History Recap / TheBrittasEmpireS2E2TempleOfTheBody

* EntertaininglyWrong: Helen tells Laura that she swore never to see Michael again after the incident at Julie's party, where she slipped in a note into his pocket asking him to meet her upstairs. Laura is thus left with the impression that Michael is the father of Carole's future baby. However, the end of the episode reveals that Brittas was the one who picked up the note and went upstairs to who he thought was Helen, making him the real future father of Carole's baby.

* {{Retcon}}: It was revealed Carole had been impregnated at one of Julie's parties... even though Carole was first confirmed to be pregnant in Series 1's "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS1E6Assassin Assassin]]", back when Angie worked at the centre instead.

* BenevolentBoss: After saying he'd kick a pregnant Carole out of the leisure centre, he then offers to help her find somewhere to stay, even offering her to live with him for as long as she needed.

* MistakenForCheating: After Brittas is caught in a compromising position with Carole (even though he was simply trying to comfort her), the marriage counsellor that he and Helen were seeing cancels, believing that Brittas was cheating on Helen and that it was a sign that the marriage wasn’t working out. Helen tried to explain, but she was just told that she was being naive.

* ShoutOut: [[Literature/{{Cinderella}} Laura sarcastically suggests to Brittas to take the pair of underpants he found around and have each member of staff wear them, with the winner getting to marry the Prince.]]

** When Brittas is segregating the sexes, Colin gives an example of what could happen if you let a man and a woman together. The example is oddly specific and ends with the man having to pay child maintenance. "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS4E3BigglesTellsALie Biggles Tells a Lie]]" would eventually reveal that Colin was indeed using himself as an example in this episode when it's revealed that he has an illegitimate daughter.

** The person Helen had sex with (and which kickstarted the whole plot) was Michael, who was the man she had attempted to marry back in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS2E1BackFromTheDead Back From the Dead]]".

* MistakenForCheating: Brittas is thought of to have cheated on Helen with Carole by Helen's marriage counsellor. Helen tried to fix the error, but she was just told that she was naive.

* VomitDiscretionShot: Thankfully, we don't see Carole's puke on-screen when he is suffering from MorningSickness.

* CallBack: The person Helen had sex with (and which kickstarted the whole plot) was Michael, who was the man she had attempted to marry back in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS2E1BackFromTheDead Back From the Dead]]".

* FindingABraInYourCar: The plot kicks off when Brittas finds a pair of underwear down the back of one of the couches in his main office, which is later revealed to be the result of sex with a previous relation that his wife had. Unlike most examples of this trope, Brittas never does find out that it's his wife's; he initially assumes it comes from one of his staff and he drops it once he discovers Carole's bedroom in the leisure centre.

* PetTheDog: Brittas offers to help Carole find a place to live in after forcing her to leave the leisure centre.

* ThePeepingTom: Colin is mistaken for one in after he drills a hole over the women's showers.

-->'''Laura''': You gotta face up to it sometime Carole, I mean - MorningSickness, maternity clothes, even Brittas'll notice one day.

* SecretSquatter: Unbeknownst to anyone in the leisure centre, Carole had moved in after having been thrown out of her apartment between Series 1 and 2. This is not found out until this episode, when Brittas, searching for the "love nest", stumbled upon the bedroom she had made up in one of the cupboards. ZigZagged in that Brittas does threaten to kick her out once he finds out, but she does ultimately get to live there for the rest of the show.

-->'''Julie''': Of course, there is the chance that I'm only joking. It's just possible that when you come in, I won't have taken my clothes off, and I'll be standing behind the door waiting to drop a filing cabinet on your head.