As any war

a waste of good men

Step me, boy

you've survived

My boy is to be married

Elizabeth?

When I first met Elizabeth

there was no thought of my coming between you

It's a poor Cornwall you've returned to

taxes sky high

wages in the gutter

Have they hurt you, child?

Don't child me, mister

What's your name?

Demelza Carne

Ross Poldark

I'm in need of a kitchen maid

Opening a mine

Despite our conversation

It seems we both have mining in our blood

God knows if that's a blessing or a curse

Are the rumors true, do you think?

What am I a circus attraction?

I wonder, do you not think of marriage, Captain Poldark?

What's it to me what folks say

What are you wearing?

I found it, sir

You dare to go rifling through those things

I didn't take you from your father for this

What do it matter what you took me for?

You know what people say of us

If we behave like this

it will be true

Then let it be true

What do you mean by running away

I thought after what happened

You thought you would no longer be my servant

You were right

He could have had his pick

any number of eligible girls from rising families instead of which he marries his serving wench

So you love her

Before he met you he was broken

You've given him hope

You've redeemed me

I am your humble servant

and I love you

Well I hope you will have a little love to spare

I promise you I will make the world a

better place for her

And for me?

What we know is that Ross Poldark

though clever, has a weakness

He plays it straight

No good will come of being sentimental about such folk

There are forces

opposing us

to put us out of business

But perhaps your choice of wife has coarsened your finer instincts

Enough!

I have caused a rift between the two sides of our family

Can you forgive me?

Putrid throat

Whole families have gone under

Come back, my love

Come back

His daughter's burial

If I could do anything

You can pray to God I do not lose the love of my life

Has she come to take you

No, my love, she will never take me

Where's Julia?

She was peaceful

I held her in my arms

Captain Poldark

I have orders to take you to Truro Jail

I am to be tried by Justice Lister in five days time

It's not a question of whether you'll be found guilty, but when

Will I have a chance to say goodbye to my wife

Poldark will surely hang

The mine he will leave to his wife

Was she not his kitchen maid

He'll come home again

We find him

Not Guilty

He does not strike me as a man who take such things lying down

that in failing to get him hanged

you have left yourself exposed

Ross Poldark would not dare lay a finger on me

Threw him across the Red Lion, broke his nose

When I control the mine, I control Ross

You went out on the boat

Why is it fine for you to run risks

when I may not even take a boat out in calm waters

You are the most stubborn

pig-headed

I am

Where would you be I had not come along?

Where would you be if I had not come along

You have a son

There's a novelty

A married couple who enjoy each other's company

but then did they not marry for love

Tonight you'll have eyes for none but me

Tonight I'll have eyes for none but you

Cannot a woman love two men

A piece of my heart will always be yours

as a piece of yours will always be mine

Sometimes I think he loves Elizabeth better

She's Ross's first love

So you mistake your own value

Ross was a wise man when he chose you

And he will not forget it

You think I no longer love you

Do you doubt it

So I am not to be rid of you, my love

So you are not to be rid of me, my love

George Warleggen is to marry Elizabeth

The man who tried to get me hanged

Do you suppose that she ever seriously meant to marry George

Surely it was just a trick

She got what she wanted

I am not content to be second best

Why am I here, Demelza?

I don't know why you're still here, Ross

That those who suffer most

are the ones who ignore their heart's desires

Stop this!

Lost our nerve, have we?

Didn't fancy the battlefields of France

No

This is what you came back for?

My true

real

and abiding love

is for you

We're left idling at home while the men go off and fight battles

I do not ask you not to be reckless

For I know you cannot promise something which is so against your nature

I have changed

because of you

The woman I love is married to the man

to whom I owe my life

I wish I could be two people

someone else

Who could love another just for a day

and just for a day without feeling disloyal to the man I truly love

For I know who it is who truly owns my heart