1 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:13,200 It's kind of weird. 2 00:00:48,010 --> 00:00:50,310 To everything there is a season. 3 00:01:00,150 --> 00:01:02,530 The world awakens. 4 00:01:03,970 --> 00:01:05,930 Hope is renewed. 5 00:01:12,510 --> 00:01:14,190 Time heals. 6 00:01:15,590 --> 00:01:17,290 Or so we like to believe. 7 00:01:21,710 --> 00:01:23,070 Wake up, sleepyhead. 8 00:01:25,090 --> 00:01:29,370 And we imagine the springtime will go on forever. 9 00:01:30,190 --> 00:01:33,650 The scent, it's so strong. 10 00:01:35,110 --> 00:01:38,610 My darling, you look pale. 11 00:01:39,230 --> 00:01:40,230 Do I? 12 00:01:40,810 --> 00:01:42,550 Last night you felt lightheaded. 13 00:01:44,810 --> 00:01:50,630 Might this mean oh, I I don't know perhaps 14 00:01:50,630 --> 00:01:55,590 But this too will pass 15 00:01:55,590 --> 00:02:00,790 The season will change 16 00:02:00,790 --> 00:02:07,690 For nothing ever stays 17 00:02:07,690 --> 00:02:08,690 the same 18 00:02:25,930 --> 00:02:28,650 I do believe you have some talent, Mr. Forsyte. 19 00:02:32,050 --> 00:02:33,270 Can I draw something? 20 00:02:34,570 --> 00:02:35,870 Oh, yes, and me. 21 00:02:38,590 --> 00:02:42,370 Like it or not, the new season is upon us. 22 00:02:42,890 --> 00:02:45,850 Beginning with the Kensington Park Spring Show. 23 00:02:46,410 --> 00:02:50,490 Well, I, for one, am content to prolong our hibernation. 24 00:02:50,730 --> 00:02:54,050 I was, but no longer. High time. 25 00:02:54,670 --> 00:02:57,250 Well, I think we all agree that it's been a difficult winter. 26 00:02:57,710 --> 00:03:03,470 But perhaps the time has come for us to safely reenter the fray. 27 00:03:04,510 --> 00:03:05,890 He's abroad. 28 00:03:07,470 --> 00:03:09,330 With no thoughts of returning. 29 00:03:09,630 --> 00:03:10,810 Time we moved on. 30 00:03:11,990 --> 00:03:14,470 Can't say the town's missed our near relations. 31 00:03:15,430 --> 00:03:18,090 Lurking indoors all winter, licking their wounds. 32 00:03:18,490 --> 00:03:22,330 While we, in this household, have streaked ahead. 33 00:03:22,830 --> 00:03:23,950 Is it a race? 34 00:03:25,409 --> 00:03:28,010 Obviously. And we pioneers have seized the initiative. 35 00:03:28,430 --> 00:03:32,070 Beginning tonight with the grand unveiling of our own Age of 36 00:03:32,070 --> 00:03:35,350 Enlightenment. Oh, is that your scheme, dear? Keeps me thinking it was Pa's. 37 00:03:35,650 --> 00:03:37,030 Who else would it be? 38 00:03:43,330 --> 00:03:44,330 Where's Irene? 39 00:03:44,750 --> 00:03:45,750 Resting. 40 00:03:46,250 --> 00:03:49,590 Resting? She's feeling a little below par. 41 00:03:55,620 --> 00:04:00,320 What? Just that Irene may be in an interesting condition. 42 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:05,860 My word-putting is a Forsyte heir finally on his way. 43 00:04:06,140 --> 00:04:07,420 Not before time. 44 00:05:11,790 --> 00:05:14,190 I trust you'll name him after me? 45 00:05:14,830 --> 00:05:17,350 The new scion of our great dynasty? 46 00:05:17,770 --> 00:05:19,750 Speaking of dynasties... 47 00:05:20,060 --> 00:05:21,820 Arthur Vickery and Co. Yes? 48 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:27,660 Courtesy of Joe and his spectacular fall from grace, we've lost over 20 clients 49 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:28,239 to them. 50 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,000 There is also the small matter of Salon Gold. 51 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:39,300 Fortunately, I have a scheme to rebuild our reputation and more besides. 52 00:05:42,220 --> 00:05:43,220 Thank you. 53 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:49,400 Whitwater's rant? 54 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,440 Well, that bonanza's over. 55 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:53,680 Johannesburg's spent. 56 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,780 All the surface gold's gone. It's just a rash of worthless mines. 57 00:05:58,060 --> 00:06:00,600 What, is it a pity? There's gold aplenty, further down. 58 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:03,120 But no means of extraction without colossal expense. 59 00:06:03,980 --> 00:06:04,980 Hmm. 60 00:06:06,460 --> 00:06:13,400 So, these dots, here, here, here, and here, are pits I've 61 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,380 just purchased on behalf of Forsyte and Co. 62 00:06:15,780 --> 00:06:17,280 Are you out of your mind? 63 00:06:17,820 --> 00:06:18,820 Preposterous! 64 00:06:21,460 --> 00:06:28,260 Suppose there were a process which could extract gold with ease from ore found at 65 00:06:28,260 --> 00:06:29,119 lower levels. 66 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:30,180 Is there such a thing? 67 00:06:30,860 --> 00:06:35,080 I have a man on the ground in Whitmore's Rand, name of Peregrine, who has alerted 68 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:36,360 me to it. How did you find him? 69 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:37,579 He found me. 70 00:06:37,580 --> 00:06:40,520 And what did he have to tell you about this mysterious process? 71 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:45,340 That it can and will be made available at the right price all across the Rand. 72 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:51,120 And since I'm currently the only man in England who has this information, I'm 73 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,280 about to make Forsyte and Co. wealthy beyond our wildest dreams. 