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The Best Episodes of Brideshead Revisited

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The Best Episodes of Brideshead Revisited

Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family of aristocrats, over the course of several years between the...

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  1. 8.4/10(194 votes)

    #1 - Brideshead Revisited

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    S1:E11

    In 1939, the terminally ill Lord Marchmain decides to return to Brideshead, and his children begin preparing for his death.

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  2. 8.3/10(213 votes)

    #2 - Home and Abroad

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    While 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 invitation to Venice by his father, Lord Marchmain, and takes Charles with him.

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  3. 8.3/10(182 votes)

    #3 - Sebastian Against the World

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    Sebastian'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.

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  4. 8.3/10(181 votes)

    #4 - A Blow Upon a Bruise

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    Charles returns from Paris to spend New Year 1925 at Brideshead and finds the family keeping Sebastian penniless to prevent him from spending on alcohol.

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  5. 8.2/10(272 votes)

    #5 - Et in Arcadia Ego

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    In 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 years ago.

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  6. 8.2/10(191 votes)

    #6 - The Bleak Light of Day

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    As 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 son.

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  8. 8.2/10(181 votes)

    #7 - The Unseen Hook

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    S1:E7

    With Lady Marchmain very near to death, Charles searches French Morocco for Sebastian. He finds him, and is shocked by the state he is in.

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  9. 8.1/10(176 votes)

    #8 - Julia

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    S1:E6

    Rex 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.

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  10. 8.0/10(175 votes)

    #9 - Brideshead Deserted

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    Bridey 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 state of her family.

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  11. 8.0/10(172 votes)

    #10 - Orphans of the Storm

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    Charles and Julia meet on a transatlantic liner and begin an affair, to the dismay of Rex and Celia.

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  12. 8.0/10(171 votes)

    #11 - A Twitch Upon the Thread

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    S1:E10

    Bridey 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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Brideshead Revisited" is the best rated episode of "Brideshead Revisited". It scored 8.4/10 based on 194 votes. Directed by Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg and written by John Mortimer, it aired on 12/22/1981. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Home and Abroad".