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A Woman Of Substance S01E07 (2026)
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00:07Welcome back, Mrs. Hart.
00:09Oh, have I been away?
00:11Charming scarf.
00:12Oh, thank you.
00:13Spring, summer, yes.
00:14And just perfect with those boots.
00:17Now, my Psytex presentation at 11, yes?
00:20Oh, Paula's taking that on.
00:22Her last one was a triumph.
00:24We sent her cookies.
00:42Grandy, no need for big speeches, thank you.
00:44You know, I have apologized a million times.
00:47And there's no one in the whole world I admire more than you.
00:50Oh, you are doing this speech, are you?
00:52Are you hoping I'll send you biscuits?
00:54Grandy, you have to listen to me.
00:58They know.
01:00They all know you've been ill.
01:02Some source at the hospital.
01:04They're gathering the board in London next Monday.
01:07They told everyone that you've been ill, and I'm afraid...
01:13They've got the votes.
01:15They're going to oust you.
01:17Hart Enterprises, Psytex, it's all to be taken from you and put in their names.
01:23Edwina.
01:24Yes, along with Uncle Kit, Uncle Robin and Aunt Elizabeth.
01:27I'm so sorry.
01:29What can I do?
01:35I see you've been dabbling in lycra.
01:38Oh, our new leisure wear range.
01:40You'll hate it, I'm sure.
01:41But I'm convinced it's the next big thing.
01:43Well, looks very comfortable.
01:50Zip-fastening on the side would improve the lines.
01:55Leave me, would you, Paula?
01:57I'm suddenly very tired.
02:16Henry, it's Emma.
02:19I've decided I would like to go ahead.
02:23Yes, please.
02:25And we're to be certain it's absolutely watertight.
02:32My birthday?
02:34Not a thing, I imagine.
02:36What use are birthdays?
02:38Happy birthday to you.
02:43Happy birthday to you.
02:47Happy birthday, dear kid.
02:51Happy birthday to you.
02:55Right, who wants a slice?
02:58Me.
03:04This is madness.
03:06Pretending everything's fine.
03:08Throw in a party when we all know war could be declared any second.
03:11We'll be waiting either way.
03:12Might as well eat cake while we're doing it.
03:16Matt, business has been slowing down for months.
03:18I've had to take out loans.
03:20What does Joe say?
03:23Emma, you haven't told him.
03:26He won't hear it.
03:27He's convinced himself war won't happen.
03:28Well, maybe he's right.
03:29He's not.
03:31I need a plan.
03:35Never, there's a problem.
03:36We can't be solved.
03:38I'm a hard time.
03:41Emma.
03:43Matt.
03:43Family photograph.
03:45Everyone in.
03:46Come on.
03:52Come on, put your arm around your wife, man.
03:56Come on.
04:17Excuse me.
04:18Sorry.
04:18Excuse me.
04:20Sorry.
04:46Did you see the government's going to be accepting bids for uniform manufacturers?
04:51This is it, Mac. This is how we're going to survive it.
04:55Now, I know what you're thinking. Why would they award a contract to someone who's made their name in ladies'
04:58wear, especially a woman, but I think...
05:00So you're going to start manufacturing the material before you've even won the contract?
05:05To make sure I win the contract. They can't say no, can they?
05:08Yeah, but the cost of it...
05:11It's a risk. I know it is.
05:14But the only way I can make it work is if I sell the shots.
05:22No. You built those with your own blood, sweat and tears. You can't just give them up.
05:26If I don't do something drastic, the debt collectors will take them anyway.
05:33You don't think I can do it?
05:37I think you can do anything, Emma.
05:42What can I do to help her?
06:07What can I do to help her?
06:22Ah! What a blessing. Being able to have breakfast together again. Both of us. With our wives.
06:30So you've settled back into your old room, have you?
06:32Yes. Fine. Thank you.
06:34Well, we do appreciate you giving up the house. Don't we, Adam?
