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00:02What a waste.
00:04It ain't right that one awful man could shut the school down.
00:07No, but his scaremongering riled up the vicar and the school board.
00:13Everyone's going to miss coming here, including me.
00:18Emma.
00:20Morning, Mary.
00:21Betsy.
00:22Lady Emma, how are you?
00:24I'm sorry to hear about your migraine.
00:26Oh, it's passed, thank goodness.
00:28Good.
00:29I came to get my books.
00:31Oh, these are yours, I think.
00:35Yes, I just want to say thank you for helping with the classes.
00:39It meant a lot to me and to the women.
00:41And you should have seen Maggie.
00:42Oh, she did a lovely reading.
00:44I'm pleased to hear it.
00:48Right.
00:51I...
00:52I...
00:54I enjoy teaching very much.
00:58And I'm sorry it's come to this.
01:00Yeah.
01:02Yeah.
01:02You know, it made my blood boil when I saw that.
01:05I'd love to have my say.
01:07I would tell them that education isn't just for children.
01:09I mean, why should adults that have missed out not have the same opportunity?
01:12Perhaps you should.
01:14But everyone's free to stand for that election.
01:16Oh, even a woman?
01:19Even a woman.
01:31Good morning.
01:33Lady Hanson.
01:34You're most welcome.
01:36I'd like to speak with Mrs. Hardacre.
01:39And her mother.
01:41Oh, Lady Hanson.
01:44What a pleasure.
01:45And how can I help you?
01:46I've come to collect a debt.
01:50Oh, I'm sorry.
01:51I...
01:51I don't understand.
01:53Tell us it isn't true, man.
01:54Tell us you haven't bet the house of cards.
01:56The wages were high.
01:57Proof of collateral was required.
01:58What in God's name possessed you?
01:59Have you lost your mind?
02:00Oh, I know exactly how this happened.
02:03Oh, well, go on then.
02:04You had to show the hoity-toities who was cleverest.
02:07And you were cocksure you'd win.
02:09So when the tide turned,
02:10your stubborn pride wouldn't let you back down,
02:12even if it meant your whole family drowning with you.
02:15Is that right?
02:15Oh, just admit it now.
02:16You were outfoxed.
02:17Oh.
02:19Don't you dare speak to her without me.
02:22I see you are aware of our tragic loss
02:26at the card table, Mrs. Hardacre.
02:30My mother has shown an appalling lack of judgment.
02:34It's a...
02:35It's a grave shock.
02:37The consequences to your family are profound.
02:40Yes, which is why I was hoping,
02:42given the circumstances that a friendly game
02:45between ladies and improving relationship between our families,
02:49we might find a way forward.
02:51Cancel the debt?
02:53Yes.
02:54Absolutely not.
02:55I'm surprised that you view honour between ladies as malleable.
03:02Of course I don't.
03:03I'm speaking of compassion.
03:06I didn't make the rules, Mrs. Hardacre.
03:09No, but you needed to break them.
03:11We both wanted to win.
03:14What are you on about, ma'am?
03:21Your promissory note.
03:28The deeds to the house.
03:33Huh.
03:35Oh, you're not sorry at all.
03:37Your family have been living under an illusion.
03:39It was necessary to dispel it.
03:42And what illusion is that?
03:43That sudden wealth buys you class
03:46when it takes generations of good blood and good breeding.
03:53Qualities that families who have gutted fish
03:56for generations could never possess.
03:59Oh, the bile rises to the top.
04:03Imelda laid a trap to make sure that we lost.
04:06She's a snake, Mary.
04:09You know, people like you, you're such hypocrites.
04:12You're full of contempt for the working poor,
04:14yet your lives depend on us.
04:16Oh, no, you mistake me.
04:20I admire a good fishmonger, just as I do a good chimney sweep.
04:27Had you kept to your station, none of this would have befallen you.
04:32No.
04:33No, we have a life, not a station.
04:36The very attitude that makes you a threat to society.
04:41I recognise your family's dangerous aspirations right from the start.
04:51The National Vigilance Association.
04:55It was you.
04:58Mr. Balfour understood my concern at once.
05:02I want you to leave my house right now.
05:07But it's no longer your house, is it?
05:17You better check them deeds.
05:29Four Winds Cottage.
