Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 15,16 (click to see context) from:
More than just a basic murder mystery story, ''Gosford Park'' focuses more on the servants (so much so, there's one in literally every scene) and the division between both ends of the British class system than the rich murdered guy and his rich "friends". The whodunnit plot is used as a device to examine the characters and their relationships with one another, and as a reason for the film to come to an end.
to:
More than just a basic murder mystery story, ''Gosford Park'' focuses more on the servants (so ([[spoiler: so much so, there's one in literally every scene) scene]]) and the division between both ends of the British class system than the rich murdered guy and his rich "friends". The whodunnit plot is used as a device to examine the characters and their relationships with one another, and as a reason for the film to come to an end.
Changed line(s) 24,26 (click to see context) from:
* AmbiguouslyBi: Henry Denton, who sleeps with [[RichBitch Lady Sylvia]], try to seduce [[TheIngenue Mary]] and [[spoiler: it's implied he has a relationship with Mr. Weissman]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: It's implied that Mr. Weissman has a relationship with Henry Denton.]]
* AristocratsAreEvil: Most of the aristocracts come off as selfish and arrogant.
* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: It's implied that Mr. Weissman has a relationship with Henry Denton.]]
* AristocratsAreEvil: Most of the aristocracts come off as selfish and arrogant.
to:
* AmbiguouslyBi: Henry Denton, who sleeps with [[RichBitch Lady Sylvia]], try tries to seduce [[TheIngenue Mary]] and [[spoiler: it's implied he has a relationship with Mr. Mr Weissman]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: It's implied thatMr. Mr Weissman has a relationship with Henry Denton.]]
* AristocratsAreEvil: Most of thearistocracts aristocrats come off as selfish and arrogant.
* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: It's implied that
* AristocratsAreEvil: Most of the
Changed line(s) 30,32 (click to see context) from:
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Parks to Mary.]] and Colonel Meredith to his wife.
* BitchAlert: Lady Sylvia and the Countess of Trentham
* {{Blackmail}}: Mr. Nesbitt blackmails Isobel by [[spoiler:threatening to tell her parents that Freddie Nesbitt made her pregnant, and that she subsequently had an abortion.]]
* BitchAlert: Lady Sylvia and the Countess of Trentham
* {{Blackmail}}: Mr. Nesbitt blackmails Isobel by [[spoiler:threatening to tell her parents that Freddie Nesbitt made her pregnant, and that she subsequently had an abortion.]]
to:
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Parks to Mary.]] Mary]] and Colonel Meredith to his wife.
* BitchAlert: Lady Sylvia and the Countess ofTrentham
Trentham.
* {{Blackmail}}:Mr. Mr Nesbitt blackmails Isobel by [[spoiler:threatening to tell her parents that Freddie Nesbitt he made her pregnant, and that she subsequently had an abortion.]]
* BitchAlert: Lady Sylvia and the Countess of
* {{Blackmail}}:
Changed line(s) 36 (click to see context) from:
** Mabel Nesbitt, who comes from working class backgrounds and now no longer has any money. Constance makes a point to make fun of the fact that she brought only a single off-the-rack evening dress.
to:
** Mabel Nesbitt, who comes from a working class backgrounds background and now no longer has any money. Constance makes a point to make fun of the fact that she brought only a single off-the-rack evening dress.
Changed line(s) 38 (click to see context) from:
* TheCasanova: Sir William [[spoiler:courted female workers of his factory, often getting them pregnant and then forcing them to either give up their baby to keep their job or to let them keep the baby and then fire the woman. Although its debatable how consensual some of those dalliances were]].
to:
* TheCasanova: Sir William [[spoiler:courted [[spoiler:slept with female workers of his factory, often getting them pregnant and then forcing them to either give up their baby to keep their job or to let them keep the baby and then fire the woman. Although its debatable how consensual some of those dalliances were]].
Changed line(s) 40 (click to see context) from:
* ChekhovsGun: There's plenty of talk about a knife going missing from the drawer, and there's likewise a lingering shot of poison in the kitchen.
to:
* ChekhovsGun: There's plenty of talk about a knife going missing from the drawer, and there's likewise a several lingering shot shots of poison in the kitchen.poison.
Changed line(s) 42,47 (click to see context) from:
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Mrs Wilson poisoned Sir William's coffee but, when he knocked the cup to the floor and asked for a different drink, Mrs Wilson had brought the poison with her and was able to use it]].
* CreepyHousekeeper: Mrs. Wilson. Robert Altman mentions on the commentary that the only direction he gave to Helen Mirren was to think about Mrs Danvers from Film/Rebecca. Mrs Danvers served as the inspiration for the fact that Mirren often just suddenly appears in the frame.
* ContrivedClumsiness: After a man posing as a servant reveals himself to be an actor and moves from "below stairs" to "above stairs". To punish him for his deception, the butler spills hot coffee in his lap. He immediately accuses the servant of doing it on purpose, but it's futile at that point. His fellow servants quickly hide their smiles, and the aristocrats think it's pretty funny, too.
* CulturalStereotypes: The wealthy. Specifically, the ''titled'' wealthy; all but a handful of the Upstairs characters are absolutely awful people and dicks of the highest order (and those Upstairs characters who are more likable tend to also be of 'lower' station). That said, the Downstairs characters aren't exactly pure as driven snow, but we're clearly encouraged to sympathise with them a bit more.
* DangerousDeserter: Completely averted with Jennings, who lives with shame because of it. When Dexter eventually finds out, he doesn't rub it in his face and tries to comfort him with something along the lines of "not everyone was born to fight a war".
* DeadpanSnarker: Lady Constance. Also Mrs. Wilson.
* CreepyHousekeeper: Mrs. Wilson. Robert Altman mentions on the commentary that the only direction he gave to Helen Mirren was to think about Mrs Danvers from Film/Rebecca. Mrs Danvers served as the inspiration for the fact that Mirren often just suddenly appears in the frame.
