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00:03And so it begins, the crumbling of the polished façade, the unravelling of the carefully
00:12curated life we've built for ourselves, free of scandal and inconvenient truths, of hidden
00:24desires and secret longings, but should they emerge, do we let them lie, or do we pursue
00:32them, and are we prepared for the consequences?
00:40Who's bossed that lady that just called?
00:45Did she upset you?
00:47No, no, not at all, I just, um, come here and take your link to us.
00:55But it's horrible.
00:56Oh, so is whooping cough.
01:02Now, go and do your reading.
01:03Go.
01:16And I'm sure I read it in the book, because it's such a normal book, and everyone is doing
01:21love all the way down.
01:25So, I was thinking, Mama, I need a new riding coat, so should we visit Miss Louisa today?
01:30Oh, uh, I think not.
01:34She mentioned last night she's booked up for several months in advance.
01:37Well, she'll fit me in.
01:40And I want to take some bonbons for the children.
01:43No.
01:46Her mother may not want them to have sweet things.
01:56It's so sad, Grandma Mark.
01:57Her father died before they were born, and she had to bring them up all alone.
02:01So brave.
02:02Yes, very commendable.
02:04All the more reason not to overburden her.
02:06Are you joining us for the opera tonight?
02:08What is it, Traviata?
02:12All that weeping and wailing annoys me.
02:15June, you should wear the pink silk.
02:17I've invited the Carterettes to our box.
02:21Why?
02:22So we can all become better acquainted.
02:35June must be thrilled.
02:37So many young men clamouring to dance.
02:39What a picture she looked.
02:40And that gown was a triumph.
02:42Almost a disaster.
02:43But the girl worked wonders.
02:45Girl?
02:45You were ogling her, remember?
02:47That little chick a bit.
02:48You might have introduced me.
02:50I took care not to.
02:51She seemed awfully thick with Joe.
02:53The dressmaker?
02:54Who's this?
02:55Pretty young thing.
02:56Quite charming.
02:57Remind me, why she was thick with Joe?
02:59Well, perhaps he was thanking her for saving the day.
03:01Can you get an appointment with her?
03:03That's what I'm hoping for.
03:05After June's war, everyone will be after her.
03:08Shall we?
03:20What's he doing?
03:22Seeking employment.
03:24There's a typist.
03:26Oh, how demeaning.
03:29I need something to tide me over until I can find a way to pay for Paris.
03:33Oh, you're still persisting with that madness.
03:37Why wouldn't I?
03:43I...
03:54Congratulations.
03:56Congratulations.
03:57Very much.
03:58Very well done.
03:59Very well done.
04:01Good to see you.
04:04The point is, there is no prior instance of a chairman resigning.
04:08And therefore, no president for the eldest son's accession before his father's death.
04:12So in the case of Joe...
04:13Increasingly at odds with the aims of the firm.
04:15If it were brought before the board, how much further he might deviate?
04:18How that could endanger the future of the company?
04:20The sheer insanity.
04:21The rising tradition over merit.
04:24It's archaic.
04:25It's wasteful.
04:26And if it goes ahead, a missed opportunity.
04:28It is not a foregone conclusion.
04:29I will insist it be brought before the board.
04:31In the meantime, we've built the case against Joe.
04:52It is not a foregone conclusion.
05:07I saw her at the ball last night.
05:11The girl from Venice?
05:14Louisa.
05:15How did she come to be there?
05:17She makes gowns.
05:19June's gown.
05:21She's a widow.
05:22She lives in Soho.
05:22Do you have any idea?
05:23No, not an inkling.
05:26Will you see her again?
05:28I don't know.
05:36Were you told you to marry?
05:40I chose freely.
05:43Your father was my first love.
05:46And when he died, I was sure I would never get over him.
05:50But he did.
05:52Nothing compares to first love.
05:53We persuade ourselves the fever is real.
05:57And then, if we're lucky, we meet our true soulmate and discover something more profound.
06:07So, Papa, is your soulmate?
