History Recap / TheGoesWrongShowHarpersLocket

* BenevolentBoss: Robert's character, Mr. Fennick, is supposed to have a gracious and cordial relationship with his servants to contrast his vindictively classist future-son-in-law Edwin, but due to various mishaps during the play (Robert accidentally knocking out Vanessa[=/=]Mrs. Hargreaves with a croquet mallet and Jonathan[=/=]Smythe missing his cues) it doesn't quite come across.

** Early on, an errant swing of Robert's croquet mallet causes the head to fly off and crash through the dining room set's glass ceiling, knocking out Vanessa. The hole created (right above Robert's seat at the dinner table), and Trevor's haphazard attempts to patch it up, becomes the main difficulty the actors have to endure during the tense, [[WhenItRainsItPours stormy]] dinner scene.

* BenevolentBoss: Robert's character, Mr. Fennick, is supposed to have a gracious and cordial relationship with his servants to constrast his vindictively classist future-son-in-law Edwin, but due to various mishaps during the play (Robert accidentally knocking out Vanessa[=/=]Mrs. Hargreaves with a croquet mallet and Jonathan[=/=]Smythe missing his cues) it doesn't quite come across.

* TakingTheBullet: Celeste does this for Harper when Edwin tries to shoot him in the climax, but thanks to [[PocketProtector the bullet hitting]] [[TitleDrop Harper's locket]], she survives. The gun sound misses its cue, hoever, so Sandra and Chris have to go through the diving/shooting motion a few times before it finally goes off.

* ChekhovsGun: The eponymous locket saves Celeste from certain death.

* YankTheDogsChain: After spending the entire episode being unable to get any of the doors open, getting humiliated in the process, and going to increasingly ruinous attempts to get through them on time, Jonathan ''finally'' manages to open one of the doors. Smiling contentedly, he steps out into the garden... and on a discarded croquet mallet, which snaps upward and hits him square in the groin.

* RummageFail: Robert trying to find the pound note in Max’s pocket instead reveals bubblegum (“This hasn’t been invented yet!”), a handful of milk sachets (“You’re not supposed to take these from the canteen!”) and a self-penned script for something called ''Dr. Frog'' (“'Enter Dr. Frog.' ''Look at these medical reports, they're ribbeting.'' Did you write this?! This is dross!”) and has to resort to asking for it (and even ''that'' proves difficult because Max instead hands him a real pound note).

* RummageFail: Robert trying to find the pound note in Max’s pocket instead reveals bubblegum (“This hasn’t been invented yet!”), a handful of milk sachets (“You’re not supposed to take these from the canteen!”) and a self-penned script for something called ''Dr. Frog'' (“'Enter Dr. Frog.' ''Look at these medical reports, they're ribbeting.'' Did you write this?! This is dross!”) and has to resort to asking for it.

* BigDamnHeroes: As the descending fan is close to killing Chris, Robert, Annie and Sandra, Johnathan enters to pull it out and throw it away.

-->'''Annie:''' [The frog’s] the only thing I know how to paint.

** Robert accidentally breaks the roof of the house early on. Later, he has to sit under the broken roof area.

* {{Jerkass}}: Edwin regards Celeste as a possession and TrophyWife to control, has all the makings of an abusive husband, has an affair with Emily, is an enormous snob who looks down on anybody who isn't even remotely wealthy and goes as far as shooting Treacle (accidentally shown by Cornley as an over-the-top explosion).

* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Edwin and Harper are this to Emily.

* TerribleArtist: Emily is supposed to paint a portrait that Edwin describes as “the very likeness of [himself, Celeste and Mr. Fennick].” But after Annie ruins the painting trying to swat the prop sparrow away, her impromptu replacement picture is a couple of stick figures in the background of a frog.

For their next ''Play of the Week'' entry, the CPDS stages a 19th-century period drama. Celeste Fennick is a wealthy girl with a loving family, but her father Bernard is not long for this world. To ensure that she will be taken care of after he passes, he decides to marry her to [[ImpoverishedPatrician the Baron Edwin Graves]], who [[NobilityMarriesMoney wants the dowry that will come from such a marriage]]. However, he in unaware that Graves is a cruel man beneath his suave exterior, and Celeste instead has eyes for Harper, the Fennick family's stable boy.

For their next ''Play of the Week'' entry, the CPDS stages a 19th-century period drama. Celeste Fennick is a wealthy girl with a loving family, but her father Bernard is not long for this world. To ensure their fortune is secure, he decides to marry her to the cruel and equally-wealthy Baron Edwin Graves. However, Celeste instead has eyes for Harper, the Fennick family's stable boy.

* [[ShootTheDog Shoot the Horse]]: Edwin shoots Treacle, which is depicted onscreen as a [[StuffBlowingUp wooden horse exploding]].

* [[ShootTheDog Shoot the Horse]]: Edwin shoots Treacle, which is depicted onscreen as a wooden horse exploding.

* [[ShootTheDog Shoot the Horse]]: Edwin kills Treacle, whose death is depicted onscreen as a wooden horse exploding.

