His life would be a hell of a lot easier if Jeremy Kyle could step in.
There is something of the pantomime villain here – would a man truly want his wife to die in childbirth?
Jack Farthing’s George spent most of the episode looking like he was chewing a wasp after Agatha’s revelation that little Valentine might not be pure Warleggan.
– but you know that when you relish a character’s presence on screen that it is villainy done well.