06:38Yes. And once finances are back on track, we'll find you a new place.
06:44That might not be necessary.
06:45Oh?
06:47I'm signing up.
06:58Ladies, would you leave us for a moment, please?
07:01Of course.
07:10I thought you'd be pleased. You never passed off the opportunity to speak about your days at Sandhurst.
07:15If I thought this was in any way an honorable war, I'd be commending your bravery. But it isn't ours
07:20to fight.
07:22Asquith is leading ourselves to catastrophe. Only a fool would volunteer.
07:26And I suppose I'm a fool.
07:28You do remember we own a newspaper? Yes?
07:32It's the one thing people will still be buying, Edwin.
07:36Do you have any idea how close we are to losing this house?
07:40You'll manage without me.
07:43Why? Why are you so set on this?
07:49It's the only way to make it stop.
07:51What are you talking about?
07:57Emma Hart. Emma Hart.
08:01What has that damn girl done now?
08:03It's what I did to her father.
08:06That's the why.
08:08Emma Hart is hellbent on destroying us.
08:10It's why she took our mill.
08:13She's punishing me and she won't give up until I've suffered as much as she has.
08:17So this is what?
08:19For a suicide mission?
08:21What could you have possibly done that was so terrible that you risked your life as recompense?
08:28What?
08:30Emma and I were...
08:35involved romantically.
08:36I'm sorry father.
08:39She fell pregnant and I panicked.
08:43Took no responsibility.
08:44All but sent her away entirely alone.
08:54And?
08:58What were you supposed to do?
09:00Marry her?
09:04Did you not just...
09:06hear what I said about the...
09:07Oh yes.
09:08Yes.
09:09The girl told me years ago there was a child.
09:13Y...
09:14You knew?
09:17And you're not angry?
09:18Well it's not ideal.
09:20Obviously.
09:23But...
09:23Boys will be boys.
09:25Needs must be met.
09:26And inevitably the sort of girls who are willing are only going to be found in the service quarters.
09:30That...
09:31Not with Emma.
09:33It was...
09:34What?
09:35Love?
09:37More than love.
09:38It was everything.
09:39Whatever silly infatuation you think you had, Edwin.
09:42It hardly justifies tripping off to France with the very real possibility you won't return.
09:48I understand the risks.
09:50It's what I have to do.
09:51And I'm sorry father.
09:53You won't change my mind.
10:04Morning everyone.
10:05Now, I know this is an uncertain and anxious time for us all.
10:08So I'll get straight to the point.
10:14From today, my mills and the factory will halt production on the usual hat fabrics and designs.
10:20To produce only a durable wool for military uniforms.
10:23Which we will eventually be making on an exclusive basis for the duration of the war.
10:29Unfortunately, this will mean the closing and sale of my shops.
10:33But please don't worry.
10:34None of you will be out of work.
10:36You're all needed elsewhere.
10:37Those of you who wish to volunteer, I will continue to pay your wages to your families.
10:41Then when you return, your jobs will be here waiting for you.
10:44While you're out there, fighting to protect our future, we'll be doing everything we can to protect yours.
10:51Are there any questions?
10:52Yes.
10:54I have a few.
10:57You're selling my shops.
10:58I'm selling my shops.
10:59I bought them from you at full price.
11:01The deeds are in my name.
11:02I don't care about the deeds, Emma.
11:04These shops belong to my father.
11:06If you pull the wallpaper down in that corner, you'll see where my mother marks my height every birthday.
11:10Those memories will still exist with or without these buildings.
11:13Perhaps you don't understand what a precarious position we're in.
11:16Who is this we?
11:18You talk like we're a team, but you didn't think to ask or even tell me that you're selling my
11:21father's legacy.
11:22These are not normal times.
11:24Wouldn't your father want you to do what's needed to survive?
11:27Or maybe that's the problem.
11:28Survival isn't something you've ever had to think about before.
