Harry and wife Rose have become increasingly estranged so he is left feeling over the moon after she shows up from America to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the opening of the store, but seems more interested in an exciting new friendship with a female novelist. Lady Mae is surprised by her husband's unexpected arrival in London, and after hearing him blackmail his way onto a government military committee, she suspects that he's up to something sinister.
Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store.
Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows Harry Gordon Selfridge, a man with a mission to make shopping as thrilling as sex. Pioneering and reckless, with an almost manic energy, Harry created a theater of retail where any topic or trend that was new, exciting, entertaining - or just eccentric - was showcased.
Mr. Selfridge - Series 2, Episode 1 Synopsis and Schedule