Bleak House
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Gillian Anderson leads this 2x Emmy-winning dark, menacing drama
Original version
Season 1
Bleak House (1985)
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Season 1
8 episodes
1. Episode 1
1. Episode 1
An orphan is summoned to London by her guardian's solicitors and meets her guardian for the first time.
52min
Apr 9, 1981
2. Episode 2
2. Episode 2
Lady Dedlock takes an interest in the death of the mysterious law-writer, Nemo.
52min
Apr 16, 1985
3. Episode 3
3. Episode 3
Tulkinghorn continues his investigations against the wishes of Lady Dedlock.
52min
Nov 2, 2005
4. Episode 4
4. Episode 4
The moneylender, Smallweed, tries to obtain a sample of Captain Hawdon's handwriting.
53min
Nov 3, 2005
5. Episode 5
5. Episode 5
Jo is questioned in Tulkinghorn's rooms about the lady he showed around London.
53min
May 7, 1985
6. Episode 6
6. Episode 6
Esther becomes ill and it is soon apparent that she has smallpox.
53min
Nov 10, 2005
7. Episode 7
7. Episode 7
There is an unpleasant discovery in the rooms of the lawyer, Tulkinghorn.
53min
May 21, 1985
8. Episode 8
8. Episode 8
Lady Dedlock dies on the steps of the burial ground where her lover, Hawdon, was anonymously interred.
52min
Nov 23, 2005
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2006
