Did any of you ever get around to watchin "Bleak House" on PBS?

[KoKo]

I posted before and no one heard of it...but last night was the last episode.

[bleedingheart]

1. I wanted to watch it but I missed the first episode and then

I tried to watch it...but I was lost...

I will have to wait for it to be available on rental....

[LiviaOlivia]

2. Comes out on DVD on Feb. 28

I liked the Diana Rigg version better.

[SoCalDem]

11. Me too. PBS used to repeat episodes the day before the next one

would air, so you could catch up, but they don;t seem to do that anymore..

It will repeat eventually and maybe I;ll catch it then

[bleedingheart]

12. I am glad I am not the only one....Bleak House seemed

much harder to ease into if you had missed an episode...

I missed some of the Forsythe saga but was able to still piece together the bits and pieces...

[Beausoir]

3. I missed the first 20 minutes and literally could NOT catch up.

I even went out immediately to the PBS site and read the synopsis and I still couldn't sort it out.

I am a Masterpiece Theatre junkie, but this one just didn't catch me.

I wish they would air the updated The Forsyte Saga. That was a true masterpiece.

[philosophie_en_rose]

4. I watched it, but the last episode airs on Sunday here.

It's so tragic and depressing. I liked it, but thought it dragged in places.

[lavenderdiva]

5. I've watched all the episodes, and it has me hooked!

I'm looking forward to this Sunday's episode, and figuring how it all turns out!

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

6. "Shake me up, Judy."

[lavenderdiva]

7. I love it when he says that!!

I don't know who this actor is, but he plays his part to perfection! Have you read the book, and does this character say, 'Shake me up, Judy' in it?

[CBHagman]

8. I'm watching the last episode on Sunday the 26th.

So please don't give anything away! I haven't read the novel, obviously, and have resisted the temptation to read ahead in PBS's episode synopsis.

Look if you dare!

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

By the way, Charles Dance, who of course played the sympathetic Guy Perrin in The Jewel in the Crown, has a field day as Tulkinghorn. He does such wonderful things with his voice. What contempt he conveys! I read that Dance thought Tulkinghorn was totally devoid of redeeming traits.

And I didn't recognize Phil Davis, who played the tender-hearted husband in Vera Drake, as the vicious Smallweed. "Shake me up, Judy!"

On edit: There was at least one other Bleak House thread in the Lounge, but it only ran for a short while. I may have even been the last person to post there.

[benburch]

9. I had to read that in college.

What a dismal tale.

[u4ic]

10. I've been taping it

but not watching.

I'll wait until the series is over, then watch it over the course of a couple of days.

[supernova]

13. I watched it all; might get the DVD

Extremely well done! :applause: :applause:

That's how you do Dickens! :D

"Judy, shake me up!" :D

And boy, did Jillian Andersen do a complete 180 on her usually acting style.