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Explore the intricate world of power dynamics and hidden agendas in "Seeking Persephone" Season 1, Episode 4. This installment delves deep into the strategic maneuvering as characters navigate treacherous alliances and rivalries. Prepare for a gripping narrative that unravels complex relationships and escalating conflicts.
The episode examines the consequences of past decisions and their impact on the present storyline. Viewers will witness pivotal moments that redefine the characters' paths and challenge their core beliefs. This chapter is crucial for understanding the overarching plot and the motivations driving each player.
Gain insights into the psychological underpinnings of ambition and loyalty as the series progresses. The narrative artfully blends suspense with character development, offering a compelling viewing experience. This is a must-watch for followers of sophisticated drama and intricate storytelling.
#SeekingPersephone #TVSeries #Drama #Season1
The episode examines the consequences of past decisions and their impact on the present storyline. Viewers will witness pivotal moments that redefine the characters' paths and challenge their core beliefs. This chapter is crucial for understanding the overarching plot and the motivations driving each player.
Gain insights into the psychological underpinnings of ambition and loyalty as the series progresses. The narrative artfully blends suspense with character development, offering a compelling viewing experience. This is a must-watch for followers of sophisticated drama and intricate storytelling.
#SeekingPersephone #TVSeries #Drama #Season1
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00:00This gentleman is clearly ill.
00:03I run in a charity, Guff.
00:05Here's hoping we can do business again in the future.
00:08We will.
00:09Adam, why did you decide to get married?
00:12At the time, it seemed like a good idea.
00:15I just kissed Persephone.
00:17I noticed.
00:18She is lonely in this empty castle.
00:21I heard them, Adam! The walls! They're inside Fauston!
00:24They are not inside the castle walls, Persephone.
00:27I want to know why you've stayed around all these years.
00:31We're friends, Adam.
00:32All of the balls you held for Mother weren't enough to keep her here,
00:35so by the blasted blazes am I trying the same approach?
00:39I have promised you that your brother will visit you here,
00:42and that Fauston Castle will host a ball,
00:44and no one, not Harry, not anyone else,
00:47will browbeat me into going back on that promise to you.
00:50I want to believe that.
01:13I wish you were taken.
01:13I do my best!
01:13John.
01:13John?
01:13Hmm.
01:26John?
01:27Please have Atlas saddled. I wish to ride to the Vicarage.
01:30First ride outside the Castle Gate.
01:32I'm ready.
01:34Very good, Your Grace.
02:17Oh, the veins are getting cold.
02:23Zeus, steady Zeus.
02:27Oh.
02:28Have you found her?
02:30Her?
02:31Her, Grace.
02:32We were riding to the Vicarage and Atlas bolted without warning.
02:36She's not that good a rider yet and I'm afraid she might have become unseated.
02:40And what with that pack sound as so close and angry?
02:42Persephone!
02:43She's not answering.
02:47Persephone!
02:48Yeah!
02:48Yeah!
02:49Yeah!
03:10We need to find the pack!
03:11Yeah, I'll stick with that myself, Your Grace!
03:30I heard that too, Your Grace.
03:33We're getting closer.
03:37Yeah!
03:38Yeah!
03:50I don't know.
04:10Oh, my God.
04:52To me, Persephone!
04:55Adam!
04:56Stay next to me. Stay next to me.
05:04John, interrupt to me.
05:07Take Atlas back if you can.
05:09We'll be quick about it. The pack won't stay spooked for long.
05:13Is that me? Arms around me.
05:15Hold fast. When we reach the road,
05:17we are going to run.
05:39Everyone has to be armed. The pack's within the eyes of the castle.
05:42When John Hanley is through that gate,
05:45they have to be closed immediately.
05:46Yes, you can. I'm so dizzy.
05:47Can you walk?
05:48I think so.
05:56She was thrown from a horse out in the forest.
05:58It's a possibility she's broken her ankle.
06:00Should I have a surgeon sent for?
06:01No. The wolves are prowling just outside the gate.
06:04It isn't safe for anyone to go in or out.
06:06They've never done that before.
