[s2e6] Faith, Hope And Charity -

: When news reaches Queen Victoria, she is adamant about providing aid. However, she faces intense opposition from Prime Minister Robert Peel . Peel is reluctant to provide direct relief, fearing it would destabilize his government and cause resentment among English taxpayers and Protestant clergy who held bigoted views toward the Catholic Irish population.

The episode follows the humanitarian crisis through the eyes of , a compassionate vicar from Schull, County Cork. Faced with the "potato blight" that destroyed the staple crop of the Irish poor, Traill witnesses his parishioners dying of starvation and typhus.

: Represented by the cross, it is tested throughout the episode as Traill struggles to reconcile his religious mission with the horrors he witnesses.