Following the story of Harry Selfridge, a young intelligent man, who comes to London at a very young age, when he works hard to achieve his dreams, as he manages to set up his own and famous department stores in the world. A new season begins with Harry enlists his son in a boarding school.
The second go-around for Harry Selfridge and the commerce gang reeks of desperation, eschewing thoughtful, significant conflicts to become a turn-of-the-century Days of Our Lives.
Still impressively detailed and masterfully assembled, the show again focuses on the classed relations among employees and employers, relations that can be both supportive and dysfunctional, and, increasingly, affected by external forces.
The mood feels a little darker this year. Imminent world war can have that effect. But if things are a bit worse for the characters, they feel a little better for the rest of us.
