All language subtitles for Seeking.Persephone.2026.S01E01.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.H264.SDR.DDP.5.1.English-HONE.ET-en

Do you pick up
its up, artemis?

I don't know why
we have to do it.

Because we like to eat.

But we are only paid pennies.

Cents that keep us
family from poverty.

I don't enjoy

neighborhood laundry
more than you.

But getting upset about it
does not change our situation.

Open the door, baby.

I've had a terrible day

and now I have to open the door.

I'm sorry
that you have suffered so much.

I'm afraid you just have to
to continue

your misery
condition for a while longer.

I open the door

but don't be surprised if I
I lay down on the floor and die.

I am a lot
things when it happens

my sweet little Artemis,

but above all I don't
don't be surprised.

He is 'dead' in the past
for much less.

Did dad wander off again?

Daphne.

Persephone. You are at home.

Did dad wander off again?

Until the letter arrived.

Then he went back
your office.

Did he say from whom
was the letter?

You know that dad usually
don't talk to me

Well, if I'm him
cleaned up the mess,

sorted the laundry
and started our meal,

then I really want to
talk to you

of what you
you studied today.

It's so interesting
and terribly useful.

I can't wait.

Thank you, Persephone.

Of course, Daphne.

You said it could happen.

Yes, I said.

And what has brought you

this time so terrible
to the end?

My suffering is too great

words cannot do it
describe.

Is it because I
couldn't buy you candy

from the pastry shop?

It was tragic.

But not why you
do you breathe on the floor?

I didn't see my friend.

I was waiting for him
and he didn't come.

He hasn't come so long
and it is deeply devastating.

This is the friend
who can't i see?

The friend you can't see.

Ah.

Do you think your friend
would visit you again

if we were to eat a loaf pan tonight?

A loaf pan?

I have some dry bread.

And Mrs. Sanford
gave me cream.

I think we should
to eat a loaf pan tonight.

It's not even my birthday.

I guess it's a bread pan
my favorite thing

in the whole world.

Of course, if you
you're dead on the floor

then you won't get it.

I'm fine!

It's a miracle!

thank you thank you
thank you

Accept it, my
dear little Artemis.

how are you
do you like the latest fashion?

This is not the last.

Mrs. Upton gave them to me,

because he got
the most recent version.

But they are almost
the most recent.

It's gorgeous.

Isn't it?

I added mine
dream list.

Mmm, it has to be
quite a long list already.

Isn't that what dreaming is for
isn't it?

believe in things
what you're afraid you'll never get

but you want to keep hoping
that they are possible?

Like enough money and
luck, falling in love.

I want you to have everything
these things, Athena.

You must have dreams too.

Of course it is.

That the mood of Artemis
would not fall

under the weight of life.

For Daphne to find a friend,
who helps him feel noticed

and cared for.

That Evander and Linus
would come back to us safe and sound.

This is far from guaranteed

to two midshipmen
in the Navy during the war.

I should have done more
to keep them home and safe.

You couldn't have
more to do.

I could have done more
do laundry,

or reduce your portions at meals.

I could have mine
do not make a fire in the room.

And probably wouldn't
it was still enough.

I think this is my version

'of impossible things
of hope'.

None of the hopes
what you mentioned

there have been no dreams
for myself.

Seeing this family happy
is enough of a dream for me.

Bring Daphne and Artemis
and take them to the kitchen.

I don't know how frustrating
he might be this time.

Have you received the letter?

We have a lot
serious problem.

what happened papa

Evander? Linus?

Oh, no, I'm not one of your brothers
heard something.

Ahh.

However, I have

most confusing letter.

You, my dear, have
a marriage proposal.

What?

The proposal is incredible
from a rich gentleman,

who has an old and
erm, a prestigious title.

Lovely sky!

Yes.

What I can't understand is why
the duke just chose you.

He can't be with our family
to be even briefly acquainted.

Duke?

of course dear
Duke of Kielder.

The Duke of Kielder has asked
my hand?

Quite specifically.

I don't believe a word of it.

After all, I don't know
His Highness,

nor any other height.

'Mr Lancaster,

i'm begging

your eldest daughter's hand.

I am ready to give to you three
the rest to the daughter

20,000 each as dowry

and 50,000 for yourself
for the sake of your sons.'

'The ceremony will take place
on the first of October

at Falstone Chapel.

Please answer yours
in terms of intentions.

Yours sincerely, etc., Kielder.'

It certainly isn't
the most romantic

nor a flattering proposition, that is clear.

'The ceremony will take place.'

There is not the slightest indication that

that of an unexpected offer
could be refused.

This offer is worth it
more than £100,000.

