Season guide

Middlemarch: Season 1

6 episodes Premiered Jan 12, 1994

Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Jan 12, 1994

Dr. Lydgate, a young and ambitious doctor arrives in the town of Middlemarch and is immediately drawn into local politics. Dorothea Brooke marries Reverend Casaubon against her fam

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Episode 2

Jan 19, 1994

Young and idealistic Dorothe Brooke is spending honeymoon with her middleaged husband in Rome, Italy. While there she meets her husband's artistic young cousin.

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Episode 3

Jan 26, 1994

Mr. Casaubon sends an ultimatum to Will Ladislaw. Dorothea's life undergoes great upheaval. Dr. Lydgate's and his wife Rosamond's financial troubles begin.

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Episode 4

Feb 2, 1994

Dorothea is learning to live as a widow, Rosamond gets into an accident, and Bulstrode's old acquaintance arrives in Middlemarch.

S1·E5 Mytharc

Episode 5

Feb 9, 1994

Dr. Lydgate's financial position continues to deteriorate and he is forced to take a loan using the furnishings in his house as collateral. When he shares this information with his

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Episode 6

Feb 16, 1994

Dr. Lydgate's finances have reached a crisis and many of his furnishings are repossessed. Unbeknownst to him, his wife Rosamond has written to his uncle Godwin asking for £1000 but