The Forsytes S01E02 (2025)
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00:00And so it begins, the crumbling of the polished façade, the unravelling of the carefully
00:15curated life we've built for ourselves, free of scandal and inconvenient truths, of hidden
00:26desires and secret longings, but should they emerge, do we let them lie, or do we pursue
00:35them, and are we prepared for the consequences?
00:43Who's bossed that lady that just called?
00:48Did she upset you?
00:51No, no, not at all, I just, um, come here and take your linkters.
00:56But it's horrible.
01:00Oh, so is whooping cough.
01:05Now, go and do your reading.
01:07Go.
01:07So, I was thinking, Mama, I need a new riding coat, so should we visit Miss Louisa today?
01:22Oh, er... I think not. She mentioned last night she's booked up for several months in advance. Well, she'll fit me in. And I want to take some bonbons for the children. No. No?
01:37No. Their mother may not want them to have sweet things. It's so sad, Grandma Ma. Her father died before they were born and she had to bring them up all alone. So brave.
01:44Yes, very commendable. All the more reason not to overburden her. Are you joining us for the opera tonight?
01:51What is it? Traviata?
01:58All that weeping and wailing annoys me.
02:00June, you should wear the pink silk. I've invited the cartarets to our box.
02:05Why? So we can all become better acquainted.
02:12Why? So we can all become better acquainted.
02:22June, you should wear the pink silk. I've invited the cartarets to our box.
02:26Why?
02:28So we can all become better acquainted.
02:35June must be thrilled.
02:43So many young men clamouring to dance.
02:45What a picture she looked.
02:47That gown was a triumph.
02:48Almost a disaster, but the girl worked wonders.
02:51Girl?
02:52You were ogling her, remember?
02:54That little chick a bit.
02:55You might have introduced me.
02:56I took care not to.
02:58She seemed awfully thick with Jo.
03:00The dressmaker?
03:01Who is this?
03:01Pretty young thing.
03:03Quite charming.
03:03Remind me, why she was thick with Jo?
03:06Well, perhaps he was thanking her for saving the day.
03:08Can you get an appointment with her?
03:10That's what I'm hoping for.
03:12After June's war, everyone will be after her.
03:15Shall we?
03:27What are you doing?
03:29Seeking employment.
03:32I was a typist.
03:33Oh, how demeaning.
03:37I need something to tide me over until I can find a way to pay for Paris.
03:41Oh, you're still persisting with that madness.
03:45Why wouldn't I?
03:46Good.
03:47Good.
04:03Congratulations.
04:05Very much.
04:06Very much.
04:07Very well done.
04:08Very nice.
04:09Thank you, sir.
04:09Good to see you.
04:10The point is, there is no prior instance of a chairman resigning.
04:17No.
04:17And therefore no precedent for the eldest son's accession before his father's death.
04:21So in the case of Jo...
04:22Increasingly at odds with the aims of the firm.
04:24If it were brought before the board, how much further he might deviate?
04:28How that could endanger the future of the company?
04:30The sheer insanity of the prizing tradition over merit.
04:33It's archaic.
04:34It's wasteful.
04:35And if it goes ahead, a missed opportunity.
04:37It is not a foregone conclusion.
04:39I will insist it be brought before the board.
04:41In the meantime, we build the case against Jo.
05:13I saw her.
05:20At the ball, last night.
05:22The girl from Venice?
05:24Louisa.
05:26How did she come to be there?
05:28She makes gowns.
05:30June's gown.
05:32She's a widow.
05:32She lives in Soho.
05:33Do you have any idea?
05:34No, not an inkling.
05:37Will you see her again?
05:39I don't know.
05:43Were you told who to marry?
05:51I chose freely.
05:55Your father was my first love.
05:58And when he died, I was sure I would never get over him.
06:02But he did.
06:03Nothing compares to first love.
06:06We persuade ourselves the fever is real.
06:10And then, if we're lucky, we meet our true soulmate and discover something more profound.
06:18So, Papa's your soulmate?
06:22Like magnets, perhaps.
06:24The attraction of opposites.
06:26Gentlemen, today, I can announce that Forsyte & Co. has been offered a unique opportunity.
06:42My old friend, Sir Jimmy Buckland, has finally succeeded in his scheme to deploy a tribe from
06:46Upper India to the gold mines of Ceylon.
06:49Carried in the teeth of great difficulties, it should double the output of his mines.
06:53And quarter the lives of his workers.
06:55Well, whether one expires of miserable old age on one's own barren soil or prematurely
06:59of damp at the bottom of a foreign mine, I hardly...
07:01Surely of small consequence, as long as it benefits the shareholders.