74 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,380 Good of 75 00:06:58,380 --> 00:07:05,280 you to 76 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:07,160 keep my chair warm, nephew. 77 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:11,080 Well, you've been here so rarely these last few months. 78 00:07:12,110 --> 00:07:13,930 Rumor had it you'd retired. 79 00:07:14,250 --> 00:07:15,950 Oh, wishful thinking, dear boy. 80 00:07:16,810 --> 00:07:19,690 I'm still very much at the helm. 81 00:07:24,650 --> 00:07:25,650 Welcome back, sir. 82 00:07:25,970 --> 00:07:27,830 Welcome to Helm's Tower. Good to have you back, sir. 83 00:07:28,450 --> 00:07:29,450 Is it true? 84 00:07:29,990 --> 00:07:30,990 You're expecting? 85 00:07:31,070 --> 00:07:33,210 What? No, no, there's nothing definite. 86 00:07:33,910 --> 00:07:34,910 Oh. 87 00:07:35,110 --> 00:07:38,270 Well, all the maids are talking about it. And James's house is positively 88 00:07:38,270 --> 00:07:39,270 buzzing, personally. 89 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,860 I don't see the attraction. I hear it absolutely Rubens the figure. 90 00:07:45,420 --> 00:07:50,540 But I suppose this means you'll never dance again, which I still think is the 91 00:07:50,540 --> 00:07:54,320 most colossal waste. I made a vow to commit myself wholeheartedly to my 92 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,640 marriage. At the expense of your dreams. In order to fulfill the vows I've made 93 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,040 to love, to honor. And most definitely to obey. 94 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,200 What I choose is to appreciate what's good in the life I live instead of 95 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,620 mourning the one I've lost. 96 00:08:09,570 --> 00:08:13,550 Well, be warned, if and when a child arrives, it won't be yours. 97 00:08:13,790 --> 00:08:14,850 And whose will it be? 98 00:08:15,670 --> 00:08:16,670 Theirs, of course. 99 00:08:17,490 --> 00:08:20,290 You should know, anyone entering this family becomes its property. 100 00:08:20,930 --> 00:08:25,250 I wouldn't be surprised if they confiscate the child at birth, keep it 101 00:08:25,250 --> 00:08:29,510 in a cage at Forsyte and Co. and teach it to speculate from day one. 102 00:08:38,539 --> 00:08:39,539 How's Mrs. Cole? 103 00:08:40,539 --> 00:08:41,880 She's forgotten I exist. 104 00:08:42,220 --> 00:08:43,220 Ah, yes. 105 00:08:43,460 --> 00:08:46,120 A new addition to the family can have that effect. 106 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:48,960 But surely you have a nursemaid? Who Mrs. 107 00:08:49,180 --> 00:08:50,260 Cole declares incompetent. 108 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:58,220 Mr. Forsyte, I wonder if you've had word from Joe? 109 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,100 Regular letters, which I burn without opening. 110 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:11,320 That was my biggest one yet! 111 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,100 This came for you. 112 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:17,600 From London. 113 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:20,840 Finally. 114 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:22,900 A letter from Dad or June? 115 00:09:27,260 --> 00:09:28,260 I don't understand. 116 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:42,420 and the Seine at dawn, we are delighted to inform you that they have been 117 00:09:42,420 --> 00:09:45,800 selected for this year's Kensington Park Spring Show. 118 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,220 I'm sorry, how did my paintings even get there? 119 00:09:50,780 --> 00:09:51,800 I sent them. 120 00:09:52,100 --> 00:09:55,220 We thought it would be good if your paintings were seen in London. 121 00:09:58,460 --> 00:09:59,460 Are you angry? 122 00:09:59,980 --> 00:10:01,940 No. It's just London. 123 00:10:03,460 --> 00:10:04,940 When our life is here in Paris. 124 00:10:05,540 --> 00:10:07,280 It would only be for a visit. 125 00:10:08,989 --> 00:10:10,090 We'd all come with you. 126 00:10:10,730 --> 00:10:11,890 Yes, can we? 127 00:10:15,150 --> 00:10:16,270 Yes, I suppose so. 128 00:10:21,610 --> 00:10:22,050 Prepare 129 00:10:22,050 --> 00:10:32,150 to 130 00:10:32,150 --> 00:10:35,210 make your face ache with all the smiling, simply so Uncle James can lord 131 00:10:35,210 --> 00:10:36,210 it over us. 132 00:10:36,630 --> 00:10:39,780 Well... If they've gone to all the trouble to put you in the shade, the 133 00:10:39,780 --> 00:10:41,260 least you can do is disoblige them. 134 00:10:46,620 --> 00:10:49,680 So thoughtful of you to invite us. 135 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:55,440 Oh, and so brave of you to face the world. Given how quiet you've been over 136 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,280 winter. In our household, we like to observe the seasons. 137 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,140 Winter is a chance to step back. 138 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,700 Young Publius Valerius, have you been expelled? 139 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,000 I wish I had. 140 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:10,260 That's the spirit. Don't say that. It was hard enough getting him into Eton. A 141 00:11:10,260 --> 00:11:13,300 nigh on impossible without his fees being entirely funded by his 142 00:11:13,300 --> 00:11:14,660 grandfather. Ah. 143 00:11:15,940 --> 00:11:16,940 Hello, pubby. 