06:10Like magnets, perhaps.
06:12The attraction of opposites.
06:24Gentlemen, today I can announce that Forsyte & Co. has been offered a unique opportunity.
06:29My old friend, Sir Jimmy Buckland, has finally succeeded in his scheme to deploy a tribe from
06:33Upper India to the gold mines of Ceylon.
06:36Carried in the teeth of great difficulties, it should double the output of his mines.
06:39And quarter the lives of his workers?
06:41Well, whether one expires of miserable old age on one's own barren soil, or prematurely
06:46of damp at the bottom of a foreign mine, I hardly...
06:48Surely of small consequence, as long as it benefits the shareholders.
06:52Well, I imagine it's of some consequence to the widows.
06:55May I continue?
07:00Sir Jim, as a personal favour to me, has given us advance notice so that we may use the information
07:06to our advantage, by offering our clients, and indeed ourselves, the chance to invest.
07:12It is, quite literally, a golden opportunity.
07:18It's a risk.
07:20Which we have an impeccable record for calculating.
07:24Still feels like gambling to me.
07:31Are we agreed?
07:32Yes.
07:33Agreed.
07:34Adjourned.
07:39We'll be back later.
07:40I have an appointment.
07:41Anyone we know?
07:42No.
08:06Is it your taste?
08:08I could admire the tonal qualities, but no, it doesn't move me.
08:12May I ask what does?
08:15A more vibrant style.
08:18Something which captures the fleetiness of a moment rather than preserves it in aspic.
08:22You're a romantic.
08:24My stepmother says I'm utterly unfit for decent society.
08:28Your crime?
08:29I dance.
08:31The polka?
08:32The waltz?
08:33The ballet.
08:36Ah.
08:37My mother was a dancer, and I seem to have inherited her...
08:40Talent.
08:41Passion.
08:43There, I said it.
08:44Now's your chance to escape.
08:45And yet, as you see, I'm still here.
09:07I'm still here.
09:09So, no escape.
09:11From what?
09:12The opera.
09:13The car show it's...
09:14The scheme to throw me to the wolves.
09:17For sure?
09:19I wasn't even more of a poodle.
09:25Well, look who I have.
09:27I know she's not mine, but I take her with me when I'm feeling vexed and miserable.
09:32And she always cheers me up.
09:35Is that what you got her?
09:38She was a gift.
09:40From a friend.
09:42Someone I met in Italy.
09:45An attachment?
09:47Short-lived.
09:48Let me guess.
09:49She wasn't suitable.
09:51You were forbidden to pursue her.
09:53We just went our separate ways.
09:56And then you met Mama?
09:59Yes.
10:01I'm not sure I want to fall in love.
10:03Sounds like torture.
10:07They can also be magnificent.
10:14Jo never seems to learn that I was today in the boardroom,
10:18wittering on about widows and gambling.
10:20Oh, poor Cyril.
10:21How he frets when he knows I'm going out.
10:24Shall I stay behind and pet him for you?
10:25Oh, dear, no.
10:26That would defeat the whole purpose of the evening.
10:28The purpose being to dangle June and I before the carterets and hope they bite.
10:31What he fails to grasp is the need for us to be led by sound commercial nurse.
10:36Darling, we simply want you to find someone who deserves you.
10:39If we were to maintain our position as London's premier broker,
10:42the board should be worried.
10:43And you look so handsome.
10:44The board will be worried.
10:46She won't be able to resist you.
10:47I will make sure of that.
11:11So glad you could join us, Lady Carteret.
11:13Oh, my dear.
11:15To be seen in the company of the illustrious Forsytes.
11:18Who wouldn't leap at the chance?
11:23Lovely to see so many young people.
11:25It's sad to think they're seldom masters of their own fate.
11:29I like to think we take their views into account.
11:32Tradition is what counts.
11:34Stability.
11:35No impulsive changing of the guard.
11:40But sometimes is it not a fresh perspective that is exactly what is needed,
11:43provided the proposed candidates up to the task?
