George Russell

It's been discussed at great length.

I mentioned George seeing ghosts of Elizabeth on Poldark.

Spoiler alert for that show.

But that carries on for multiple episodes.

This is interesting.

Clay?

That, spoiler alert, in case people are wondering whether they would resolve the shooting of George next year, Richard Clay will not be back thus far.

Patrick Page is out of the picture for next season.

... final plans to block replacements, knowing that it may turn violent, and they're all committed to that.

On the train, George and Clay discuss the governmental resources that they will have at their disposal to try to block the strike and let the, the scabs in.

Um, in Pittsburgh, George visits Mr. Henderson, the, the labor leader, at his home to ask if this strike can be called off, but Henderson holds firm.

And one of the things that you notice in this scene is the stark contrast between his home, extremely modest, and the opulence-

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... one of the things that's interesting is that, you know, we learn in this scene that both men are proud of the work that they're doing, and they're proud of their families.

Yeah.

And George appeals for peace, but the workers want better pay and better working conditions.

So at the end of episode five, we've just had the situation where George has talked with Gladys's wannabe beau and sent him packing, and as the family is talking, Mr. Clay comes into the house and says he needs to see George right away.

So he's s- he's shown to George, and he tells him that there's been a massive wreck on the Russell rail line.

We come to learn that three people have been killed, but there will be more deaths and more injuries.

The Russells and their board members begin to scramble to respond.

George sort of coldly says, "Well, you know, such tragedies are simply inevitable in the r- railroad business," but h- he didn't stay on that for long.

George asks his fr- her friend, George asks Bertha s- to reach out to her friend Clara Barton to get the Red Cross on the scene, and that's where the, that episode five ends.

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the robber baron era.

Alright.

right let's get started episode four is called the long ladder it originally aired on valentine's day of 2022 one thing i want to say about this episode is to continue the trigger warning from episode three that we recorded before there's talk of death by suicide and the events following that death so just guard yourself is that something that's sensitive to you as it is and sort of we'll begin with that with the fallout from morris's death the episode opens with sort of a stark contrast we have his funeral as his caskets being lowered into the ground and given the stigma of death by suicide thou then and even now the assembly is very small and everyone is very very somber there's a side conversation among the parishioners about the fact that he maybe shouldn't be buried in sacred ground because of the suicide this is a This is a somber scene that is juxtaposed with George and the alderman simultaneously celebrating moving forward with the railroad station plans that have now passed since Morris' suicide.

Let me see what I'm doing now.

They're taking advantage of the...

Sad situation.

Sad situation.

George does remind Charles that business is not for the weak and suggests that all will be forgiven if Charles strongly encourages his wife Aurora to provide Bertha with an entree into old New York society.

You know, it's a classic.