this be a great adaptation and a great miniseries in it own right . the plot cutdowns might disappoint the fan of the book ( but really how many modern reader have read bleak house without see a film version first . i know of only a few ) . i think it be quite appalling to see reviews critical of the series which have clearly be write by people who haven not a clue about the story do you actually see the series or do you just bag a bbc production because gillian anderson be in the new version . the series capture the mood and pace and character and plot driver ( cut out the dickensian flourish which aren not need and detract from a film treatment like the turveydrop story and the smallweed family dynamic and the extra lawyer tangle and vholes etc be very truncated ) . the only omission that i wish have be keep be the jellyby incident but a the first episode be already a trifle slow ( after the first episode the pace be perfect ) i can see it have to go . the only other criticism i have be that jo death could have be more faithfully do . i can see that would have practically canonize woodcourt and he keep a little more human for not have that scene but really i think jo death be one of the most poignant point of the book and i miss it even though it always make me cry . have theowinthrop actually see the series . how do he think that esther be raise by her aunt and uncle . who be this uncle . i suppose someone who could mistake the name of denholm eliott for desmond isn not really an appreciator of english art ( film or literature ) . i also think he mistake the treatment of the law . yes the law be draw very badly in bleak house . it fail the descendant of jarndyce whose valuable inheritance be eat up by the cost of litigation and it fail the deceased tom jarndyce and rick carstone and all who have faith in the suit . it fail miss flyte . in some sense it also fail captain hawdon who be drive to his death by the monotony of law copyist work . yes it feed the scavenger of vholes and tangle . but it also make men like guppy and kenge able to move beyond their station in life . though not kind to social status climber dickens clearly would have prefer that they weren not bind to be stick in the station to which they be bear ( contrast jo and the brickmakers family to the climb out of poverty by charley neckett ) . also and the law and while misuse by tulkinghorn and the chancery vulture and be actually the source of security for the ward of the court ada and richard and and for esther who be simply jarndyce ward . their security be ensure by the law which deliver them to jarndyce . i can not see how anyone could have trouble follow the story remember you aren not suppose to realize esther be lady dedlock daughter right at the beginning . neither be you suppose to get all the connection immediately . instant gratification just doesn not happen in dickens . a for see clearly through the fog gosh the gillian anderson have such scatty edit that i find it impossible to follow and i know the plot already . i find diana rigg absolutely brilliant ( overact and drama do not make a good lady dedlock but if you think they do try the gillian anderson version ) . it ada and rick not kate . and you get all you need of the rouncewell subplot .