Masterpiece

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Mon May 19, 2008 1:49 pm

Ah, well, after setting Julia Sawalha (whatever her character's name was) playing and singing Loch Lomond at the piano, who else could it be but Major Gordon! But of course Peter had to follow! And Peter must not have changed very much since he went away at the age of 16. I can understand Miss Mattie's recognizing him, but all the other women in the village did, too! I have to say, I was holding my breath every time Mary got a letter, expecting it to be news of Peter, but she got several other letters first! Kept me in suspense!

Yes, Mr. Carter's death was very sad. And he was one of the most humane characters, too. But didn't you just know what he was doing when he was lying there and had the milliner/clerk writing something out for him? It appeared to be the only way out for Harry, as he had a lifetime ahead of him mucking out the cow barn!

I even thought at the end that Mary was showing some signs of relenting towards the other doctor, after all, after having told him she couldn't forgive him for the Valentines trick. Earlier, I thought they seemed to get along well when he was fitting her for glasses.

by **ukus** on Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:24 am

New host Alan Cummings introduced the Inspector Lewis, shown last Sunday.

I enjoyed it very much and I think Kevin Wheatly has a difficult job trying to keep us all for comparing this to the Morse series in which the same character played sidekick to a role made famous by the late John Thaw.

He did a good job but I have to say Laurence Fox (nephew of well known actor Edward Fox ) absolutely shone as Sgt. James Hathaway

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/lewis/index.html

by **Caer Ibormeith** on Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:41 am

ukus wrote:New host Alan Cummings introduced the Inspector Lewis, shown last Sunday.

And was adorable doing it, too.

ukus wrote:but I have to say Laurence Fox (nephew of well known actor Edward Fox ) absolutely shone as Sgt. James Hathaway

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/lewis/index.html

I agree. Laurence Fox plays off Lewis very well, especially when he's sneaking a smoke or trying to defend God. It makes you wonder just why he was kicked out of the seminary. :smt002

It's interesting to see the role reversal, too. Lewis states it perfectly with an eye roll and a "Not you 'n all."

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:50 pm

I'm thoroughly enjoying this series. :smt003

- Although I do miss Morse. Such a pity.

by **ukus** on Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:14 am

A new Foyles war on tonight :smt023

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:53 am

I shall be watching and I hope it's a new series, and not one we've already seen.

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:36 pm

Are you as pissed as I ws last night Karen. Bloody channel 8 lost the picture for the last half hour of the final episode of Foyle's War. I did get the gist of 'who dunnit", but still....

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:22 pm

SilverMiniCooperS wrote:Are you as pissed as I ws last night Karen. Bloody channel 8 lost the picture for the last half hour of the final episode of Foyle's War. I did get the gist of 'who dunnit", but still....

That's terrible! At least PBS tends to repeat stuff ad nauseum, so you may still get a chance to see it.

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:44 pm

I bloody hope so!

It was crazy - at first the picture quality started to deteriorate - like in the olden days of rabbit ears when a plane distorted the picture and the same picture stayed on the screen and the dialogue had moved on!!! I thought it was my almost brand new flat screen LCD TV which really ticked me off until I changed channels and they were OK! Phew!

Then suddenly a message appeared on the screen...words to the effect, "No need to call us, we know you can't see the bloody picture, and we're working our arses off trying to get it back!"

I haven't looked to see if they ever got it back.

by **ukus** on Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:43 pm

How strange ... I didn't have that trouble Jen and watched it all the way through, no probs !!!!

It's a shame the series has ended I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:18 pm

How is that possible Karen? Do they have a different signal going out to different areas?

Oh wait!!!! Did you watch it on their digital channel? It never occured to me to try that. Idiot I am!

by **ukus** on Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:33 pm

I think I watched it on Channel 8 Jen ..... where in the storyline did you lose it?

I know they have different signals for certain area's but I would not of thought that would affect ONE station .... but what do I know. You know me and technical workings. I did watch it all through though, right down to the very last when he walked out of his empty office showing his name on the door,to join his son and Sam .... after Winnies radio address.

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by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:46 pm

I can't remember exactly what was going on in the story when we lost it because as I said the picture started deteriorating for a good 5 - 10 minutes before we finally completely lost it. I got a bit distracted by it and checked other channels (which were ok) Anyway, it was for the last half hour.

Do you have cable (I think you do) or satellite dish? It could be that on cable they broadcast from channel 8's digital signal. We have Dish Network. That's the only explanation I can think of. I do believe if I had switched to their digital channel I would have seen it in full. I can never remember the channel numbers though!!! I had them written down and lost the damn bit of paper.

by **ukus** on Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:42 pm

Yes we have Comcast cable, so that'll be the reason then ...... I'd 'ave been livid !!!

