Upstairs, Downstairs II: (12) Distant Thunder

Jan 19, 1975 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

Masterpiece Theatre In the midst of a relentless London heatwave, Hazel suffers a miscarriage. Indifferent toward his wife's distress, James has focused his attention on his young step-cousin, Georgina, who has come to live at Eaton Place. Richard i... (more)s alarmed at his son's behavior, and things come to a head when Hazel and James engage in a fierce argument. After Richard intervenes, James demands that his father move out, solidifying to Richard the cruel fact that he lives at Eaton Place only at James' sufferance. Downstairs, things get equally heated as Rose and Hudson engage in rigorous verbal sparring at the turn of events upstairs. As Britain is about to become engulfed in the First World War, the occupants of 165, both upstairs and down, are uncertain what the future will bring. Originally aired in the UK as Season 3, Episode 12

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