Our Mutual Friend

I do love a good British miniseries. And "Our Mutual Friend" is one of the classics. It's an adaptation of a Dickens novel, with the corresponding delightful and diverse cast of characters.

There's the mysterious Mr. John Rokesmith.




















The spoiled, shallow, beautiful Bella Wilfer.





















The humble, good Boffins.





















Poor, gentle, good Lizzie Hexam.





















Two men who are interested in Lizzie: The crazy schoolmaster, Mr. Headstone, and the dissipated Mr. Eugene Wrayburn.





















The couple who mutually deceived each other into wedlock and the articulator, Mr. Venus.





















In case you don't know what an articulator is:
Mr. Venus: "Mr. Wegg, if you was brought here loose in a bag to be articulated, I could name your smallest bones blindfold, and sort them all in a manner that would surprise, and charm you."
Silas Wegg: "Now that ain't a state to be brought low about."

Plus many others, like the lawyer Mortimer Lightwood. Lady Tippins: "Oh really, Mortimer! When you know the man needs counsel." Mortimer Lightwood: "I hardly see how I am to blame. When two people are inclined to run off together, a lawyer is the last person to prevent it."

There's Jenny Wren and Sloppy. There's Silas Wegg, who sold his leg to Mr. Venus and wants to buy it back, and of whom Mr. Boffin says: "I already have in my employ a literary man with a wooden leg."

There's Rogue Riderhood, who tells Mortimer that his name Rogue is a friendly name by those who don't know him and that his occupation is being a waterside character.

The list could go on. The plot will keep you interested and guessing. You'll want to watch it again and again. As I saw someone describe it, it is "an immense, rich feast."