Another Period

In the premiere of this comedy about an aristocratic family in Newport, R.I., in the early 20th century, Bellacourt Manor welcomes a new servant; a space opens up in the Newport 400; and the family receive a visit from Helen Keller.

Lillian wants a divorce when she hears that they're all the rage; Frederick and Garfield are smitten with a charming visitor.

Lillian and Beatrice stage mock funerals for their husbands; Peepers learns of his father's death from his estranged family, forcing him confront his Native American roots.

Chair receives a lesson in the art of servitude from Peepers. Meanwhile, Lillian and Beatrice get ready for Newport's Most Beautiful Pageant, but Hortense sets out to sabotage the event.

Hortense falls for a chef who accompanies the Commodore on his return to Bellacourt Manor. Meanwhile, Frederick is subjected to a psychological evaluation to determine if he's fit for a Senate run; and Hamish tries to blackmail Chair.

Bellacourt Manor's residents brace themselves for Lillian's annual birthday meltdown, and a surprise visit from Charles Ponzi brings a new business opportunity. Meanwhile, Hortense believes she's expecting, and Peepers falls ill.

Lillian arranges her own kidnapping in order to achieve fame as an abductee. Dodo orders Peepers to impersonate the Commodore and accompany her to a luncheon. Beatrice mistakes Blanche for a fellow aristocrat.

Beatrice has a meltdown when Frederick brings home a fiancee, and Dodo goes through morphine withdrawal.

Lillian's invited to a party on the beach by her new friends; Beatrice meets Thomas Edison; Blanche receives a strange letter from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory; Garfield tries to hold the family together.

Chair's true intentions are revealed, which sends Peepers on a mission to save the Bellacourts from destruction. Meanwhile, Lillian and Beatrice try to stop Frederick's wedding.

Lillian and Beatrice meet Harriet Tubman, who gives them advice on how to create a "brand" for themselves and become famous. Meanwhile, Peepers hires a new servant, and Chair gives birth to baby Kermit.

Lillian and Beatrice's marriages are annulled, and Lillian and Victor argue over their prized "Butternut room." Beatrice helps Albert get over his hatchetphobia, and Garfield butts heads with a duplicitous new servant.

Lillian and Beatrice both try to woo a foreign prince, Blanche helps Chair reclaim her lost memories, and Hamish forms a bond with his prison cellmate.

Lillian generates publicity for herself when Hamish goes on trial for the murder of Scoops LaPue, while Peepers tries to enjoy himself before he confesses to the crime.

The Commodore tries to sell Frederick as a possible vice president, Beatrice and Eleanor Roosevelt hit it off, and Flobelle organizes a servants' strike.

Lillian gets close to the servants when a typhoid outbreak wreaks havoc in the lower quarters, and Beatrice goes on a double date with her new boyfriend.

Albert Einstein visits the manor and develops an unlikely partnership with Beatrice, and Lillian goes on a mission to find sex for pleasure.

Scott Joplin visits the manor to produce a song for Lillian and Beatrice, Blanche enjoys her new marriage to Dr. Goldberg, and Peepers struggles with sexual frustration.

Lillian gets ready to marry a rich, much older man, whose grandson shares a mutual attraction with Hortense. Meanwhile, Frederick sends Beatrice away from Bellacourt Manor after potentially damaging photos are revealed that could doom his position as vice president.

Lillian despairs in the aftermath of her disastrous wedding, Dodo returns to Bellacourt, and Beatrice throws herself into her new religious calling

The Commodore faces some hard truths about his finances, Blanche goes into labor, and Lillian goes on an epic drinking binge.

Lillian and Beatrice take up Hortense's mantle to begin fighting for women's rights, and Peepers bristles at Father Black Donahue's new role at the manor.

Everyone at Bellacourt Manor catches ghost fever when Harry Houdini visits to investigate some supernatural occurrences.

Victor and Lillian square off when the Olympics allows women to compete, and Frederick and Beatrice question their relationship after Frederick discovers that he was adopted.

Lillian and Beatrice fight over a sexy Spanish meteorologist, and a boat trip provides an opportunity for Dodo and Peepers to rekindle their illicit romance.

Garfield tries in vain to assert his authority as the new head butler, and Lillian and Beatrice sneak into Celery Savoy's masquerade ball.

Beatrice has an existential crisis; Lillian tries to scheme her way into landing a plot at an exclusive cemetery; and Frederick runs for president.

When a naughty movie featuring Beatrice leaks, she finds herself at the center of a media frenzy. Victor and Albert become policemen.

Dodo subjects Beatrice to a beauty regimen for a campaign to get her face on the new nickel; and Lillian develops a gambling addiction.

Hortense helps Beatrice find her mystery lover; Lillian adjusts to life in the insane asylum; and Garfield searches for his birth parents.

The Commodore enlists Peepers to help him win Dodo back; Lillian's alliance with Blanche takes a turn; and Beatrice and Frederick plan to meet their beloveds.

Frederick's presidential bid divides Bellacourt Manor; and Lillian struggles with her new life as a police officer's wife.