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Best Episodes of The Mayor of Casterbridge
Part Seven
S1 Ep7
10.0
5th Mar 1978
Lucetta has died, the victim of an evil trick. Henchard's conciliation with Elizabeth is short-lived: when her father comes to claim her Henchard pretends she is dead.
Part Six
S1 Ep6
10.0
26th Feb 1978
Farfrae becomes Mayor of Casterbridge. Lucetta, afraid that Henchard will expose her, asks him to return her love letters.
Worst Episodes of The Mayor of Casterbridge
Part One
S1 Ep1
8.0
22nd Jan 1978
Michael Henchard sells his wife to a sailor at a country fair, while drunk. As the years pass, he prospers and becomes mayor of the town. Then his wife and daughter come to live in the town....
Part Two
S1 Ep2
9.0
29th Jan 1978
Henchard is now Mayor of Casterbridge. When his wife returns, eighteen years after he sold her, he decides they must remarry.
The Mayor of Casterbridge Episode Guide
Part One
S1 Ep1
8.0
22nd Jan 1978
Michael Henchard sells his wife to a sailor at a country fair, while drunk. As the years pass, he prospers and becomes mayor of the town. Then his wife and daughter come to live in the town....
Part Two
S1 Ep2
9.0
29th Jan 1978
Henchard is now Mayor of Casterbridge. When his wife returns, eighteen years after he sold her, he decides they must remarry.
Part Three
S1 Ep3
10.0
5th Feb 1978
The jealous Henchard has sacked Donald Farfrae and forbidden him to see Elizabeth-Jane. When his wife Susan dies it is just the start of his troubles.
Part Four
S1 Ep4
10.0
12th Feb 1978
Elizabeth-Jane is now working for Lucetta, who, having been the subject of Henchard's attentions, is now interested in Farfrae. The furious Henchard plans to ruin his rival...
Part Five
S1 Ep5
10.0
19th Feb 1978
Henchard's secret is out. Denounced as a wife-seller and with his business in trouble his discovery that Lucetta has married Farfrae completes his humiliation.
Part Six
S1 Ep6
10.0
26th Feb 1978
Farfrae becomes Mayor of Casterbridge. Lucetta, afraid that Henchard will expose her, asks him to return her love letters.
Part Seven
S1 Ep7
10.0
5th Mar 1978
Lucetta has died, the victim of an evil trick. Henchard's conciliation with Elizabeth is short-lived: when her father comes to claim her Henchard pretends she is dead.
Michael Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser, gets drunk at a fair and for five guineas sells his wife and child to a sailor. When the horror of his act finally sets in, Henchard swears he will not touch alcohol for twenty-one years. Through hard work and acumen, he becomes rich, respected, and eventually the mayor of Casterbridge. But eighteen years after his fateful oath, his wife and daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, return to Casterbridge, and his fortunes steadily decline.
The best rated episodes of The Mayor of Casterbridge are:
Part Seven S1E7 rated 10.0
Part Six S1E6 rated 10.0
The lowest rated episodes of The Mayor of Casterbridge are:
Part One S1E1 rated 8.0
Part Two S1E2 rated 9.0
The first episode of The Mayor of Casterbridge aired on January 22, 1978.
The last episode of The Mayor of Casterbridge aired on March 05, 1978.
There are 7 episodes of The Mayor of Casterbridge.