05:32What do you take me for?
05:34You wagered the hall.
05:36I wagered our house in Yorkshire.
05:38Only we own two of them.
05:40Hardacre Hall and Four Winds Cottage.
05:42Our old lodgings in the village.
05:44You can tell the Devon sisters,
05:46the cottage is very well looked after.
05:48The lodgers have a protected tenancy.
05:51For life.
05:58The door's over there.
06:01Good day.
06:12Oh, God.
06:15You could have told me you had a plan all along.
06:17Well, her ladyship needed to think we were defeated
06:19before she let her hair down.
06:21Besides, I wasn't in the mood
06:23after your unprovoked attack.
06:25Provoked?
06:35Perfect.
06:55this way if you please what's going on i've discovered a letter
07:03i wonder who it's from
07:06mr caldwell share the news i'm being invited to oxford to interview for a place well done harry
07:16and well deserved i can't believe it what's going on it's from mr lewis's old dawn at
07:22pembroke college dear master hardacre what a pleasure to read your lively and vigorously
07:28argued essays mr lewis's belief in the originality of your mind has been borne out in your work
07:34and i cordially invite you to oxford to interview for a place at pembroke college
07:38oh my darling that's wonderful news
07:42congratulations
07:44i owe it all to mr lewis nonsense you've earned this harry
07:51did you ask liza for these no they're good though aren't they yeah she's got a creative
07:59mind god don't worry about her sam now she'll get over the heartbreak no no it's less about
08:06losing that scoundrel it's more about the space that you left behind but there isn't another
08:10suitor mary she hated all those hangers on yeah she did but it's her brothers she's watching
08:17seeing them absorbed in their own pursuits and just longing for a purpose herself
08:25she just needs to put her talents to good use
08:32these signs need a home sir shall i have them taken to the shop
08:36in the study for an hour mrs stradden is liza about i believe she's upstairs sir thank you
08:46knock knock i heard you were looking for me liza come in have a seat
08:51i made those signs for the harvest festival
08:53i know you did i like them what about these
08:59oh they're just some ideas for the canned goods
09:03ma's jam's been flying off the shelf
09:04tell me about it she's not stopped preening for days
09:08you should take some of the credit home brand's very popular well maybe we could sell more things
09:13that way well i mean it's a fair point but there'd be extra work with the package and
09:17why would we bother well to go tell you the middleman for all we know he could be selling
09:21us snake oil at least if it's our brand we know it's quality
09:28so what's going on dad why are you asking me all this i'm just exploring new ideas on how to
09:32grow the business oh and you like mine yes yes i do oh
09:40bloody hell oh let me show you this
09:51my dearest arthur i have developed feelings towards you of a romantic nature
10:11right same teams as last time girls against the boys
10:15this oxford interview's got me worried
10:18how on earth do i prepare arthur right arrah you're on mr coldwell might ask me anything
10:23i wouldn't worry caldwell's more likely to ask if roast pork is superior to beef than if hamlet's
10:28superior to othello
10:28harrah take a shot sounds like my experience at cambridge i had this eccentric scholar who
10:34obsessively swatted flies throughout my interview right are we playing the game or what because
10:38not everyone has strange interview stories
10:40well actually i might tell us more well it wasn't an interview exactly and it were only with me dad
10:48but he liked an idea i had for a hardacre brand and some designs i've done liza that's wonderful
10:55though i'm not surprised
10:57you're serious
10:59why could dad talk about the business for you
11:03it's not my fault
11:04i was as surprised as you
11:07no it's just that i should have been a part of it
11:11that's all
11:13lady emma says women can stand
11:15you need to accept what happened and move on mary
11:17this would be me moving on
11:19running for the school board
11:21yeah where they decide everything
11:22why would you quote more trouble for yourself
11:24sam
11:25who's going to advocate for the needs of our community
11:27if we don't
11:33excuse me
11:33lady hansen has returned
11:35what
11:36i think you'll find we're busy
11:37did she say what it was about this time
11:39an urgent matter apparently
