The Forsytes S01E03 (2025)
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00:00How to define her foresight?
00:10By the secrets we keep, shall you know us?
00:14By the little lies we tell?
00:20By the choices we make, which echo down the generations?
00:26Choices which will come back to haunt us?
00:30Until one of us decides to change the story.
00:42Believe me, this will pass.
00:44And we'll come through it stronger and more devoted than ever.
00:48I believe you.
01:00My concern is this.
01:02Now he knows about the children.
01:05Will he be able to forget them again?
01:11Chas.
01:11You need fresh air.
01:22Wish I could take you to the seaside.
01:25I know where I like to go.
01:28To a magic place where all the streets are made of water.
01:33Where the poor servant girl met the prince.
01:36So, at the next board meeting, I propose to introduce the subject of my nephew's unfitness to be chair.
01:56Not just in temperament, but in behaviour.
02:02As in?
02:03Any action that might bring the firm into disrepute.
02:06This being the case, not only can he be said not to be chair material,
02:11he should be expelled from the company altogether.
02:16You're not the first to sow wild oats in your youth.
02:25But there's no need to pay for those mistakes with your career.
02:28They're not mistakes, Dad.
02:31They're my actual flesh and blood.
02:32And that's important.
02:34An heir is important.
02:37Something you currently lack.
02:39But for the present, when your succession is about to be challenged...
02:43Oh, I am well aware of James' manoeuvrings.
02:47It is imperative that we keep this matter a secret.
02:54Your father and I have been wondering,
02:56is there a case for offering some inducement?
03:00Inducement?
03:01For the young lady in question.
03:03To ensure her silence.
03:05Her silence is not in doubt.
03:06But, if she could be persuaded to leave London...
03:09What?
03:10Set up home and business elsewhere...
03:12Suitably funded, of course.
03:13So she's expected to uproot her life and that of her children, for my convenience.
03:17When she's made it abundantly clear she wants no further contact.
03:20And you trust her?
03:21Completely.
03:25You are not proposing some kind of public statement?
03:28About the children?
03:28Well, how would that benefit any of us?
03:32No, I intend to honor her wishes.
03:34Whilst deciding how to discharge my financial obligation to her.
03:37Which would be my...
03:39Decision.
03:41No one else's.
03:42Are we sure he's the father?
03:49And why else would he be at her shop?
03:52And there was that business in Italy with the ladies' maid.
03:55And there we have it.
03:58The thing to tip the scales against him.
04:01But let's keep this to ourselves for now.
04:02Do I think I'd be the better chair?
04:08Of course.
04:09Do I need to stoop to scheming to achieve it?
04:13You can leave all that to me.
04:14I've got another note from Mr. Foresight.
04:32Please.
04:33Please.
04:34I'm sorry.
04:35I've got another note.
04:54So, if you loved her,
05:24why did you marry Mamá?
05:28Because your mother was... is...
05:32an incredible woman.
05:34Cultured, caring, kind.
05:37And I valued that.
05:42In those early days after Venice, I was sometimes a little lost.
05:47And had you known about her situation?
05:53What would you have done?
05:59I can't answer that.
06:04You just did.
06:07Julian, wait.
06:15Give her time.
06:29I don't underestimate the pain this has caused.
06:35But I am here.
06:37And I have no plans to be elsewhere.
06:43Then all shall be well.
06:49You came.
06:50Did you doubt it?
07:07Forgive me.
07:08Yesterday I was overwhelmed.
07:10I failed to observe the proper formalities.
07:13Allow me to make amends.
07:17Miss Heron, you have made me the happiest of men.
07:23Would you give me the honour of wearing this ring?
07:27You dislike it?
07:28No, no.
07:29How could I?
07:30It's just...
07:31I mean, is this happening to me?
07:32There must be so many more suitable women of your own station.
07:37Very many.
07:38Eminently suitable.
07:39All art in polygony.
07:40I have no idea.
07:41Right.
07:42You're not ready.
07:43You're not ready.
07:44That's all.
07:45I know.
07:46You're not ready.
07:47It's just...
07:48You're not ready.
07:50You dislike it?
07:51No, no, how could I? It's just...