06:08Persephone?
06:09Where is Mother?
06:11Drawing room, I think.
06:12Send her up to Persephone's room.
06:26Are we safe now?
06:28Yes.
06:30I was afraid no one would find me.
06:36Mother, I need your help.
06:38There's blood on her riding habit.
06:42Mother?
06:44Help her to a seat, Harry.
06:50Can you take my boot off?
06:54It's too tight.
07:04Adam, she needs a surgeon.
07:05I know.
07:08Bring me boiling water
07:09and the strongest brandy Barton can find.
07:12Go.
07:13Help me, Harry.
07:17You'll have to cut it.
07:19Mother, could you find me some scissors?
07:30Hold her still.
07:31I don't want to accidentally cut her.
07:53I'm sorry, Persephone.
07:55I'm trying to be gentle.
08:35I don't want to be gentle.
08:36Oh, no.
09:01Adam?
09:14Yes, dear.
09:17Please stay with me.
09:26If you will stay with me.
09:38Barton said you wanted to speak with me.
09:43How is her, Grace?
09:45Sleeping.
09:48I know it ain't seemly me talking to you in here, but...
09:53Well, I think I know...
09:56I have an idea why the pack attacked Atlas.
09:59And I thought you might want to know sooner than later, even if telling you means overstepping myself a bit.
10:04You aren't overstepping.
10:06What have you discovered?
10:08While we were cleaning Atlas' wounds, we couldn't help but notice that she smelled strongly of bacon.
10:16Of bacon?
10:17That might be why the wolves attacked Atlas, but weren't so intent on getting a mate on my horse or
10:22at Ewan's house.
10:25Grace might have picked up some of that smell.
10:28That'd be why they were hunting her.
10:33Talk with your staff.
10:35See what you can find out.
10:37If it played any role in this attack, any, I do not want the same mistake to occur again.
10:43Yes, you, Chris.
10:46John?
11:05Adam.
11:08May I speak with you?
11:10Please.
11:14Perhaps you should sit down.
11:16I'm so sorry, Adam.
11:19I know you wished me to help with Persephone.
11:21You must be so disappointed.
11:23Sit down, Mother.
11:28Sometimes you're so like your father.
11:31Dear man.
11:33Are you unwell?
11:36I'm so mortified.
11:40You see, I've always been hopeless in a sick room.
11:43Even as a child, when anyone in the household would get so much as a cold, I would fret our
11:48dear nurse into a fit of nerves.
11:52And my mother always told me it would be different when I was a mother.
12:01You must be so ashamed of me.
12:05Being so utterly useless when you were depending on me.
12:08There was a great deal of blood earlier with Persephone.
12:11I do not blame you for not being up to the task.
12:17Well, I'm certain I only made the situation worse.
12:21I always did.
12:25The second surgeon actually sent me to the vicarage for two days.
12:30Banished from my own home.
12:34From my poor boy.
12:36Banished?
12:36The second surgeon?
12:38I'm certain I made it worse.
12:41I was so nervous, so concerned through the first one.
12:45The first surgery.
12:46And I didn't get better.
12:49Worse, in fact.
12:52The next few surgeons insisted I be gone before they even arrived.
12:55You are referring to the surgeons who did this.
13:00And I was grateful to go.
13:04Happy to.
13:08What kind of an unnatural mother wishes to leave her child at such a time?
13:20What kind of an unnatural mother wishes to leave her child at such a time?
13:25Persephone is asking for you.
13:27She seems anxious.
13:29She seems anxious.
13:50What is it, Persephone?
13:54I've been thinking back on my ride.
13:56Well, surely that can wait until you're more fully rested.
14:00What happened today, I don't believe, was an accident.
14:07What has led you to that suspicion?
14:10John didn't help me mount.
14:14Usually the stable hand waits for him, but this time he didn't.
14:18And the stable hand who helped me smelled like...
14:22Bacon?
14:24How did you know?
14:26Was it a faint aroma?
14:28No.
14:30At first I thought perhaps he'd been helping in the curing house or...
14:34Had slipped in a lard spiel in the kitchen.