11:47we're busy lady hansen so if you could be brief
11:49a scandalous letter has come into my possession
11:53the contents and outrage to public decency
11:56and why should that concern us
11:58it was written by your youngest son
12:00how dare you slunder harry
12:02well come on then let's see it
12:05the letter is in safekeeping
12:08yeah i think we're doing it again
12:09let your son confirm or deny it
12:16easily
12:17could you fetch harry please
12:20you'll apologize to my boy before you leave this house
12:23we'll see
12:31i'm sorry son but lady hansen here claims that you wrote an indecent letter of some sort
12:39how did you get hold of it
12:41i'd say that's beside the point
12:45who did you write the letter to son
12:53mr lewis
12:54all right so an assignment of some kind
12:56but we need to know so we can make sense of all of this love
13:00it was a personal letter
13:03and to express me gratitude
13:05to express your longing and ardor more like
13:10the letter
13:11was perfumed
13:13you shouldn't have stolen it
13:15and you shouldn't have such wicked thoughts about another man
13:19in flagrant violation of the law
13:22enough harry come on come with me
13:27it's okay
13:36what exactly do you want
13:41your family
13:42to leave this house
13:45forever
13:46if you refuse
13:48i shall hand the letter to the magistrate
13:50and let the law take its course
13:52you would use a private letter
13:54by a confused 18 year old boy
13:56to prosecute him
14:02you left me
14:03no choice
14:13somehow
14:14lady anson has my letter
14:16the one that went missing
14:17the reading list
14:18yeah
14:20only i wasn't entirely truthful
14:23arthur
14:26it was more
14:28personal
14:28really
14:31i wanted to thank you
14:33for all that you've taught me
14:34and well
14:39go on
14:42lady anson is devious
14:44i've no idea how she got the letter
14:47do you think she has spies in this house
14:49please tell me what the letter said harry
14:56i won't judge you
14:59but the contents of that letter could matter a great deal
15:04i've shared my feelings
15:07about
15:11you
15:16i mean she wouldn't really go through with her threat would she
15:18there was a deranged look in that woman's eye
15:21she'd go through with it all right
15:22look
15:23our family have weathered a lot
15:25we can weather this too
15:26somehow
15:27yeah but can harry
15:29he's young and vulnerable mary
15:31and there's no knowing the chain of events if the law gets involved
15:33what was that laugh thinking
15:34he wasn't thinking sam
15:36he was acting on his feelings love
15:37you know i wouldn't put it past him elder having perfumed the letter herself
15:41i'd bet it was just some boyish letter of gratitude that could muddle in his head
15:44you know all that poetry he's been reading
15:45oh for the love of god
15:46for the love of god what
15:47harry has taken a fancy to mr lewis
15:52there it's been said
15:53and the earth hasn't stopped rotating
15:57i need some air
15:58no
16:00you need to get your head straight
16:01both of you
16:03amelda has waged war
16:04and our family
16:05and we need a battle plan
16:07to stop our harry from going to prison
16:21i plan to leave immediately sir
16:22to best protect harry and myself
16:26we must get ahead of this if we can
16:27what's your honest opinion
16:29how domigen could his letter be
16:31legally it'd be a matter of interpretation
16:34some magistrates take up these cases
16:36and some avoid them
16:37so luck is involved
16:40and who can influence them
16:42people like lady hansen
16:43exactly
16:45even an honorable magistrate can feel pressure to act
16:48if influential people are riled up
16:54you're familiar with the oscar wilde case
16:58new laws require little more than innuendo
17:00to justify prosecution
17:08the hard acres will be leaving after all
17:11some scandals are not above the law
17:15you're speaking in riddles mama
17:17what scandal
17:18harry hardacre
17:20i read his letter
17:22could have thought his mind so twisted
17:25and salacious
17:27you couldn't have read his letter
17:29you burnt it
17:31i burned the envelope my dear
17:33not the odious letter inside
17:36please will someone explain to me what's going on
17:40i stole a private letter of harry's
17:43i was ashamed so i didn't read it
17:45when i confessed to grandmama
17:47she suggested we destroy it
17:49to keep from falling into the wrong hands
17:51precisely
17:51it fell into mine
17:57i trusted you
17:58i trusted you