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:07 pm

I was livid, but now I'm pissed at myself for not figuring it out then....but then I didn't know not everyone lost the damn picture!

I'l know next time though. And I found the channel numbers and have them written down.

by **ukus** on Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:49 pm

Glad you found the channel :smt023

Talking of Masterpieces I see that they are advertising 'Brideshead Revisited at the flicks. I never followed the TV edition with Jeremy Irons (dunno why)..... but I think I'll do a Billy no mates when it shows at the mall.

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:18 pm

I'd love to see it too, but will wait until it comes on the telly - which it will eventually!

by **Caer Ibormeith** on Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:42 am

ukus wrote:Talking of Masterpieces I see that they are advertising 'Brideshead Revisited at the flicks. I never followed the TV edition with Jeremy Irons (dunno why)..... but I think I'll do a Billy no mates when it shows at the mall.

I loved the miniseries with Jeremy Irons. It's probably one of the best productions I'v eever seen. I'm not sure how they'll fit everything in to a 2 or 3 hour movie. Ah well, I'll probably watch the new version for Emma Thompson alone.

by **ukus** on Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:01 pm

Has anybody seen the latest series ...The last enemy?

Trained birds flying about spying on people, with the video available on your telephone.
What makes me shudder is how close we are to these sort of big brother tactics in real life.

Digital camera's are already all over the place, ID cards are being introduced next year....we have less and less privacy. Soon our most personal details will be available all in one spot.... education, hobbies, work records, travels, health records, sexual preferences, shopping habits, reading materials, political affiliations, what we had for breakfast.
I'm telling you there will be an 'Inquirendo Company' ... :smt009

if there isn't one already !

He finds a world that has changed -- biometric ID cards are compulsory, public spaces are monitored 24 hours a day by digital cameras and armed police patrol the streets.
The next morning, Stephen is summoned to a meeting at the Inquirendo company to learn about their new Total Information Awareness (TIA) system. TIA is described as a super database that brings together all records on individuals and allows the government unlimited access to personal data. The company offers to fund Stephen's research in exchange for him becoming the public face of TIA, but Stephen declines.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/las ... opsis.html

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:41 pm

I started watching it but had to give up during this last episode on Sunday. It's impossible to try and follow something like that with Klaus always needing something.

by **ukus** on Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:46 pm

I'm not enjoying it as much as I have enjoyed other Masterpiece series. You can watch an episode on that link I posted if you want to catch up Jen.

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:27 am

Thanks Karen, I may try later. It is getting quite complicated and as I said hard to follow.

by **ukus** on Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:40 pm

Watching David Copperfield last Sunday I thought how funny it was to see very young Daniel Radcliffe teamed up with Maggie Smith playing his aunt. They were to meet again in Hogwarts

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:55 pm

On the Barnes & Noble Classics book club, we're reading along with all of the novels they have been showing. I've managed to keep up so far, although it's been rather hectic. I'm almost done with David Copperfield, and looking forward to Little Dorrit and The Old Curiosity Shop, because those are two that I have never read before. We have special guests for each one, too, and Andrew Davies is coming during his production of Little Dorrit!

by **Caer Ibormeith** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:40 am

ukus wrote:Watching David Copperfield last Sunday I thought how funny it was to see very young Daniel Radcliffe teamed up with Maggie Smith playing his aunt. They were to meet again in Hogwarts

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/

He really was an adorable child.

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:29 am

ukus wrote:Watching David Copperfield last Sunday I thought how funny it was to see very young Daniel Radcliffe teamed up with Maggie Smith playing his aunt. They were to meet again in Hogwarts

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/

I only saw the first Harry Potter movie, years ago, but wasn't Ian McKellan, who plays Creakle in David Copperfield, also in those movies?

by **ukus** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:44 am

He was Gandalf in Lord of the rings.. but I'm not sure I have seen him in the Harry Potter series.

by **Caer Ibormeith** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:17 am

ukus wrote:He was Gandalf in Lord of the rings.. but I'm not sure I have seen him in the Harry Potter series.

You're right, Karen. He would have made a good Dumbledore, though, who was played originally by the late Richard Harris and is currently played by Michael Gambon. Both have been wonderful in the part, but I still miss Mr. Harris.

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:09 am

I'm watching David Copperfield also and am thoroughly enjoying it - much better than Oliver Twist.

I don't think there is anything I've seen Maggie Smith in that I've not enjoyed immensely.

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:43 am

SilverMiniCooperS wrote:I'm watching David Copperfield also and am thoroughly enjoying it - much better than Oliver Twist.