11:46I understand you're an avid reader.
11:50I...
11:53Have you read Frankenstein?
11:55Uh, no, I...
11:56You'll find you have some sympathy for the creature.
11:59No will of its own.
12:01Forced to do another's bidding.
12:03Until, of course, it rebels.
12:11Ah, you seem to have left my wife at home.
12:15Perhaps I could prevail on your father.
12:18Or you could just not drink.
12:22Oh, my cousins.
12:24Mama, I might just, um...
12:26Of course.
12:42When you beg your pardon, are you hurt?
12:47Do I look like a damsel in distress?
12:50On the contrary.
12:52Are you with friends?
12:53Family.
12:54My mother thinks this is the place to meet the right people.
12:57Would I fall into that category?
12:59I seriously doubt it.
13:02Do I sense a renegade?
13:06June Foresight.
13:09Philip Bissini.
13:13Buccaneer.
13:36Adio...
13:40Adio...
14:02I adore Traviata. Makes one positively mild, don't you find?
14:13Traviata, chumini, alesia, aminthia.
15:01Oh, did you miss me, Pudding?
15:03Oh, don't sulk. I promise I'll make it up to you.
15:08Always affecting, Traviata. Lost love and all that.
15:15Perhaps we should be celebrating love found.
15:18Perhaps we should.
15:34Can you believe June tonight?
15:38Determine not to cooperate.
15:42The Carterets, our plans.
15:46Will you speak to her?
15:49Saying what?
15:51That there's a time and a place for everything.
15:54And the time for June is now.
15:59She's 18.
16:03She has to put away childish things.
16:08She worships you.
16:11If you tell her, we would only ever choose someone worthy of her.
16:18But perhaps you think your father made the wrong choice for you.
16:33I made the choice.
17:03You must go.
17:07I can't bet she'd leave you.
17:11Your family needs you.
17:13Your father's summoned you home.
17:16I'll return.
17:18Where will you be?
17:20Florence or Emma?
17:24Were you right to me?
17:25Tell me where you'll be.
17:27Joe, stop.
17:30Let's not pretend.
17:34What?
17:35These past few months.
17:37Have been the most precious of my life.
17:39And mine too.
17:40But...
17:42I always knew they would come to an end.
17:46Why must they?
17:48Because I am a lady's maid and you're a gentleman.
17:51More than no gentleman that doesn't marry a lady's maid.
17:56You're dreaming.
18:00Believe me, I'm not.
18:04If you still feel this way in a year's time...
18:08I'll feel the same way in 50 years' time.
18:14Then I have your address.
18:17All right.
18:22Wherever you are...
18:25I'll come to you.
18:36I'll come to you.
18:37I'll come to you.
19:01Luisa.
19:02Luisa, please.
19:16Please, keep your voice down.
19:19My assistant is asleep.
19:23Why have you come?
19:28Honestly, I don't know.
19:32To prove you on a figment of my imagination.
19:38I want to see the only person who ever completely understood me.
19:44Did.
19:44We are very different now.
19:47And yet here we are.
19:59Do you still paint?
20:04Really.
20:06It's one of the many things I gave up to serve the God of Commerce.
20:11Sad to hear it.
20:14Well, tell me about your husband.
20:16Late husband.
20:18Is there any point in...
20:20Well, were you happy?
20:24Did you love him?
20:30That's my assistant.
20:32She sleepwalks.
20:34You must go.
20:37Please don't come here again.
20:38I'm sorry.
20:54Love you.
20:59You say you left me alone.
21:02Bye.
21:02Bye.
21:02Bye.
21:03Bye.
21:04Come on.
21:42Come on.
22:06Come on.
22:08Come on.
22:20Come on.
22:29You needn't have gone to such trouble. I'm happy with bread and cheese.
22:32Oh, so am I.
22:33And when nature arranges a feast for the soul, what more does one need?
22:39When we lived in Paris, we used to picnic by the Seine.
23:10You were happy, though?
