MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

SUNDAY, APRIL 1 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

EPISODE 1

 On a cold winter’s day, an escaped convict accosts a young orphan, Pip, in the marshes, ordering the terrified boy to steal a file from his brother-in-law’s forge so that he can remove his shackles. When Pip returns, he brings a piece of pie as well as the file: an innocent act of kindness that touches the filthy, battered man, who nevertheless is soon recaptured. Pip learned such kindness from his brother-in-law Joe, the only person who has ever treated him with tenderness, as his sister Mrs. Joe constantly abuses him and Joe’s assistant, Orlick, menaces Pip for sport.

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