Title	The King George Job
Season	3
Episode	12
Airdate	August 29, 2010
Written by	Christine Boylan
Directed by	Millicent Shelton
Guests	James Frain
Previous episode	The Rashomon Job
Next episode	The Morning After Job
Episode list	Season 3

“	I've hacked history!	”
— Alec Hardison

London's calling, as the high-tech do-gooders journey to England to ensnare a morally bankrupt antiquities trafficker who's exploiting children as smuggling mules. But while in London, Sophie is haunted by her past.

Contents 1 The Mark 2 Clients 3 The Con 4 Cons and Scams Used 5 Notes 6 Errors 7 Comments

The MarkEdit

• John Douglas Keller

ClientsEdit

• A'Yan (Iraqi little girl)
• Ibrahim (Immigration Aide)

The ConEdit

Cons and Scams UsedEdit

• The Mummy's Tiara

NotesEdit

• The real Claridge's is a hotel in the London district of Mayfair, not an auction house.
• This is the second episode where Sophie takes the alias of a British Duchess.
• During the auction, Sophie uses neuro-linguistic programming to persuade Keller to bid higher.
• Nate is punched into a chair, which is a nod to The Rockford Files.
• When Nate mentions "The Mummy's Tiara", Parker asks if they're going to have to steal a corpse again, a reference to The Snow Job, where the team had to steal a body to fake a brain tumor.

• Sophie states that her Duchess persona was a solid one, seven years in the making. Clearly it is connected with The Countess of Kensington, a.k.a. Aunty, who clearly knows Sophie's life in London. "William" is someone who is also related, but now deceased, eight years ago.

ErrorsEdit

• In the United Kingdom, duchess and baron are not a "royal" titles. Only members of the Queen's family are royal, and royalty is designated by virtue of membership in that family, not by title. Most titles, beginning with duke/duchess, and including baron/baroness signify nobility, and their holders are considered peers of the realm. Duchess is the highest female form of nobility, baron one of the lowest male forms. In addition, there are some royal dukes and duchesses, so designated because they are members of the royal family, such as Andrew, Duke of York, the Queen's second son. In all cases, a noble title such Duke, Earl or other is conferred by the Queen, whereas royalty solely is a product of birth or marriage into the royal family.
• Sophie introduces herself as Charlotte Prentiss, 18th Duchess of Hanover. In the correct form, she would either introduce herself as Charlotte Hanover or Charlotte, Duchess of Hanover. She would never use her family name or the her title's generation (18th). Similarly, she would never defer to her aunt, who has the lower title of Countess, when speaking. Given that he addresses the "duchess" using the more formal "Your Grace" rather than the more common "My Lady", Keller would surely have known this as well, and acted accordingly.
• Keller dismisses Sophie's offer of a knighthood, indicating the Queen hands out 2700 of them a year. In reality, the number is far smaller, perhaps 15-20 twice a year, at her birthday and the new year, most on the advise of the Prime Minister's office. A duchess would have very little direct influence on the awarding of a knighthood.
• A small, but telling error: when Sophie had afternoon tea with Keller, she fails to remove her gloves. This is a sure sign of lower-class birth, and lack of familiarity with how and when gloves are worn among the gentry. An upper-class woman would remove her gloves upon being seated, before she began afternoon tea, yet Sophie drinks tea, adds milk to her cup and eats a sandwich with them on. Later, Sophie grabs the milk jug using an overhand grip, rather than through the handle, another sign of lower-class birth. It's unlikely the writers would have known this. It remains to be seen whether this was a slip on Bellman's part or Sophie's.

  

• Similarly, the hotel's tea set is mismatched and includes silver. In a good London hotel, the china used at afternoon tea is a point of pride, commissioned from Wedgwood, Spode or another pottery in Stoke-on-Trent and often carrying the hotel's crest. The only silver used at afternoon tea would be flatware, the tiered stand on which the plates of food are displayed and occasionally, a small jug of hot water to refill the pot or dilute tea in the cup.