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Preview: Episode 2 | 31sVideo has Closed Captions
The overseer Robert sparks a rivalry between July and Caroline.
The handsome overseer Robert arrives, sparking a bitter rivalry between July and her mistress.
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Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Raymond James with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The MASTERPIECE Trust, created to help ensure the series’ future.

Preview
Preview: Episode 2 | 31sVideo has Closed Captions
The handsome overseer Robert arrives, sparking a bitter rivalry between July and her mistress.
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- [Narrator] On Masterpiece.
- Me is no free.
- The well being of the workers is the key to the success of a plantation.
- It's such relief to have a true gentleman come to us and save us here.
- We shall have the finest sugar crop in all of Jamaica.
- I must confess, I thought I should never again be blessed with love.
- I will need you all to work seven full days a week from now on.
- Free, no!
Just like you.
- [Narrator] The Long Song on Masterpiece.
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: Ep2 | 2m 58s | The Long Song cast on the power struggle between Caroline and July over Robert. (2m 58s)
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: Ep2 | 1m 46s | Robert expects workers to put in long hours. The workers are now free to challenge him. (1m 46s)
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Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Raymond James with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The MASTERPIECE Trust, created to help ensure the series’ future.