14:36The scent was so strong I could still smell it.
14:39While you were riding.
14:45The groom who helped him out, does he assist you often?
14:49Occasionally.
14:50Do you know his name?
14:51Um...
14:52He wears a green handkerchief round his neck.
14:55None of the others do.
14:58John Henley will know who it is.
15:00You're going to talk to him?
15:02That groom, I mean?
15:03If he had any hand in this, I plan to do far more than just talk.
15:09What's the name of the groom who has a green handkerchief round his neck?
15:13Jimmy.
15:13He's a newer one.
15:15Quiet lake.
15:15Keeps to himself.
15:16Any idea where I might find this Jimmy?
15:18Last I saw out of him, he was at the back of the stable.
15:21Where he helped to grace him out this morning.
15:23She said he reeked of bacon more than could have been accidental.
15:25What on purpose then?
15:26That's what I mean to find out.
15:28Oh, there he is.
15:29Jimmy!
15:32Smith!
15:33Do not let him get past the gate!
15:35Stop it!
16:02This woman is Mr. Smith who tried to kill me.
16:07My wife!
16:09You took the only thing that mattered to me.
16:12Just trying to repay the favor, Gav.
16:14You'll end for this.
16:16Oh, no.
16:17I have a better idea.
16:21Put him in the gibbet.
16:24What?
16:24No!
16:25You can't do that!
16:26You have to consult the law!
16:28I am the duke of Kilda.
16:31I am the law!
16:32And you haven't paid for it.
17:02Oh, I am the fool.
17:20Dukes aren't supposed to need people, Persephone.
17:53Dukes aren't supposed to need people, Persephone.
18:17I like Boston.
18:19So do I, Linus.
18:22Then why don't you look happy?
18:25Probably because I'm in pain.
18:28I had no idea how long a few simple cuts could take to heal.
18:32I understand they weren't simple at all.
18:35Considering it might have befallen me, I think of my injuries as comparatively simple.
18:43It is so good to have you here.
18:49I am happy to see you again.
18:53Though, I already missed a C.
18:58Evander, I never missed home.
19:06I believe he is home now.
19:08And he is with me meanwhile.
19:20Midshipman Lancaster, if I had known that your intention in visiting here was to make your sister cry, I would
19:27not have invited you.
19:28You guessed my devious plot with alarming precision, your grace.
19:32Every young navy man wishes to bring their female relatives into varying states of hysteria on every possible occasion.
19:39And apparently, you are also intent on bringing Persephone down to her deathbed.
19:44Alas, it is true.
19:46Though I have momentarily forgotten how I intend to do this.
19:50By keeping her out of doors and in the cold, instead of inside, warm and off her feet.
19:56Ah yes, I remember now.
19:58But I suppose, since you have guessed my plot, I shall have to abandon my ill-fated scheme.
20:03It was inevitable.
20:13Oh, thank you.
20:23I will see you inside, Linus.
20:29You seem pleased.
20:31I have missed my brother.
20:34He is not at all what I expected.
20:37Your description was of an infant.
20:40Imagine my shock when he walked out of the carriage.
20:43No leading strings or nursemaids in sight.
20:46Adam Boyce, are you teasing me?
20:48I never tease.
20:50You also, apparently never host balls.
20:54Yet you are doing exactly that tomorrow.
20:57Clearly, I have begun a descent into senility.
21:01You are in the oddest mood this evening.
21:06You have no idea.
21:08I am Holiness.
21:11From a momentation.
21:28I will have fun when this evening is kissed.
21:29I alwaysийяниad.
21:29From a moment insan to the car and his captains in sight.
21:29My wish is spatirous and quiet city of God.
21:31You had no idea.
21:33I promise not evening him.
21:47Persephone seems to be wondering where you are.
21:50Has she asked after me?
21:54Just the look on her face.
21:56We could always tell growing up when she was worrying about one of us.
22:01She must have worried a lot.
22:03Persephone held the family together after Mamar died.
22:08How old was she?
22:11Twelve.
22:13She very suddenly lost what was left of her childhood.
22:17You did as well.
