The Onedin Line: Difference between revisions

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* [[Apron Matron]]: Mrs Onedin. She is the most admirable character of the show.

* [[Asshole Victim]]: Bucko Roberts in series 1. Whether he was murdered or not is disputed, but he was certainly an asshole.

* [[Aw Look They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Mr and Mrs Onedin, though they would never show it in public.

* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Mr and Mrs Onedin, though they would never show it in public.

* [[Badass Family]]: The Onedins.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Daniel and Elizabeth, particularly in later seasons. When they're both married. To other people.

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* {{spoiler|[[Death By Childbirth]]: Anne.}}

* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: This is the 19th century, after all.

* [[Determined ~~Homesteaders~~ Wife|Determined Sea Captain's Wife]]: Mrs Onedin is like a Determined Homesteader's Wife with ships instead of a homestead. There actually were a number of women like her in [[Real Life]], which makes Mrs Onedin a kind of tribute to them.

* [[Determined Homesteader's Wife|Determined Sea Captain's Wife]]: Mrs Onedin is like a Determined Homesteader's Wife with ships instead of a homestead. There actually were a number of women like her in [[Real Life]], which makes Mrs Onedin a kind of tribute to them.

* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: A couple of times in various episodes. {{spoiler|In one episode, James manages to recover the ''Anne Onedin'' from Frazer and Fogarty, forces them to beg him to carry their coal...and then the son of one of James's business associates gets eaten by a crocodile, ensuring that James loses his father's contract. More importantly, Anne's death comes at the end of an episode in which James wins an important race against Fogarty and runs upstairs to greet Anne and their new baby...and finds her dead.}}

* [[Family Business]]

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* [[My Girl Back Home]]: Anne Onedin sometimes goes to sea with James and sometimes stays home to mind the store. James' rather exasperating sister also fits this.

* [[My Girl Is Not a Slut]]: Daniel Fogarty gets very angry when anyone impugns Elizabeth's chastity. {{spoiler|In this case it's partly because Elizabeth ''does'' have a more complicated sexual history than most of her female contemporaries.}}

* [[Non Idle Rich]]: The Frazers, among others. The main story is about the Onedins struggle to become and maintain this.

* [[Non-Idle Rich]]: The Frazers, among others. The main story is about the Onedins struggle to become and maintain this.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Lots, like the moment when {{spoiler|James bursts into Anne's room only to find her dead. One lesser example is when Leonora Biddulph, anxious to defend her chastity, tells Daniel Fogarty, "We're not all like Mrs Frazer, you know!"}}

* [[Operation Jealousy]]: {{spoiler|Leonora Biddulph tries this on James when she sees how annoyed he gets by Fogarty escorting her home. It doesn't really work, not least because Fogarty catches on and tells her to grow up. On the other hand, ''Elizabeth''...}}