07:53I mean, is this happening to me?
07:58There must be so many more suitable women of your own station.
08:01Very many.
08:03Eminently suitable.
08:05All art and polish and impeccable breeding.
08:12Whereas you are all nature.
08:16And to me, that is perfection.
08:33May I now have the honor of introducing you to my family?
08:40My love?
08:43Yes.
08:55Mama was always fond of that one.
09:22She was a fine woman, not a first love, but a lasting one.
09:36So it's a full turnout tomorrow?
09:38What's this?
09:39Epson races.
09:40Monty's horse is running.
09:42What could possibly go wrong?
09:44What shall I wear?
09:47I need to cut quite the dash when I strut into the ring with Lady Peaches.
09:50Isn't that the groom's job?
09:52When one's nurtured a nag as I have, one feels a bond, a connection.
09:56You don't think of Mountingoe yourself then?
09:58Do you know the thought had occurred?
10:00But the 2.30 Depsom, is that the place to make one's debut?
10:02I thought I'd wear my peach hat in homage to Monty's horse.
10:06But if it doesn't win...
10:08Well, I believe by the end of tomorrow we'll have something to celebrate.
10:11To that end I'll be bringing a guest.
10:13Anyone we know.
10:14Wouldn't wish to spoil the surprise.
10:16Well, hardly a surprise.
10:18Hmm, beginning on Miss Carteret?
10:20If you've a guinea to waste.
10:22It's always a blow to realize that someone you love is not perfect.
10:31Of course you want him to be.
10:36But...
10:38He's fallen short.
10:40And I can't forgive him.
10:42Parents disappoint their children.
10:44Children disappoint their parents.
10:47Mine have a talent for it.
10:50Even now I suspect that your Uncle James is harnessing your father's imperfections to use against him.
10:59And you may say quite right.
11:01Whereas I would say...
11:04Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
11:10Chin up, my dear.
11:12Tomorrow's race should cheer your spirits.
11:16Yes, Meachers!
11:32Yes, Meachers!
11:35Go on!
11:39No, no, no.
11:40No, no, no.
11:41Go, no, no Peaches.
11:43Shit!
12:05No! No!
12:08So close.
12:09So close.
12:11You donkey!
12:13Damn it!
12:16I've been sold a pup, a turkey, a clunker, a veritable dud.
12:22But she did so well, Monty.
12:24She almost won.
12:29They need to fix that.
12:32How's Alicia?
12:34If we value your life, never ask if she's feeling tired or would like a chair.
12:38Oh, no, she already made that clear.
12:40I'm with child, Joe. I'm not an invalid or an imbecile.
12:48How are things with Francis?
12:50She's saying my connections with Louisa have consequences.
12:53Neither of us reckoned with.
12:56And the implications are frankly severe.
12:58So does Soames propose to join us or is he keeping his intended under lock and key?
13:12Oh, Miss Carteret.
13:13Pa would have been proud to think we'd achieved nobility in three generations.
13:17Just to alert you.
13:27I haven't purchased any of our plans with the family.
13:29So forgive me if I'm deliberately vague.
13:31Of course.
13:37Miss Heron, Mrs. Heron.
13:39My family.
13:42How do you do?
13:46Forgive me, I feel we're a formidable prospect.
13:48Not at all.
13:49I'm delighted to make the acquaintance of such a distinguished family.
13:53And there'll be ample opportunity for deepening that acquaintance.
13:58As Miss Heron has done me the honor of agreeing to be my wife.
14:13Congratulations.
14:17Our wedding will shortly take place by special license, after which we depart for Europe.
14:22On your honeymoon?
14:23How thrilling.
14:24Where will you go?
14:25If tradition dictates that, must remain a secret.
14:29Heron, you say?
14:32Do we know that name?
14:35Who are your people, my dear?
14:37No one of consequence.
14:38My father was a professor and my mother...
14:40Oh, could we please not subject Miss Heron to the Spanish Inquisition?
14:43No, no, no.
14:44Indeed.
14:45That function belongs to me.
14:49The customary formalities?
14:52Yes, of course.
15:00Shall we?
15:06It's all right.
15:09I thought it best to get the ordeal out of the way as soon as possible.