* ContrivedClumsiness: After a man posing as a servant reveals himself to be an actor and moves from "below stairs" to "above stairs". To punish him for his deception, the butler spills hot coffee in his lap. He immediately accuses the servant of doing it on purpose, but it's futile at that point. His fellow servants quickly hide their smiles, and the aristocrats think it's pretty funny, too.
* CulturalStereotypes: The wealthy. Specifically, the ''titled'' wealthy; all but a handful of the Upstairs characters are absolutely awful people and dicks of the highest order (and those Upstairs characters who are more likable tend to also be of 'lower' station). That said, the Downstairs characters aren't exactly pure as driven snow, but we're clearly encouraged to sympathise with them a bit more.
* DangerousDeserter: Completely averted with Jennings, who lives with shame because of it. When Dexter eventually finds out, he doesn't rub it in his face and tries to comfort him with something along the lines of "not everyone was born to fight a war".
* DeadpanSnarker: Lady Constance. Also Mrs. Wilson.
to:
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Mrs Wilson poisoned Sir William's coffee but, when he knocked the cup to the floor and asked for a different drink, Mrs Wilson she had brought the poison with her and was able to use it]].
* CreepyHousekeeper:Mrs. Mrs Wilson. Robert Altman mentions on the commentary that the only direction he gave to Helen Mirren was to think about Mrs Danvers from Film/Rebecca. Mrs Danvers served as the inspiration for the fact that Mirren often just suddenly appears in the frame.
* ContrivedClumsiness: After a man posing as a servant reveals himself to be an actor and moves from "below stairs" to "above stairs". To punish him for his deception,the butler a footman spills hot coffee in his lap. He immediately accuses the servant of doing it on purpose, but it's futile at that point. His fellow servants quickly hide their smiles, and the aristocrats think it's pretty funny, too.
* CulturalStereotypes: The wealthy. Specifically, the ''titled'' wealthy; all but a handful of the Upstairs characters are absolutely awful people and dicks of the highest order (and those Upstairs characters who are morelikable likeable tend to also be of 'lower' station). That said, the Downstairs characters aren't exactly pure as driven snow, but we're clearly encouraged to sympathise with them a bit more.
* DangerousDeserter:Completely averted with Jennings, who lives with shame because of it. When Dexter eventually finds out, he doesn't rub it in his face and tries to comfort him with something along the lines of "not everyone was born to fight a war".
it.
* DeadpanSnarker: Lady Constance. AlsoMrs. Mrs Wilson.
* CreepyHousekeeper:
* ContrivedClumsiness: After a man posing as a servant reveals himself to be an actor and moves from "below stairs" to "above stairs". To punish him for his deception,
* CulturalStereotypes: The wealthy. Specifically, the ''titled'' wealthy; all but a handful of the Upstairs characters are absolutely awful people and dicks of the highest order (and those Upstairs characters who are more
* DangerousDeserter:
* DeadpanSnarker: Lady Constance. Also
Changed line(s) 62 (click to see context) from:
* TheGrandHunt: There's a hunt planned as part of the country-house festivities. The women join a special outdoor lunch after the shooting, and the American film producer (who is also a vegetarian) is clearly the odd man out.
to:
* TheGrandHunt: There's a hunt planned as part of the country-house country house festivities. The women join a special an outdoor lunch after the shooting, and the American film producer (who is also a vegetarian) is clearly the odd man out.
Changed line(s) 64,65 (click to see context) from:
* HiddenDepths: Constance Trentham has one brief moment where she expresses her dislike of fox hunting. She sounds so weary and tired at this stage.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Ivor Novello was an accomplished and much-loved movie star and songwriter in his time. The songs the character performs during the film are some of his most famous, although the real Novello reportly considered his own voice very poor. As the film implies, he was homosexual.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Ivor Novello was an accomplished and much-loved movie star and songwriter in his time. The songs the character performs during the film are some of his most famous, although the real Novello reportly considered his own voice very poor. As the film implies, he was homosexual.
to:
Changed line(s) 81 (click to see context) from:
** The Honourable Freddie Nesbitt married his wife, Mabel, who was the daughter of a glove manufacturer. Their marriage isn't happy.
to:
** The Honourable Freddie Nesbitt married his wife, Mabel, who was the daughter of a glove manufacturer. Their marriage isn't happy.
Changed line(s) 88,89 (click to see context) from:
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A variation. The downstairs staff are referred to by their master and mistresses's names.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Why Mary realizes that there's something off with [[spoiler: Denton.]] Also during his second night with Lady Sylvia.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Why Mary realizes that there's something off with [[spoiler: Denton.]] Also during his second night with Lady Sylvia.
to:
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A variation. The visiting downstairs staff are referred to by their master and mistresses's names.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Why Maryrealizes realises that there's something off with [[spoiler: Denton.]] Also during his second night with Lady Sylvia.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Why Mary
Changed line(s) 92 (click to see context) from:
* PetTheDog: The Countess of Trentham is revealed to have a softer side in her last line of the film
to:
* PetTheDog: The Countess of Trentham is revealed to have a softer side in her last line of the filmfilm.
Changed line(s) 101 (click to see context) from:
** "Take/Move that filthy/vile dog/animal out of here." People from Upstairs and Downstairs really don't like Pip. Except William...and Elsie.
to:
** "Take/Move that filthy/vile dog/animal out of here." People from Upstairs and Downstairs really don't like Pip. Except William...William, Robert and Elsie.