23:12And when you learn that, one learns to trust one's instincts.
23:18Exactly that?
23:20Not that I lay clean to any form of artistry.
23:23Perhaps you underestimate yourself.
23:35You're dancing, is it the only profession you've ever considered?
23:39I've prepared for it my whole life. And if my audition goes well...
23:42Your audition?
23:43I sold my jewelry to Contrive the Corde de Ballet.
23:46In Paris?
23:47Yes, in Paris.
23:49And when would this be?
23:51I leave in a month.
24:02I'm convinced he has Miss Carteret in his sights.
24:06Parcheter told me he's on the river this afternoon with a picnic.
24:10Which can only mean...
24:11An imminent announcement.
24:13I'm sure we can all agree Olivia Carteret is an excellent choice.
24:17Certainly feds the bill for a man destined to be chairman.
24:22Miss Heron,
24:24We've known each other a matter of weeks.
24:26So I've no right to question any choice you might make.
24:29But today when I heard you speak of Paris...
24:31You thought me rash, irresponsible.
24:32Far from it.
24:33I understood the impulse.
24:35The desire.
24:36And I'd recognized that I wish to encourage it.
24:40Encourage?
24:41It's true that Paris has a somewhat shady reputation.
24:44Though I myself found it captivating.
24:47You've been?
24:48In my youth.
24:50And would not be averse to visiting again.
24:53If you were there.
24:55Though my family will no doubt be disapproved.
24:59Perhaps we needn't tell them.
25:15Mrs. Forsythe.
25:19I hope I'm not disturbing you.
25:22Won't you take a seat?
25:29I've always been curious about you.
25:32The girl who first captured his heart.
25:36Not that he ever spoke of you.
25:38One just instinctively knows.
25:41That one wasn't the first.
25:46What made you come to my house?
25:49You begged me to.
25:51And you were curious.
25:54And hoped to see him.
25:55I've never attempted to see him.
25:57I've never tried to contact him.
25:59I've never asked him for anything.
26:01Does he know about the children?
26:04No.
26:05You understand he never cared.
26:07It would ruin him.
26:09In his business, reputation is everything.
26:12And in mine.
26:14I came here with nothing.
26:16Single-handedly raised.
26:17These two children.
26:19Whilst building a business.
26:20Do you seriously imagine that I wish to endanger my own good name?
26:22And should he try to see you?
26:27I will tell him to go away.
26:51I will tell him to go away.
27:14I thought your scrawling days were long gone.
27:17Something you wanted, Sam's.
27:19Perhaps you should give it all up.
27:21Quit the grind and daub away to your heart's content.
27:25Perhaps I should.
27:28Why don't you?
27:30Ask my father or yours.
27:32Of course.
27:35You're here to save us.
27:38I know, Bull.
27:43Good day to you, Sam's.
27:56What did I say?
27:57First time we boxed at Oxford.
27:59I never make it as a fighter because I like it a bit.
28:04Remember why we became friends?
28:06Because we both needed a punchback.
28:07And I was missing so.
28:12So, brother.
28:14A number of us have been speaking and we're keen to hear Joe's vision for the company.
28:20Vision?
28:20Hmm.
28:21The head of the vote.
28:23What vote?
28:24There'll be no vote.
28:26The decision is mine.
28:26Yeah, but it must be ratified.
28:28It's tradition.
28:30Eldest son to eldest son.
28:32Well, with respect.
28:33Well, you broke with tradition when you pushed Joe into the chair before your demise.
28:38Even so?
28:38Oh, surely.
28:40You want all the board to be fully behind the new appointment?
28:43Don't think I don't know what you're about.
28:46You have your eye on the prize for Soles.
28:50I think we both know he's the better man for the job.
29:02Isaac.
29:03Just curious.
29:04Did you pick up any sense from the other partners what they think of Joe's promotion?
29:10I know what I think.
29:12Tell me.
29:14He's passionate.
29:15Struggles to compromise.
29:17But that's why this company needs him.