I don't think there is anything I've seen Maggie Smith in that I've not enjoyed immensely.

I agree - Oliver Twist was horrible!!! :smt010

I loved the scene where Maggie Smith fall backwards in her garden when David identified himself - she just went right down, just like I pictured it in the novel!

The next one, Little Dorrit, is by Andrew Davies, who did the Ehle/Firth Pride and Prejudice, and the recent Bleak House, among many others. I really like his work, so I'm looking forward to it.

by **Caer Ibormeith** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:05 pm

SilverMiniCooperS wrote:I don't think there is anything I've seen Maggie Smith in that I've not enjoyed immensely.

She's one of a kind.

by **ukus** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:26 pm

I agree Sandy she really is a one of a kind lady.

I'm glad to hear I am not the only one who did not like the recent showing of Oliver Twist. Infact it really bugged me cos I remember the old 1948 version and it was a special memory.
I was just a little one when my mum told me I could creep downstairs to watch it when my sister went to sleep. I lay there counting to 100 and crept downstairs to snuggle with my mum and watch a movie which made an impact on me even as a little kid.

I've seen other versions since and enjoyed them but not this latest shown on Masterpiece. Aside from anything else the music they played during this production was absolutely 'not right' at all.

by **Caer Ibormeith** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:15 pm

ukus wrote:I agree Sandy she really is a one of a kind lady.

The first Maggie Smith movie I remember seeing. I saw it when I was a little girl in a real movie house. :smt001

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksetfly1pZs

I really didn't care for the Masaterpiece version of Oliver Twist either. There was just something really off about it.

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:22 pm

ukus wrote:I agree Sandy she really is a one of a kind lady.

I'm glad to hear I am not the only one who did not like the recent showing of Oliver Twist. Infact it really bugged me cos I remember the old 1948 version and it was a special memory.
I was just a little one when my mum told me I could creep downstairs to watch it when my sister went to sleep. I lay there counting to 100 and crept downstairs to snuggle with my mum and watch a movie which made an impact on me even as a little kid.

I've seen other versions since and enjoyed them but not this latest shown on Masterpiece. Aside from anything else the music they played during this production was absolutely 'not right' at all.

Getting to stay up late makes it so special, doesn't it? I think that one of the reasons that The Wizard of Oz is still my favorite movie is that my parents let me stay up special to see it when I was five. I remember I put on my pajamas, came down, and they tucked me up on the couch with a blanket. I guess in case I fell asleep, but I certainly couldn't fall asleep during that magical movie!

And I agree about the music they used in Oliver Twist. Special mention (i.e. criticism) was made of it in my book club. To me, it was jarring, too modern, and intrusive. In general, we savaged the production. The things that I particularly disliked were making Monks a more prominent character - and especially changing him into Brownlow's grandson who was living in the same household and trying to romance Rose! I was surprised at first to see Rose as Brownlow's ward, but I think I could have accepted that in the interest of their having to cut things out and consolidate things to make the story fit into the time they had. But not Monks! And also the complete change to Sikes' death - hanging himself in solitude in the sewer. Also, I didn't think that Oliver had any personality at all (except that at times he was more disagreeably aggressive than he should have been), and I hardly cared what happened to him.

by **ukus** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:24 pm

Caer Ibormeith wrote:
ukus wrote:I agree Sandy she really is a one of a kind lady.

The first Maggie Smith movie I remember seeing. I saw it when I was a little girl in a real movie house.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksetfly1pZs

I really didn't care for the Masaterpiece version of Oliver Twist either. There was just something really off about it.

She was brilliant in that role.
Ya know in the days when mostly the 'glamor pusses' seem to have lasted (well, as long as their looks did) she has made a wonderful career for herself. Talent indeed ... and may it long continue.

by **ukus** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:30 pm

JuanaLaLoca wrote:Getting to stay up late makes it so special, doesn't it? I think that one of the reasons that The Wizard of Oz is still my favorite movie is that my parents let me stay up special to see it when I was five. I remember I put on my pajamas, came down, and they tucked me up on the couch with a blanket. I guess in case I fell asleep, but I certainly couldn't fall asleep during that magical movie!

And I agree about the music they used in Oliver Twist. Special mention (i.e. criticism) was made of it in my book club. To me, it was jarring, too modern, and intrusive. In general, we savaged the production. The things that I particularly disliked were making Monks a more prominent character - and especially changing him into Brownlow's grandson who was living in the same household and trying to romance Rose! I was surprised at first to see Rose as Brownlow's ward, but I think I could have accepted that in the interest of their having to cut things out and consolidate things to make the story fit into the time they had. But not Monks! And also the complete change to Sikes' death - hanging himself in solitude in the sewer. Also, I didn't think that Oliver had any personality at all (except that at times he was more disagreeably aggressive than he should have been), and I hardly cared what happened to him.

