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Bleak House (2005) :: Episode 2 (01x02)

Episode Information

Title:

Episode 2

Episode #:

01x02

Original Airdate:

Friday October 28th, 2005

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Episode Crew
Director:	Justin Chadwick
Writer:	Andrew Davies
Story:	Charles Dickens

Episode Summary

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Tulkinghorn (Charles Dance) and Krook (Johnny Vegas) call out the doctor, Allan Woodcourt (Richard Harrington). He suspects that Nemo's (John Lynch) death was caused by an accidental overdose of opium.

The Coroner (Peter Guinness) confirms as much. Nemo is given a pauper's funeral. At the gloomy burial ground Tulkinghorn interrogates a young crossing-sweeper, named only Jo (Harry Eden), whom Nemo had befriended. He's convinced Jo knows something.

Meanwhile, Ada (Carey Mulligan) and Richard (Patrick Kennedy) are beginning to fall in love. Jarndyce instructs Richard that it's time to choose an occupation. Very quickly, he decides upon a career in medicine.

As a result, arrangements are made for Richard to study with Mr Bayham Badger (Richard Griffiths) in Chelsea. The four have dinner with him and the irrepressible Mrs Badger (Joanna David) who continually talks about her former husbands. There they encounter Allan Woodcourt. He and Esther are attracted to one another.

At Chesney Wold, Lady Dedlock (Gillian Anderson) has taken a shine to the young maid Rosa (Emma Williams) – to the absolute horror of her existing French maid, Hortense (Lilo Baur).

However, Lady Dedlock has more serious troubles when Tulkinghorn gleefully informs her that Nemo is dead. Later, as Lady Dedlock sits alone in the darkness, she sheds a tear.

Meanwhile, Krook (Johnny Vegas) is gloating over a bundle of letters he filched from Nemo's trunk under Tulkinghorn's nose. Although he can't read, he thinks they smell like love letters.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Anne Reid	played	Mrs. Rouncewell	Recurring (second appearance)
•Burn Gorman	played	William Guppy	Recurring (second appearance)
•Emma Williams (1)	played	Rosa	Recurring (second appearance)
•Harry Eden	played	Jo	Recurring (second appearance)
•Joanna David	played	Mrs. Badger	Recurring (first appearance)
•John Lynch (2)	played	Nemo	Recurring (second appearance)
•Johnny Vegas	played	Krook	Recurring (second appearance)
•Lilo Baur	played	Hortense	Recurring (second appearance)
•Nathaniel Parker	played	Harold Skimpole	Recurring (second appearance)
•Pauline Collins	played	Miss Fite	Recurring (second appearance)
•Peter Guinness	played	Coroner	Recurring (first appearance)
•Richard Griffiths (1)	played	Bayham Badger	Recurring (first appearance)
•Richard Harrington	played	Allan Woodcourt	Recurring (first appearance)
•Sean McGinley	played	Snagsby	Recurring (second appearance)
•Timothy West	played	Sir Leicester Dedlock	Recurring (second appearance)
•Tom Georgeson	played	Clamb	Recurring (second appearance)
•Warren Clarke	played	Boythorn	Recurring (first appearance)
•Paul Sirr	played	Clergyman

Main Cast

•Anna Maxwell Martin	played	Esther Summerson
•Denis Lawson	played	John Jarndyce
•Gillian Anderson	played	Lady Dedlock
•Patrick Kennedy	played	Richard Carstone
•Carey Mulligan	played	Ada Clare
•Charles Dance (1)	played	Josiah Tulkinghorn