18:13her actions were justified
18:15given the letter's disgusting contents
18:21think mama
18:22our reputation could be damaged too
18:25we have an association with the hard acres
18:27i can't fathom what drove you to such extremes
18:32honor emma
18:34family
18:36honor
18:37family honor
18:46all right dad
18:48yeah way
18:50just making sure you're all right
18:56hi
18:58good
18:59the lecture is playing up
19:01it's always something
19:04maybe we get wired up at the cottage
19:06come over and visit
19:08betsy you'd love that
19:11what
19:12i'm inviting you around dad
19:14would be nice to speak to you
19:16and here lies has got some ideas about the business
19:18not today joe
19:20it's uh
19:22it's not a good time
19:24i've got a lot in my mind
19:38come in harry
19:57i don't understand why you want to leave
19:59because it'll help you
20:01no it won't
20:02who will i talk to
20:06you help me make sense of things
20:08you've got a good family harry
20:11they don't understand me like you do
20:14and now i've disgraced them
20:16what's gonna happen to me
20:19will i go to jail
20:21don't let your imagination run wild
20:24one step at a time all right
20:29i don't know who i am anymore
20:32yes you do
20:34you're harry hardacre
20:38and on a path to a rich
20:40and vibrant life for yourself
20:43it doesn't feel like it right now
20:45keep the faith
20:47learn to act wisely
20:50and know that your world will open up at oxford
20:53take me with you
20:54arthur
20:57i can't harry
21:01i'm sorry
21:05you're going to be fine
21:08i promise you
21:24how could she do that
21:26using me to wage war against the hard acres
21:29i'm so sorry adela
21:32she used you as well
21:35do you care
21:36it's just how she is
21:38it's all i've ever known
21:39but yes
21:40i do care
21:43we have to do something
21:46it's monstrous to destroy harry's life
21:49i'd never forgive myself for it
21:51i tried reasoning
21:52but it was pointless
21:54we're helpless to stop her
21:57are we helpless
21:58we're just choosing to be
21:59are we helplessclub
22:10love
22:11love
22:12love
22:12Oh, my God.
22:40Oh, my sweet boy, have I ever told you you have the kindest heart and a smile and lights all
22:52the country and the purest spirit?
22:57Of anyone I've ever known.
23:02Not once have you seen yourself as a victim or punished others for the hardship you face.
23:13Oh, and I have been proud of you every single day of your life.
23:23Oh, your family love you, Harry.
23:38And nothing you do and nothing you are could ever change that.
23:51Oh, my God.
24:06Hello, Mrs. Hardacre.
24:09I'd like to see Harry, please.
24:10No.
24:12No, he's not taking visitors today, so I think it's best you go.
24:16Please.
24:17I really need to see him.
24:21It's all my fault.
24:24I didn't read it, Harry, I promise.
24:26And I'd never have used it against you.
24:28Then why did he steal it?
24:31Maybe I was jealous that you and Liza and Joel had special relationships with someone.
24:41It was wounded pride, I suppose, which my grandmother exploited.
24:47To destroy my life.
24:51I'm so sorry, Harry.
24:54I'm ashamed of myself and my family.
25:00Can you forgive me?
25:05I don't know.
25:10I want to help.
25:12There's nothing you can do, Otella.
25:15Her reputation's ruined.
25:19I do have one idea.
25:24Can I offer anyone a cordial?
25:26No, thank you.
25:28Yeah.
25:31Oh, Adela, you look positively radiant.
25:36Something wonderful has happened.
25:39I'm engaged to be married.
25:43How delightful.
25:46May I ask to whom?
25:48Come in, darling.
25:55Harry and I have been admiring one another for months.
25:58And today, I accepted his offer of marriage.
26:02We've never been up here.
26:05Well, either you've been brainwashed or blackmailed, Adela.
26:12Harry Hardacre is a degenerate.
26:17You are mistaken.
26:19Harry is one of the most honorable young men I know.
26:22Oh, enough of this, Sharad.
26:24George, you must forbid this match.
26:29If the young couple are content, then so am I.
26:33Two households united, both alike in dignity.
26:38George, Emma!
26:40Everything's happening too quickly.
26:41I need time to think.
26:43Mama, please look at me.
26:48This match means the world to me.
26:50It's what I truly want.
26:55I'd like to speak to my mother in private.
26:57Yes, well, let's take ourselves outside, shall we?
27:13May I see Harry's letter?
27:24I'm glad someone is restored to sanity in this house.
27:28Yes, as am I.
27:31It's for the best, as you now see.
