Parade's End
Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall lead this five-part World War I drama about an English aristocrat, his socialite wife and his torrid affair with a young suffragette.
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- 2012-2012
- 1 season
- HBO Max
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- TV-MA
Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall lead this five-part World War I drama about an English aristocrat, his socialite wife and his torrid affair with a young suffragette.
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Tue, Feb 26, 2013 58 mins
In 1908 civil servant Christopher Tietjens marries the pregnant Sylvia Satterthwaite though the father is probably her married lover Gerald Drake,as Christopher's brother Mark points out. Four years on Sylvia is an unloving mother,disdainful of her husband's liberal views.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
Tue, Feb 26, 2013 61 mins
Sylvia returns to Christopher,largely for the financial security and attends his mother's funeral,where her showy appearance shocks the mourners. Realising she is reviled she goes to a retreat but is soon back in society with another admirer.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
Wed, Feb 27, 2013 60 mins
Despite receiving a white feather for cowardice Vincent becomes a very influential author and marries Edith after Duchemin kills himself. They are the subject of gossip and scandal which also, erroneously, involves Christopher, who is wounded and shell-shocked in a French hospital.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
Wed, Feb 27, 2013 58 mins
Christopher is in Rouen with his godfather General Campion and the unbalanced McKechnie,his job being to kit out fresh troops for the front. His desire to see that the men are humanely treated brings him into conflict with unfeeling superiors such as General O'Hara.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
Thu, Feb 28, 2013 60 mins
1917;- Christopher,McKechnie and Perowne have all been sent to fight in the trenches,surrounded by carnage and madness. When Bill,the commanding officer,suffers a breakdown from stress Christopher replaces him. Meanwhile Sylvia meets Gerald Drake again home on leave.