11:31What's that supposed to mean?
11:32These shops were handed to you, just like everything else in your life.
11:35That doesn't mean I didn't work hard.
11:37Can't you just trust that I have explored every option and this is the one that'll see our family through
11:41this wretched war?
11:42Do you have so little faith in me?
11:44No.
11:45That's not fair and you know it.
11:46I had faith in you the second I saw you.
11:49I gave you a job, remember?
11:51And less than a year I let you a shop and then another, Emma.
11:54I don't think there's anybody in this world who has more faith in you than I do.
11:59Mack had no doubts.
12:01Not one.
12:05Laura, please.
12:06I said I didn't want to.
12:09Laura?
12:10Laura?
12:10Emma, talk some sentence to him, please. I'll listen to you.
12:12What's going on?
12:14He's signing up.
12:15Sacrificing himself for a country that's not even hit.
12:17Laura.
12:18My husband's gonna give his life for the whim of a government who won't give women the vote and I'm
12:21supposed to just accept it.
12:22You seem a bit rash, Mack. It's early days.
12:25I'm not doing this for the government or the king. Can't you see?
12:30If we don't go over there and stop the Germans, they'll bring the fight to us.
12:33There's no doubt it'll reach these shores.
12:36That'll take months. Yes, the war will be over by Christmas.
12:39And what if it's not?
12:43I can't sit here waiting for them to come to us.
12:47I have to do this.
12:50To keep you safe.
12:52But we don't want you to.
12:54Do we, Emma? Tell him.
12:55He's right.
12:58We have to do what we can.
13:00No matter how risky.
13:01It scares me.
13:01Of course it does.
13:02I couldn't bear the fall.
13:06But we can't be ruled by fear.
13:09This is bigger than all of us.
13:11We've got good lives that we've worked hard for.
13:14People to protect.
13:16If we don't fight tooth and nail in whatever way we can, God knows what that'll mean for our children.
13:22Doing nothing.
13:24Isn't that the biggest risk of all?
13:39We're with you in just a second. Feel free to browse.
13:44There she is. Emma Hart.
13:50Look at you.
13:53How far you've come.
14:02You should know that Edwin told me everything.
14:08He's got it into his head that he has to roam.
14:13He's volunteering to fight, punishing himself for what happened between the pair of you.
14:20Now, if what Edwin says is true and your feelings for each other were in fact genuine, then I'm sure
14:27you don't want his life at risk any more than I do.
14:32So, I thought you could write him a letter saying that you forgive him, absolving him. Maybe, just maybe, he'll
14:42see sense.
14:47No.
14:53No.
14:54A word you're unfamiliar with, Squire.
14:57I'm not as well read as you, but I believe if you look it up in the dictionary, it means
15:01there'll be a cold day in hell before I do any such thing.
15:05Emma.
15:07My son could die.
15:09And that has absolutely nothing to do with me.
15:18Oh, you used to remind me so much of your mother.
15:23But I can see now, you're quite different.
15:26What do you know about my mother?
15:28Oh, she didn't tell you?
15:30Elizabeth.
15:31She used to serve our family much like you did.
15:34I was very fond of her.
15:38The lion?
15:39We spent a wonderful summer together.
15:41Out on the moors, in the caves, on top of the world.
15:48Only, she was able to see our time together for what it was.
15:51She didn't bear a grudge.
15:54And I'm asking you to do the same.
15:56Find it in your heart to forgive.
16:00I think it's what your mother would want.
16:08Why didn't you help her?
16:13She could have lived.
16:16If we could have got a doctor to see her to give her medicine, you could have paid for that.
16:23I, uh...
16:24My father ran into a burning building to save your son.
16:27He gave his life for him.
16:29You wouldn't even give one penny for my mother's.
16:32That's hardly fair.
16:33No such thing as fair.
16:34Not in this world, though I see why you believe in it.
16:36Since every coin you've ever tossed has landed heads up.
