Brideshead Revisited
Agnostic Charles Ryder is seduced by the allure of the Flytes, a wealthy aristocratic family. Although he finds himself at odds with their strong Catholicism, his ties to the family deepen for the decades between the two world wars.
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Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with the Flytes, a Catholic family of aristocrats, over the course of several between the two world wars.
1.Et in Arcadia Ego
8.012-10-1981100mIn the spring of 1943, disillusioned Army captain Charles Ryder stumbles upon Brideshead, once home to the Marchmain family, and recalls how he visited it for the first time twenty...
2.Home and Abroad
8.020-10-198153mWhile Sebastian recovers from a broken foot, Charles is introduced to Sebastian's younger sister Cordelia and his older brother Brideshead "Bridey". Sebastian decides to accept an...
3.The Bleak Light of Day
27-10-198153mAs Charles gets closer to Sebastian's family, he and Sebastian begin growing apart. Lady Marchmain visits the university and implores Charles to be a good influence on her rowdy so...
4.Sebastian Against the World
8.003-11-198153mSebastian's alcoholism, depression, and misbehaviour become more and more of a problem. At an unhappy Easter at Brideshead, Charles tries to reason with him and is left devastated.
- Ep 5
5.A Blow Upon a Bruise
10-11-198151mCharles returns from Paris to spend New Year 1925 at Brideshead and finds the family keeping Sebastian penniless to prevent him from spending on alcohol.
6.Julia
17-11-198151mRex Mottram is determined to marry Julia, a prospect which a fatally ill Lady Marchmain is reluctant about. Charles learns that Sebastian stole money and disappeared.
7.The Unseen Hook
9.024-11-198151mWith Lady Marchmain very near to death, Charles searches French Morocco for Sebastian. He finds him, and is shocked by the state he is in.
8.Brideshead Deserted
01-12-198152mBridey commissions Charles to paint some parts of the family's London residence before it is demolished. He meets Cordelia again, and she expresses her unhappiness with the current...
9.Orphans of the Storm
08-12-198153mCharles and Julia meet on a transatlantic liner and begin an affair, to the dismay of Rex and Celia.
10.A Twitch Upon the Thread
15-12-198152mBridey rebukes Julia for having affair with Charles while being married to someone else, stirring up intense emotions in her. Cordelia brings distressing news of Sebastian.
11.Brideshead Revisited
22-12-198190mIn 1939, the terminally ill Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead, and his children begin preparing for his death.
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