Changed line(s) 107 (click to see context) from:
* SweetAndSourGrapes: [[spoiler: Elsie gets to tell Lady Syliva off but ends up dismissed as a result. However the Americans offer to take her with them, implying she'll become an actress in Hollywood]].
to:
* SweetAndSourGrapes: [[spoiler: Elsie gets to tell Lady Syliva Sylvia off but ends up dismissed as a result. However the Americans offer to take give her with them, a lift to London, implying she'll become an actress in Hollywood]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
2001 film directed by Creator/RobertAltman, set in a large country house in 1930s Britain. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, which includes Alan Bates, StephenFry, Michael Gambon, Creator/RichardEGrant, Derek Jacobi, HelenMirren, Creator/CliveOwen, Maggie Smith and EmilyWatson.
to:
2001 film directed by Creator/RobertAltman, set in a large country house in 1930s Britain. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, which includes Alan Bates, StephenFry, Creator/StephenFry, Michael Gambon, Creator/RichardEGrant, Derek Jacobi, HelenMirren, Creator/HelenMirren, Creator/CliveOwen, Maggie Smith and EmilyWatson.
Creator/EmilyWatson.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 23,25 (click to see context) from:
* AllForNothing: A subplot concerns Mary being instructed to clean a soiled shirt that Lady Constance wants to wear the following day. Mary goes to a ''huge'' amount of trouble to get it done in time, and is attacked by a fellow member of staff along the way, only for Constance to decide not to wear the shirt after all.
** What makes this more poignant and futile is that Constance didn't do any it out of meanness; in fact she's actually surprisingly friendly with her in other scenes. She just has no idea the lengths of effort it would take Mary to clean her shirt.
* AllStarCast. Definitely.
** What makes this more poignant and futile is that Constance didn't do any it out of meanness; in fact she's actually surprisingly friendly with her in other scenes. She just has no idea the lengths of effort it would take Mary to clean her shirt.
* AllStarCast. Definitely.
to:
* AllForNothing: A subplot concerns Mary being instructed to clean a soiled shirt that Lady Constance wants to wear the following day. Mary goes to a ''huge'' amount of trouble to get it done in time, and is attacked by a fellow member of staff along the way, only for Constance to decide not to wear the shirt after all. \n** What makes this more poignant and futile is that Constance didn't do any it out of meanness; in fact she's actually surprisingly friendly with her in other scenes. She just has no idea the lengths of effort it would take Mary to clean her shirt.
* AllStarCast. Definitely.shirt.
* AllStarCast. Definitely.
Changed line(s) 36,37 (click to see context) from:
* TheButlerDidIt: Invoked and Averted. [[spoiler:A valet ''did'' stab Sir William, but his mother figured it out and poisoned Sir William ahead of time. There's no law against stabbing a corpse]].
* ButtMonkey: Mabel Nesbitt, who comes from working class backgrounds and now no longer has any money. Constance makes a point to make fun of the fact that she brought only a single off-the-rack evening dress.
* ButtMonkey: Mabel Nesbitt, who comes from working class backgrounds and now no longer has any money. Constance makes a point to make fun of the fact that she brought only a single off-the-rack evening dress.
to:
* TheButlerDidIt: Invoked and Averted. [[spoiler:A valet ''did'' stab Sir William, but his mother figured it out and poisoned Sir William ahead of time. There's no law against stabbing a corpse]].
corpse]]. Mr Weissman is heard discussing this trope over the phone. He argues that a valet is a better suspect, because there's only one butler - but a valet would have more access.
*ButtMonkey: ButtMonkey:
** Mabel Nesbitt, who comes from working class backgrounds and now no longer has any money. Constance makes a point to make fun of the fact that she brought only a single off-the-rack evening dress.
*
** Mabel Nesbitt, who comes from working class backgrounds and now no longer has any money. Constance makes a point to make fun of the fact that she brought only a single off-the-rack evening dress.
* TheCharmer: Henry Denton, successfully with Lady Sylvia. Unsuccessfully with Elsie and Mary.
* ChekhovsGun: There's plenty of talk about a knife going missing from the drawer, and there's likewise a lingering shot of poison in the kitchen.
* ChekhovsGun: There's plenty of talk about a knife going missing from the drawer, and there's likewise a lingering shot of poison in the kitchen.
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Mrs Wilson poisoned Sir William's coffee but, when he knocked the cup to the floor and asked for a different drink, Mrs Wilson had brought the poison with her and was able to use it]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When talking about his murder mystery, Weissman refuses to reveal the murderer. [[spoiler: And the others never find out who killed Sir William]]. Likewise Lady Trentham says "None of us will see it" (referring to the movie). [[spoiler: The murderer(s) were both from people they didn't expect]].
Changed line(s) 63 (click to see context) from:
* IceQueen: Lady Sylvia. You can practically ''feel'' the cold aura around her - yet despite this, she keeps up an inpenetrable facade of charm and manners.
to:
* IceQueen: Lady Sylvia. You can practically ''feel'' the cold aura around her - yet despite this, she keeps up an inpenetrable facade impenetrable façade of charm and manners.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Ironically considering she has no problem being ''deliberately'' insensitive to anyone else. But Lady Trentham has Mary clean a blouse for the hunting party the next day - only to decide at the last minute that she'll wear a different one. The fact that Mary had to go down into the kitchen in the middle of the night to wash it never crossed her mind.
Changed line(s) 74,75 (click to see context) from:
* NiceToTheWaiter: A small example. Lady Trentham is considerably nicer to her servant Mary than she is to the rest of the cast. She often behaves more like a bossy mother or aunt towards her. She even calls her by her first name (since her surname is too hard for her to pronounce).
** This isn't actually particularly 'nice'. As Mary correctly points out, being called by her surname is a sign of respect for her position as opposed to lower positions in the household, a rule of the same class system that keeps Lady Trentham in (store-bought) marmalade. To disregard it for her personal convenience is a showcase of how ultimately self-centered and entitled the old lady is.
** This isn't actually particularly 'nice'. As Mary correctly points out, being called by her surname is a sign of respect for her position as opposed to lower positions in the household, a rule of the same class system that keeps Lady Trentham in (store-bought) marmalade. To disregard it for her personal convenience is a showcase of how ultimately self-centered and entitled the old lady is.
to:
* NiceToTheWaiter: A small example. Lady Trentham is considerably nicer to her servant Mary than she is to the rest of the cast. She often behaves more like a bossy mother or aunt towards her. She even calls her by her first name (since her surname is too hard for her to pronounce).
