The first series of Upstairs Downstairs concludes with a wedding.
It is June, 1909 and the Bellamys are worried with Elizabeth gone missing. Rose knows where she is and secretly visits her.
The Bellamys eventually learn that Elizabeth is shacked up with some Fabians. At least they are intellectuals and thus one step up from socialists.
Elizabeth is keen on a bohemian lifestyle with poet Lawrence Kirbridge (Ian Ogilvy.) He manages to impress Richard and Lady Marjorie. After all he is another spoilt rich kid but has some talent as a poet. Maybe marriage should be on the cards between these two.
Meanwhile James Bellamy has hooked up again with Sarah who is now working in music hall with some success.
The episode looks to have an happy ending. From my vantage the relationship between Elizabeth and Lawrence looks doomed to me. It all felt plodding.
The most important aspect of the episode was the stern talk by Hudson to Rose. That she should not had secretly kept the news of Elizabeth from the Bellamys. It was cheeky of Elizabeth, to talk about the workers. When Rose visits herm she hands Rose her dirty washing to take back.
