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Binge Watch all Episodes of “Howards End” on MASTERPIECE, Sunday, February 2 beginning at 4 pm
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Often considered E.M. Forster’s masterpiece, Howards End is the story of two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives seeking love and meaning as they navigate an ever-changing world.
Academy Award winning screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan brings a fresh take to this adaptation. Margaret Schlegel (Hayley Atwell, Captain America: The First Avenger) is an intelligent, idealistic young woman who is courted by the older Henry Wilcox (Matthew Macfadyen, Succession), a self-made conservative businessman, after his wife Ruth Wilcox (Julia Ormond) dies unexpectedly and he becomes owner of Howards End.
Meanwhile Margaret’s passionate and capricious younger sister Helen Schlegel (Philippa Coulthard) takes up the cause of Leonard Bast (Joseph Quinn), a young bank clerk who falls on hard times at work and at home with his partner Jacky (Rosalind Eleazar). In the absence of their late parents, the sisters’ loving but interfering Aunt Juley (Tracey Ullman) tries to keep the young ladies and their brother Tibby (Alex Lawther) on the straight and narrow.
4:00 pm Episode 1
A misunderstanding, a surprise visit, and a stolen umbrella lead to a series of events that intertwine the lives of the Schlegel, Wilcox and Bast families.
5:00 pm Episode 2
Mrs. Wilcox’s family is surprised by her final request. The Schlegels face eviction. The Schlegel sisters take up the cause of Jacky Bast’s husband.
6:30 pm Episode 3
Margaret receives an unexpected offer from Henry. Helen is upset by the fate of the Basts. The families collide at a wedding, and Henry’s past is revealed.
8:00 pm Episode 4 – Finale
Margaret refuses to punish Henry. Margaret and Tibby enlist Henry’s help to resolve issues at Howards End—where the three families finally have a showdown.