How It All Goes Down
- Bang bang, it's time for the shooting party.
- On the way to Dagenham's shooting line, the Major bumps into an unaccompanied child, who starts screaming.
- It seems that there's a private school on Dagenham's estate. The Major's neighbor, Alice, teaches there.
- The kids are upset that all the ducks they raise are going to be shot, so to distract them, Dagenham is sending them on a field trip.
- This kid didn't get on the bus and has wandered off into the woods.
- Alice takes the kid back to the bus, and the Major proceeds to the shooting grounds.
- There's a big breakfast before the shoot, and while the men are dining on yummy bacon rolls, the American, Ferguson, shows up in gaudy attire.
- Speaking of gaudy attire, Roger shows up in hunting clothes that look fresh off the rack, when the custom is for them to look comfortable and worn.
- The men line up, not for a photoshoot but to shoot ducks, and the Major is positioned next to Ferguson, who at one point, shoots a duck in the Major's line. How rude.
- Ferguson apologizes and then invites the Major to come shoot with him in Scotland at some point.
- During a break, Roger comes over to suck up to Ferguson, and Ferguson pretty much offers Roger a job if Roger can convince the Major to sell Ferguson those prized guns.
- The happy shooting (well, happy for everyone but the ducks) is interrupted when a bunch of kids show up on the field.
- The Major yells at everyone to stop shooting.
- Alice runs up, rounding up the kids. She mentions that the bus stopped at a picket line—there are protesters protesting Dagenham's real estate plans—and the kids got off the bus.
- Uh-huh, sure they did. The Major suspects Alice had something to do with it.
- This interruption puts an end to the duck hunt, and everyone goes inside for breakfast number two.
- For helping calm the situation with the kids and protesters, the Major is invited to a top-secret business meeting meant to confirm Dagenham's plans for a high-end luxury development in Edgecombe St. Mary. Only the rich will be allowed to live there, naturally. But they'll let everyone else stay to act as the help.
- Dagenham mentions that he needs the money to keep his estate alive, something that's getting harder to do these days. He could avoid it if his niece, Gertrude, would marry Ferguson, but the American isn't interested.
- Before leaving for the day, Roger mentions that Ferguson invited him to Scotland, too, giving them the perfect opportunity to sell the guns again.