Yes the memories make it all the more special Juana.

I totally agree with you ... the music was far too modern. Infact that was the first thing that struck me .... what in the heck are they playing? ... after that with all of the changes, it was all downhill.

I've seen the actor who played Bill Sykes in something else where I really liked the character ... but I can't remember what it was now :smt048

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:34 pm

ukus wrote:I've seen the actor who played Bill Sykes in something else where I really liked the character ... but I can't remember what it was now

I actually didn't recognize him on my own, but he had just played Heathcliff in the production of Wuthering Heights that they had shown a few weeks earlier on Masterpiece.

by **ukus** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:38 pm

Oh ... maybe that was it. (craft moment) ... I'll have to have a google and see if I can find out.

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:17 pm

Yes - he was Heathcliff. I noticed in David Copperfield several actors that have been in recent Masterpiece productions...roles in which they were good guys, and are not-so-nice in DC!

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:25 pm

I'm waiting to see what character Dawn French plays in David Copperfield, as I saw her in the cast credits. Don't tell me if you already know, please! I want to be surprised! I did see this presentation when it first was shown, around 1999 or 2000, but I don't remember her being in it.

by **ukus** on Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:00 pm

Ah ha .... Tom Hardy also played Robert Dudley in the Virgin Queen. That is where I remember him from.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/vir ... index.html

He's good, something about him. I don't know how I missed him in the role of Heathcliff ... I musta been hiding under a rock!

by **ukus** on Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:30 pm

Getting ready to watch 'Little Dorrit' tonight. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/

I'm not sure I have seen it before.

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:58 am

ukus wrote:Getting ready to watch 'Little Dorrit' tonight. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/

I'm not sure I have seen it before.

I enjoyed the first episode. I am reading the novel, too, and am about half-way through. I wish I could have read the cast in the opening credits, but it was too small, too dim, and too fast. I've certainly seen a lot of the actors before, but not to identify by name, for the most part. I recognized Judy Parfitt and Annette Crosbie.

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:12 pm

I missed the first 15 minutes. I wish they would play those fooking baket ball games earlier as they know fully well they will go over the time allotted and end up buggering up my viewing plans. Last week I completely missed Amazing Race because of this and I wanted to see the end of David Copperfield.

Anyway, I enjoyed the first episode of Little Dorrit and recognized loads of the actors, even Sigfreid from All Creatures Great and Small - haven't seen him in yonks. The mother in The Royals (sp) and quite a few others.

by **ukus** on Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:52 pm

I don't know why, cos I'm enjoying the scenery etc. but I am finding 'Little Dorrit' to be a little boring.
Has reading the book along with watching, made for a better viewing experience Juana?

I too have noticed they use a lot of the same folks as character's. I am liking Mathew Macfadyen who plays Arthur Clennam. I recently saw him in the role of Mr. Darcy, doing a fine job too considering I always see Colin Firth as a perfect Mr. Darcy.

The cast ......http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/lit ... cters.html

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:36 am

ukus wrote:I don't know why, cos I'm enjoying the scenery etc. but I am finding 'Little Dorrit' to be a little boring.
Has reading the book along with watching, made for a better viewing experience Juana?

I too have noticed they use a lot of the same folks as character's. I am liking Mathew Macfadyen who plays Arthur Clennam. I recently saw him in the role of Mr. Darcy, doing a fine job too considering I always see Colin Firth as a perfect Mr. Darcy.

The cast ......http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/lit ... cters.html

I suppose that reading the novel does help keep your brain a bit busier, because you are always comparing what you are seeing to what you have read. This seems a fairly faithful production, although in the novel, Rigaud isn't killing people everywhere he goes (he actually doesn't kill anybody during the novel, although he was in prison at the beginning for allegedly murdering his wife). I finished the novel on Saturday, and enjoyed it very much. Last night I started The Old Curiosity Shop, which will be the next Masterpiece presentation, but that one is only a one-parter (May 3). At least the novel doesn't seem to be quite as long - my edition of Little Dorrit was 688 pages, and this is less than 600!

It was interesting reading about the cast. Several looked very familiar, but I couldn't quite place them. Now I know that Amy's uncle Frederick was Hugo in The Vicar of Dibley (apparently much younger then, although was that so long ago?), and I'm surprised I didn't recognize that Mrs. Meagles was Jane from Waiting for God. I'm not so surprised that I didn't realize that Rigaud was Gollum!