** This isn't actually particularly 'nice'. As Mary correctly points out, being called by her surname is a sign of respect for her position as opposed to lower positions in the household, a rule of the same class system that keepsIf Lady Trentham in (store-bought) marmalade. To disregard gets anything resembling a PetTheDog moment, it for her personal convenience is a showcase of how ultimately self-centered and entitled the old lady is.usually involves Mary.
** This isn't actually particularly 'nice'. As Mary correctly points out, being called by her surname is a sign of respect for her position as opposed to lower positions in the household, a rule of the same class system that keeps
Added DiffLines:
* SweetAndSourGrapes: [[spoiler: Elsie gets to tell Lady Syliva off but ends up dismissed as a result. However the Americans offer to take her with them, implying she'll become an actress in Hollywood]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* CreepyHousekeeper: Mrs. Wilson. Robert Altman mentions on the commentary that the only direction he gave to Helen Mirren was to think about Mrs Danvers from Film/Rebecca. Mrs Danvers served as the inspiration for the fact that Mirren often just suddenly appears in the frame.
Added DiffLines:
* LostHimInACardGame: Constance mentions at one point that Sylvia and her sisters played cards to determine who would marry William.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** This isn't actually particularly 'nice'. As Mary correctly points out, being called by her surname is a sign of respect for her position as opposed to lower positions in the household, a rule of the same class system that keeps Lady Trentham in (store-bought) marmalade. To disregard it for her personal convenience is a showcase of how ultimately self-centered and entitled the old lady is.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,8 (click to see context) from:
-->''Tea at four''
-->''Dinner at eight''
-->''Murder at midnight''
-->''Dinner at eight''
-->''Murder at midnight''
to:
Added DiffLines:
* TheGrandHunt: There's a hunt planned as part of the country-house festivities. The women join a special outdoor lunch after the shooting, and the American film producer (who is also a vegetarian) is clearly the odd man out.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 91 (click to see context) from:
* RunningGag: "Take/Move that filthy/vile dog/animal out of here." People from Upstairs and Downstairs really don't like Pip. Except William...and Elsie.
to:
* RunningGag: TheReveal: A lot of things are revealed in the end.[[spoiler: Mary deduces a lot of the murder, and Parks and Mrs Wilson fill in the rest for her.]]
* RunningGag:
** Inspector Thompson being interrupted every time he tries to introduce himself.
** "Take/Move that filthy/vile dog/animal out of here." People from Upstairs and Downstairs really don't like Pip. Except William...and Elsie.
* RunningGag:
** Inspector Thompson being interrupted every time he tries to introduce himself.
** "Take/Move that filthy/vile dog/animal out of here." People from Upstairs and Downstairs really don't like Pip. Except William...and Elsie.
Deleted line(s) 97,98 (click to see context) :
* TheReveal: A lot of things are revealed in the end.[[spoiler: Mary deduces a lot of the murder, and Parks and Mrs Wilson fill in the rest for her.]]
* RunningGag: Inspector Thompson being interrupted every time he tries to introduce himself.
* RunningGag: Inspector Thompson being interrupted every time he tries to introduce himself.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 101 (click to see context) from:
--->'''Dorothy:''' I believe in love. Not just getting it, but giving it. I think that if you're able to love someone, even if they don't know it, even if they can't love you back, then it's worth it.
to:
--->'''Dorothy:''' I believe in love. Not just getting it, but giving it. I think that if you're able to love someone, even if they don't know it, even if they can't love you back, then it's worth it. it.
* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Though the victim as we see him is portrayed relatively sympathetically, seeming to be a fairly nice old duffer with a horrible harpy of a wife (she tears chunks out of him at dinner in front of all their friends), his past is not so clear and when he is murdered it turns out everyone had a motive. Though in fact all the people with real, personal motives are ignored as [[DeliberateValuesDissonance they are only the servants.]]
* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Though the victim as we see him is portrayed relatively sympathetically, seeming to be a fairly nice old duffer with a horrible harpy of a wife (she tears chunks out of him at dinner in front of all their friends), his past is not so clear and when he is murdered it turns out everyone had a motive. Though in fact all the people with real, personal motives are ignored as [[DeliberateValuesDissonance they are only the servants.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BeneathSuspicion: ''All'' the [[AnAesop working class]] characters are considered this by the detective since the murder victim was upper-class and the detective is only interested in anyone who had "a real connection" with the victim. Had he bothered to question any of the servants, he might have learned that [[spoiler:the victim had slept with some of them.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* RunningGag: "Take/Move that filthy/vile dog/animal out of here." People from Upstairs and Downstairs really don't like Pip. Except William...and Elsie.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
2001 film directed by Creator/RobertAltman, set in a large country house in 1930s Britain. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, which includes Alan Bates, StephenFry, Michael Gambon, Creator/RichardEGrant, Derek Jacobi, HelenMirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith and EmilyWatson.
to:
2001 film directed by Creator/RobertAltman, set in a large country house in 1930s Britain. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, which includes Alan Bates, StephenFry, Michael Gambon, Creator/RichardEGrant, Derek Jacobi, HelenMirren, Clive Owen, Creator/CliveOwen, Maggie Smith and EmilyWatson.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
2001 film directed by Creator/RobertAltman, set in a large country house in 1930s Britain. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, which includes Alan Bates, StephenFry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Derek Jacobi, HelenMirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith and EmilyWatson.
to:
2001 film directed by Creator/RobertAltman, set in a large country house in 1930s Britain. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, which includes Alan Bates, StephenFry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Creator/RichardEGrant, Derek Jacobi, HelenMirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith and EmilyWatson.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* PoliceAreUseless: Inspector Thompson is. PC Dexter is not, but is outranked.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** It's actually pointed out by the character's it was fortunate that there was at least one person actively mourning Sir William, Louisa Stockbridge (who was in love with him and possibly having an affair), and thus helping deflect some of the suspicion for the rest of the group.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** What makes this more poignant and futile is that Constance didn't do any it out of meanness; in fact she's actually surprisingly friendly with her in other scenes. She just has no idea the lengths of effort it would take Mary to clean her shirt.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 53 (click to see context) from:
* GentelmanSnarker
to:
* GentelmanSnarkerGentlemanSnarker
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11,12 (click to see context) from:
Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon), a rich guy, invites some more of his rich friends to a hunting trip at Gosford Park. They also bring all their servants.
to:
Sir William McCordle [=McCordle=] (Michael Gambon), a rich guy, invites some more of his rich friends to a hunting trip at Gosford Park. They also bring all their servants.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Parks to Mary.]] and Colonel Meredith to his wife.