15:12As to the wedding itself, you must save a fortnight from now is too soon.
15:15A fortnight?
15:17Well, surely the sooner we arrive in Paris.
15:20I don't know what to say.
15:21Well, well.
15:29Well, well.
15:31Your mother is seriously displeased.
15:48Why wasn't she consulted?
15:50And the haste.
15:52How long have you known this girl?
15:54Long enough.
15:55She seems rather lovely.
15:57Oh, Emily!
15:58She is.
16:00You'll like her.
16:02You must be fearfully in love.
16:04In love?
16:05The deuce does that mean?
16:07It means everything, trust me.
16:11This is not the match we were expecting.
16:14No, I see that.
16:15And to take the plunge now, when Joe's dug himself a hole,
16:19we've had a clear shot at the chairmanship and you're about to go gallivanting off around the continent.
16:24Perhaps we should just leave Joe to it.
16:25Are you serious?
16:29The insanity of it.
16:42I think I rather envy him.
16:45How?
16:47Daring to follow his heart.
16:50Did you?
16:52Did I?
16:53For God's sake, Emily.
16:57What sort of a question is that?
17:03Come along, Pudding.
17:05Shall we retire?
17:06Yeah.
17:06Well, that was sheer purgatory.
17:20Absolute hell.
17:23Grinning like fools as if our whole lives were not on the rack.
17:26I know what makes us even worse.
17:35We always wanted children of our own.
17:42Yes.
17:47Somehow that never happened.
17:48But...
17:48How to know that you have children with another.
18:00The last thing I ever wanted was to cause you pain.
18:03We must protect June as much as we can from all this.
18:13We must protect June as much as we can from all this.
18:21Hold on.
18:25You're not wearing that, are you?
18:48I mean, the Foresight ladies will never approve.
18:51Is it not sufficiently modish?
18:53My concern is that you don't embarrass yourself.
18:57You're stepping so far outside your milieu.
19:00I thank you for your concern, but I can only start as I mean to go on.
19:04By doing what feels right.
19:10For me.
19:20So, I was thinking Crimson.
19:23Or Burgundy.
19:24My husband says don't be extravagant, which is rich coming from him, when he outspends his allowance every month and then blames me because he has no profession.
19:31It's hardly my fault my father and uncle won't give him a role in the company.
19:34It's not as if I haven't hinted at it countless times.
19:36They just keep saying we have a reputation to uphold at Foresight & Co.
19:41Foresight?
19:42But your name's...
19:43D'arty, yes, by marriage.
19:45Foresight by birth.
19:47You know my cousin-in-law, Mrs. Francis Foresight?
19:51Yes.
19:51Yes.
19:52I should perhaps warn you, I'm snowed under with orders.
19:58It could be months before your gown is ready.
20:00In which case, I'd quite understand if you wish to go elsewhere.
20:05Elsewhere?
20:05I should think not.
20:08And her tone!
20:09Almost as if she was wishing me gone.
20:11And why would that be?
20:13Thank your cousin, Joe.
20:16What?
20:17And his not-so-gilded youthful escapades.
20:26I congratulate you, cousin.
20:28Miss Heron seems an excellent choice.
20:31Perhaps one's reached an age where one is free to make a choice.
20:37Without succumbing to family pressures.
20:42One lives in hope.
20:47Joe!
20:48Fathered the dressmaker's children!
20:51Well, well, well.
20:54The dirty dog.
20:55How appalling!
20:57But it does play into our hands.
20:59How so?
21:00He wouldn't be the first to father children out of wedlock.
21:03For our purposes, it serves us to portray him as a libertine.
21:06The callous seducer.
21:07The neglectful father.
21:09I mean, any of these could be said to jeopardise the reputation of the firm.
21:12But it happened before he and Francis met.
21:14Some might call it a youthful indiscretion.
21:17Well, they'd be wrong.
21:18Such behaviour is...
21:19Yes, Monty?
21:20What is it?
21:21What is it?
21:25Am I looking at my club?
21:27Does he perform any useful function?
21:35He could.
21:36Given a chance.
21:37If this is yet another bid to give him a role.
21:39Not a role.