144 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:19,480 Have you escaped? 145 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:25,220 You, you. We thought it fitting that he should be here as the reigning Forsyte 146 00:11:25,220 --> 00:11:26,740 heir. Not for much longer. 147 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:28,580 Have I missed an announcement? 148 00:11:29,140 --> 00:11:32,980 We're keeping it to close family only for the time being. Because it's not yet 149 00:11:32,980 --> 00:11:33,980 confirmed. 150 00:11:34,500 --> 00:11:35,500 But we'll be soon. 151 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:37,120 I feel. 152 00:11:38,980 --> 00:11:41,980 No wonder he's so desperate to have his palace finished. 153 00:11:42,460 --> 00:11:46,840 But on the bright side, the sooner Robin Hill is done... The sooner we can be 154 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:47,840 married. 155 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,300 Now then, are we ready to be dazzled? 156 00:11:51,980 --> 00:11:54,420 My dear, do the honours. 157 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:05,420 Be brave, Mama. 158 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,180 Oh dear, I really don't think I dare. 159 00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:12,820 Allow me. 160 00:12:31,180 --> 00:12:32,180 Impressed, brother? 161 00:12:32,260 --> 00:12:33,260 A good question. 162 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:34,559 Am I? 163 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:39,280 I've always thought that a man's home is an expression of who he is, Mama. 164 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:41,780 Yeah. Of what he intends. Couldn't agree more. 165 00:12:41,980 --> 00:12:44,080 In this case, confidence. 166 00:12:45,420 --> 00:12:46,640 Faith in the future. 167 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:49,840 And what will your house express, my dear? 168 00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:53,060 Oh, um, I haven't really thought. 169 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,620 It will express whatever my dear wife wishes. 170 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,800 Her desires, in everything, are paramount. 171 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:18,620 If you're wondering, will I still adore you when you begin to show? 172 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:21,220 I may not begin to show. Fear not. 173 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,400 To me, there'll be nothing lovelier than my beloved in bloom. 174 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:33,980 And from now on, I want you to take a special care of yourself. 175 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:37,560 Not overdo things. I'm not an invalid. 176 00:13:38,460 --> 00:13:39,460 No. 177 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:47,800 You. are the one destined to bless us with a foresight heir. 178 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:04,400 We should have told them. 179 00:14:05,580 --> 00:14:08,000 That you're their father or that we're not legally wed. 180 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:10,680 Both. 181 00:14:12,330 --> 00:14:14,090 Since you already have a wife. 182 00:14:14,930 --> 00:14:18,470 Which, in Paris, no one knows, but here is common knowledge. 183 00:14:19,210 --> 00:14:20,670 And so how do we protect them? 184 00:14:21,790 --> 00:14:23,730 If the children and I keep to ourselves? 185 00:14:24,810 --> 00:14:26,010 The issue won't arise. 186 00:14:26,990 --> 00:14:27,990 Hopefully. 187 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:54,060 It's high time we put Joe's office to some use, don't you think? 188 00:14:55,580 --> 00:14:57,580 Assign it to an active partner. 189 00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:02,540 Especially as Soames' new gold venture's about to take off. 190 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,620 By rights, this should be held in trust for the next generation. 191 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,520 But since neither of our sons have so far provided us with an heir... I 192 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,380 presume you'd never countenance Joe's boy by that woman. 193 00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:16,400 Imagine how scathing our old man would be. 194 00:15:17,530 --> 00:15:20,310 He had very firm views about unwedded mothers. 195 00:15:20,530 --> 00:15:25,170 One recalls his response to those rumours. The possible consequences of 196 00:15:25,170 --> 00:15:27,490 our association with a certain lady. 197 00:15:27,990 --> 00:15:28,990 Alexandra. 198 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:34,230 Well, you were hardly implicated. She was always very clear where her 199 00:15:34,230 --> 00:15:35,169 affections lay. 200 00:15:35,170 --> 00:15:41,870 With you, she and I had talked of eloping. 201 00:15:42,490 --> 00:15:46,050 She was planning to elope with me. She was stringing you along. She was 202 00:15:46,050 --> 00:15:47,050 stringing you along! 203 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:50,480 Believe me, brother. 204 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:52,100 I know. 205 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:00,800 No, 206 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:04,440 thank you. 207 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:07,720 Your key, sir. Thank you. 208 00:16:10,020 --> 00:16:11,020 Go on, up you go. 209 00:16:22,890 --> 00:16:26,370 Granted, these lodgings are a little bare, but... It's only for a week. 210 00:16:27,030 --> 00:16:28,210 I love it. 211 00:16:28,430 --> 00:16:30,170 I love being back in London. 