History Series / ManorHouse

* OutOfFocus: Mrs. Davies, Becky, Antonia, Jessica. Responsible? Good-natured? Did your backbreaking labor day in and day out without self-defeating behavior? Well, good for them.

* OutOfFocus: Mrs. Davies, Becky, Antonia, Jessica. Responsible? Capable? Did your backbreaking work day in and day out without drama and... ooh, look, Kenny and Ellen are kissing again!
** And, amongst the Oliff-Coopers, Jonty.

* TheDitz: Kenny.

TheDitz: [[BoldInflation Kenny. ]]

TheDitz: [[BoldInflation: Kenny. ]]

TheDitz: [[bold: Kenny. ]]

** By contrast, Sir John. See the entry for [[DisproportionateRetribution]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sir John Oliff-Cooper hands down a particularly harsh one to the entire staff after a social faux-pas. [[spoiler: The Oliff-Cooper clan gave the entire staff the night off while he and his family dined out. They all had a rowdy get-together at a local pub to blow off some steam. Uncannily, they chose [[OhCrap the exact same restaurant the Oliff-Coopers were at.]] [[ThisIsUnforgivable Sir John suspended all time off for the entire staff as punishment.]]]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sir John Oliff-Cooper hands down a particularly harsh one to the entire staff after a social faux-pas. [[spoiler: The Oliff-Cooper clan gave the entire staff the night off while he and his family dined out. They all had a rowdy get-together at a local pub to blow off some steam. Uncannily, they chose [[OhCrap the exact same restaurant the Oliff-Coopers were at.]] [[ThisIsUnforgiveable Sir John suspended all time off for the entire staff as punishment.]]]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sir John Oliff-Cooper hands down a particularly harsh one to the entire staff after a social faux-pas. [[spoiler: The Oliff-Cooper clan gave the entire staff the night off while he and his family dined out. They all had a rowdy get-together at a local pub to blow off some steam. Uncannily, they chose [[OhCrap the exact same restaurant the Oliff-Coopers were at.]] [[ThisIsUnforgiveable Sir John suspended all time off for the entire staff as punishment]].]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sir John Oliff-Cooper hands down a particularly harsh one to the entire staff after a social faux-pas. [[spoiler: The Oliff-Cooper clan gave the entire staff the night off while he and his family dined out. They all had a rowdy get-together at a local pub to blow off some steam. Uncannily, they chose [[OhCrap the exact same restaurant the Oliff-Coopers were at.]] [[DisproportionateRetribution Sir John suspended all time off for the entire staff as punishment]].]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sir John Oliff-Cooper hands down a particularly harsh one to the entire staff after a faux-pas. . [[spoiler: The Oliff-Cooper clan gave the entire staff the night off while he and his family dined out. They all had a rowdy get-together at a local pub to blow off some steam. Uncannily, they chose [[OhCrap the exact same restaurant the Oliff-Coopers were at.]] [[DisproportionateRetribution Sir John suspended all time off for the entire staff as punishment]].]]

** Sir John sees himself as this. [[spoilers: [[GilliganCut Meanwhile,]] the entire staff are giddily constructing an effigy of Sir John to burn during the finale.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoilers: The Oliff-Cooper Clan gave the entire staff the night off while he and his family dined out. They all had a rowdy get-together at a local pub to blow off some steam. Uncannily, they chose [[OhCrap the exact same restaurant the Oliff-Coopers were at.]] [[DisproportionateRetribution Sir John suspended all time off for the entire staff as punishment]].]]

** By contrast, Sir John. See the entry for [[DisproportionateRetribution]].
* ValuesDissonance: Countless. Kind of the point.

** Sir John sees himself as this. [[spoiler: [[GilliganCut Meanwhile,]] the entire staff are giddily constructing an effigy of Sir John to burn during the finale.]]

* AFatherToHisMen: Edgars, the butler, to some of the younger staff, by the end. He actually admits to coming to think of them as his grandchildren.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Though undeniably strict and intimidating, Edgars, the butler, to the staff, could be seen as this. It's noted that he would actually have been considered lenient by the standards of the old days. Also noteworthy that his initial light-handedness comes back to bite him, leading him to a realization about why things had to be that way.

** Sir John sees himself as this. [[spoiler: One [[GilliganCut Gilligan Cut]] later, the entire staff are setting to work making an effigy of Sir John to burn during the finale.]]

** Sir John sees himself as this. One [[GilliganCut Gilligan Cut]] later, the entire staff are setting to work making an effigy of Sir John to burn during the finale.

[[caption-width-right:330: [[YouHaveFailedMe Lord Oliff-Cooper teaches First Footman Rob the punishment for failure to buff the tea cozies.]] ]]

** Lord Oliff-Cooper sees himself as this.

** Lord Oliff-Cooper sees himself as this. Naturally, since he never asks them.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Though undeniably strict and intimidating, Edgars, the butler, to the staff, could be seen as this. It's noted that he would actually have been considered lenient by the standards of the old days. Also noteworthy that his initial light-handedness comes back to bite him, leading him to a realization about why things had to be that way.

* AFatherToHisMen: Edgars, by the end, to some of the younger staff, by the end. He actually refers to them as like his grandchildren.

* HeelRealization: An intriguing inversion. Mr. Edgars' grandfather had actually been a real butler in the Edwardian era. An icy, distant, authoritarian figure, he inspired silent terror in the young boy. In his shoes sixty years later, a tearful Edgars comes to the [[GoMadFromTheRevelation tragic realization]] of [[TearJerker just why he had to be that way.]]

** Averted, by contrast, by her sister, interestingly enough.

During the three-month social experiment, all participants are required to not merely talk the talk, but also walk the socially-stratified walk. Abovestairs, the Oliff-Cooper clan adopt the lifestyles of the landed gentry while navigating the labyrinthine rituals and customs of a typical Edwardian social season. Belowstairs, the servants are expected to carry the full workloads of their turn-of-the-century counterparts, while also observing all period etiquette, protocols and restrictions. HilarityEnsues.

[[caption-width-right:330: [[YouHaveFailedMe First footman Rob is about to discover the punishment for failure to buff the tea cozies.]] ]]

A 2002 British TV Series, the latest in a long trend of [[HistoricalRecreation]] Reality Shows. Following the success of 1900 House, this series attempted to recreate life in an English country estate at the height of the TheEdwardianEra. A modern-day, moderately well-to-do British family are brought in to step into the polished boots of turn-of-the-century landed aristocracy, while other normal people from different walks of life take up the roles of the staff.

A 2002 British TV Series, the latest in a long trend of [[HistoricalRecreation]] Reality Shows. Following the success of 1900 House, this series attempted to recreate life in an English country estate at the height of the TheEdwardianEra. A modren-day, moderately well-to-do British family are brought in to step into the polished boots of turn-of-the-century landed aristocracy, while other normal people from different walks of life take up the roles of the staff.

A 2002 British TV Series, the latest in a long trend of [[HistoricalRecreation]] Reality Shows. Following the success of 1900 House, this series attempted to recreate life in an English country estate at the height of the EdwardianEra. A modren-day, moderately well-to-do British family are brought in to step into the polished boots of turn-of-the-century landed aristocracy, while other normal people from different walks of life take up the roles of the staff.