21:40A seat on the board.
21:41You are joking.
21:44The board meets tomorrow, yes.
21:46And your plan is to expel Joe from the company.
21:49Do you have a majority?
21:51Are you sure you couldn't use an extra vote?
21:54Well?
21:55Monty's your man.
21:56He's entirely without scruples.
21:58He'll vote whichever way you tell him to.
22:06Excuse me.
22:07Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats and welcome, esteemed lecturer and philanthropist,
22:13Mrs. Ellen Parker Barrington.
22:14You believe you have no voice.
22:19I believe the same.
22:21I've been confused, ignored, disrespected in my time.
22:28Oh, but trust me, I'm under no illusion.
22:31It is my wealth, my standing, which now confers power, commands respect, demands attention.
22:39My late husband owned woolen mills in the north, once viewed his workers as commodities, expendable.
22:50But he was brought to see them as precious human souls, worthy of respect, of dignity, of proper recompense.
23:03So, change is possible.
23:07And I owe those who have not been as fortunate as I to challenge ignorance and injustice, wherever I see it.
23:22I invite you to do the same.
23:37Mr. Renegade.
23:45Mr. Buccaneer.
23:46What brings you here?
23:48I'm the same as you.
23:49A wish for rational argument?
23:50A disgust for inequality.
23:53Would you, would you care for some cake?
24:05So you're an architect.
24:06How splendid.
24:08I should introduce you to my family, they'll be terribly impressed.
24:10No, I doubt it.
24:11I'm a modernist.
24:13In my experience, the money classes are highly conservative in their tastes.
24:17Now you, I suspect, are a radical.
24:21I like to think I have an open mind.
24:22Why else would you be here, unchaperoned?
24:25I don't care a fig for such nonsense.
24:28I suspect your mother does.
24:30What she doesn't know can't hurt her.
24:35Do you have a card?
24:37In case any of my family should at some point require your services.
24:40You and I both know how unlikely that is.
24:42Culver Street?
24:53Oddly an illustrious address, and it's a garret.
24:55Oh, I adore garrets.
24:56Proposal to admit Montague Darty to the board?
25:18I don't expect you to like it.
25:20He's an imbecile.
25:21But if we're to get the votes we need.
25:31Last minute addition to the agenda.
25:33Item five.
25:35Reputational risk and remedial action.
25:38So here we are.
25:40Here we are.
25:45Let battle commence.
25:47Large brandy in the day's papers.
25:54Shop, shop.
25:55Item number four.
25:57The proposed election of Montague Darty to the board.
26:03Proposer.
26:08Seconded.
26:13All those in favor.
26:17And those against.
26:26Montague Darty is elected to the board.
26:30I suppose you should let him in.
26:40To those who voted in my favor.
26:43Good choice.
26:43To any who voted against.
26:50All right.
26:52Item five.
26:55Reputational risk and remedial action.
26:59Yes.
27:01I'm afraid there have been alarming rumors implicating one of our own,
27:05which, should they reach the ears of our more eminent clients,
27:09could lead them to take their business elsewhere.
27:11What rumors are these?
27:13Concerning a senior partner.
27:17Debauching a serving man.
27:18That is not what happened.
27:20That is not who she was, and those are not the circumstances.
27:22And for those of you as yet in the dark,
27:25my nephew.
27:26I had a relationship prior to my marriage with a young woman I met in Venice.
27:35Some days ago I learned that when we parted, she was with a child.
27:39Twins, to be precise.
27:41Now ten years of age, living with their mother in London.
27:42And distasteful.
27:44And distasteful, as some of you doubtless may find it.
27:48Distasteful?
27:49Try scandalous.
27:50Inexcusable.
27:51What we can't ignore is that many of our clients will find such a liaison distasteful.
27:57But of course they will.
27:58Because such things have never happened in respectable families.
28:05Good lord.
28:06What a nurse.
28:07And it'll be the first misstep that this family has never made.
28:11Oh, more for goodness sake.
28:12Gentlemen, please.
28:13May I ask what brings you here today?
28:20Curiosity.
28:21This is most irregular.
28:23We do not admit, ladies, into the inner sanctum.
28:27Oh, the inner sanctum.