212 00:16:48,810 --> 00:16:50,710 Soames has left strict instructions. 213 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,840 We're to take care of you and your precious cargo. 214 00:16:54,540 --> 00:16:56,500 Except we still don't know for sure. 215 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,020 Oh, but we can hope. 216 00:17:02,860 --> 00:17:03,360 Be 217 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:15,540 honest. 218 00:17:16,220 --> 00:17:17,579 Where would you rather be? 219 00:17:18,859 --> 00:17:21,460 Barefoot on the banks of the Seine, knee-deep in poppies? 220 00:17:24,839 --> 00:17:26,020 Tell me again, Peter. 221 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:30,580 Is it true you left her for the dressmaker? How humiliating. How can she 222 00:17:30,580 --> 00:17:33,240 bear to show her face? If it was me, I'd never dare to leave the house. 223 00:17:36,980 --> 00:17:42,280 So, Mater, for a while now, I've been meaning to return to a conversation you 224 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,300 and I had last year at the end of the gala. 225 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:51,680 You alluded to Harry Falconer as your grandson. 226 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,240 Did I? 227 00:17:57,300 --> 00:17:58,640 Am I his father? 228 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,120 Why would you think that? 229 00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:07,600 Because I was only intimate with one woman before I married Edith, and that 230 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:08,600 was Alexandra. 231 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:14,380 If I recall, your brother was also intimate. 232 00:18:15,130 --> 00:18:16,130 with Miss Shuppert. 233 00:18:16,410 --> 00:18:17,670 They flirted. 234 00:18:18,210 --> 00:18:21,530 He pursued her and she wanted none of it. That book is closed. 235 00:18:21,870 --> 00:18:24,330 So why even mention him? Your grandson? 236 00:18:25,390 --> 00:18:29,670 Perhaps as a reminder that passion can sometimes get the better of us all. 237 00:18:31,030 --> 00:18:35,830 Since you had just exiled Joe for precisely the same sin. 238 00:18:36,350 --> 00:18:37,350 And Alexandra? 239 00:18:38,890 --> 00:18:39,970 Where is she now? 240 00:18:40,390 --> 00:18:42,010 She disappeared years ago. 241 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:44,820 Faulkner lives abroad. 242 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,140 But he and I have never met. 243 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,420 Nor do I wish to. 244 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:53,260 And nor should you. 245 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:06,340 You should have warned me you were coming. 246 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:08,700 I would have put the flags out. 247 00:19:19,790 --> 00:19:21,230 It's a plain sort of a house. 248 00:19:22,590 --> 00:19:24,530 The principle of which is space. 249 00:19:25,430 --> 00:19:29,810 Light. The absence of fuss and ornamentation. If you dislike it, you 250 00:19:29,810 --> 00:19:30,810 should say so now. 251 00:19:31,510 --> 00:19:33,310 I assume we're well on the way to completion. 252 00:19:33,690 --> 00:19:35,130 Are you familiar with the construction process? 253 00:19:35,370 --> 00:19:36,990 Oh, but perhaps you'd like me to cut corners. 254 00:19:37,290 --> 00:19:38,950 When I'm paying you 8,000 pounds. 255 00:19:39,350 --> 00:19:40,350 8,500. 256 00:19:42,490 --> 00:19:44,070 How is that possible? 257 00:19:45,010 --> 00:19:46,110 Increase in material costs. 258 00:19:46,990 --> 00:19:48,430 Craftsmanship which cannot be rushed. 259 00:19:50,190 --> 00:19:53,630 But if you are dissatisfied, feel free to replace me with someone else who 260 00:19:53,630 --> 00:19:55,930 costs twice as much and takes three times as long. 261 00:20:01,010 --> 00:20:03,810 I think we both know that would serve neither of us. 262 00:20:08,330 --> 00:20:09,990 It's a bit murky in here. 263 00:20:10,590 --> 00:20:12,450 Don't think to install electricals yourself. 264 00:20:12,970 --> 00:20:15,690 I think we feel our own radiance is more than adequate. 265 00:20:23,649 --> 00:20:27,650 So, you made a wish, and Phil and I have been talking. 266 00:20:27,930 --> 00:20:29,310 And we've come up with a cunning scheme. 267 00:20:29,710 --> 00:20:31,070 And what might that be? 268 00:20:31,390 --> 00:20:34,410 Well, we can't promise you the send, but we might be able to provide. 269 00:20:34,690 --> 00:20:35,690 The poppies? 270 00:20:36,490 --> 00:20:37,490 What's this? 271 00:20:39,110 --> 00:20:40,910 June and Phil were proposing an outing. 272 00:20:41,730 --> 00:20:43,070 With Irene as chaperone. 273 00:20:43,290 --> 00:20:45,430 Will this be taking time away from Robin Hill? 274 00:20:47,950 --> 00:20:49,690 I'll work Saturday to make up for it. 275 00:20:58,450 --> 00:20:58,970 Do 276 00:20:58,970 --> 00:21:09,830 you 277 00:21:09,830 --> 00:21:11,670 ever wish we'd never met? 278 00:21:14,290 --> 00:21:15,290 How could I? 279 00:21:17,420 --> 00:21:19,140 Because you've lost so much. 280 00:21:20,540 --> 00:21:22,000 And gained a whole world. 281 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:24,880 A soulmate, two children. 