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* In series 2, [[ArmorPiercingSlap The Slap]] followed by Demelza's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reason-you-suck speech]] to Ross after his night with Elizabeth:

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* In series 2, [[ArmorPiercingSlap The Slap]] Slap followed by Demelza's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reason-you-suck speech]] to Ross after his night with Elizabeth:
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* At Reverend Whitworth's funeral, George and Elizabeth offer their condolences to Morwenna. She is having precisely none of it, and flatly tells them she loathed her husband thanks to his constant abuse of her; when Elizabeth tries to protest they had no idea and George claims to only have wanted an advantageous marriage for her, she shoots back [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "Advantageous for whom?!"]] showing just how much she blames and hates them for forcing her into marrying Whitworth.
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* In series 2, Francis delivers a superb TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to George:
-->'''Francis:''' You may flaunt your guineas on [[ConspicuousConsumption lavish garments and fancy carriages]]. You may [[FakeAristocrat purchase a coat of arms]] and deck out your servants in [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes gaudy livery]]. You may even [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney buy your way]] into [[SocialClimber every club, mine, and drawing room]] in the county. But what you will ''never'' buy is [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense nobility or breeding or even common decency]].\\
'''George:''' [[OrderedApology Are you quite sure you don't wish to apologize]], Francis, [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou given the nature of our association?]]\\
'''Francis:''' Oh, you own me, I acknowledge that. And my indebtedness to you has long muddied the waters between us. [[TakeThat So I trust that any confusion about my feelings is now entirely cleared up.]]
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* Demelza's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reason-you-suck speech]] to Ross after his night with Elizabeth in season 2:

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* In series 2, [[ArmorPiercingSlap The Slap]] followed by Demelza's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reason-you-suck speech]] to Ross after his night with Elizabeth in season 2:Elizabeth:
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* Demelza's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reason-you-suck speech]] after his night with Elizabeth in season 2:

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* Demelza's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reason-you-suck speech]] to Ross after his night with Elizabeth in season 2:



'''Demelza''': For it seemed to me, unschooled as I was, that you were not like other men. That you had a kind of nobility, not of birth, but of character. And I was proud to think a man like you had married me. So now to discover that you are so much ''less'' than other men, are fallen so low because so far. 'Tis not my pride that's wounded, Ross. 'Tis my pride in ''you''.\\

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'''Demelza''': For it seemed to me, unschooled as I was, that you were not like other men. That you had a kind of nobility, not of birth, but of character. And I was proud to think a man like you had married me. So now to discover that you are so much ''less'' than other men, are fallen so low because so far. 'Tis not my pride that's wounded, Ross. 'Tis my pride in ''you''.\\
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* Demelza's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reason-you-suck speech]] after his night with Elizabeth in season 2:
-->'''Ross''': I realize I've betrayed your trust...\\
'''Demelza''': Forfeit.\\
'''Ross''': And that your pride is wounded...\\
'''Demelza''': My pride? ''My'' pride? To think I always did look up to you, respect you, revere you as my master long before you were my husband...\\
'''Ross''': I see that, but—\\
'''Demelza''': For it seemed to me, unschooled as I was, that you were not like other men. That you had a kind of nobility, not of birth, but of character. And I was proud to think a man like you had married me. So now to discover that you are so much ''less'' than other men, are fallen so low because so far. 'Tis not my pride that's wounded, Ross. 'Tis my pride in ''you''.\\
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* At the charity opening, Ross, following a heated exchange that ended in George threatening to see him expelled from Parliament, he regains his composure and calmly tells him in no uncertain terms that his threat isn’t worth a damn (“And how will you manage that?”).

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* At the charity opening, Ross, following a heated exchange that ended in George threatening to see him expelled from Parliament, he regains his composure and calmly tells him George in no uncertain terms that his threat isn’t worth a damn (“And how will you manage that?”).

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* When Harry shows up on George’s orders to rough up Drake Carne on suspicion of murdering Reverend Whitworth, Demelza politely tells him to fuck off, and then when he insists on getting through her, Prudie physically removes him before Demelza forcefully slams the door on him. Up until that point, Harry was the most unstoppable brute under the employ of the Warleggans. Demelza and Prudie are officially the first to best him in a fair fight.

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* When Harry shows up on George’s orders to rough up Drake Carne on suspicion of murdering Reverend Whitworth, Demelza politely tells him to fuck off, and then when he insists on getting through her, Prudie physically removes him before Demelza forcefully slams the door on him. Up until that point, Harry was the most unstoppable brute under the employ of the Warleggans. Demelza and Prudie are officially the first to best him in a fair fight.fight.
* At the charity opening, Ross, following a heated exchange that ended in George threatening to see him expelled from Parliament, he regains his composure and calmly tells him in no uncertain terms that his threat isn’t worth a damn (“And how will you manage that?”).
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* The series 4 premiere is one for Ross. When all appears lost for Drake and Sam Carne, Ross speaks in their defense at their and Jago Martin’s hanging. While he wasn’t able to save everyone (and is rather bitter about it for the rest of the episode), he at least managed to get both Carne brothers reprieved.
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* When Harry shows up on George’s orders to rough up Drake Carne on suspicion of murdering Reverend Whitworth, Demelza politely tells him to fuck off, and then Prudie physically removes him. Up until that point, Harry was the most unstoppable brute under the employ of the Warleggans. Demelza and Prudie are officially the first to best him in a fair fight.

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* When Harry shows up on George’s orders to rough up Drake Carne on suspicion of murdering Reverend Whitworth, Demelza politely tells him to fuck off, and then when he insists on getting through her, Prudie physically removes him before Demelza forcefully slams the door on him. Up until that point, Harry was the most unstoppable brute under the employ of the Warleggans. Demelza and Prudie are officially the first to best him in a fair fight.
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* When Harry shows up on George’s orders to rough up Drake Carne on suspicion of murdering Reverend Whitworth, Demelza politely tells him to fuck off, and then Prudie physically removes him. Up until that point, Harry was the most unstoppable brute under the employ of the Warleggans. Demelza and Prudie are officially the first to best him in a fair fight.

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