[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for House of Guinness Season 1.]

In Netflix’s House of Guinness, Edward (Louis Partridge) is dutiful and by-the-book when it comes to running his inherited brewery. However, he takes an uncharacteristic risk when he begins a relationship with Ellen Cochrane (Niamh McCormack), a working-class rebel who opposes the Guinness family’s influence in Ireland.

Edward and Ellen begin their uneasy alliance in Episode 3, and their first meeting is objectively filled with tension, though we aren’t sure what kind initially. But we finally find out when they sleep together in Episode 5, and it doesn’t take long for them to develop real feelings for each other. But are the two endgame material, or is it just a passing forbidden romance? Let’s break down where their relationship stands in the show and what history tells us about their future.