282 00:21:26,460 --> 00:21:31,400 But yes, when I left, I... I lost things that were dear to me. 283 00:21:32,460 --> 00:21:33,820 And why did you leave? 284 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:39,500 Because Frances tried to evict me to put our children out onto the street. 285 00:21:42,180 --> 00:21:43,380 She was cruel. 286 00:21:43,980 --> 00:21:46,540 And she wouldn't compromise. That's why you left. 287 00:21:46,750 --> 00:21:50,150 Yes, but in doing so, I've caused untold pain to the family. 288 00:22:28,460 --> 00:22:29,460 Mr. Forsyte. 289 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:33,640 Your ladyship. 290 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,640 I was surprised to see your name on the list of entries. 291 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,480 Though far be it from us to argue with the committee. 292 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:46,260 If they judge you worthy, as patrons of the exhibition, we must bow to their 293 00:22:46,260 --> 00:22:47,260 decision. 294 00:22:48,540 --> 00:22:50,800 Of course. You know my son, Hugo. 295 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:52,280 Sir Hugo? 296 00:22:52,980 --> 00:22:57,260 So, what are your plans, Forsyte, ahead of the grand opening tomorrow? 297 00:22:57,820 --> 00:23:00,980 To arrange my paintings, meet the sponsors and swiftly disappear? 298 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:02,320 Oh, surely not. 299 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,380 A new artist on the scene always creates a stir. 300 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,260 Why not stay for the grand opening? 301 00:23:12,020 --> 00:23:13,520 And bask in the attention? 302 00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:15,320 Of your family especially. 303 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,420 They must be so proud. 304 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,560 Social world. 305 00:23:22,140 --> 00:23:23,380 It's never been my forte. 306 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:24,700 Mr. Forsyte. 307 00:23:25,020 --> 00:23:27,680 you do understand what an honour it is to be selected. 308 00:23:28,020 --> 00:23:28,659 Of course. 309 00:23:28,660 --> 00:23:32,640 And you're expected to appear at the grand opening and greet your public 310 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,300 alongside the other chosen artists. 311 00:23:35,860 --> 00:23:40,460 Unless, of course, you consider yourself above such requirements, in which case I 312 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:42,280 guarantee your prospects will suffer. 313 00:23:50,180 --> 00:23:51,180 What's this? 314 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:52,320 More expense? 315 00:23:52,820 --> 00:23:53,820 Useful reminder. 316 00:23:54,170 --> 00:23:58,070 At any given time, somewhere in the world, Forsyte and Co. is making a profit. 317 00:23:58,630 --> 00:24:00,110 Or very soon will be. 318 00:24:00,430 --> 00:24:04,470 You know, I am very glad to see that Irene is finally behaving herself. 319 00:24:05,050 --> 00:24:06,530 You do her an injustice, Pa. 320 00:24:07,310 --> 00:24:10,010 These last few months, she's shown she very much wants to please. 321 00:24:10,650 --> 00:24:14,090 And this happy news, if it proves correct, has come at exactly the right 322 00:24:14,090 --> 00:24:15,090 time. 323 00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:22,010 But where are my poppies? I was promised poppies! 324 00:24:24,010 --> 00:24:26,450 Your wish, Madame, is our command. 325 00:24:29,230 --> 00:24:34,050 I crown you Queen of the May. 326 00:24:35,150 --> 00:24:38,410 Why, thank you. You're such an idiot, Phil. 327 00:24:38,790 --> 00:24:40,330 We must go. We're meeting the ladies at 12. 328 00:24:40,650 --> 00:24:42,070 Oh, are we not ladies? 329 00:24:42,430 --> 00:24:43,430 No. 330 00:24:43,890 --> 00:24:45,450 You're water nymphs. 331 00:24:55,180 --> 00:24:59,600 Well, my dear, shall we plot how to take the new season by storm? 332 00:25:02,940 --> 00:25:03,940 I've been lying. 333 00:25:05,900 --> 00:25:06,900 To you. 334 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:09,680 But mostly to myself. 335 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:20,840 When a person is out of sight, one thinks of them a little less. 336 00:25:23,379 --> 00:25:25,960 Convinces oneself they no longer have the power to hurt. 337 00:25:29,740 --> 00:25:34,180 When that person returns... Has he returned? 338 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,080 He informs me he's exhibiting at the Spring Show tomorrow. 339 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:44,720 It's galling. 340 00:25:45,260 --> 00:25:47,720 Just when I thought I was ready to face the world again. 341 00:25:53,060 --> 00:25:57,200 It's infuriating. Now he's going to be there. We always go to the grand 342 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,880 opening. Why should we have to deprive ourselves? 343 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,220 Because I, for one, don't have the energy to deal with all the gossips. 344 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:09,140 And Lady Carteret has written, saying how much she's looking forward to seeing 345 00:26:09,140 --> 00:26:10,140 me there. 346 00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:11,900 But you should go. 347 00:26:13,340 --> 00:26:15,400 Don't alter your plans on his account. 348 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:24,200 Well, Francis certainly won't attend, and it puts us in a frightful position. 