.
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