* ColorblindCasting: Annie, who is Anglo-Indian, plays Emily, the sister of Celeste, of whom she and her father are white.

** The Treacle costume has a vacuum cleaner for a mouth so that it can hoover up the food offered to it. After it's revealed that Treacle's survived being shot by Edwin, the vacuum cleaner activates and attaches itself to Max's groin, resulting in many pained screamed.

* ItWontTurnOff: The player piano will not shut up, forcing Annie to continue pretending to play while the rest of the cast bemusedly sing along. In the end, they resort to doing everything they can to sabotage it, to the point of throwing a live cat into the works... only to be stymied when the alive-but-enraged cat erupts out of the piano and attacks Annie - allowing the piano to ''continue playing.''

* RunningGag: The piano that plays “There’s No Place Like Home”. And the cat that got stuck in it.

* YankTheDogsChain: After spending the entire episode being unable to get any of the doors open, getting humiliated in the process, and going to increasingly ruinous attempts to get through them on time, Jonathan ''finally'' manages to get one of the doors open. Smiling contentedly, he steps out into the garden... and steps on a discarded croquet mallet, which snaps upward and hits him square in the groin.

* YankTheDOgsChain: After spending the entire episode being unable to get any of the doors open, getting humiliated in the process, and going to increasingly ruinous attempts to get through them on time, Jonathan ''finally'' manages to get one of the doors open. Smiling contentedly, he steps out into the garden... and steps on a discarded croquet mallet, which snaps upward and hits him square in the groin.

* ThatPoorCat: When the cast's attempts to silence the malfunctioning player piano fail, Robert starts throwing anything he can grab into it... including an unfortunate cat, much to the cast's horror. Thankfully, it turns out to be unharmed... albeit ''pissed''.

'''Season 1, Episode 4''':

* {{Jerkass}}: Edwin regards Celeste as a possession and TrophyWife to control, has all the makings of an abusive husband, has an affair with Emily, is an enormous snob who looks down on anybody who isn't even remotely wealthy and goes as far as killing Treacle in an over-the-top explosion.

** This time, Johnathan has trouble opening the doors to enter the scene. Even when everyone else can open them with no problems.

* RummageFail: Robert trying to find the pound note in Max’s pocket instead reveals bubblegum (“This hasn’t been invented yet!”), a handful of milk sachets (“You’re not supposed to take these from the canteen!”) and a self-penned script for something called ''Dr. Frog'' (“Dr. Frog Script - ''Enter Dr. Frog.'' 'Look at these medical reports, they're ribbeting.' Did you write this?! This is dross!”) and has to resort to asking for it.

* RummageFail: Robert trying to find the pound note in Max’s pocket instead reveals bubblegum (“This hasn’t been invented yet!”), a handful of milk sachets (“You’re not supposed to take these from the canteen!”) and a self-penned script for something called ''Dr. Frog'' (“'Enter Dr. Frog.' ''Look at these medical reports, they're ribbeting.'' Did you write this?! This is dross!”) and has to resort to asking for it.

For their next ''Play of the Week'' entry, the CPDS stages a 19th-century period drama. Celeste Fennick is a wealthy girl with a loving family, but her father Bernard is not long for this world. To ensure their fortune is secure, he decides to marry Celeste to the cruel and equally-wealthy Baron Edwin Graves. However, Celeste instead has eyes for Harper, the Fennick family's stable boy.

For their next ''Play of the Week'' entry, the CPDS stages a 19th-century period drama. Bernard Fennick is a wealthy man with a loving family, but he is not long for this world. To ensure the family fortune is secure, he decides to marry his daughter Celeste to a cruel and equally-wealthy baron. However, Celeste instead has eyes for Harper, the Fennick family's stable boy.

For their next ''Play of the Week'' entry, the CPDS stages a 19th-century period drama. Bernard Fennick is a wealthy man with a loving family, but he is not long for this world. To ensure the family fortune is secure, he decides to marry his daughter Celeste to the cruel Baron Edwin Graves. However, Celeste instead has eyes for Harper, the Fennick family's stable boy.

For their next ''Play of the Week'' entry, the CPDS stages a 19th-century period drama. Bernard Fennick is a wealthy man with a loving family; however, he is not long for this world. To ensure the family fortune is secure, he decides to marry his daughter Celeste to the cruel Baron Edwin Graves. However, Celeste instead has eyes for Harper, the Fennick family's stable boy.

For their next ''Play of the Week'' entry, the CPDS stages a 19th-century period drama. Bernard Fennick is a wealthy man with a loving family; however, he is not long for this world. To ensure the family fortune is secure, he decides to marry his daughter Celeste to the cruel and abusive Baron Edwin Graves. However, Celeste instead has eyes for Harper, the Fennick family's stable boy.

For their next ''Play of the Week'' entry, the CPDS stages a 19th-century period drama. Bernard Fennick is a wealthy man with a loving family; however, he is not long for this world. To ensure the family fortune is secure, he decides to marry his daughter Celeste to the cruel Baron Edwin Graves. However, Celeste instead has eyes for Harper, the Fennick family's stable boy.