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:44 am

I got them all - I can identify the show they were on, but cannot always remember their name or the characters' names.

I don't find it exactly boring Karen, but I think it could have been a bit shorter - we still have several episodes to go yet!

by **ukus** on Mon May 04, 2009 6:33 am

I enjoyed the Old Curiosity Shop but I wonder if reading the book was a much better experience Juana? I felt that although I was sorry for little Nell, having such a Grandfather gamble away the very roof from over their heads, there was certainly not enough time to really build up great feeling for the character. Not when you consider this response...

When The Old Curiosity Shop was approaching its emotional climax — the death of Little Nell — Dickens was inundated with letters imploring him to spare her, and felt, as he said, "the anguish unspeakable," but proceeded with the artistically necessary event. Readers were desolated. The famous actor William Macready wrote in his diary that "I have never read printed words that gave me so much pain. . . . I could not weep for some time. Sensations, sufferings have returned to me, that are terrible to awaken." Daniel O'Connell, the great Irish member of Parliament, read the account of Nell's death while he was riding on a train, burst into tears, cried "He should not have killed her," and threw the novel out of the window in despair.

In January 1841, passengers arriving in New York from Europe would be greeted by anxious people on the docks. They all had the same question: "Is Little Nell dead?" Such was the hysteria created by Charles Dickens' novel The Old Curiosity Shop. But why couldn't tortured New Yorkers simply read to the end of the work and relieve their misery? Because Dickens' novel, like so many of the Victorian era, used serialization as its initial mode of publication. Appearing in monthly installments of three to five chapters, serials kept readers hungering for more and waiting up to two years to finally discover the resolution to all the novels' intrigues. Londoners received Dickens' installments before Americans, and those on the docks hoped someone had learned Little Nell's fate. Alas, when the next installment did arrive in New York, people wept in the streets as they learned of her death

by **Caer Ibormeith** on Mon May 04, 2009 6:58 am

The production values were very good, and the acting superlative as usual, but I felt I missed a lot of the back story of the characters. What had happened to Nell's father and his relationship with the grandfather needed to be explained more deeply, for instance. I haven't read The Olde Curiousity Shop since I was little (and do remember being heart sick over it), so I would have appreciated a reminder or two. It would have worked much better as a two parter.

It is Dickens darkest book, I think, really holding up a mirror to the horrors of life in Victorian London, especially how hard it was on women and children. He did give us a wedding, as well as a death at the end, though.

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Mon May 04, 2009 7:25 am

Spoilers about the book, so if you are planning on reading it and don't want to know some of the differences, don't read!

After having read the book, everything did seem rather rushed along in the movie. Whole subplots were left out, such as most of Kit's story. And Nell and her grandfather met a lot more people along the way. At least they got the waxworks in, but I really felt the loss of a kindly schoolmaster whom they met rather early in their travels, and who showed up unexpectedly and helped them in their most dire need. He was so important to the story, it seemed a shame to leave him out.

It did seem kind of abrupt and surprising that Dick Swiveller and "the Marchioness" were married at the end. In the novel, there was much more to that story, too. (and she was actually the illegitimate daughter of Sally Brass and, presumably, Quilp, who was a dwarf in the novel, although Dickens did cut out the scene where Sally revealed it and ended up only hinting at it).

The ending was changed quite a bit. The "single gentleman" as Dickens called him (he never had a name) was not Nell's father at all. And Nell's father was not her grandfather's son, anway; her mother was his daughter. The grandfather had loved his wife and his daughter dearly, and saw their continuation in Nell; his daughter had married a ne'er-do-well, and their son Fred took after him, which was why the grandfather rejected him. The "single gentleman" was actually the grandfather's brother; they had been very close when young, but had both fallen in love with the same woman and the brother had left the country when Nell's grandfather had married her. By the time they reached Nell and her grandfather, Nell had been dead already for two or three days, and the grandfather had lost what little he had remaining of his mind. He thought she was only sleeping, and never recognized his brother at all. I suppose they thought that this was a more emotionally dramatic and satisfying ending.

Overall, I thought they did a pretty good job, but it seemed so rushed and cut short to me. I wonder what I would have thought if I had not just read the novel.

Next week - Persuasion! The same one that they showed last year during their Austen 'marathon'. With the looooooong drawn-out kiss scene at the end! I'm not going to read the novel again, though, I don't think. I've read it so many times already, and I'm currently reading Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell (I might have to buy the miniseries of that when I finish, starring Justine Waddell, Keeley Hawes, and Francesca Annis, because it's years since I saw it).