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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.
04:17Excuse me.
04:18Sorry.
04:18I'm sorry.
04:20Oh, my God.
04:24I'm sorry.
04:25I'm sorry.
04:46Did you see?
04:47The government's going to be accepting bids for uniform manufacturers.
04:51This is it, Mac.
04:52This is how we're going to survive it.
04:55Now I know what you're thinking.
04:56Why would they award a contract to someone who's made their name in ladies' wear,
04:59especially 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.
05:07They 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.
05:20No.
05:22You built those with your own blood, sweat and tears.
05:25You 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?
05:43You don't think I can do it to help you.
06:01Good night.
06:02Mike.
06:07It's Jason.
06:23What a blessing.
06:25Being able to have breakfast together again.
06:27Both of us.
06:28With our wives.
06:30So you've settled back into your old room, have you?
06:32Yes.
06:33Fine.
06:34Well, we do appreciate you giving up the house.
06:37Don't we, Adam?
06:38Yes.
06:39And once finances are back on track, we'll find your 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.
07:12You never pass 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.
07:19But it isn't ours to fight.
07:22Asquith is leading our soldiers to catastrophe.
07:24Only a fool would volunteer.
07:26And I suppose I'm a fool.
07:28You do remember we own a newspaper.
07:31Yes?
07:33It's the one thing people will still be buying.
07:36Edwin, do you have any idea how close we are to losing this house?
07:40You'll manage without me.
07:42Why?
07:43Why 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.
07:59Emma 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 hell-bent 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 you risked your life as recompense?
08:28What?
08:30Emma and I were involved romantically.
08:36I'm sorry, father.
08:39She fell pregnant and I panicked.
08:42Took no responsibility.
08:43Edwin.
08:45All but sent her away entirely alone.
08:55And?
08:58What were you supposed to do?
09:00Marry her?
09:05Did you not just hear what I said about the-
09:07Oh, yes.
09:08Yes.
09:09Gerald told me years ago there was a child.
09:14You knew.
09:17And you're not angry.
09:18Well, it's not ideal.
09:20Obviously.
09:23But boys will be boys.
09:25Needs must be met and inevitably the sort of girls who are willing are only going to be found in
09:29the service quarters.
09:30That?
09:31Not with Emma.
09:33It was what?
09:35Love?
09:37More than love.
09:38It was everything.
09:39Whatever silly infatuation you think you had, Edwin, it hardly justifies tripping off to France with the very real possibility
09:47you 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.
10:04Good morning, everyone.
10:05Now, I know this is an uncertain and anxious time for us all, so 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 to produce only
10:21a durable wool for military uniforms, which we will eventually be making on an exclusive basis for the duration of
10:27the war.
10:28Unfortunately, this will mean the closing and sale of my shops.
10:33But please don't worry, none of you will be out of work. You'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. I bought them from you at full price. The deeds are in my name.
11:02I don't care about the deeds, Emma. These 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. Perhaps you don't understand what a precarious position we're in.
11:16Who is this we? You talk like we're a team, but you didn't think to ask or even tell me
11:20that you're selling my father's legacy.
11:22These are not normal times. Wouldn't your father want you to do what's needed to survive?
11:27Or maybe that's the problem. Survival 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, that's not fair and you know it. I had faith in you the second I saw you.
11:49I gave you a job, remember? And 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.
11:59Mac had no doubts. Not one.
12:05Laura, please. I said I didn't want to.
12:09Laura?
12:10Emma, talk some sentence to him, please. I'll listen to you.
12:12What's going on? He's signing up. Sacrificing himself for a country that's not even hit.
12:17Laura.
12:18My husband's going to give his life for the whim of a government who won't give women the vote and
12:21I'm supposed to just accept it.
12:22It does seem a bit rash, Mac. 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. I have to do this to keep you safe.
12:52But we don't want you to. Do we, Emma? Tell him.
12:55He's right. We have to do what we can, no matter how risky.
13:01It scares me. Of course it does. I couldn't bear the fall.
13:06But we can't be ruled by fear. This is bigger than all of us.
13:11We've got good lives that we've worked hard for. People 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.
13:22I'm doing nothing.
13:24Isn't that the biggest risk of all?
13:39I'll be with you in just a second. Feel free to browse.
13:43There she is. Emma Hart.
13:50Look at you. How 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
14:26I'm sure you 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.
15:06Emma.
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. She used to serve our family much like you did.
15:34I was very fond of her.
15:38Elion?
15:39We spent a wonderful summer together, out on the moors, in the caves, on top of the world.
15:47Only, she was able to see our time together for what it was.
15:51She didn't bear a grudge.
15:53And I'm asking you to do the same, find 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.
16:32No such thing is 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.
16:49I 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.
17:06No.
17:49I don't know.
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.
18:49So that's why I think...
18:55You should do the presentation.
18:58What?
18:58Perform it, I mean.
18:59I'll write it.
19:00Or we 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.
19:22Joe.
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.
19:54But...
19:55I need you.
20:00Sorry Emma.
20:03I didn't know.
20:07I never have done before.
20:28People worried the Boer War would last for years.
20:31And look how quickly that ended.
20:33Weren't there two Boer Wars?
20:35Yes.
20:36The second one lasted three years.
20:41Still.
20:42I'm sure that this time next year we'll all be back to our normal lives.
20:44And everyone will be so grateful to you for your bravery, Edwin.
20:47Yes.
20:48I'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.
20:57When it's over.
20:58I expect there'll be some.
20:59Yeah, 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.
21:27Everyone'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.
22:24Do you understand what Daddy's saying?
22:27I'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.
22:41Yeah.
22:43For Christmas.
22:46Yeah.
22:51You should sleep.
22:54You'll need it.
22:59It's for the birthdays.
23:03I've got up to Edwina's sixteenth, which is impossible to imagine, isn't it?
23:14Will you, um...
23:18If I don't...
23:24You will.
23:55You will.
23:59Edwin.
24:02Yes.
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.
25:33How?
25:34I found the letters.
25:38Okay.
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 warm.
25:53I'm sorry you lost her.
25:56I'm sorry, Marty.
26:10You wanna decide to have a new upload?
26:13I've got one.
26:16I've been up, really.
26:17I've got one.
26:20I've got a new upload.
26:22I've got one.
26:26I've got a new upload.
26:27I don't know.
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