* FishOutOfWater: Poor Mabel...
* GentelmanSnarker
* GentelmanSnarker
Changed line(s) 77 (click to see context) from:
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Why Mary realizes that there's something off with [[spoiler: Denton.]] Also during his second night with Lady Sybil.
to:
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Why Mary realizes that there's something off with [[spoiler: Denton.]] Also during his second night with Lady Sybil.Sylvia.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 25,26 (click to see context) from:
* AmbigouslyBi: Henry Denton, who sleeps with [[RichBitch Lady Sylvia]], try to seduce [[TheIngenue Mary]] and [[spoiler: it's implied he has a relationship with Mr. Weissman]]
* AmbigouslyGay: [[spoiler: It's implied that Mr. Weissman has a relationship with Henry Denton.]]
* AmbigouslyGay: [[spoiler: It's implied that Mr. Weissman has a relationship with Henry Denton.]]
to:
* AmbigouslyBi: AmbiguouslyBi: Henry Denton, who sleeps with [[RichBitch Lady Sylvia]], try to seduce [[TheIngenue Mary]] and [[spoiler: it's implied he has a relationship with Mr. Weissman]]
*AmbigouslyGay: AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: It's implied that Mr. Weissman has a relationship with Henry Denton.]]
*
Added DiffLines:
* HiddenDepths: Constance Trentham has one brief moment where she expresses her dislike of fox hunting. She sounds so weary and tired at this stage.
Added DiffLines:
* NiceToTheWaiter: A small example. Lady Trentham is considerably nicer to her servant Mary than she is to the rest of the cast. She often behaves more like a bossy mother or aunt towards her. She even calls her by her first name (since her surname is too hard for her to pronounce).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,12 (click to see context) from:
2001 film directed by Creator/RobertAltman, set in a large country house in 1930s Britain.
Sir William, a rich guy, invites some more of his rich friends to a hunting trip at Gosford Park. They also bring all their servants.
Sir William, a rich guy, invites some more of his rich friends to a hunting trip at Gosford Park. They also bring all their servants.
to:
2001 film directed by Creator/RobertAltman, set in a large country house in 1930s Britain.
Britain. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, which includes Alan Bates, StephenFry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Derek Jacobi, HelenMirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith and EmilyWatson.
SirWilliam, William McCordle (Michael Gambon), a rich guy, invites some more of his rich friends to a hunting trip at Gosford Park. They also bring all their servants.
Sir
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AmbigouslyBi: Henry Denton, who sleeps with [[RichBitch Lady Sylvia]], try to seduce [[TheIngenue Mary]] and [[spoiler: it's implied he has a relationship with Mr. Weissman]]
* AmbigouslyGay: [[spoiler: It's implied that Mr. Weissman has a relationship with Henry Denton.]]
* AmbigouslyGay: [[spoiler: It's implied that Mr. Weissman has a relationship with Henry Denton.]]
Added DiffLines:
* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler: Robert and Mary.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* NobilityMarriesMoney:
** Sir William [=McCordle=] was a wealthy industrialist who married Lady Sylvia, the daughter of an Earl whose family was impoverished. Sir William pays an allowance to his wife's aunt, Constance, Countess of Trentham; he expresses his intention to stop paying this money before he is murdered.
** The Honourable Freddie Nesbitt married his wife, Mabel, who was the daughter of a glove manufacturer. Their marriage isn't happy.
** Sir William [=McCordle=] was a wealthy industrialist who married Lady Sylvia, the daughter of an Earl whose family was impoverished. Sir William pays an allowance to his wife's aunt, Constance, Countess of Trentham; he expresses his intention to stop paying this money before he is murdered.
** The Honourable Freddie Nesbitt married his wife, Mabel, who was the daughter of a glove manufacturer. Their marriage isn't happy.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 28 (click to see context) from:
* BitchAlert: Lady Sylvia and the Countess of Trantham
to:
* BitchAlert: Lady Sylvia and the Countess of TranthamTrentham
Changed line(s) 73 (click to see context) from:
* PetTheDog: The Countess of Trantham is revealed to have a softer side in her last line of the film
to:
* PetTheDog: The Countess of Trantham Trentham is revealed to have a softer side in her last line of the film
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* IceQueen: Lady Sylvia. You can practically ''feel'' the cold aura around her - yet despite this, she keeps up an inpenetrable facade of charm and manners.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EmpathicEnvironment: {{Inverted}}. It's raining before the murder and beautifully sunny afterwards.
Added DiffLines:
* LonelyRichKid: Isabel
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* {{Fainting}}: Lady Lavinia faints when she catches sight of the dead body.
Added DiffLines:
* HappilyMarried: The Merediths. Notable considering they are the ''only'' happily married couple in the film.
Added DiffLines:
* MyBelovedSmother: Lady Sylvia to Isobel. It's an especially sad example considering Sylvia is incredibly controlling of her daughter (even picking out her clothes for her and ridiculing them once she's wearing them), but without any of the warmth that this trope sometimes implies.
Added DiffLines:
* SpoiledSweet: Lavinia
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 27 (click to see context) from:
* AttemptedRape: It's difficult to say how far it would have gone, but at the very ''least'' Mary is molested by ...
to:
* AttemptedRape: It's difficult to say how far it would have gone, but at the very ''least'' Mary is molested by ...by Henry after she gets lost in the corridors.
