Recap / Another Period Pilot

Synopsis

A new servant arrives at Bellacourt Manor, the death of the Claudette sisters opens space in the Newport 400, and the Bellacourts get a visit from Helen Keller.

Tropes

• Brother–Sister Incest / Twincest: Beatrice and Frederick.
• The Ditz: Beatrice can't read.
• Junkie Parent: Dodo is a morphine addict. Though she's not doing much parenting...
• Historical Domain Character: Helen Keller.
• Hysterical Woman: Blanche has only recently returned from the local insane asylum. Peepers takes great delight in scaring her into a screaming fit.
• The Unfavorite: Hortense gets called Hor by her family, and Dodo outright says it would have been best if she had died young.