16:38But that is just luck.
16:39All I'm trying to do is protect my child.
16:41Edwin is a grown man who is choosing to put himself in the line of fire.
16:45My mother never had a choice her whole life.
16:47No need to get upset.
16:48Oh, I'm not upset.
16:50I am burning with rage.
16:51And that will never change.
16:53You, your sons, your wife, you destroyed my family.
16:56And you could be quite sure I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
17:11No need to do it.
17:12No need to do it, Christian.
17:23No need to try.
17:23No need to do it.
17:25Oh, my God.
17:26I'll kill you all alone.
17:28No need to do it, Christian.
17:30Go, Max.
17:51I don't know.
18:13Ah!
18:16AHHHH!
18:19Ah!
18:20Ah!
18:21Ah!
18:31I'll be up soon.
18:33It's already morning.
18:35Been here all night.
18:38I'm sorry.
18:42I've been thinking.
18:44And we need to give ourselves the best possible chance of winning the military uniform contract.
18:50So that's why I think...
18:55You should do the presentation.
18:58What?
18:58Perform it, I mean.
18:59I'll write it.
19:00We can write it together.
19:02And practice it over and over until you know it back to front.
19:04Emma.
19:04I know you're angry with me about the shops.
19:07But this is for our family.
19:08For the children.
19:09Those lords are never going to give the contract to a woman.
19:12They want someone who looks like them.
19:14A man they can trust in.
19:15And I don't know a more trustworthy man than...
19:17I've signed up.
19:25Joe.
19:27Is this because Mac?
19:31I'm not daft, Emma.
19:33I wouldn't risk leaving our children without a father just to prove to you I'm as much of a man
19:37as he is.
19:40I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared.
19:43But how could I ever look them in the eye?
19:47Kill Emma, Dwyna.
19:49If I didn't do everything I could to protect them.
19:55But...
19:55I need you.
20:00Sorry, Emma.
20:03I didn't know.
20:06I never have done before.
20:28People worried the Boer War would last for years and look how quickly that ended.
20:33Weren't there too, Boer War was.
20:36Yes.
20:36The second one lasted three years.
20:41Still, I'm sure that this time next year we'll all be back to our normal lives and everyone will be
20:45so grateful to you for your bravery here, Edwin.
20:47Yes, I'm sure you'll be a huge asset on the battlefield.
20:50With all your experience wielding pens and fanning about the newsroom.
20:55I'm looking forward to the parades when it's over.
20:58I expect there'll be some.
21:00Yeah, it's a parade.
21:01That should make all the death worth it.
21:08What?
21:09He's obviously not coming.
21:11He is.
21:13No.
21:15He isn't.
21:16No.
21:27Everyone's wondering where you are.
21:30I thought you'd be too busy drinking champagne, toasting the stupidest decision that everyone's ever made.
21:37Adam.
21:40It's not too late to tell him how you feel.
21:43I made that perfectly clear.
21:53I don't want you to have any regrets.
21:56They're poisonous.
21:59I wish I'd told Adele.
22:01Yes, perhaps if you had, instead of whatever it was you said that drove her back to the drink, she'd
22:06still be here.
22:22Edwina, love, listen, do you understand what Daddy's saying?
22:26That I've got to go away for a little while.
22:28Can I call?
22:30No, love.
22:33Daddy's got an important job to do.
22:35I'll be back before you know it.
22:37For Christmas.
22:42Yeah.
22:43For Christmas.
22:51You should sleep.
22:54You'll need it.
23:00It's for the birthdays.
23:03I've got up to Edwina's 16th, which is impossible to imagine, isn't it?
23:13Will you, um...
23:19I've forgotten...
23:23You will.
23:37You'll see what came...
23:39I don't know.
23:40I don't know.
23:40I don't know.
23:43I don't know.
23:46I don't know.
23:59Edwin?
24:01Yes?
24:04I hope...