349 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,660 Well, I would happily give Joe's daubings a miss. 350 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:34,840 And yet, are there not artists of real renown in this show, as opposed to 351 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:37,000 itinerant bohemian riffraff? 352 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,060 I believe Whistler's exhibiting, possibly Leighton. 353 00:26:41,260 --> 00:26:48,260 Well, then, will it be somewhat amusing to see Joe's pitiful efforts woefully 354 00:26:48,260 --> 00:26:50,190 outclassed? Well, now you're talking. 355 00:26:56,170 --> 00:26:57,950 Why do people despise Joe? 356 00:26:58,510 --> 00:26:59,550 Now, let me think. 357 00:27:00,210 --> 00:27:03,510 He abandoned his post, shamed his family. 358 00:27:03,810 --> 00:27:07,710 I can see that his behavior is far from ideal, especially for a foresight. 359 00:27:08,010 --> 00:27:09,510 Personally, I don't despise him. 360 00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:12,470 I pity him. 361 00:27:13,430 --> 00:27:14,470 Except for the obvious. 362 00:27:15,990 --> 00:27:16,990 What? 363 00:27:19,630 --> 00:27:20,630 His children. 364 00:27:23,170 --> 00:27:24,610 Why else do we labor? 365 00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:32,210 What is the point of us if our legacy is simply bricks and mortar? 366 00:27:34,490 --> 00:27:38,030 But in flesh and blood, our name lives on. 367 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:40,410 You seek immortality? 368 00:27:42,490 --> 00:27:48,310 I seek... a sign. 369 00:27:49,870 --> 00:27:51,250 That I was even here at all. 370 00:27:54,010 --> 00:27:55,210 That I left a mark. 371 00:28:00,870 --> 00:28:01,870 That I mattered. 372 00:28:15,030 --> 00:28:16,290 There's nothing more to be done. 373 00:28:16,670 --> 00:28:19,470 I wrote to them to explain why I'm compelled to be there. And you've given 374 00:28:19,470 --> 00:28:20,610 them the chance to absent themselves. 375 00:28:21,090 --> 00:28:23,390 Which I hope for everyone's sake they will. 376 00:28:25,970 --> 00:28:27,290 Perhaps I'll come instead. 377 00:28:27,750 --> 00:28:29,510 I'd happily have you there with me. 378 00:28:29,750 --> 00:28:32,090 No. This is your day, your work. 379 00:28:32,650 --> 00:28:35,690 Which you have inspired and enabled in every way. 380 00:28:41,390 --> 00:28:43,010 Go, you're already late. 381 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,000 Soames sent me to see if you needed anything. 382 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,720 Oh, to stop being treated like a trine at all. 383 00:29:33,220 --> 00:29:36,720 Especially when there's actually no need. 384 00:29:37,780 --> 00:29:38,780 Oh. 385 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:40,360 I see. 386 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:42,940 It was a false alarm. 387 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:48,060 Soames will be so disappointed to have failed to wrangle you into the manacles 388 00:29:48,060 --> 00:29:49,300 of motherhood. Manacles? 389 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,040 You make it sound as if we're prisoners. 390 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:53,400 Or hostages. 391 00:29:53,780 --> 00:29:56,660 As Monty reminds me every time I threaten to jilt him. 392 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:02,160 Go, by all means, Freddy. But remember, our son is a property of his father. 393 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:05,140 As his mother, you have no rights whatsoever. 394 00:30:07,980 --> 00:30:11,600 But you're not intending to... Leave him? 395 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,000 Don't tempt me. 396 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:19,860 But trust me, I will not make the same mistake twice. 397 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,740 No more puppies for me. 398 00:30:25,020 --> 00:30:26,020 I'll see you downstairs. 399 00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:50,360 What a treat. 400 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:52,240 A new artist. 401 00:30:52,780 --> 00:30:56,140 Oh, it's Julian Forsythe. A little sloppy. 402 00:30:56,420 --> 00:30:57,420 I quite agree. 403 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,620 Mr Cole, Mrs Cole, delighted to see you. 404 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:06,840 How rude. 405 00:31:08,260 --> 00:31:09,260 Predictable. 406 00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:11,200 Well, these are foresight friends. 407 00:31:11,980 --> 00:31:13,280 At least they're just ignoring you. 408 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:14,920 You could have been torn to shreds. 409 00:31:15,820 --> 00:31:18,380 Well, I think that's still very much on the cards. 410 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:31,080 Grandmama. 411 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:33,440 It's good to see you. 412 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:34,960 I've been debating. 413 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:40,300 Can one admire the art but deplore the artist? 414 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:42,480 I'm grateful for your support. 415 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,560 And you need it. 416 00:31:48,580 --> 00:31:49,580 What is it? 417 00:32:08,669 --> 00:32:09,669 Forgive him. 418 00:32:11,270 --> 00:32:12,310 He was my dear papa. 419 00:32:12,570 --> 00:32:16,310 He made me feel completely safe and then threw me over. 420 00:32:17,270 --> 00:32:18,390 So I was nothing at all. 421 00:32:19,110 --> 00:32:21,150 You could never be nothing. 