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I think when Blake hears those words ["from what I can tell, you are a fine father"], it means a huge amount. He’s a man who’s been trying his best to raise his daughter by himself. And the burden of doing that by yourself without asking for help, without talking to people about it, I think has been weighing pretty heavy on him. And I think when Eliza says those words, it’s probably the first kind words that he’s heard in relation to him as a single parent. And I think it means the world to him. And...not only does it land for him as something that he’s been wanting to hear for a long time, he also recognizes the vulnerability that Eliza’s shown in saying something like that. And it just brings them closer together as people. [...] It’s definitely one of those moments that indicates a huge shift in their relationship because I think both of them have struggled to reveal their vulnerable sides to anybody. Both of them have thrown themselves into their jobs. And there’s this sudden moment where they’re both able to be vulnerable with one another. And you see a sort of...shoulders coming down as they have this moment. [...] But also...you’ve gone past the point of no return, in the sense that you’ve now revealed so much about yourself, it’s very hard to bring back that level of safety that you had before. [T]hey know too much, so you’ve now jumped in...they’re in now...and it’s very difficult to go back from that.

Masterpiece Studio podcast with Amanda Abbington

[Stuart] felt that he'd taken the character as far as he could go, and that this would be the natural point for Duke to leave. [...] So we...see his point that Eliza and Duke's lives were--they couldn't make the sacrifices they needed to be together. [T]hey love each other, but it probably wasn't going to work.