Mr. Bates suggests to Anna they could purchase a hotel and run it together after they marry, just as in the film, Mr. Benn suggests that Miss Kenton leave service at Darlington Hall and marry him, and they can open a hotel in the West Country.
The scene of women giving William a white feather for not being in the armed forces is very much like the women who give Charlie MacFell a white feather in the earlier program.