422 00:32:23,390 --> 00:32:24,390 Let's go in. 423 00:32:25,270 --> 00:32:26,290 There could be champagne. 424 00:32:47,419 --> 00:32:49,540 Ghastly. Indeed, terribly unseemly. 425 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,400 Well, 426 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,260 cousin, how was life in outer Utopia? 427 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,040 Liberating as you doubtless find it at Forsyte and Co. without me there to vex 428 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,180 you. Oh, I don't know. 429 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:11,320 I rather miss the exercise. 430 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:15,320 You'll forgive me if I don't make a purchase. 431 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:17,400 Not to my taste. 432 00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:30,900 You approve? 433 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,780 No, no, I adore. 434 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,920 I almost wish you hadn't captured it so perfectly, because now I long to be 435 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:39,920 there. 436 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,280 It's strange. 437 00:33:43,220 --> 00:33:44,220 What is? 438 00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:49,390 In all the time we've known each other, we've barely exchanged two words. 439 00:33:51,010 --> 00:33:57,930 Yet, when I look at these paintings, I feel as if I see your soul. 440 00:34:02,590 --> 00:34:03,610 And you see mine. 441 00:34:48,940 --> 00:34:49,940 Thank you. 442 00:35:27,930 --> 00:35:28,930 Bravo. 443 00:35:30,110 --> 00:35:31,990 Really such an achievement. 444 00:35:32,350 --> 00:35:33,350 Look at them all. 445 00:35:33,750 --> 00:35:35,190 Dying for us to make a scene. 446 00:35:35,590 --> 00:35:36,770 Let's disappoint them. 447 00:35:37,710 --> 00:35:39,250 Especially that old tabby. 448 00:35:43,490 --> 00:35:48,650 I never expected to see you here. 449 00:35:49,790 --> 00:35:52,150 Perhaps you prefer me to retire to a nunnery. 450 00:35:53,450 --> 00:35:54,590 You know I wouldn't. 451 00:35:55,210 --> 00:35:57,270 I can't bear the thought of how I've hurt you. 452 00:35:58,910 --> 00:36:00,010 Is she here? 453 00:36:01,730 --> 00:36:03,750 Of course not. Not that I care. 454 00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:06,310 I'm a match for anyone. 455 00:36:08,890 --> 00:36:09,890 Always. 456 00:36:16,830 --> 00:36:18,190 We return to Paris tomorrow. 457 00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:19,510 So soon. 458 00:36:19,650 --> 00:36:22,410 I would have asked you to tea. Perhaps another time. 459 00:36:22,839 --> 00:36:26,220 Frances, I am truly sorry for the pain I've caused you and... Ah, well. 460 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,160 I think I've seen all there is to see. 461 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:38,160 Shall we be off? 462 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:39,680 Dad. 463 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:45,100 How are you? 464 00:36:46,460 --> 00:36:47,820 I have nothing to say to you. 465 00:36:52,590 --> 00:36:56,130 My compliments on your triumph, Mrs. Forsyte, over my dear mother. 466 00:36:56,710 --> 00:37:00,690 Well, Sir Hugo, she does love to stir the pot. 467 00:37:00,970 --> 00:37:03,770 And was doubtless hoping to treat the Forsytes to a public drubbing. 468 00:37:04,750 --> 00:37:06,390 But in fact, you were the vanquisher. 469 00:37:08,290 --> 00:37:11,850 I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you again. 470 00:37:14,210 --> 00:37:15,210 Very soon. 471 00:37:43,370 --> 00:37:44,370 Take me home. 472 00:37:58,790 --> 00:37:59,790 So, 473 00:38:00,470 --> 00:38:02,870 we've had a reprieve. From what? 474 00:38:03,230 --> 00:38:04,230 The nursery. 475 00:38:05,390 --> 00:38:07,750 You seem to take a lively interest in my affairs. 476 00:38:08,790 --> 00:38:10,030 Isn't that what friends do? 477 00:38:10,370 --> 00:38:12,410 Friends should be glad that my life is hugely blessed. 478 00:38:12,910 --> 00:38:15,530 Except you've sacrificed the very thing which has made your soul come alive. 479 00:38:17,690 --> 00:38:20,610 Phil, I... I know what it means to you. 480 00:38:21,010 --> 00:38:23,990 And how you can surrender it all to him. 481 00:38:25,430 --> 00:38:27,350 You're a gentleman, Mr. Bassini. 482 00:38:27,870 --> 00:38:28,870 And? 483 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:33,010 You have choices. 484 00:38:41,710 --> 00:38:42,710 Were you much admired? 485 00:38:42,750 --> 00:38:43,890 Did you make useful connections? 486 00:38:44,370 --> 00:38:46,830 I was universally reviled. 487 00:38:47,730 --> 00:38:49,870 But by some miracle, I sold a painting. 488 00:38:50,110 --> 00:38:51,110 I knew you would. 489 00:38:52,810 --> 00:38:54,590 So we can return to Paris now. 490 00:38:56,350 --> 00:38:57,350 Oh. 491 00:38:59,010 --> 00:39:00,810 You mean not to stay then? 492 00:39:01,970 --> 00:39:06,170 Well, of course. Paris is our home. 493 00:39:08,990 --> 00:39:09,990 Is it? 494 00:39:12,620 --> 00:39:16,320 Paris, it was and it is an escape. 495 00:39:17,380 --> 00:39:21,400 No one judges us. No one cares who we are or what we do. 496 00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:28,160 And we can pretend all the pain we caused never happened. 