What a Kielder
the duke is

Which one?

Well, I can't say.

I have not met the present Duke.

What was his father like?

Um, deadly.

But his mother
is a busy sort.

£100,000?

I can barely
to grasp such an amount.

This is more than our current one
500 years worth of income.

It is more than five times larger than
Duke of Sussex Income,

and he is the king's son.

Lovely sky.

We would have enough
food to eat.

We shouldn't anymore
to do laundry for pennies.

The boys would soon be in the Navy
leave and return home.

All your impossible dreams

could you suddenly
completely possible.

It wouldn't save
only our family

it would save our family
future generations.

But the Duke of Kielder

can be angry or callous.

so what
if he treats you badly?

What if marriage with him
makes you miserable

for the rest of your life?

It is also possible that he
is kind and caring.

You don't know about him
nothing?

Only that he obviously has
a huge amount of money

and he wants to marry me.

He gave no hint as to why.

You don't need this offer
just accept.

Another offer may come
from someone you at least know

that he doesn't treat you terribly.

There will be no other offers.

If I don't accept it,
our family sinks even deeper.

Even the simple ones
the hopes we have now

become unavailable.

But then it would be ripped from you
all your hopes.

The happiness of this family
is worth every sacrifice.

Aren't you lucky then?
worth anything?

Artemis has always narrated

the story of Hades and Persephone
quite accurately.

Persephone can't
to be happy.

Then you're going to be a duke
accept the offer?

Who invited all these people?

Me.

Not every day my poor boy
take a wife.

It had to be
a silent ceremony.

I don't think so Miss Lancaster
has invited someone

apart from your immediate family.

I didn't want the embarrassment
cause, Adam.

I just want to celebrate.

I wonder if it's a joke
shows up at all.

Try to resist the temptation

no wedding guests
to pierce.

Where the hell is he?

Five more minutes and I
I'll go get him myself.

When does it start?

My stomach is empty.

Where.

Artemis.

He decided to come anyway.

Dear lovelies, we have come together here,

before God and before this congregation,

to unite this man and this woman in holy matrimony,

an honest state ordained by God

during man's innocence,

symbolizing to us a mystical union

between Christ and his church.

So if anyone knows of any just cause,

why they should not be legally joined,

then let him speak now or forever be silent.

Damn it, you damn pile of dung.

Continue.

Who will give this woman to this man as his wife?

I will probably give myself.

Take his right hand in yours.

I, Adam Richard Boyce,

Duke of Kielder, Marquess of Falstone,

Earl of Falstone, Viscount Byrness,

Baron Falstone, Baron Whitelee,

I take you to be my lawfully wedded wife,

to hold you and love you, from this day forward,

for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer,

in sickness and in health, to love and cherish you,

until death do us part

according to God's holy order;

and to this I pledge my allegiance.

I, Persephone...

Ridiculous.

Lancaster, I take...

I take you as my legal husband,

to hold you and love you, from this day forward,

for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer,

in sickness and in health, to love and cherish you,

until death do us part

according to God's holy order;

and to this I pledge my allegiance.

Is that all?

Usually not.

Could it be?

I think all the really important parts

is done.

Whom God hath joined together,

let no man separate it.

Then to the castle.

I...

Thank you.

Is your name really Persephone?

It is.

Didn't you know to ask?

What were your parents thinking?

choosing such a name?

My father is a scholar.

He is particularly fond of Greek mythology.

It seems even too much.

Do the rest of your siblings suffer from the same affliction?

Suffering in what sense?

What absurd names your parents gave you

to other members of your family?

Athena is a little younger than me.

Evander is 14. Linus is 13.

Daphne will be 12 at the end of the year.

The youngest is Artemis.

Goddesses of Fate, save us from myopic scholars.

Do you have another name?

It is.

I think it's too much to hope for

that it is something normal.

Iphigenia.

Persephone Iphigenia?

Did no one ever call you something else?

Only Miss Lancaster.

Well, I can't call you that.

I think I'll have to settle for Persephone.

It seems so.

Of course you call me Kielder.

I'm not going to call you Kielder.

Everyone calls me Kielder.

Kielder?

It sounds like I'm accusing you of a crime.

You would no doubt prefer Agamemnon or Apollo

or something similar.

My dad would definitely prefer it.

So what are you going to call me?

- Adam? - Nobody calls me Adam.

Nobody?

Surely your family and closest friends will invite.

Harry calls.

Who is Harry?

one friend

who allows himself too much freedom.

Calling Adam is fine.

Persephone.

This is Barton, the butler.

Mrs. Smithson, housekeeper.

Duchess of Kielder.