28:30That solely exists because I paid for it.
28:34Can I not see what my marriage settlement bought?
28:37Mater, the matter in hand...
28:41Concerns, the irrevocable damage to company reputation should Joe remain within its ranks.
28:46We are inviting him to step away.
28:49For the good of the family name.
28:51Oh, the good of the family name.
28:53Ah.
28:55Our sainted family.
28:58Devoid of scandal.
29:00Closets.
29:03Skeletal remains.
29:08Yes, but the effect.
29:09The damage to our reputation.
29:11There will be no damage.
29:12The matter can be hushed up and the girl paid off.
29:14Please, allow me to deal with this.
29:20If we could be certain of the girl's discretion, we could agree to turn a blind eye.
29:27But...
29:28Though I trust he's not expecting any settlement to come out of company funds.
29:33Oh, no, Mr. Short.
29:34I have no intention of asking anyone here to take responsibility for my obligations.
29:40The fact remains I have two children.
29:43Of whom I'm not ashamed.
29:46Nor of myself.
29:54Well?
29:56You heard him?
29:57No remorse.
29:59Disappointing.
30:00Has to go.
30:00With regret.
30:05I propose that Jolion Forsyte be expelled from the company.
30:17All those in favor.
30:18It's fine, um...
30:31Thank you, ma'am.
30:33Why are you here?
30:34I'm not content with how we left things.
30:36More is due to you and the children.
30:38Nothing is due.
30:39We are content.
30:41Do you think you have the right to deprive them by refusing my support?
30:44Deprive them?
30:45Did they look deprived?
30:46No, that's not what I meant.
30:48Can I not want them to have a better life?
30:51Have you given at the slightest thought to how my life has been since we parted?
30:57No, I can only imagine.
30:59Can you?
31:00A girl, two infants, no one to turn to.
31:04Gradually, to take a fierce pride in knowing that she could provide.
31:07To have raised two beautiful souls, single-handed.
31:14Why would I, why would they, need any more than what we have?
31:21Mama, will you come?
31:22There's jugglers.
31:23Will you come?
31:26Whoa, hang on.
31:27Whoa, come on.
31:48Whoa, come on.
31:49Whoa!
31:51Whoa!
31:51Whoa!
31:53Whoa!
31:54Whoa!
31:56they're beautiful
32:10they are
32:11if you told me
32:14I would have come for you
32:15your family would have cut you off
32:18you'd be living in disgrace
32:20and knowing all of that I still would have come
32:22it wasn't a bee
32:26no, it wasn't
32:28goodbye Joe
32:52is there any case?
33:15can I be of assistance?
33:25no one can
33:25can I at least offer you some cocoa?
33:34I find that cocoa is the answer to most hills
33:52even a stepfather with feet of clay
33:55he's utterly betrayed me
34:00I can see it must seem that way
34:02if you'd seen him
34:04with them
34:05smiling adoringly
34:09as if I didn't even exist
34:12you exist to me, Miss Renegade
34:15I do
34:17I see you
34:19clear as day
34:21I should go
34:27I really shouldn't be here at all
34:30I'm glad you were
34:31I agree with God
34:32I'm glad you are
34:33never too
34:34I feel like you are
34:35doing that
34:35until you start
34:37you why
34:39leave me
34:39help?
34:40we
34:41don't
34:41move
34:43come on
34:44it
34:44you
35:15I've brought Miss Heron to see you.
35:21I congratulate you.
35:24Thank you, Grandmama.
35:26For catching them all unawares.
35:30But not you.
35:32The Carter girl was too obvious.
35:35Not your type at all.
35:39Bring her to me.
35:45I just spoke to your father.
35:58Don't you want to know how it went?
36:01The vote?
36:01I can guess.
36:08In your favour?
36:10How?
36:12You're not to be expelled, so the chairmanship can now be yours.
36:15You must see what this now affords us.
36:24A golden opportunity.
36:28For you to recommit.
36:31To your family.
36:34The firm.
36:36Our life together.
36:38How do you see that?
36:50My commitment to you and June is absolute.
36:52So, tell me, my dear.
37:04Are you prepared?
37:06For what?