24:06you find peace.
24:09I know that's a strange thing to say, given...
24:13but it seems to me as though that's what you're looking for.
24:18That's what you've always been looking for.
24:21You might be right about that.
24:25But...
24:28I'm not sure I deserve it.
24:43I'm sorry.
24:46I know who you wanted this to be.
24:50I never should have pretended I was capable of giving you what you wanted.
25:11You shouldn't wait for me.
25:14Whatever happens don't wait.
25:18You deserve that heart-swearing love you've always dreamed of.
25:25The kind you had with Emma.
25:33I found the letters.
25:38Go ahead.
25:40That's why I had her all to my dress.
25:44I wanted to meet her.
25:48I can see why she made your heart so...
25:53I'm sorry you lost her.
25:56I'm sorry mommy.
26:22I'm sorry mommy.
26:38Then look...
26:54I can see her jail in marching circle.
26:54How did I do?
27:07Six turtles.
27:33Six turtles.
27:54Six turtles.
28:46Six turtles.
28:59Six turtles.
29:02Six turtles.
29:03Six turtles.
29:04Six turtles.
29:21I told you, didn't I?
29:23I'm no good at these.
29:25It wasn't good by then and it isn't now.
29:27Don't even say it.
29:29Say see you soon because you will.
29:31You have to.
29:34There's no me without you, Shane O'Neill.
29:37Not since that first morning we met on the Mars.
29:40So don't go being the hero.
29:43I know that will be hard for you but
29:46I need you back here.
29:56See you soon, Anna.
29:57I'm out.
30:08The quest is miraculous.
30:12The quest is miraculous.
30:29Oh, my God.
30:44Oh, my God.
31:40Oh, my God.
32:09Oh, my God.
32:10Oh, my God.
32:12Carry on.
32:22Oh, my God.
32:43One would say, now, a man with all your achievements and a proposal as good as yours, he would go
32:51in there and act like he'd already won.
33:00Adam.
33:01She killed my son.
33:05Who has?
33:08Well, Adam, Edwin's not dead.
33:11He's...
33:12She'll pay.
33:13I'll make sure that woman pays.
33:16Who?
33:19In my heart.
33:23Dearest Joe, I don't know when or even if this letter will reach you.
33:28But I have to try to tell you how sorry I am.
33:32Because you're right, a marriage should be about two partners.
33:35And I regret more than anything that I never gave you the chance to be mine.
33:41I've been so proud, so stubborn, thinking I had to do it all on my own.
33:46But I didn't notice the sacrifices you made, the quiet strength you were offering.
33:52How you loved me, supported me, and trusted me, without asking for anything in return.
33:59It was unforgivable deciding to sell the shops.
34:03So I've taken them off the market.
34:06Yes, we are in significant debt.
34:09But some things are more important than money.
34:12The path owner of two millions of practical owners, the place to begin selling our soldiers' uniforms, as soon...
34:20Immediately.
34:21I have every faith that I'll win the bid for the military uniform contract.
34:26Just as I have every faith that you'll come home to me.
34:30And when you do, Joe, I'll be the partner you deserve.
34:34I promise you that.
34:58Gentlemen, our men, fathers, brothers, sons, husbands, including my own, are out in the fields of France, fighting for king
35:06and country.
35:07The least we can do is provide them with the best possible uniforms to aid their path to victory.
35:11The most durable wool, the most functional designs.
35:15And I am the person to make that happen.
35:18I know I'm not the usual sort to stand before you.
35:20As you've likely observed, I'm not a man.
35:26But I ask you to pay attention not to who I am, but to what I'm offering.
35:32I am the proud owner of two mills and a factory full of workers, poised to begin sewing our soldiers'
35:37uniforms immediately, subject to your approval of my designs.
35:40I've already begun producing the fabric needed at my own cost.
35:44I knew that inflation on the price of raw materials would be coming, and fast.
