Wow , I feel like you guys missed the main point of contention between them that has been there from the very first episode the Warleggans closing down the mines . In ep 2 after the owner of Wheal Reach blows his brain out Ross notes that it wasn ' t the owners idea it was the banks and by banks he obviously means George . To George being gentry means being a prick to people you don ' t like and not caring about the families of the people who work the mines Ross does care about those people . It ' s not just some clash of personalities George actually did things that were costing people their lives . Maybe he could have tried to befriend him and hope to manipulate George into being a good person , but imho , that ' s a naive position , both in fictional worlds and irl . Also , I think that is something Elizabeth is going to be trying to do shortly in the plot try to make George a good person , and I think it is pretty clear she is going to fail at that .