29:21In ten years, he's never let you down.
29:26I don't believe he ever will.
29:30Thank you, Isaac.
29:42Your father just told me.
29:45Becker's belief, the idea of a vote.
29:48Expected.
29:49You know James is setting you up to fail.
29:52Quite.
29:54Disappoint him.
29:57You have the vision, the ability.
30:00You deserve it.
30:03We deserve it.
30:05So let's be very considered about our next move.
30:09I'll throw it away in a moment of madness.
30:27Cyril.
30:28Poor.
30:30Poor.
30:31Poor.
30:33Cyril.
30:34Poor.
30:35Oh!
30:36Not done, Cyril.
30:38That's so funny.
30:39Clever dog.
30:44Someone's looking pleased with themselves.
30:46Happy Miss Carteret.
30:47Happy Soames, if there's any sense.
30:49Which I'm certain he does.
30:51Well, I mustn't be late.
30:53I told June I'd take her with me, but Frances has forbidden her to go.
30:56Where?
30:57The dressmaker, Mrs Louisa.
31:00Who also does wedding gowns.
31:02Why did Frances forbid her?
31:03No idea, but she was absolutely insistent.
31:05June is not to go.
31:06Well, I'm heading into town myself. Can I drop you?
31:08Silk Street in Soho.
31:11There's a duelist nearby. Won't you join us?
31:13Thank you. No, I will make my own arrangements.
31:24My dear, are you quite well?
31:27Yes.
31:30That is, a matter has come to my attention.
31:35I'm not quite sure how to manage it.
31:41That will be, uh, Mrs. Dante.
31:49Uh, is Mrs. Bernadam?
31:55Children, put those down. Come here.
32:03Hello.
32:05Are you...
32:06My children, yes.
32:15And their father?
32:17He died.
32:18A long time ago.
32:20Before we were born.
32:24How old are you?
32:25Ten.
32:26Hannah, take the children.
32:27But Mama...
32:28Please do as I say.
32:29I need to speak with this gentleman.
32:30I'll come to you soon.
32:44Who is their father?
32:48Is he dead?
32:50Is he?
32:58As good as.
33:04Dear God, Luisa, you couldn't think to tell me.
33:06What should I have said?
33:09No claim on you.
33:10We barely knew each other.
33:13I saw myself for what I was.
33:15A diversion.
33:18I loved you.
33:20You desired me as I desired you.
33:22And what we had was brief and careless.
33:26And could never have come to anything.
33:31You should have looked for me.
33:33After Venice.
33:34You knew my family.
33:34You knew my name.
33:35I did look for you.
33:37And I knew I was with child.
33:38I had every intention of seeking you out.
33:40So why didn't you?
33:42I read about your marriage in the newspaper.
33:47What else could I do but make my own arrangements?
33:51Earn enough to set aside for my confinement.
33:53I took in mending, embroidery, anything I could to provide for my child.
33:59Children, as it turned out.
34:01But if you told me...
34:03Then what?
34:04You had a wife, a stepchild, a family name.
34:09Was that supposed to be your guilty secret?
34:12Better to find my own means to provide for my children.
34:16Our children.
34:21Our children.
34:24They can never know.
34:27Please don't make this difficult.
34:31Our lives need not be thrown into disarray simply because we happen to meet again.
34:43As you wish.
34:47With Earth, I'd like to see the children again.
34:51Don't do this.
34:54Please let me see them, Louisa.
34:58Please.
35:11The children come here.
35:16And it is certain the children are his?
35:21Beyond doubt.
35:24And he doesn't know.
35:26Does anyone?
35:28Or must there.
35:29James and Soames especially.
35:31Indeed.
35:33How trustworthy is this girl?
35:34Could she threaten to expose him?
35:35I don't believe she will.
35:37She's posing as a widow.
35:39Good.
35:39And a respectable dressmaker.
35:42So we are confident the matter will go no further?
35:46We are.
35:54Come.
35:56This is a friend of mine.
