Fountain Abbey (episode)

Summary

 * Muffy's devastated when she learns her great, great grandmother Mary Alice wasn't royalty, but a common maid. The indignity! However, Mary Alice's old diary reveals a more interesting story.

Present day

 * Arthur Read
 * Bailey
 * D.W. Read
 * Francine Frensky
 * George Lundgren
 * Wally
 * Muffy Crosswire

Flashback

 * Mary Alice Miller
 * Countess D.W. Bantam
 * Lord Binkford Bantam
 * Mr. Clarkson
 * Ms. O'Breean

Trivia

 * Many of the costumes from this episode were available in Muffy's Costume Game, in Arthur's Big App, before the episode's release.

Cultural references

 * This episode was inspired by the British costume drama television series , another PBS show.
 * A portrait in the dining hall looks like.

Episode connections

 * Muffy had previously learned about her family's humble past in "Background Blues" and "Family Fortune".
 * Sue Ellen learned about the past by reading a diary in "Strangers on a Train".
 * Mary Alice broke the arms off of the Venus de Milo like Arthurius did in "Arthur the Wrecker".
 * Binkford wants to join a circus, as Shelley Barnes, another of Binky's ancestors, would do in "What's in a Name?".
 * Muffy wears the same crown she did in "Framed".

Home video
DVD:
 * Arthur's Fountain Abbey

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