It turns out that George has been keeping pretty busy outside of working on his fitness. (Guess those boxing lessons aren’t doing much for his self-esteem.) Warleggan of course pleads ignorance, but still acts scared when Ross gets threatening. Tension continues to escalate between Ross and Vile George Warleggan, especially in the wake of the attack on Jud Paynter. The bulk of this week’s installment is built around the main Poldark family foursome, and it’s really pretty great to watch. Thankfully, Poldark Season 2 seems to be building into a much more entertaining experience the further away we get from Ross’ trial. Need more details? You can find last week’s recap here. She’s not happy about it, but somehow Ross manages to figure out that she’s pregnant, which smooths things over between them for now. While they’re at Trenwith, though, Ross and Elizabeth share a weirdly intimate conversation, where he decides to reminisce about how perfect Elizabeth is and how great they were together. Elizabeth manages to get Ross and Demelza to attend Francis’ harvest party, and the family finally mends fences.

To make matters worse, it turns out that the Poldarks are flat broke, and have to sell almost all of their early possessions to come up with enough money to pay the interest on the loan.

Warleggan manages to buy up more shares in Wheal Leisure, install his creepy flunky on the board, and has Jud nearly beat half to death. Previously on Poldark: The feud between Ross and Vile George Warleggan intensifies, now that Ross has managed to escape prison. (Photo: Courtesy of Adrian Rogers/Mammoth Screen for BBC and MASTERPIECE)

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