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The Best Episodes of Little Dorrit Season 1

Every episode of Little Dorrit Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Little Dorrit Season 1!

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Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.7/10(256 votes)

    #1 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence in his mother's house of a young seamstress, Amy Dorrit. The cold and forbidding Mrs Clennam isn't usually given to charity, so why has she made an exception in taking on Amy? Is she making reparations for a past wrongdoing? Does it have anything to do with Arthur's father's dying words and the pocket watch with its mysterious inscription, 'do not forget'?

    Director:Dearbhla Walsh
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.8/10(221 votes)

    #2 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    Arthur befriends Amy Dorrit and involves himself in her family's affairs. If, as he suspects, his family have something to do with their ruin, the least he can do is pay off her brother's debt and give him the chance to start again. Arthur himself is planning to start again with a new job, and perhaps a renewed love for childhood sweetheart Flora Casby.

    Director:Dearbhla Walsh
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.9/10(211 votes)

    #3 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    Flintwinch taunts Arthur's mother about the mystery at the heart of the House of Clennam, while Amy discovers that 'a gentleman' has paid off her brother's debts, and Arthur is invited to Twickenham to renew his acquaintance with the lovely Pet Meagles.

    Director:Dearbhla Walsh
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.1/10(203 votes)

    #4 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    Amy receives a proposal of marriage which throws her into confusion, Arthur is taken on as a partner in Daniel Doyce's engineering works, and the French villain Rigaud arrives in London.

    Director:Dearbhla Walsh
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    7.9/10(199 votes)

    #5 - Episode 5

    S1:E5

    Amy accompanies her sister Fanny to meet Mrs Merdle, queen bee of London society. Meanwhile, Rigaud comes into possession of the Clennam papers, and Chivery the turnkey asks Arthur to put in a word for young John with Amy.

    Director:Dearbhla Walsh
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.9/10(191 votes)

    #6 - Episode 6

    S1:E6

    Pancks recruits John Chivery to help him solve the mystery that connects the Dorrit family with the House of Clennam, while Arthur proposes to Pet Meagles. Elsewhere, Tattycoram runs away from Twickenham, and Amy resigns herself to a life without the man she loves.

    Director:Adam Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    8.1/10(189 votes)

    #7 - Episode 7

    S1:E7

    Rigaud introduces himself to the House of Clennam, while Arthur is best man at Pet's marriage to Henry Gowan. Pancks concludes his investigation into the Dorrit family's long incarceration in the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison, and Arthur and Amy break momentous news to Mr Dorrit.

    Director:Adam Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    8.0/10(184 votes)

    #8 - Episode 8

    S1:E8

    Mr Dorrit is released from the Marshalsea after more than twenty years, and takes his family abroad to reinvent themselves as members of society. Miss Wade commissions Rigaud to spy on Pet and Henry Gowan, and he takes the chance to follow the Dorrits abroad and find out what connects them to the House of Clennam.

    Director:Adam Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    7.9/10(184 votes)

    #9 - Episode 9

    S1:E9

    The Dorrits arrive in Venice, and Fanny renews an old acquaintance with Edmund Sparkler and his redoubtable mother Mrs Merdle. Meanwhile, Amy makes a friend in Pet Gowan, united through their mutual affection for Arthur, and Rigaud scents a deeper connection between the Dorrits and the House of Clennam.

    Director:Adam Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    7.9/10(181 votes)

    #10 - Episode 10

    S1:E10

    Fanny has stolen the heart of Edmund Sparkler, whose mother, Mrs Merdle, is determined to separate them once and for all. Meanwhile, Merdle's Bank is besieged by investors, and Arthur is worried when he sees a suspicious French stranger - the villainous Rigaud - at his mother's house.

    Director:Adam Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 11 - Episode 11
    7.9/10(178 votes)

    #11 - Episode 11

    S1:E11

    Romance is in the air as Mrs General starts her campaign to woo Mr Dorrit, and Fanny turns the full beam of her attention on Sparkler. Meanwhile, an unwelcome reminder of the old days comes to haunt Mr Dorrit in Venice.

    Director:Adam Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 12 - Episode 12
    7.9/10(181 votes)

    #12 - Episode 12

    S1:E12

    Mr Dorrit leaves Amy behind in Venice as he returns to London with newlyweds Fanny and Sparkler, but the high life is not all he had hoped it would be. Meanwhile, Arthur invests Doyce and Clennam's capital in Merdle's Bank, and Flora investigates the disappearance of Rigaud.

    Director:Diarmuid Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 13 - Episode 13
    8.3/10(180 votes)

    #13 - Episode 13

    S1:E13

    Mr Dorrit returns to Venice, a broken man, after a visit to London revives unwelcome memories. Arthur warns his mother that she may be in danger from Rigaud. And Amy and Arthur meet again.

    Director:Diarmuid Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Little Dorrit Season 1 Episode 14 - Episode 14
    8.3/10(191 votes)

    #14 - Episode 14

    S1:E14

    Mr Merdle's death and the collapse of Merdle's Bank sends shockwaves through London as thousands face financial ruin. Arthur returns to the Marshalsea a prisoner, Amy goes back to her birthplace to look after him as he lies gravely ill, and Rigaud returns to play out his blackmail in the Clennam house.

    Director:Diarmuid Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Little Dorrit" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 256 votes. Directed by Dearbhla Walsh and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/26/2008. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".