07:05Well, I imagine it's of some consequence to the widows.
07:07Sir Jim, as a personal favor to me, has given us advance notice so that we may use the information
07:20to our advantage by offering our clients, and indeed ourselves, the chance to invest.
07:26It is, quite literally, a golden opportunity.
07:32It's a risk.
07:35Which we have an impeccable record for calculating.
07:37Still feels like gambling to me.
07:45Are we agreed?
07:47Yes, agreed.
07:49Adjourned.
07:53I'll be back later.
07:55I have an appointment.
07:56Anyone we know?
07:58No.
08:07Is it to your taste?
08:24I could admire the tonal qualities, but no, it doesn't move me.
08:28May I ask what does?
08:30A more vibrant style.
08:34Something which captures the fleetingness of a moment rather than preserves it in aspic.
08:38You're a romantic.
08:41My stepmother says I'm utterly unfit for decent society.
08:44Your crime?
08:45I dance.
08:48The polka?
08:49The waltz?
08:50The ballet.
08:52Ah.
08:53My mother was a dancer, and I seem to have inherited her...
08:57Talent?
08:58Passion.
09:00There, I said it.
09:00Now's your chance to escape.
09:01And yet, as you see, I'm still here.
09:08So, no escape.
09:29From what?
09:30The opera.
09:31The Karteritz.
09:32The scheme to throw me to the wolves.
09:35Horatio?
09:35Oh, isn't he more of a poodle?
09:43Well, look who I have.
09:45I know she's not mine, but I take her with me when I'm feeling vexed or miserable.
09:51And she always cheers me up.
09:53Is that why you got her?
09:57She was a gift.
09:58From a friend.
10:01Someone I met in Italy.
10:03An attachment.
10:05Short-lived.
10:07Let me guess.
10:08She wasn't suitable.
10:10You were forbidden to pursue her.
10:12We just went our separate ways.
10:15And then you met Mama?
10:18Yes.
10:20I'm not sure I want to fall in love.
10:23Sounds like torture.
10:26Well, you can also be magnificent.
10:28Jo never seems to learn yesterday in the boardroom, wittering on about widows and gambling.
10:40Oh, poor Cyril.
10:41How he frets when he knows I'm going out.
10:43Shall I stay behind and pet him for you?
10:45Oh, dear, no.
10:46That would defeat the whole purpose of the evening.
10:48The purpose being to dangle June and I before the Karteritz and hope they bite.
10:51What he fails to grasp is the need for us to be led by sound commercial news.
10:56Darling, we simply want you to find someone who deserves you.
10:59If we were to maintain our position as London's premier brokers, the board should be worried.
11:03And you look so handsome.
11:05The board will be worried.
11:06She won't be able to resist you.
11:08We'll make sure of that.
11:32So glad you could join us, Lady Carteret.
11:34Oh, my dear, to be seen in the company of the illustrious foresights, who wouldn't leap at the chance.
11:44Lovely to see so many young people, but sad to think they're seldom masters of their own fate.
11:51I like to think we take their views into account.
11:54Tradition is what counts.
11:56Stability.
11:57No impulsive changing of the guard.
11:59But sometimes, is it not a fresh perspective that is exactly what is needed?
12:05Provided the proposed candidate is up to the task.
12:08I understand you're an avid reader.
12:11But I...
12:14Have you read Frankenstein?
12:18No, I...
12:18You'll find you have some sympathy for the creature.
12:22No will of its own.
12:23Forced to do another's bidding.
12:25Until, of course, it rebels.
12:27Ah, you seem to have left my wife at home.
12:38Perhaps I could prevail on your father.
12:41Or you could just not drink.
12:45Oh, my cousins.
12:47Mama, I might just, um...
12:49Of course.
12:49I do beg your pardon.
13:08Are you hurt?
13:11Do I look like a damsel in distress?
13:13On the contrary.
13:16Are you here with friends?
13:17Family.
13:18My mother thinks this is the place to meet the right people.
13:22Would I fall into that category?
13:24I seriously doubt it.
13:27Do I sense a renegade?
13:31June Foresight.
13:34Philip Bissini.
13:37Buccaneer.
13:38Buccaneer.
13:50Buccaneer.
14:23I adore Chaviata.
14:29Makes one positively melt, don't you find?
14:53I adore Chaviata.
15:23Did you miss me, Pudding?
15:31Oh, don't suck.
15:33I promise I'll make it up to you.
15:35Always affecting, Traviata.
15:38Lost love and all that.
15:43Perhaps we should be celebrating love found.
15:45Perhaps we should.
15:47Can you believe June tonight?
