Great Expectations

★ 7.3•2011•1 Seasons•ANIME

Drama

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

Top Cast

Douglas Booth

Philip 'Pip' Pirrip

Jack Roth

Dolge Orlick

Ray Winstone

Abel Magwitch

David Suchet

Mr. Jaggers

Paul Rhys

Compeyson/Denby

Shaun Dooley

Joe Gargery

Gillian Anderson

Miss Havisham

Vanessa Kirby

Estella

Mark Addy

Mr. Pumblechook

Episodes

Season:

1. Episode 1

60m

A terrifying encounter on the marshes with an escaped convict and a summons from the mysterious Miss Havisham change orphan Pip's life forever. He dares to believe he might be destined for a future beyond the marshes —a future linked to that of the beautiful Estella.

Aired: 12/27/2011

2. Episode 2

60m

Pip starts his new life as a gentleman in London, quickly acquiring expensive tastes and mounting debts. He falls deeper in love with Estella and escorts her around town. As his twenty-first birthday approaches, Pip waits for his benefactor and their intentions to be revealed.