35:48So the day war was declared, I secured the wool needed to make 16,000 uniforms at a price of
35:53one shilling per pound.
35:54If you were to buy that wool today, you wouldn't be able to get it for less than one shilling
35:57and three pence.
35:59Tomorrow, it will be higher.
36:01And that's how I know that not one of the men you've heard from so far will be able to
36:04offer you a more competitive price than I can.
36:07Time is not a luxury we have, gentlemen.
36:09The war has begun.
36:10Pick me, and not only can I offer you the highest quality at the lowest price, but I can begin
36:15today.
36:22I've had an idea.
36:24And it's rather brilliant, if I do say so myself.
36:27Oh, well, let's hear it.
36:28You should join the VAD.
36:30We can train together.
36:32Oh, it'll be so much more fun if it's the two of us.
36:35I really think you'd get something out of it.
36:38Well, I don't think so.
36:39Why not?
36:41Well, I don't think Adam would...
36:43I mean, he needs me here, especially with Edwin gone.
36:47And what about what you need?
36:49Well, I...
36:51I don't.
36:52I'm...
36:53I'm fine.
36:54Are you?
36:57Yes.
37:00What?
37:02Nothing.
37:02It's just...
37:04You seem to spend a lot of time worrying about Mr Fairley's needs, but...
37:09He doesn't seem to give yours a second thought.
37:12What?
37:13What's a thing to say.
37:14That's...
37:14That's not true.
37:17Isn't it?
37:18No.
37:20I...
37:21I...
37:21I know Adam can be...
37:24But he's been through an awful lot.
37:26I mean, he lost his wife.
37:28And you lost your sister.
37:30Yes, yes, I did.
37:30I lost her.
37:31We both lost someone that we adored that day.
37:34And it was my fault, because I broke Adele's heart.
37:36I betrayed her.
37:37I drove her back to the drink.
37:38You broke her heart.
37:39All on your own?
37:41And what about Mr Fairley?
37:42I was the last person to speak to her.
37:45No, you weren't.
37:46I was.
37:48No, it was...
37:50Mr Fairley.
37:52I heard him.
37:53In Mrs Fairley's room.
37:55Arguing, saying the cruelest things only a few hours before she...
38:00Are you making this up?
38:02No.
38:04I swear.
38:08Thank you so much, product, and I really appreciate you giving me the opportunity.
38:13You've got my details, haven't you?
38:14If you have any further questions...
38:18Adam Fairley!
38:19Charlie!
38:20Good to see you, old boy.
38:21How long has it been?
38:23Is that horse of yours running?
38:24Huh?
38:25I'm going to insist that you dine with us again soon.
38:27I know Olivia's just dying to see Penny.
38:31Now, regarding those uniforms...
38:33I think we can put you in the car.
38:34I want you to do.
38:36I want you to trust me.
38:56Contract's lost.
38:57I lost.
38:59Well, it's okay.
39:02They'll be away, won't they?
39:04Find a way to fix it.
39:05Fix everything.
39:08I haven't come up with a plan yet.
39:10But I always do.
39:26Who?
39:54Mommy, mommy!
39:56Mommy!
39:56Mommy!
39:57Mommy!
39:58Mommy!
39:59Mommy, why are you crying?
40:02I love you.
40:06I love you, Edwina.
40:11No, I haven't heard from Edwina for a while.
40:15But I'll give her your regards.
40:18And watertight, yes?
40:22All right, goodbye.
40:31Would you send Paula in, please?
40:35No more secrets, Paula. Agreed?
40:38No more secrets.
40:40And I'd like you to contact the family, please.
40:42I believe I'm going to have their birthday party, after all.
40:46Ask Jerry to make travel arrangements.
40:48The whole clan, for this weekend.
40:50This weekend?
40:51Before Monday.
40:52That's right.
40:53My children can celebrate with me en route to their famous meeting.
40:56Let's make this an occasion to remember.
41:00We're going home.