16:07Determined not to cooperate.
16:09The Carterets, our plans.
16:15Will you speak to her?
16:18Saying what?
16:20That there's a time and a place for everything.
16:24And the time for June is now.
16:26She's 18.
16:32She has to put away childish things.
16:38She worships you.
16:40If you tell her, we would only ever choose someone worthy of her.
16:44But perhaps you think your father made the wrong choice for you.
17:03I made the choice.
17:04She's 18 times.
17:34You must go.
17:38I can't bear to leave you.
17:42Your family needs you.
17:44Your father has summoned you home.
17:47And I return.
17:50Where will you be?
17:52Florence, Rome?
17:55Will you write to me?
17:57Tell me where you'll be.
17:58Don't stop.
18:00Let's not pretend.
18:05What?
18:07These past few months...
18:09Have been the most precious of my life.
18:11And mine too, but...
18:14We always knew they would come to an end.
18:17Why must they?
18:19Because I am a lady's maid and you're a gentleman.
18:23What, and no gentleman that unmarried a lady's maid?
18:28You're dreaming.
18:33Believe me, I'm not.
18:37If you still feel this way in a year's time...
18:40I feel the same way in 50 years time.
18:42Then I have your address.
18:50All right.
18:55Wherever you are...
18:59I'll come to you.
19:00...
19:16Louisa. Louisa, please.
19:46Please, keep your voice down. My assistant is asleep. Why have you come?
20:03Honestly, I don't know. To prove you aren't a figment of my imagination.
20:13I wanted to see the only person who ever completely understood me.
20:19Did. We are very different now.
20:22Yeah, here we are.
20:34Do you still paint?
20:39Really. It's one of the many things I gave up to serve the god of commerce.
20:46Sad to hear it.
20:50Well, tell me about your husband. Late husband.
20:54Is there any point in...
20:56What? Were you happy?
21:01Did you love him?
21:03Uh, that's my assistant. Um, do you sleepwalks?
21:10You must go. Please don't come here again.
21:15No.
21:16No.
21:17No.
21:18No.
21:19No.
21:20No.
21:23Okay.
21:24No.
21:25No.
21:29No.
23:32As you were destined to follow your fathers?
23:37I seem to have a talent for numbers.
23:40In their own way, they have the magic which intrigues me.
23:43You make them sound quite mysterious.
23:45Well, they are.
23:46Also immensely practical.
23:47Like you, one learns techniques, one practices one's craft.
23:53But beyond that, one learns to trust one's instincts.
23:56Exactly that?
24:00Not that I lay claim to any form of artistry.
24:05Perhaps you underestimate yourself.
24:07You're dancing.
24:18Is it the only profession you've ever considered?
24:21I've prepared for it my whole life.
24:23And if my audition goes well...
24:25Your audition?
24:26I sold my jewelry to go and try for the Cordy Ballet.
24:28In Paris?
24:30Yes, in Paris.
24:31And when would this be?
24:34I leave in a month.
24:37Oh.
24:37I'm convinced he has Miss Carteret in his sights.
24:49Parcheter told me he's on the river this afternoon with a picnic.
24:53Which can only mean...
24:55An imminent announcement.
24:56I'm sure we can all agree Olivia Carteret is an excellent choice.
25:01Certainly fits the bill for a man destined to be chairman.
25:06Miss Heron.
25:08We've known each other a matter of weeks.
25:10So I have no right to question any choice you might make.
25:12But today when I heard you speak of Paris...
25:14Oh, you've got me rash, irresponsible.
25:16Far from it.
25:18I understood the impulse.
25:19The desire.
25:20And I recognized that I wish to encourage it.
25:24Encourage?
25:24It's true that Paris has a somewhat shady reputation.
25:29Though I myself found it captivating.
25:31You've been?
25:32In my youth.
25:34And would not be averse to visiting again.
25:37If you were there.
25:40Though my family will no doubt they disapprove.
25:43Perhaps we needn't tell them.
25:54Mrs. Forsyte.
26:04I hope I'm not disturbing you.
26:08Won't you take a seat?
26:09I've always been curious about you.
26:18The girl who first captured his heart.
26:22Not that he ever spoke of you.
26:24One just instinctively knows.
26:27That one wasn't the first.
26:28What made you come to my house?
26:35You begged me to.
26:37And you were curious.
26:40And hoped to see him.
26:41I've never attempted to see him.
26:43I've never tried to contact him.
26:45I've never asked him for anything.
26:47Does he know about the children?
26:50No.
26:52You understand he never can.
26:54It would ruin him.
26:56In his business, reputation is everything.