27:37All I see is that you poisoned my life
27:40and came between me and my family.
27:43And it ends now.
27:51You may believe you came to save Adela,
27:55but you feel no love for your granddaughter
27:58or for me.
28:13This belongs to you, Harry.
28:16Thank you, Lady Emma.
28:21I want you gone from my house immediately.
28:26And you can take your poisoned dowry with you.
28:32Our daughter's peace of mind
28:35is all that is precious to us.
28:37my mother oncem SI is a minor artist.
28:55Bye-bye.
28:56Bye-bye.
28:59Bye-bye.
28:59Bye-bye.
29:00Bye-bye.
29:00Bye-bye.
29:00Bye-bye.
29:00Bye-bye.
29:00Bye-bye.
29:02Bye-bye.
29:10One word, two syllables.
29:14Stop.
29:16Halt.
29:19Hand.
29:20Thumb.
29:22Sounds like...
29:24Hand, thumb.
29:25Hand, thumb.
29:26Hand, thumb.
29:28Come on, guys.
29:29Five seconds.
29:30Say it again.
29:31Hand, thumb.
29:32Man, thumb.
29:33Time's up.
29:33Man, thumb.
29:34Time's up.
29:35You were handsome, you bloody divvy.
29:38Why?
29:38The university were wasted on you.
29:40Daft is a brush, you.
29:42He is a handsome brush, though, ain't he?
29:45Oh, what's this now?
29:47Bloody headstone.
29:49Oh, don't joke about things like that.
29:50Actually, Mars is not far off.
29:52No, it's not a headstone.
29:55But I have been thinking a lot about the future since my illness
29:58and how best to guarantee your security after I'm gone.
30:03And I came to the realization that what makes this family thrive
30:07will also make the business thrive.
30:12Collaboration.
30:15So, Joe and Liza, I want you to run the business together.
30:20Use your individual talents to create a shared legacy.
30:23Harry, I'd include you, but your interests lie in going to university.
30:26So, heartache and family.
30:31Oh, I'll drink to that.
30:33Yeah, that's lovely.
30:42What about heartache and sun?
30:48You always said it with natural order.
30:50So, why are you taking away everything I worked so hard for?
30:53Well, this is the best of both worlds, Joe.
30:55Not for me.
30:57I don't want to be a part of your newfangled vision of the future.
31:03I'm done.
31:07Betsy, please.
31:09I want to be with Joe.
31:19Was they wrong, Harry?
31:22I think you were hasty and bold.
31:28But no, I don't think you were wrong.
31:31Joe just needs some time, love.
31:39Mom.
31:51I owe you an apology, Mary.
31:56Your family has suffered greatly at our hands
31:59And I am deeply sorry for it
32:02I appreciate that
32:04But you weren't responsible for your mother's actions
32:08I could have been stronger
32:10I had to send your mother away
32:11And take scourge
32:14I was inspired by Adela
32:18And you
32:22If you were willing, Mary
32:27I hoped that we might become prince
32:37I'd like that, Emma
32:38Very much
32:41Now
32:43I have something for you
32:46I knew you wished to stand for election
32:49So I nominated you
32:55They're so generous
32:56Thank you
32:59But the elections today
33:00I haven't campaigned
33:02I doubt I'd get the votes
33:03I wouldn't be so sure
33:05Perhaps you should go see for yourself
33:11Come on
33:25Fine turnout, ain't it?
33:28I don't know what to say
33:30I mean, this must have taken so much work
33:32It didn't, Mrs Ardacre
33:34Once the women knew you were running
33:35They spread the word themselves
33:39Thank you
33:45Congratulations, Adela
33:47Though I'm guessing it'll probably be a very long engagement
33:50Yes, yes
33:51Harry and I are in no rush at all
33:53Thanks for saving Harry
33:56It really means the world to us
33:58Was the least I could do
34:02Liza, I'm sorry about what happened between you and Edward
34:06Thanks
34:08It's all in the past now
34:10Hello, Mr Beasley
34:11Good evening
34:11Good evening, everyone
34:13Good evening
34:13Evening, Joe
34:15Good evening
34:24How are you, son?
34:26I'm all right
34:27Could do with no more family drama, though
34:29Oh, I'll second that
34:33See?
