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William has an official job for Eliza, but it's not one she likes: spying on suffragettes. When one is involved in a murder, Eliza struggles between her beliefs and her need for work. 

James grows closer to Helen while treating her under-performing bull while Tristan tries to prove he is responsible to Siegfried by taking on the care of Tricki Woo, Mrs. Pumphrey's spoiled and overfed dog. 

While Siegfried seeks a dream job as a racecourse veterinarian, James finds himself in a difficult situation with a racehorse. Tristan tries to make up for a shortage of cash, and Mrs. Hall helps Helen out with her sister Jenny. 

Eliza is tasked with proving a man innocent after he is found holding a knife next a dead man. Financial woes also mount as she tries to maintain a business after the death of her father. 

The debts are piling up on Eliza Scarlet and her father, so Eliza is looking to help her father in his detective business. She has the skills, but a male-dominated world won't let her do the work. 

When Siegfried's brother comes home, James finds he has competition as Siegfried's assistant. He also finds he has romantic competition when he attends a party at the wealthy Mrs. Pumphrey's home, courtesy of her dog Tricki Woo. 

When the city-dweller James Herriot tries to get a job as a veterinary assistant in the rural Yorkshire dales, he finds himself in some unexpected situations but tries to prove that he's more than up to the task. 

Dementia is encroaching on Maud, so when she believes her friend Elizabeth has gone missing it is difficult to piece together what happened, especially since her memory is complicated by reminiscences of her sister, who disappeared when they were young. 

The cherished drama about a veterinarian working in rural Yorkshire in the 1930s is getting a new adaptation that premieres on WTTW through Masterpiece this January.

No one is reliably loyal as political careers hit rough patches. Julia considers jumping ship from Dawn, while Peter faces a grilling from his family and others close to him. Investigations into his court case continue, unbeknownst to him. 

As Peter goes against the party line, he accrues enemies. Charmian seeks evidence to take revenge on Peter, his familial life grows more complicated, and accidents throw everything up in the air. 

While the popular government minister Peter Laurence has just won a libel case, seemingly guaranteeing a bright future in Britain's Conservative Party, there are plenty of other secrets and people that could undermine him.

Vivien connects with Mary and begins to feel unexpectedly nostalgic as she prepares for some significant changes in her life, while her children all take important steps in making their relationships less complicated.

Vivien makes two sudden decisions that startle and upset her children, while they all continue to mess up in their struggling relationships and Mary keeps snooping. 

When Vivien begins dating Mark after her husband's death, some of her children are wary. But they have plenty of their own issues to deal with. And Vivien's nosy neighbor eagerly watches all the drama unfold.