26:59And in mine.
27:01I came here with nothing.
27:03Single-handedly raised.
27:04These two children.
27:06Whilst building a business.
27:07Do you seriously imagine that I wish to endanger my own good name?
27:09And should he try to see you?
27:14I will tell him to go away.
27:39I thought your scrolling days were long gone.
28:05Something you wanted, Sones?
28:07Perhaps you should give it all up.
28:09Quit the grind and daub away to your heart's content.
28:14Perhaps I should.
28:16Why don't you?
28:19Ask my father or yours.
28:21Of course.
28:23You're here to save us.
28:27How noble.
28:32Good day to you, Sones.
28:39What did I say?
28:47First time we boxed at Oxford.
28:49I never make it as a fighter because I like to subliminal.
28:54Remind me why we became friends.
28:56Because we both needed a punch bag.
28:58And I was missing Sones.
28:59So, brother.
29:03A number of us have been speaking and we're keen to hear Joe's vision for the company.
29:10Vision?
29:11Hmm.
29:12The head of the vote.
29:13What vote?
29:15There'll be no vote.
29:16The decision is mine.
29:17Yeah, but it must be ratified.
29:19It's tradition.
29:20Eldest son to eldest son.
29:22Well, with respect.
29:24Well, you broke with tradition when you pushed Joe into the chair before your demise.
29:28Even so...
29:29I mean, surely.
29:31You want all the board to be fully behind the new appointment?
29:34Don't think I don't know what you're about.
29:38You have your eye on the prize for Sones.
29:41I think we both know he's the better man for the job.
29:43Isaac, just curious.
29:56Did you pick up any sense from the other partners what they think of Joe's promotion?
30:02I know what I think.
30:04Tell me.
30:06He's passionate.
30:07Struggles to compromise.
30:09But that's why this company needs him.
30:13In ten years, he's never let you down.
30:18I don't believe he ever will.
30:23Thank you, Isaac.
30:35Your father just told me.
30:38Beggars believe the idea of a vote.
30:41Expected.
30:42Well, you know James is setting you up to fail.
30:45Quite.
30:47Disappoint him.
30:50You have the vision, the ability.
30:54You deserve it.
30:56We deserve it.
30:58So let's be very considered about our next move.
31:03I'll throw it away in a moment of madness.
31:05Yes.
31:07Two.
31:22Four.
31:24Four.
31:26Four.
31:27Zero.
31:28Four.
31:29Four.
31:29someone's looking pleased with themselves happy miss carteret happy soames if there's any sense
31:44which i'm certain he does well i mustn't be late i told june i'd take her with me but francis has
31:50forbidden her to go go where the dressmaker mrs louisa who also does wedding gowns why do francis
31:57forbid her no idea but she was absolutely insistent june is not to go well i'm heading into town
32:02myself can i drop you silk street in soho there's a jeweler's nearby won't you join us thank you
32:09no i will make my own arrangements
32:11my dear are you quite well yes
32:23yes
32:23that is a matter has come to my attention i'm not quite sure how to manage it
32:33that will be uh mrs darty
32:40uh is mrs burnen home
32:47children put those down come here
32:54hello are you my children yes
33:03and their father he died a long time ago before we were born
33:19how old are you
33:2210
33:23hannah take the children but mama please do as i say i need to speak with this gentleman i'll come to you
33:28who is their father
33:42is he dead
33:46is he
33:49as good as
33:57dear god louisa you couldn't need to tell me
34:04what should i have said
34:06no claim on you we barely knew each other
34:10i saw myself for what i was
34:13a diversion
34:14i loved you
34:18you desired me as i desired you and what we had was was brief
34:22and
34:23careless
34:24and could never have come to anything
34:27you should have looked for me
34:31after venice you knew my family you knew my name
34:34i did look for you
34:35when i knew i was with child
34:37i had every intention of seeking you out
34:40so why didn't you
34:40i read about your marriage in the newspaper
34:44what else could i do but make my own arrangements
34:49erin enough to set aside for my confinement
34:52i took in mending embroidery anything i could to provide for my child
34:57children as it turned out
35:01but if you told me
35:03then what
35:04you had a wife a stepchild a family name
35:07was i supposed to be your guilty secret
35:11better to find my own means to provide for my children
35:15our children
35:17our children
35:23they can never know
35:26please don't make this difficult
35:30our lives need not be thrown into disarray simply because we happen to meet again
35:36as you wish
35:45at first i'd like to see the children again
35:50don't do this
35:53please let me see them louisa
35:57please
35:58please
36:00children come here
36:14and it is certain
36:19the children are his
36:22beyond doubt
36:24and he doesn't know
36:28does anyone
36:29nor must they
36:31james and soames especially
36:33indeed
36:34how trustworthy is this girl
36:37could she threaten to expose him
36:38i don't believe she will
36:39she's posing as a widow
36:41good
36:42and a respectable dressmaker
36:44so we are confident the matter will go no further
36:47we are
36:50come
36:58this is a friend of mine
37:02hello
37:10i'm joe
37:14how funny
37:15so am i
37:16but everyone calls me joss
37:20may i call you joss
37:23i'm holly
37:30i know he looks older
37:32but we're twins
37:33it's a pleasure to meet you holly
37:38are you crying
37:40yes i am crying
37:45are you sad
37:48no
37:51i'm happy
37:53happier than you can imagine
37:58sorry
38:02i don't wish to scare you
38:06that's the last thing i want
38:07please you must leave
38:09i have clients to you
38:11the back door
38:13this way
38:13please don't come here again
38:22i'll see you at dinner pa
38:42haha
38:52i want to get you
38:53i want to go
38:54i want to go
38:54i want to go
38:55I was told you were looking for me.