497 00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:30,420 But I know you. 498 00:39:31,380 --> 00:39:34,280 In your heart, you'll never be at peace while you're at odds with your family. 499 00:39:35,220 --> 00:39:36,880 Why do you think I sent the paintings? 500 00:39:38,820 --> 00:39:41,480 I knew there would be a good chance you'd be selected and that... 501 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,680 If you were, perhaps you'd like to stay on. 502 00:39:46,540 --> 00:39:48,680 Try and find a way to mend things with your family. 503 00:39:50,660 --> 00:39:52,420 If there was even the slightest hope. 504 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:56,100 They're stubborn. 505 00:39:56,780 --> 00:39:57,780 All of them. 506 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,400 And this town can be cruel. 507 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,340 It will take time and patience. 508 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:05,820 Perhaps you will have to turn the other cheek. 509 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:09,040 But you have me. 510 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:11,840 And the children. 511 00:40:13,450 --> 00:40:16,470 And surely if there's one thing we've learned, it's that living a lie and 512 00:40:16,470 --> 00:40:19,530 hiding away is not the answer. 513 00:40:24,190 --> 00:40:25,190 So be it. 514 00:40:27,390 --> 00:40:28,610 Disappointing selection this year. 515 00:40:29,610 --> 00:40:30,890 Did you see anything you liked? 516 00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:32,190 I did. 517 00:40:32,310 --> 00:40:35,230 In fact, I bought one. 518 00:40:37,070 --> 00:40:38,250 May I ask which? 519 00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:39,830 The Sen at Dawn. 520 00:40:40,870 --> 00:40:41,870 Joe's painting. 521 00:40:42,090 --> 00:40:46,250 My promised life in Paris was denied me, so it brought back fond memories. 522 00:40:56,210 --> 00:40:59,010 I understand that Paris will always have a place in your heart. 523 00:41:00,490 --> 00:41:03,670 But when I think of the very many blessings we have here... There is one 524 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:08,890 blessing for which... we must wait a little longer. 525 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:13,560 I am not with child. 526 00:41:18,780 --> 00:41:20,240 I'm truly sorry to hear that. 527 00:41:31,300 --> 00:41:32,360 Let's not dwell on it. 528 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:35,460 We must simply try harder. 529 00:41:38,620 --> 00:41:39,900 And tomorrow... 530 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,820 I had a surprise planned. 531 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,980 Perhaps we should still attempt it. No, of course. 532 00:42:24,140 --> 00:42:26,520 So when exactly do we see this surprise? 533 00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:28,220 All in good time. 534 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:48,320 Phil! 535 00:42:52,060 --> 00:42:53,540 What are you doing here? 536 00:42:54,010 --> 00:42:55,190 I work here. 537 00:42:55,570 --> 00:42:56,810 This is Robin Hill. 538 00:42:57,010 --> 00:43:00,650 Yes. Come, my dear. Let me show you how splendid the view is. 539 00:43:02,830 --> 00:43:04,130 Is it not glorious? 540 00:43:04,630 --> 00:43:06,510 Here we can have room to breathe. 541 00:43:08,050 --> 00:43:12,270 Imagine a life away from the crush of Fitz Allen Terrace. 542 00:43:13,290 --> 00:43:17,910 Just you and I and our children. 543 00:43:24,230 --> 00:43:26,810 Mr. Bassini, why are we not further along? 544 00:43:29,830 --> 00:43:35,170 Yesterday, when you said, no more puppies, how would you avoid it? 545 00:43:35,510 --> 00:43:36,850 By avoiding Monty. 546 00:43:39,930 --> 00:43:41,210 Only for certain days. 547 00:43:44,090 --> 00:43:48,390 When, you know, one is most likely to bear fruit. 548 00:43:50,610 --> 00:43:53,270 Every month. 549 00:43:54,060 --> 00:43:57,640 I get Monty roaring drunk each night for an entire week. 550 00:43:58,060 --> 00:44:02,800 He falls asleep the second his head hits the pillow and thus doesn't trouble me. 551 00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:06,020 And I remain unencumbered. 552 00:44:27,050 --> 00:44:32,090 I was thinking of taking my stepmother away for a few days, perhaps to 553 00:44:32,090 --> 00:44:38,230 Brighton. I think the sea air will do us some good and it'll help me get over our 554 00:44:38,230 --> 00:44:39,610 disappointment. 555 00:44:43,930 --> 00:44:44,930 Yes. 556 00:44:45,450 --> 00:44:46,450 Yes, I can see that. 557 00:44:48,910 --> 00:44:51,270 And I would be all the more glad to see you when you return. 558 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:21,260 Perhaps you should make these visits a more regular thing. I think I shall. 559 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:25,260 My love, I've not been honest with you. When will you tell them that we're not 560 00:45:25,260 --> 00:45:26,019 leaving London? 561 00:45:26,020 --> 00:45:28,540 One piece of the secret cannot stay buried. 562 00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:30,920 I hope the flowers were met with your approval. 563 00:45:31,220 --> 00:45:35,000 Let us promise from now on you and I will never have secrets from each other. 564 00:45:35,100 --> 00:45:38,200 Like it or not, you're a foresight. They're your blood, it's who you are. 565 00:45:38,340 --> 00:45:41,320 Frances would never disgrace this family by granting you a divorce.