Jackie Vinson

Kate introduces Stephen to her parents, but his involvement with the club threatens their relationship. On the morning of Charles's christening, Mr. Collins tells Marcus the baby's true parentage, and Marcus suffers a crisis of conscience.

One of the men who assaulted Monica returns to The Grand, and the staff refuse to serve him--except for Fred, the hall porter, who acts surprisingly sympathetic. John confronts Marcus and Sarah, precipitating an explosive showdown between the brothers.

Ruth faces a crisis and resorts to the black market to resolve it. Stephen begins dating a beautiful young woman named Christina. The staff girls lobby to attend a government lecture, and Sarah acts on her desires for her brother-in-law.

Isobel Crawford arrives to help care for her granddaughter Ruth and quickly becomes a pernicious presence. While Kate is preoccupied with the romantic attentions of Stephen, new housemaid Lark gets herself into trouble.

As Monica waits to meet her fate, wedding preparations continue at The Grand and the staff rebels. Speculation runs rampant about who financed Monica's defense.

Worried that he might have been exposed to a deadly disease, John makes a surprising confession to Sarah. Monica dines with a hotel guest and makes an impulsive decision that will irrevocably change her life.

After meeting soldiers who served with his son, an agitated Mr. Collins must confront his ambivalence over his son's death. Kate and Stephen bond but staff gossip stymies their budding friendship. Monica continues to have ideas above her station.

Thrown into an uproar by Marcus, the hotel proves inhospitable to a former maid now in desperate circumstances. Monica befriends Miss Harkness and discovers the elegant older woman's true profession.

On New Year's Eve 1919, the Bannermans celebrate the reopening of their family's hotel and the return of their son, Stephen, from World War I. But Stephen has trouble adjusting to civilian life and a tragedy soon reveals the shocking state of the hotel's finances. Faced with losing The Grand, Sarah reluctantly turns to Marcus for help.

With the expected delivery date already past, Ruth escapes to London and demands that Dr. Curzon induce the surrogate mother's labor.

Welcome to The Grand, a four-star, 1920s English hotel where melodrama is served in high style. Love, lust, adultery, greed, prostitution and plenty of juicy gossip come into play as owners John and Sarah Bannerman host a crop of colorful characters.

Clive gets a promotion, but his liaison with a guest forces him to acknowledge some painful truths. Meanwhile, Stephen and Christina become engaged.