22:19Her life these past eight years has been one unending sacrifice for the sake of the family.
22:27Including her marriage?
22:32Do you know why my papa named Persephone as he did?
22:36Obsession with all things Greek.
22:38Other than that, the story of Persephone is his favourite.
22:45Seems an odd favourite to me.
22:47Not when you look at it as he does.
22:50Mark counts himself amongst the scholars of the classics who believe that Haley didn't trick Persephone at all.
22:56And that they both decided together that she'd eat the pomegranate seeds.
23:00Because it meant that nothing could prevent Persephone from returning to him.
23:06But why would she return?
23:08It was the reason for her return.
23:10That endeared the goddess to my father.
23:14The seeds?
23:15The seeds are symbolic.
23:16Symbolic of what?
23:31I know disappearing balls is one of your particular talents.
23:36But it does not reflect well on your wife.
23:39You really ought to go and sit beside her.
23:41What I really ought to do is hang you out your bedchamber windows by a bed sheet wrapped around your
23:45ankles.
23:48Welcome back, old friend.
23:50You've been shockingly soft lately.
23:52Oh, shut up, Harry.
24:24What do the pomegranate seeds symbolise?
24:27What?
24:28In the Persephone myth, Linus said the seeds are symbols.
24:33Has he been waxing philosophical?
24:36That is the one trait he inherited from Papa.
24:40What do they symbolise?
24:44According to Papa, the seeds are symbolic of love.
24:48Hades' love for Persephone, her love for him.
24:52How could she love someone who kept her prisoner?
24:57Papa always believed she came to know him beyond his fearsome demeanour and came to love him.
25:02Hades fell in love with Persephone as well.
25:04She was his match.
25:08But if they were so in love, then why did she leave at all?
25:13If she had eaten all the seeds, she would have stayed forever.
25:17Hades did not force her to remain because her family needed her.
25:22Hades never let anyone leave his realm.
25:27Hades loved Persephone.
25:33He let her go because he loved her.
25:37She returned because she loved him.
25:39Hades never let her.
25:41Hades never let her.
26:22Thank you for the ball, Adam.
26:26It was wonderful.
26:29You were happy.
26:32You weren't disappointed.
26:36What?
26:40What more were you hoping for?
26:45I've never danced at a ball, though I've often imagined doing so.
26:52I had no intention of asking you to do yet another unpleasant thing today, and yet...
27:00I would enjoy dancing with you.
27:04You would endure it, I'm certain.
27:19I want to dance with you.
27:23The musicians have all left.
27:26We don't need them.
27:34My leg is still too weak to hold me for long.
27:41Then allow me to hold you?
28:13I want to do it again.
28:13I want to do it again.
28:25Linus leaves for Shropshire in the morning to visit your family.
28:31Yes, I know.
28:32You will be leaving with him.
28:35That was not the plan.
28:36It should have been.
28:38It should always have been.
28:41The two of you can depart immediately following breakfast in the morning.
28:47Will you be journeying with us?
28:52I belong at Falston Castle.
29:00And where do I belong?
29:11Your family needs you.
29:14And what about you, Adam?
29:21Dukes don't need people.
29:39What about you?
29:40I don't want to see you.
29:40You're so sorry.
29:41I want to see you.
29:41I want you to feel you.
29:42Bye.
29:43Bye.
29:43Bye.
29:43Bye.
29:43Bye.
29:44Bye.
29:45Bye.
29:47Bye.