37:07The Forsyte family.
37:09Are you aware of its peculiarities?
37:12Everyone has been welcoming.
37:14And Soames?
37:18What do you know of him?
37:19What can you tell me?
37:24Soames has never loved before.
37:26That he does so now is significant.
37:29You will want for nothing.
37:31You'll be mistress of all you survey.
37:34My wants are modest.
37:36And what are those wants?
37:37To love and be loved.
37:41To trust and be trusted.
37:43To dance.
37:46And it will be a dance.
37:49Whether the pavan or a tarantella.
37:52Or a padida.
37:56And you?
37:59Are you in love?
38:01Oh.
38:01I have tremors.
38:07My pulse races.
38:08And I feel faint.
38:10Some poets call that love.
38:12What would you call it?
38:15A prelude.
38:17To something deeper.
38:23I hope you find it.
38:31I trust she wasn't too fierce.
38:36She was kind.
38:39You didn't mention Paris.
38:41Should I have done?
38:43Time enough to address that
38:44when we're there together.
38:46Planning our future.
38:51To our wedding day.
38:52Hmm.
39:01So, do we think this wedding
39:08is a love match?
39:10How can anyone not
39:11marry for love?
39:14Because love is only part
39:16of what makes a marriage.
39:19Respect.
39:21Patience.
39:23Belief.
39:25These also matter.
39:27And that's what you had
39:28with Papa.
39:29Have.
39:35Still.
39:51This could have been
39:52the event of the season.
39:54Rather than some low-key
39:56hole-in-the-corner travesty.
39:57I just wish it hadn't
39:59come so soon.
40:00Soon, Emily?
40:02You've had him at home
40:03his entire life.
40:04It's just the thought
40:16of losing him
40:17to someone
40:17we don't really know
40:18who might wish
40:20to keep him all to herself.
40:22Yes, well,
40:22that's the least of it.
40:24Instead of idling
40:25around Europe,
40:27he could be here
40:27planning our next strategy.
40:29Do you like it, Lamar?
40:34Monty assures me
40:35it costs the earth.
40:36Nothing's too good
40:37for my Freddy.
40:38A man of business
40:39can afford such trifles.
40:43Lord help us.
40:44heaven's sake, Irene,
40:55the carriage will be here
40:56any minute.
40:58I hope I'm as blessed
40:59as they were.
41:00Can you ever doubt it?
41:02In the resources
41:03at Mr. Forsyte's disposal,
41:05his willingness
41:06to uproot
41:06his entire existence
41:08for your sake.
41:09I meant it as
41:09was a love match.
41:15And yours is?
41:19I don't yet know
41:20what to call it.
41:23He told me
41:24it would be all
41:26that I dreamt of
41:27and more.
41:29Then I suggest
41:29you count your blessings
41:30and get dressed.
41:39Bye-bye.
41:40Bye-bye.
42:09Perhaps she's had a change of heart.
42:39If she has any sins.
42:41Mama, where is she?
42:43I don't know.
43:09I don't know.
44:20To trust no one but myself.
44:23To think for myself.
44:26To do only what my heart tells me.
44:28What does it tell you?
44:34That true love is what matters.
44:37A meeting of minds.
44:39A conjunction of souls.
44:42That is what matters.
44:43Good.
44:45We agree.
44:46Come on.
45:16Oh, my God.
45:46You see, it wasn't that hard, deciding to move on from them.
45:59That wasn't what I said.
46:05It was implied.
46:06I said my commitment to you is beyond doubt, but to suggest that I've moved on from them
46:12would be to deny that any of it mattered.
46:14Well, of course, I accept that you were once fond of her.
46:19I wasn't fond, Frances.
46:23My children were conceived of love.
46:25But let us be clear.
46:40That love, as you call it, has no place in this house.
46:43So kill it.
46:47Once and for all.
46:50We'll face the consequences.
47:11For what?
47:11Showing me a life and a man that I never knew existed till I met you.
47:22No.
47:23No.
47:30It's okay.
47:32No.
47:33It's okay.
47:35It's okay.
47:36No.
47:36No.
47:36No.
47:37ORGAN PLAYS
48:07ORGAN PLAYS
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