Mrs. Smithson will take care of everything you need.

I probably should
to show the whole castle,

but i would like to
very restful.

Maybe you could easily
refer to

to the rooms I need to know today,

and leave the rest for tomorrow?

Of course, Your Majesty.

The salon, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth,

when he stopped at Falstone Castle in 1580.

Are members of the royal family
still visiting Falstone?

Heaven forbid, no.
They wouldn't dare.

This is a large banquet hall,

where feasts have been held

to some of the most important ones

and to the most influential people in the kingdom

over the past 500 years.

I believe your family is having a meal
here tonight.

Is it hanging?

And offers.

Either in a dark, gloomy cell
no room?

There is plenty of room, Your Majesty.

But the duke says that weapons
display

makes them more efficient.

All bedrooms in the family
is on this floor.

This is your bedroom, Your Majesty.

Do you want me to do anything else
would you, your majesty?

Not at the moment.

The maid's watch cord is
next to the fireplace,

if you need anything.

It will never work.

It will never work.

I just saw your manager
leaving the castle.

What did you do with him?

I fired him.

Again?

How many times you this poor man
have you fired

Six, seven.

Every time he sneaks away
like a coward.

You didn't threaten him this time
with a gun, right?

I'll never be Josiah Jones
threatened with a pistol.

Maybe I'll be him once or twice
sword held to throat,

but he never is
was really in danger.

Maybe he's scared
nothing to do with it

your not exactly impeccable
with a reputation, Adam.

I hear you are having the time of your life
pierced some man.

I hear it's me
done so much.

And you wonder why Jones
thinks the worst

when you are angry with him.

I always take him
back to work.

And he never does
same error twice.

So what was he?
mistake this time, mm?

No, no, don't say.

Smiled too much when discussing
estate investments?

No.

Didn't add enough threats

for business correspondence,
what did he send on your behalf?

He suggested a way to prevent it
my distant relative

ever to inherit Falstone.

Ah, Jones was the one
who suggested you get married.

He knew of one ruined
of a family in Shropshire,

who had an eldest daughter of suitable age,

who had no other prospects.

His enthusiastic recommendation

has turned out to be unbearably stupid.

As stupid as sitting
in your library

with your friend
on your wedding night?

For this, Adam,
is the level of idiocy,

which far exceeds
ordinary stupidity.

I stood up during the wedding

and just spent an endless dinner

with his flock of new female sisters.

Did they stare at you?

It would have been
understandable, you know.

Because they had not been warned.

I should have then
write? Um?

I might have added
afterword to the marriage proposal.

'By the way, I have
distorted face,

what you need to see
day by day

the rest of his life.'

'I hope that's not a problem.'

Hmm, maybe not
exactly in those words.

He wasn't either
especially direct,

just so you know.

Forgot something
important to mention?

Another husband, perhaps?

A redundant limb?

Her name is Persephone.

A man should know such a thing

about his future wife.

Persephone Iphigenia.

How unforgivably ridiculous
is to name a child like that.

I had a chance
to speak briefly

with your new bride, Adam.

He was

charming.

Maybe a little quiet,

but that's also to be expected,

given the upheaval in his life.

I admit I was waiting

someone quite old;

quite a long face to be honest.

So am I.

But he is a charming creature.

Young and quite handsome.

Oh.

You were waiting for someone desperate

and ugly and undesirable.

Instead, it turned out to be your bride

much more than just acceptable.

Probably not quite what you had expected.

A lady too insufferable to have other options,

would settle for a grumpy old man in a drafty castle

In the wilds of Northumberland.

And now that he is young and handsome,

appears to be good-natured and potentially enjoyable company,

there's a poor girl upstairs, alone,

probably wondering what he did wrong,

while you are moshing down here.

Adam, you are a complete moron.

I should challenge you to a duel for that.

Call.

But not today. I'm tired.

Call me tomorrow, okay?

I should lock your cell.

You should.

There's no point in having a cell,

if no one is ever made to suffer there.

Good night, Adam.

Good night. Arrogant brute.

And Adam?

What?

Give the poor girl a chance.

It's not her fault you got her

every man's dream woman.

Will you get lonely without us, Persephone?

I'm going to miss you terribly.

But you have each other.

So you probably won't be lonely.

I don't know if anyone remembers to talk to me

when you're not here.

I'm sure everything will be fine.

Mch.

You don't have to worry about us.

Write and tell me about everything you read.

i love you

I love you too.

Hurry up.

I don't want to go!

Let me talk to him.

Oh, my dear girl. You cry.

He can't force you to stay here!

Nobody's making me stay here, baby.

Falstone Castle is now my home.