39:25I came just now from Soho.
39:29Yes?
39:30From the dressmaker Louisa.
39:33She and I knew each other years ago.
39:36I'm aware.
39:38I've seen her myself.
39:42Then you know about-
39:43The children.
39:44Yes.
39:46Nothing about their existence is simple.
39:57And clearly there are consequences.
39:59Yes.
40:02The possibility of discovery.
40:06How it can be used against you.
40:09Just as we're in touching distance of everything we've worked for.
40:16We're a partnership.
40:18A family.
40:20Let's not complicate or compromise.
40:23We can put all of this behind us and go on as before.
40:28I don't think you understand.
40:30I can't go on as before.
40:32Before I was unaware.
40:34But you're under no obligation.
40:36I can't wish away two human beings, Francis.
40:42You mean to acknowledge them?
40:45I mean not to know their existence.
40:47For now.
41:02Promise me.
41:03No one need know.
41:07It would be catastrophic.
41:10For you as chairman.
41:12For us as a family.
41:14For me as your wife.
41:17I promise.
41:26How could you?
41:47How could we do it?
41:48Well.
41:49Well there.
41:50I see.
41:52My wife.
41:53I life.
41:54I just used to be serious.
41:56As you may care.
41:58I Principal ourselves without missing a sex connection.
42:30What did you hear?
42:54All of it.
43:00I knew her before your mother and I had met.
43:07But it makes no difference to us.
43:09You're still my beloved daughter.
43:10Except now I have to share you.
43:11No.
43:12Mama has to share you.
43:13No.
43:13It's her, isn't it, Luisa?
43:28The one who gave you this.
43:29Forgive me, Miss Herron, but in the spirit of our recent conversation, I wanted to bring
43:55you a gift.
44:02Oh, they're beautiful.
44:06Oh, thank you.
44:08I hope they might speed you on your way to Paris and the fulfillment of your desires.
44:13Oh, Mr. Forsyte, you've been such a friend to me.
44:20I hope so.
44:23I do.
44:25And yet...
44:27With your permission, I would like to think of myself as more than a friend.
44:36Forgive me.
44:42I'm well-schooled in matters of business.
44:46Less so in matters of the heart.
44:50Which, to be frank, has never been touched.
44:53And by a single soul.
44:56Until...
44:59Believe me, I never intended to speak so soon, but...
45:03Your imminent departure, I...
45:05I can no longer leave unsaid what I've known from the moment I saw you.
45:15You are my heart's desire.
45:18I cannot...
45:19Imagine...
45:21A life without you.
45:23Mr. Forsyte, this is...
45:26Unexpected.
45:29But not, I hope, unwelcome.
45:33I...
45:33To be truthful, I'm...
45:36A little astonished.
45:37We scarcely know each other.
45:39But what we do know might lead us to be...
45:41Hopeful.
45:45Perhaps...
45:45Um...
45:46Then let me say one more thing.
45:55I'm convinced we could be happy.
45:59But if you find we cannot, though God help me, I'll move heaven and earth to make us so,
46:04I will release you.
46:06I will release you, and you will be free.
46:11That's...
46:12Very generous.
46:15But if you agree to our engagement, we will go to Paris together.
46:20And from there, plan our future.
46:25And it will be all that you've dreamed of.
46:27And more.
46:28Just imagine, Cyril, dear Soames engaged and replacing Joa's chair.
46:44That day could be closer than you think.
46:47Come on, child.
47:08Spit it out.
47:09And...
47:10Come on, child.
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