Howards End
Four-part adaptation of EM Forster's classic novel telling the story of two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives.
- Metascore86
- 2017-2018
- 1 season
- Starz
- Drama
- TV-14
Four-part adaptation of EM Forster's classic novel telling the story of two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2017
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Sun, Apr 8, 2018 55 mins
In 1905 orphan Helen Schlegel is visiting the wealthy Wilcox family she and her sister Margaret met on holiday at their country house Howard's End and writes to inform Margaret of her engagement to the Wilcox's younger son Paul. However, under family pressure, the couple back down. Returning to London Helen attends a concert where the sisters meet Leonard Bast, a married clerk with a fondness for culture. The Wilcoxes also buy a flat in London, where Paul's mother Ruth takes a shine to Margaret, inviting her to stay at Howard's End.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
Sun, Apr 15, 2018 56 mins
Following Mrs Wilcox's funeral her family is shocked to find that, on a scribbled note, she left Howard's End to Margaret, who frequently visited her in her last days. Unaware of this the Schlegel sisters are visited by Leonard's wife Jacky, who, finding Margaret's card, suspects the worst of him but he later turns up to explain things to them. Hearing that Leonard is facing redundancy the sisters invite him to warn him but he feels patronized and leaves abruptly. Meanwhile Henry Wilcox, learning that the Schlegels are to be evicted, offers them a tenancy in London.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
Sun, Apr 22, 2018 60 mins
Henry Wilcox proposes to Margaret and, despite Helen's view that he is unemotional, she accepts but Henry's elder son Charles is also antagonistic, feeling that Margaret's only motive is to own Howard's End. Helen is angry with Henry since following his advice has resulted in Leonard's unemployment and brings the Basts to confront him at his daughter's wedding. To Margaret's amazement Jacky Bast recognizes Henry as having had an extra-marital affair with her, causing Henry to consider breaking the engagement, whilst Helen and Leonard have a heart to heart conversation after Jacky has fallen asleep.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
Sun, Apr 29, 2018 60 mins
Margaret forgives Henry for his affair with Jacky Bast and their marriage goes ahead. Helen, still angry with them, is absent, having travelled to Germany but left her brother Tibby with money to give to Leonard, which Leonard refuses. The newlyweds move the Schlegels' possessions into Howard's End and, when the sisters' Aunt Juley falls ill, Henry lures Helen there, where Margaret gets a shock, leading her to cross her husband. Leonard also turns up, with horrifying consequences which ultimately decide the fate of Howard's End.