Added DiffLines:
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A variation. The downstairs staff are referred to by their master and mistresses's names.
Added DiffLines:
* [[spoiler:{{Patricide}}]]: [[spoiler:One of]] the motives for the murder.
Added DiffLines:
* PrettyInMink: Most of the upstairs women.
Added DiffLines:
* RedHerring: At the start of the film the camera lingers on the safe where the guests' jewellery is kept, but this doesn't figure in the story at all.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler: Jennings.]]
* AllForNothing: A subplot concerns Mary being instructed to clean a soiled shirt that Lady Constance wants to wear the following day. Mary goes to a ''huge'' amount of trouble to get it done in time, and is attacked by a fellow member of staff along the way, only for Constance to decide not to wear the shirt after all.
* AllForNothing: A subplot concerns Mary being instructed to clean a soiled shirt that Lady Constance wants to wear the following day. Mary goes to a ''huge'' amount of trouble to get it done in time, and is attacked by a fellow member of staff along the way, only for Constance to decide not to wear the shirt after all.
* AttemptedRape: It's difficult to say how far it would have gone, but at the very ''least'' Mary is molested by ...
* ExactEavesdropping
* TheQuietOne: Robert Parks. In the DVDCommentary the director comments that actor Clive Owen said of his character that he would always say as little as possible, followed by the director's astonishment that it was the first time he had ever heard of an actor demanding ''fewer'' lines.
Deleted line(s) 66 (click to see context) :
* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler: Jennings.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gosfordpark1_6593.jpg]]
-->''Tea at four''
-->''Dinner at eight''
-->''Murder at midnight''
2001 film directed by Creator/RobertAltman, set in a large country house in 1930s Britain.
Sir William, a rich guy, invites some more of his rich friends to a hunting trip at Gosford Park. They also bring all their servants.
A few days later, Sir William gets murdered.
More than just a basic murder mystery story, ''Gosford Park'' focuses more on the servants (so much so, there's one in literally every scene) and the division between both ends of the British class system than the rich murdered guy and his rich "friends". The whodunnit plot is used as a device to examine the characters and their relationships with one another, and as a reason for the film to come to an end.
Many of the scenes feature the ensemble improvising dialogue in character, and since the camera is seldom still, the audience drifts from conversation to conversation like an eavesdropper. There are also a lot of sub-plots, which would take forever to cover here.
The screenplay is by Julian Fellowes, who would later create the popular British television drama ''DowntonAbbey''. Like ''GosfordPark'', it would be set in an English manor house and star Maggie Smith.
----
!!Provides Examples Of...
* AllStarCast. Definitely.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Most of the aristocracts come off as selfish and arrogant.
* AssholeVictim: Sir William.
* BitchAlert: Lady Sylvia and the Countess of Trantham
* {{Blackmail}}: Mr. Nesbitt blackmails Isobel by [[spoiler:threatening to tell her parents that Freddie Nesbitt made her pregnant, and that she subsequently had an abortion.]]
* BritishAccents
* TheButlerDidIt: Invoked and Averted. [[spoiler:A valet ''did'' stab Sir William, but his mother figured it out and poisoned Sir William ahead of time. There's no law against stabbing a corpse]].
* ButtMonkey: Mabel Nesbitt, who comes from working class backgrounds and now no longer has any money. Constance makes a point to make fun of the fact that she brought only a single off-the-rack evening dress.
** And Denton to the servants after they find out what he really is.
* TheCasanova: Sir William [[spoiler:courted female workers of his factory, often getting them pregnant and then forcing them to either give up their baby to keep their job or to let them keep the baby and then fire the woman. Although its debatable how consensual some of those dalliances were]].
* ClosedCircle: After the murder, none of the guests are allowed to leave.
* ContrivedClumsiness: After a man posing as a servant reveals himself to be an actor and moves from "below stairs" to "above stairs". To punish him for his deception, the butler spills hot coffee in his lap. He immediately accuses the servant of doing it on purpose, but it's futile at that point. His fellow servants quickly hide their smiles, and the aristocrats think it's pretty funny, too.
* CulturalStereotypes: The wealthy. Specifically, the ''titled'' wealthy; all but a handful of the Upstairs characters are absolutely awful people and dicks of the highest order (and those Upstairs characters who are more likable tend to also be of 'lower' station). That said, the Downstairs characters aren't exactly pure as driven snow, but we're clearly encouraged to sympathise with them a bit more.
* DangerousDeserter: Completely averted with Jennings, who lives with shame because of it. When Dexter eventually finds out, he doesn't rub it in his face and tries to comfort him with something along the lines of "not everyone was born to fight a war".
* DeadpanSnarker: Lady Constance. Also Mrs. Wilson.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of Creator/AgathaChristie-style murder mysteries which take place in grand, aristocratic circles and focus on very wealthy and important people. The plot prefers instead to focus on the relationships between these people and their servants and play with several of the common character types who appear in these stories, with the actual murder being more of a background event. [[spoiler: Also, the detective is a blundering incompetent who ignores or destroys important evidence; it's suggested that because of this, Sir William's murderer will never be identified.]]
* DidYouThinkICantFeel
* TheDitz: Anyone who knows how the police are supposed to inspect crimes should know that Inspector Thompson clearly does not know how to do his job. His assistant on the other hand...
* DysfunctionalFamily: The [=McCordles=] are one big happy family. Well, if you ignore [[spoiler: Sir William's affairs]], [[spoiler: Lady Sylvia's affairs]] and, for that matter, the likelihood that [[spoiler: their daughter is having an affair.]] Not to mention Lady Sylvia's contempt for her child.
* EveryoneIsASuspect: To the audience, anyway. There are murder weapons (bottle of poison, etc.) all over the house. Quite often, the camera cheekily lingers on them when they're in shot.