30:03you'd best not keep the horses standing mother it'll only take a moment and it is more important
30:09than me making a timely departure your father and I had an arranged marriage no accounting was made for
30:20the differences in our dispositions I was raised in town among society London the ton it's what I knew
30:33and needed your father was raised here in quiet and solitude we wanted very different things in life
30:48we tried to compromise to blend our preferences but he begrudged the balls and gatherings held
30:59here and came to rather despise my need for company he wouldn't have I will admit I likewise began to
31:09view
31:09my relationship to Halston and by extension him through a lens of bitterness I do not wish to hear
31:19resentment grows quickly Adam your father was a good man despite his implacableness I
31:32held out hope for so long my foolishly romantic heart that he would come for me while I was away
31:42he never did did you tell him that that was what you were hoping for I was so young only
31:5317 when we
31:54married in my naivete I believed that if he truly cared he would meet me part way
32:06you are more willing to compromise than your father ever was and Persephone is more suited to quiet and
32:14solitude than I ever will be
32:18she is your match Adam
32:22do not throw away this chance by making her guess at your feelings
32:52she has a point you know
32:57every other guest has left the castle Harry why haven't you
33:04I'm here to be your conscience to save you from yourself
33:14she will come back
33:18when Linus returns to his ship Persephone will return to Fauston
33:24and I know you well enough to predict that you will act as though you couldn't care less
33:27whether she is here or not
33:31do you really want her to wonder about that
33:34this is none of your concern Harry
33:43you miss her
33:45and she deserves to know that
33:49she is happy with her family
33:51then go be part of her family
33:53go to Shropshire
33:55that isn't how it works
33:57how it works
34:02Persephone receives her reprieve
34:04and Hades stays in the underworld waiting to see if the seeds work
34:10obviously you were sleeping during that lecture at Harrow
34:16Hades did not sit back and wait for Persephone
34:20when the time came
34:22Hades slipped past the hellhounds and ventured into the realm of the living
34:26to reclaim his bride
34:29I did not remember that
34:32I did not remember that
34:34Hades was no Pamsi Fribble, Adam
34:37and I'd bet a pony his Persephone
34:41knew exactly how her husband felt about her
34:45and so thank you so much for bringing her home
35:14N period of time
35:24Are you sure you're warm enough?
35:26I'm dressed as warmly as I am at home.
35:29It is far colder there.
35:31You speak very fondly of Fullstone Castle.
35:34I've come to love it, Athena.
35:37More than just the castle.
35:40I hope I'm not that of lying and saying that
35:44you seem to miss the castle.
35:50I do.
35:52Then why do you seem so sad whenever anyone mentions you going back?
35:55I do not merely think it is because you'll miss us.
35:59Probably because I'm not entirely certain what I will find when I return.
36:06You could always just stay here.
36:09My heart is there.
36:13I hope the castle knows how fortunate he is.
36:39Adam.
36:44Have you come to take me home?
36:47when you're ready
36:50but I
36:52I wanted to see Shropshire
36:56to see where you grew up
36:58you did
37:01and
37:03and get to know your family
37:07and I
37:08I
37:12Hades always went after Persephone
37:16yes
37:18he did
37:22he waited as long as he had to
37:26and then he left his kingdom
37:27and he did not come back until he found her
37:31I think Hades must have missed his wife
37:36I think he knew to the very minute
37:38how long she'd been gone
37:41but was Persephone as anxious to return
37:44as he was to have her with him again
37:46yes
37:47she was
38:02why did Hades go after her
38:08he must have loved her
38:09oh he did
38:12he did more than he could even express
38:20but
38:23but did Persephone love him
38:25in spite of his flaws
38:28in spite of deserving so much better than he could ever offer
38:33oh Adam
38:34am I too late
38:37is there nothing that I can-
38:38you said you belong at Fauston
38:42only at Fauston
38:44I belong with you
39:07I do love you Adam
39:20the Tom would not believe it even if they heard you say that
39:25we shall have to convince them
39:28I may enjoy London yet
39:31does this mean I can come to your castle
39:35our castle
39:37our castle
39:37is in need of a good exploration
39:41perhaps if you have no other plans for Christmas
39:45you could undertake one then
39:48Athena
39:49Daphne
39:51you realise you will bring the rest of the family
39:54and Fauston will be overrun with people
40:00well
40:01and there is probably a chance I will be
40:04in a foul mood
40:05from time to time
40:09you may once again have to save me from myself
40:15you have done that do you know
40:18saved you
40:21oh
40:23oh my Persephone
40:26do you know that I would have come for you
40:29no matter how far you'd gone
40:34Hades always came for Persephone
40:41and she always returned home
40:46always
41:15I would have come for you
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