north and south episode 1 part 2

North and South is a four part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe ***i do not own any of the copyrights, the bbc does***

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[fdtk77]

frankly, if an idiot was endangering the business i've been working for all my life because he just couldn't refrain from having a smoke, I'd probably want to beat him to death as well. Maybe Mr. Thornton's reaction is a bit violent, but not at all unreasonable, especially that the guy was warned before, probably several times.

[101musicfan]

when Thornton sees Stephens he says "smoking again" and "i warned you" indicating that whatever he did the first time obviously didn't get the point across so hitting stephens to protect his mill and his workers seems justified given the time period. So i agree that the actions Thornton took were not unreasonable even if they seem a bit violent.

[Sanriko]

I was in a ditzy moment during the scene of Thornton getting angry at Stephens for smoking and I thought: "Damn, he must hate smokers. If that guy doesn't quit after this, Thornton's definitely going to make him incapable of smoking again D: "

And then I realized that as a worker around cotton, it would be a danger to actually smoke in that environment XD Still, it's a bit rash to beat someone over that. Maybe just kick him out for the day and take away a weeks wages or fire him or something :P

[TheFreakinBatman]

Wow, okay, don't get me wrong guys, I love Thornton too.

But Jesus, are you guys actually JUSTIFYING him savagely beating a man (and with no consequence)? You fire him, you do not beat him to a pulp. Even if he had messed up before, that's just not something you do.

I think your like for the man is blinding your judgment. If anyone else had done it, you would have quickly condemned them.

[prlsB4swne]

@fdtk77 You have to understand though. We talking about England. They are usually highly conservative there. This isn't Ireland or something.

[suzannesadiiqa]

Anna Maxwell Martin is one of my favourite actresses. See her in The Night Watch and Bleak House.

[suzannesadiiqa]

I have always wondered why, when they are all surrounded by cotton, the workers didn't avail themselves of a small amount and fashion some form of face masks, they may not have realized how bad the lint was for the lungs but would have preferred not to be coughing all the time, surely...............

[dht23]

@101musicfan Valid point, and conisdering how hard he's worked and he's seen other accidents with fires in mills he was really worried and since the guy wasn't listening... but still he shouldn't have beaten the poor man that much.

[SBchampsXLII]

Am I the only one who thinks Mr. Thornton looks like a vampire? Everytime he looks at her, I think he's gonna bite her neck.

[GegoStuff]

Mr. Thornton wasn't that violent in the book at all, in fact I don't recall him ever raising a hand against one of his workers.

[talidina2]

How csn u work in a place like that and not wear something to cover your mouth... Ps first impressions are never to be thrusted

[Heididi86]

Many of you have misunderstood Thornton's intentions much like Margaret.

Cotton is a combustible material which continues burning long after the flame has been extinguished. Hence, it is very dangerous to light up in a cotton mill, especially with so much cotton particles in the air. The whole place would positively burn down.

Thornton was more concerned about lives being endangered, more so than his business. That's why he said "I'd rather they (the worker's children) starve than burn."