Our Mutual Friend — Miniseries
Forced into a marriage he doesn’t want with Bella Wilfer to claim his inheritance, John Harmon desperately seeks an escape. To evade both the unwanted union and mounting danger, he stages his own demise. But disappearance isn’t freedom; adopting the guise of John Rokesmith, he resurfaces as secretary to the unexpectedly wealthy Boffins – the very family who now controls what was once his.
The body recovered from the Thames was confirmed to be that of young John Harmon, destined to inherit a considerable fortune amassed through contracts for dust removal. Bella Wilfer, promised in marriage to him according to the stipulations…
Lizzie Hexam, whose father earned his living retrieving bodies from the river—including what was believed to be the remains of young Harmon—found herself the object of attention from two men consumed by their own anxieties: Eugene Wrayburn,…
With the competition for Lizzie’s affections growing fierce, she sought refuge elsewhere. Simultaneously, Mr. Boffin, once so gentle, now ruled over Rokesmith with an iron hand; and Bella, who had previously held herself aloof, found hersel…
Harmon intends to secure his inheritance from the Boffins, who have orchestrated a series of deceptive trials designed to gauge Bella’s genuine nature. Simultaneously, Eugene narrowly escapes death at the hands of Headstone and resolves to …