34:34Doing great form
34:35What did I tell you?
34:37Oh
34:40Since it's been a weekend of family announcements
34:43Me and Betsy have one of our own
34:45You're having another baby
34:48Quiet
34:48Joe's making a toast
34:50No, it's not a toast
34:51Then, ma, you got the wrong end of the stick
34:55We've been talking about our future
34:58And we came to a decision
35:01It's a big change
35:04It's exciting for us
35:07Better say now
35:09We're moving to America
35:12To start a new chapter in our lives
35:14And it's no secret that I'm fascinated by all things American
35:18What can America offer you that I can't?
35:23You learn more by taking the opportunity in front of you, Joe
35:25No, that's not how I see it
35:27And this isn't a debate, that is an announcement
35:30And this is best for everyone
35:31Especially you
35:32No, it'll be worse
35:37Only you're too stubborn to see it
35:41Oi
35:43Don't walk away from me
35:57I just made the biggest announcement of me life
35:59In your walk away
36:02Thanks for the support, Dad
36:03Because it's a classic Joe overreaction
36:05Another sudden and extreme decision made
36:08Without any advice, Joe
36:09Yeah
36:11It's sudden
36:13But you know what else it is?
36:15The right decision for me
36:17And I truly believe that
36:19And I did get advice
36:21From my wife
36:23Why don't you give my idea?
36:25I'll go first, Dad
36:25Give it a chance
36:26Before you go leaving everyone and everything you know behind
36:32Why don't you trust me?
36:33Because I've trusted everything you've ever told me
36:35And it's never enough
36:37Because I'm not you
36:38I never will be you
36:41I've killed myself
36:42Trying to earn your respect
36:46It's about time to earn me on
36:53You know what?
36:53Join the family business
36:54Not if it means Joe leaving forever
36:56Oh, God forbid it won't be forever
36:59No one wanted this, Liza
37:01But you can't hold yourself back
37:03To let your brother move forward
37:04Well, maybe I don't want it
37:07No
37:09Well, I heard you
37:11Tell your ideas to your dad
37:13And I saw the excitement in your eyes
37:15When he announced it to everyone
37:18You do want it, Liza
37:19And I'll be bloody good at it
37:23But I can't carry the burden of Joe leaving, Mum
37:26That's not fair
37:28No
37:29But you can carry it
37:31And you must
37:33Because it's the only way
37:35The women will see progress
37:37We have to push for it
37:40Again
37:42And again
37:47It feels like a failure
37:50Mainly on my part
37:52You're just so alike sometimes
37:55You don't see each other clearly
37:56So it seems
38:00Look, I can't welcome this news either, Sam
38:03But the look on Joe's face when he arrived for dinner
38:06Oh, there was
38:07A lightness to him that I'd never seen in him before
38:12Aye
38:14There was
38:16There was a confidence, too
38:19There'd be no change in his mind, Mary
38:23He is leaving
38:25And it'll be soon
38:29Don't go confusing his leaving home with your own, Sam
38:34Joe's not running away from his family
38:37He's stepping more fully into his own
38:42I just hope they come back someday
38:57There's grab water and teething powder for baby
39:00Licorice and mint humbugs for you
39:03Thank you
39:04I'll miss you all so much
39:06Oh, take care of yourself, Betsy
39:11Thank you
39:12I won't be long
39:13Right
39:21You'll do brilliantly, Liza
39:22I'll miss you mentally
39:32You've been such a good mate, Cal
39:34I can't thank you enough
39:35I can't wait to hear about America
39:39Best look at Oxford, pal
39:41I'm excited for you
39:43I need to be accepted first
39:44Yes, you will
39:46You've learned it
39:52Well, don't be forgetting us
39:55And I'll be expecting a letter every fortnight
39:58Promise
40:03Set the world on fire
40:05You show up what you're made of
40:10I love you
40:17Keep them bloody yanks in line, do you hear me?
40:20I'll do my best, Mum
40:34I'm so very proud of you
40:38I'll do my best
40:53Get out
41:13First one flow in the nest
41:15Harry will be next
41:16Off to Oxford soon, I'm sure
41:19And Liza, your new business partner
41:22Well, the only constant has changed
41:24Does not have the same good
41:26The chapter ends
41:27And a new one begins
41:50I'll be there