I send you letters

perhaps a guinea under seal.

You could come here

we could explore the castle together.

He won't let me.

Of course he allows.

We will have great adventures.

Maybe there's a tower room,

where we can make up all kinds of wonderful stories,

like we always did at home.

do you promise

I promise.

Who will take care of me without you?

Papa is hiring a tutor for both you and Daphne,

and to socialite Athena while you're all in town.

Are you coming to visit us there?

Of course.

Persephone?

yes my dear

Who takes care of you?

Are you happy even without us?

Oh.

When have you seen me unhappy?

Then I'll be happy too.

But if I don't leave now I'll start crying again

and I don't want to cry anymore.

Then we promise each other we won't cry.

Yes, fine.

See you soon.

Be a good kid for daddy.

I am.

i love you baby

I love you too, Persephone.

You are the best mother I have ever had.

I thought you weren't supposed to cry.

Artemis is crying too, I'm sure.

So why make a promise?

To ease his pain.

If my sister knew I was crying, it would break her heart.

But you know she's crying.

I know him better than he knows me.

The best mother he's ever had.

24 hours of this ill-advised marriage

and my wife is already sniffing at the back of the garden.

How long after marriage did the mother start crying?

And when did you stop feeling like a monster because of that?

Your Highness.

Mch.

Hello uh...

Are you feeling good, baby?

I am beyond tired.

Don't worry about dinner, honey.

I'll have the tray sent to your room.

You rest.

Thank you.

You said you would challenge me to a duel today.

Didn't invite.

I decided to shoot you in the morning.

Go to bed so I can load the pistols in peace.

Your mother said the new duchess

is indisposed tonight.

Any idea what he meant by that?

As her mother said, she was indisposed.

He wouldn't be the first person to hide from you.

He? Do you mean Persephone?

Well, I certainly don't mean your mother.

You could shoot the man in the saloon,

and he would just smile gently and say, 'My...'

'Poor', yes.

And this woman will call me that even when I'm 80.

When you're 80, he's dead.

Oh shut up Harry.

Any chance Persephone is locked in a dungeon?

I'm not a monster.

And he decided to accept me.

Ah, yes.

But without the benefit of that rather ingenious epilogue,

which you composed last night.

I don't think he understood...

You think I've already made him miserable?

This morning's goodbye was especially difficult for him.

You should have insisted that his family stay longer.

So I'm the villain, yeah?

I wouldn't be surprised

if you never saw that poor woman again

for the rest of his life.

In a place as big as this pile of rocks,

he could avoid you for years.

where are you going

My wife is indisposed.

I'll go and make sure he's all right.

Adam.

I won't hurt that damn woman.

You know me better.

Oh, I'm sorry, Your Highness.

I'm trying to find the breakfast room.

Please tell me you know how to get there.

I got lost a few times when I started working here.

Falstone Castle is quite a large place.

Huge.

Newcomers should really be given a card.

This way, Your Highness.

And I won't tell anyone that you were wrong.

Thank you.

Mum, explain to Harry,

that you will not leave Falstone Castle,

because I made you do it.

He seems to think

that I drive every person that ever comes here

away, scythe in one hand

and a flaming torch in another.

An ordinary one-man bloodthirsty gang,

that's what you are.

You should really think

to the use of procurement if you...

Persephone, come eat breakfast, honey.

Kidneys? Eggs?

Yes, please.

Harry, would you please...

I'll make him a plate, mom.

Oh, you don't have to trouble yourself.

Please.

Thank you.

Should I sit elsewhere?

No, you can stay where you are.

Are you coming to town for Christmas?

I never go to town unless absolutely necessary.

You must convince my poor son with the charms of London.

I've never been to London.

Well, then you must come as soon as possible.

I would love to take you around town

and introduce you to absolutely everyone.

I'm sure you can pack quickly, Adam.

And I could delay my departure for a day,

and we could all…

I'm forced to take him there in the spring anyway.

Forced?

The season is so much fun.

How can you say 'forced'?

I hate London.

But the queen is angry,

if Persephone is not presented,

and that's one hassle I could do without.

So I am forced to go to town.

Don't let it weigh you down

with the least guilt, Your Highness.

It has been months until spring

without offending cabinet members

or a member of the royal family.

and impatiently await the opportunity.

That's good to know.

I think of the family as a good friend

should I stay here indefinitely

and offer their insights on your nagging spouse.

I'm just such a selfless person.

Even selfless people

can be dropped from the southern parapet.

Hmmm, I'm getting suspicious, Adam.

that you don't like me very much.

I just have to think

about the sadness of this realization.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

This can be confusing.

We should really think of names for you three.