* FakeBrit: American Ryan Philippe plays Scotsman Henry Denton. [[spoiler:Also, InUniverse as Henry Denton isn't actually Scottish, but American.]]
* GenteelInterbellumSetting
* GoldDigger: Freddie Nesbitt to his wife, Mabel; Rupert Standish is trying it with Isobel. Also, with the exception of the Stockbridges and Weismann's group, this is the real reason the guests are there: they all want money from Sir William, either though business deals, charity or blackmail.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Ivor Novello was an accomplished and much-loved movie star and songwriter in his time. The songs the character performs during the film are some of his most famous, although the real Novello reportly considered his own voice very poor. As the film implies, he was homosexual.
* IdleRich: Most of the "upstairs" cast.
* {{Jerkass}}: Just about everyone in the Upstairs, with some exceptions.
* KickTheDog: Literally, by Lady Sylvia.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Have you read the article above?
* TheMole: Denton acts as one of the servants when [[spoiler:he is really an American actor who spies on the Downstairs for research for Weissman. He tells Jennings, and the word spreads in the Downstairs, causing all the servants to hate him]].
* MysteriousPast: Parks, Mrs Wilson and, to a lesser extent, Mrs Croft. It's all revealed near the end.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers and posters for the film made it seem like a somewhat light-hearted Agatha Christie-style murder mystery, when in fact the murder doesn't happen until ''very'' late in the film, is resolved just as quickly, and could hardly be called the focus of the film anyway.
* NoEnding: Only the murder plot and a few others are concluded. All of the other plots are left up in the air, including [[spoiler: Isobel's heavily-implied abortion]] and [[spoiler: the altered relationship between Mabel and Freddie.]] The resolved plots include [[spoiler:Isobel standing up to her blackmailer and sending him packing, Colonel Meredith fixing up his relationship with his wife (though his business venture does seem kaput) and Elsie (it's heavily implied) manages to go into show business.]]
* NoHeroToHisValet: Cleverly invoked and subverted, since Sir William's valet, Probert, just adores him.
* NotNowKiddo:
--->'''Constable Dexter:''' Sir, someone's traipsed a load of mud in down here.
--->'''Inspector Thompson:''' Not now, Dexter, please.
* NouveauRiche: Mabel's family were working class, but her father made money in business. Her husband squandered it all, so she's not only out of place among the aristocrats, but she doesn't even have the money to pretend that she's on their level.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Why Mary realizes that there's something off with [[spoiler: Denton.]] Also during his second night with Lady Sybil.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Mrs. Wilson, but under duress.]]
* PetTheDog: The Countess of Trantham is revealed to have a softer side in her last line of the film
* ThePlace
* StealthInsult: Constance tells Mabel how clever she is for only bringing a single evening dress to the excursion. She's making fun of the fact that Mabel lacks the money to afford nice clothes.
* StiffUpperLip: Upstairs is somewhere between this and CosyCatastrophe. Even after the discovery that Sir William [[spoiler: wasn't murdered by a burglar but instead poisoned by someone else in the house]], no-one seems particularly concerned. It helps that [[AssholeVictim everyone hated him]], of course.
* StraightGay: Novello, Weissman and (probably) Arthur.
* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler: Jennings.]]
* TheReveal: A lot of things are revealed in the end.[[spoiler: Mary deduces a lot of the murder, and Parks and Mrs Wilson fill in the rest for her.]]
* RunningGag: Inspector Thompson being interrupted every time he tries to introduce himself.
* UnrequitedLove: Dorothy towards Jennings, who is ''very'' reluctant. This leads to her giving Colonel Meredith the following epiphany-inducing and love-affirming revelation.
--->'''Dorothy:''' I believe in love. Not just getting it, but giving it. I think that if you're able to love someone, even if they don't know it, even if they can't love you back, then it's worth it.
----
-->''Tea at four''
-->''Dinner at eight''
-->''Murder at midnight''
2001 film directed by Creator/RobertAltman, set in a large country house in 1930s Britain.
Sir William, a rich guy, invites some more of his rich friends to a hunting trip at Gosford Park. They also bring all their servants.
A few days later, Sir William gets murdered.
More than just a basic murder mystery story, ''Gosford Park'' focuses more on the servants (so much so, there's one in literally every scene) and the division between both ends of the British class system than the rich murdered guy and his rich "friends". The whodunnit plot is used as a device to examine the characters and their relationships with one another, and as a reason for the film to come to an end.
Many of the scenes feature the ensemble improvising dialogue in character, and since the camera is seldom still, the audience drifts from conversation to conversation like an eavesdropper. There are also a lot of sub-plots, which would take forever to cover here.
The screenplay is by Julian Fellowes, who would later create the popular British television drama ''DowntonAbbey''. Like ''GosfordPark'', it would be set in an English manor house and star Maggie Smith.
----
!!Provides Examples Of...
* AllStarCast. Definitely.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Most of the aristocracts come off as selfish and arrogant.
* AssholeVictim: Sir William.
* BitchAlert: Lady Sylvia and the Countess of Trantham
* {{Blackmail}}: Mr. Nesbitt blackmails Isobel by [[spoiler:threatening to tell her parents that Freddie Nesbitt made her pregnant, and that she subsequently had an abortion.]]
* BritishAccents
* TheButlerDidIt: Invoked and Averted. [[spoiler:A valet ''did'' stab Sir William, but his mother figured it out and poisoned Sir William ahead of time. There's no law against stabbing a corpse]].
* ButtMonkey: Mabel Nesbitt, who comes from working class backgrounds and now no longer has any money. Constance makes a point to make fun of the fact that she brought only a single off-the-rack evening dress.
** And Denton to the servants after they find out what he really is.
* TheCasanova: Sir William [[spoiler:courted female workers of his factory, often getting them pregnant and then forcing them to either give up their baby to keep their job or to let them keep the baby and then fire the woman. Although its debatable how consensual some of those dalliances were]].