36:10How funny.
36:11So am I.
36:14But everyone calls me Joss.
36:18May I call you Joss?
36:25I'm Holly.
36:26I know he looks older.
36:27But we're twins.
36:32It's a pleasure to meet you, Holly.
36:35Are you crying?
36:39Yes, I'm crying.
36:42Are you sad?
36:46No.
36:48I'm happy.
36:51Happier than you can imagine.
36:56Sorry.
36:59I didn't wish to scare you.
37:01That's the last thing I wanted.
37:02Please, you must leave.
37:04I have clients to you.
37:07Back door this way.
37:15Please don't call me again.
37:35I'll see you at dinner, Pa.
37:46I'll see you at dinner, Pa.
38:13I was told you were looking for me.
38:15I was told you were looking for me.
38:16I was told you were looking for me.
38:19I came just now from the dressmaker Louisa.
38:23I came just now from the dressmaker Louisa.
38:26She and I knew each other years ago.
38:28I'm aware.
38:31I've seen her myself.
38:32I was told you were looking for me.
38:32I'm aware of myself.
38:34I'm aware of myself.
38:34I'm aware of myself.
38:35I'm aware of myself.
38:35I'm aware of myself.
38:56And, you mean...
38:57How it can be used against you?
39:01Just as we're in touching distance of everything we've worked for.
39:07We're a partnership
39:09A family
39:11Let's not complicate or
39:13Compromise
39:15We can put all of this behind us and go on as before
39:19I don't think you understand
39:21I can't go on as before
39:23Before I was unaware
39:25But you're under no obligation
39:27I can't wish away two human beings, Francis
39:33You mean to acknowledge them
39:36I mean not to know their existence
39:48For now
39:52Promise me
39:53No one need know
39:57It would be catastrophic
40:00For you as chairman
40:01For us as a family
40:03For me as your wife
40:07I promise
40:15How could you?
40:30Have you?
41:40What did you hear?
41:41All of it.
41:50I knew her before your mother and I have met.
41:54But it makes no difference to us.
41:55You're still my beloved daughter.
41:56Except now I have to share you.
41:58No.
41:58Mama has to share you.
41:59No.
42:10It's her, isn't it?
42:13Lisa.
42:14The one who gave you this.
42:36Forgive me, Miss Heron, but in the spirit of our recent conversation, I wanted to bring you a gift.
42:46Oh, they're beautiful.
42:50Oh, thank you.
42:53I hope they might speed you on your way to Paris and the fulfillment of your desires.
43:00Oh, Mr. Forsyte, you've been such a friend to me.
43:03I hope so.
43:06I do.
43:09And yet, with your permission, I would like to think of myself as more than a friend.
43:24Forgive me.
43:26I'm well-schooled in matters of business.
43:30Less so in matters of the heart.
43:34Which, to be frank, has never been touched by a single soul until...
43:43Believe me, I never intended to speak so soon, but your imminent departure, I can no longer leave unsaid what
43:51I've known from the moment I saw you.
43:58You are my heart's desire.
44:01I cannot imagine a life without you.
44:07Mr. Forsyte, this is...
44:10unexpected.
44:11But not, I hope, unwelcome.
44:14I...
44:16To be truthful, I'm a little astonished.
44:19We scarcely know each other.
44:21But what we do know might lead us to be hopeful.
44:27Perhaps...
44:30Um...
44:34Then let me say one more thing.
44:37I'm convinced we could be happy.
44:40But if you find we cannot, though God help me, I'll move heaven and earth to make us so,
44:47I will release you, and you will be free.
44:53That's...
44:53Very generous.
44:56But if you agree to our engagement,
44:59we will go to Paris together.
45:02And from there, plan our future.
45:05And it will be all that you've dreamed of.
45:08And more.
45:16Just imagine, Cyril.
45:19Dear Soames engaged, and replacing Joa's chair.
45:24That day could be closer than you think.
45:44Come on, child.
45:48Spit it out.
45:50Yes.