Recapping 'Poldark': Season 2, Episode 4
Previously on Poldark: Desperate to get out from under the thumb of Vile George Warleggan, Ross and Francis decide to go into business together and reopen the mine at Wheal Leisure. They’re pretty excited about it, and it’s very cute to watch the whole Poldark clan mend fences and reunite with one another. Francis even decides to finally forgive Verity for marrying Andrew Blamey! Elsewhere, Dwight Enys teaches Caroline Penvenen about how hard it is to get medical treatment as a poor person. As a result, she donates several batches of oranges to help those villagers stricken with scurvy and she and Dwight flirt some more. Elsewhere, Demelza goes into labor in a rowboat, before being rescued by Ross and giving birth to a boy.
Need more details? You can find last week’s recap here.
What’s Up with this Time Jump? Get ready folks, because there’s a very bizarre – and possibly unnecessary? – time jump this week. In the end, we’ve moved the story forward at least a year. I think? According to in-episode dialogue, a year has passed since Caroline Penvenen left to go back to London. But the child that Demelza had last week looks like he’s well older than a year now. And of course somehow Elizabeth and Francis’ son looks basically the same age as he always has. Y’all, I have no idea. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