* ClosedCircle: After the murder, none of the guests are allowed to leave.
* ContrivedClumsiness: After a man posing as a servant reveals himself to be an actor and moves from "below stairs" to "above stairs". To punish him for his deception, the butler spills hot coffee in his lap. He immediately accuses the servant of doing it on purpose, but it's futile at that point. His fellow servants quickly hide their smiles, and the aristocrats think it's pretty funny, too.
* CulturalStereotypes: The wealthy. Specifically, the ''titled'' wealthy; all but a handful of the Upstairs characters are absolutely awful people and dicks of the highest order (and those Upstairs characters who are more likable tend to also be of 'lower' station). That said, the Downstairs characters aren't exactly pure as driven snow, but we're clearly encouraged to sympathise with them a bit more.
* DangerousDeserter: Completely averted with Jennings, who lives with shame because of it. When Dexter eventually finds out, he doesn't rub it in his face and tries to comfort him with something along the lines of "not everyone was born to fight a war".
* DeadpanSnarker: Lady Constance. Also Mrs. Wilson.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of Creator/AgathaChristie-style murder mysteries which take place in grand, aristocratic circles and focus on very wealthy and important people. The plot prefers instead to focus on the relationships between these people and their servants and play with several of the common character types who appear in these stories, with the actual murder being more of a background event. [[spoiler: Also, the detective is a blundering incompetent who ignores or destroys important evidence; it's suggested that because of this, Sir William's murderer will never be identified.]]
* DidYouThinkICantFeel
* TheDitz: Anyone who knows how the police are supposed to inspect crimes should know that Inspector Thompson clearly does not know how to do his job. His assistant on the other hand...
* DysfunctionalFamily: The [=McCordles=] are one big happy family. Well, if you ignore [[spoiler: Sir William's affairs]], [[spoiler: Lady Sylvia's affairs]] and, for that matter, the likelihood that [[spoiler: their daughter is having an affair.]] Not to mention Lady Sylvia's contempt for her child.
* EveryoneIsASuspect: To the audience, anyway. There are murder weapons (bottle of poison, etc.) all over the house. Quite often, the camera cheekily lingers on them when they're in shot.
* FakeBrit: American Ryan Philippe plays Scotsman Henry Denton. [[spoiler:Also, InUniverse as Henry Denton isn't actually Scottish, but American.]]
* GenteelInterbellumSetting
* GoldDigger: Freddie Nesbitt to his wife, Mabel; Rupert Standish is trying it with Isobel. Also, with the exception of the Stockbridges and Weismann's group, this is the real reason the guests are there: they all want money from Sir William, either though business deals, charity or blackmail.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Ivor Novello was an accomplished and much-loved movie star and songwriter in his time. The songs the character performs during the film are some of his most famous, although the real Novello reportly considered his own voice very poor. As the film implies, he was homosexual.
* IdleRich: Most of the "upstairs" cast.
* {{Jerkass}}: Just about everyone in the Upstairs, with some exceptions.
* KickTheDog: Literally, by Lady Sylvia.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Have you read the article above?
* TheMole: Denton acts as one of the servants when [[spoiler:he is really an American actor who spies on the Downstairs for research for Weissman. He tells Jennings, and the word spreads in the Downstairs, causing all the servants to hate him]].
* MysteriousPast: Parks, Mrs Wilson and, to a lesser extent, Mrs Croft. It's all revealed near the end.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers and posters for the film made it seem like a somewhat light-hearted Agatha Christie-style murder mystery, when in fact the murder doesn't happen until ''very'' late in the film, is resolved just as quickly, and could hardly be called the focus of the film anyway.
* NoEnding: Only the murder plot and a few others are concluded. All of the other plots are left up in the air, including [[spoiler: Isobel's heavily-implied abortion]] and [[spoiler: the altered relationship between Mabel and Freddie.]] The resolved plots include [[spoiler:Isobel standing up to her blackmailer and sending him packing, Colonel Meredith fixing up his relationship with his wife (though his business venture does seem kaput) and Elsie (it's heavily implied) manages to go into show business.]]
* NoHeroToHisValet: Cleverly invoked and subverted, since Sir William's valet, Probert, just adores him.
* NotNowKiddo:
--->'''Constable Dexter:''' Sir, someone's traipsed a load of mud in down here.
--->'''Inspector Thompson:''' Not now, Dexter, please.
* NouveauRiche: Mabel's family were working class, but her father made money in business. Her husband squandered it all, so she's not only out of place among the aristocrats, but she doesn't even have the money to pretend that she's on their level.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Why Mary realizes that there's something off with [[spoiler: Denton.]] Also during his second night with Lady Sybil.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Mrs. Wilson, but under duress.]]
* PetTheDog: The Countess of Trantham is revealed to have a softer side in her last line of the film
* ThePlace
* StealthInsult: Constance tells Mabel how clever she is for only bringing a single evening dress to the excursion. She's making fun of the fact that Mabel lacks the money to afford nice clothes.
* StiffUpperLip: Upstairs is somewhere between this and CosyCatastrophe. Even after the discovery that Sir William [[spoiler: wasn't murdered by a burglar but instead poisoned by someone else in the house]], no-one seems particularly concerned. It helps that [[AssholeVictim everyone hated him]], of course.
* StraightGay: Novello, Weissman and (probably) Arthur.
* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler: Jennings.]]
* TheReveal: A lot of things are revealed in the end.[[spoiler: Mary deduces a lot of the murder, and Parks and Mrs Wilson fill in the rest for her.]]
* RunningGag: Inspector Thompson being interrupted every time he tries to introduce himself.
* UnrequitedLove: Dorothy towards Jennings, who is ''very'' reluctant. This leads to her giving Colonel Meredith the following epiphany-inducing and love-affirming revelation.
--->'''Dorothy:''' I believe in love. Not just getting it, but giving it. I think that if you're able to love someone, even if they don't know it, even if they can't love you back, then it's worth it.
----
