This is, I think, the least interesting installment. They could have cut a few things and spaced some other things better. (And of course it doesn't help that this is the only installment where Amy and Arthur are never together.) But we'll get into that more later.
Fanny is a total hoot with Mrs. General. And I think her father is scared of her. She's one of the characters they got exactly right (with one small exception that I'll note in a minute) -- everything from her part-motherly and part-condescending relationship with Amy, to her insufferable pride and tactlessness, to her occasional secret wistfulness is just how it was in the book. And Emma Pierson couldn't be doing a better job. Don't ask me about the weird makeup, though. I've seen various complaints about it on the Internet, but I can think of no explanation for it.
Sparkler's sharing his secrets with Amy -- showing again that she's one of those people to whom the helpless and hapless are instinctively drawn -- is kind of cute. I like poor Sparkler, even if Amy's not much of a fan. He's one of those blundering young buffoons you can't help but like, especially if you've grown up on a steady diet of P. G. Wodehouse.
Oh my gosh, oh my GOSH, get Mr. Dorrit in the toga!! I'm dying laughing. Costume designer, whoever you are, I love you.
Okay, people, can we please stop harping on Pet and Arthur now? It's over! It's so over it never even got started.
And Blandois, quit grabbing women by the chins (not to mention other parts). It's really disgusting.
Flora is determined to match up Arthur with everything in a dress, apparently. Arthur's face is priceless when he's left alone with Mr. F's aunt. He looks like a scared six year old. Not that I blame him. I'd have eaten the crust if I were him, out of sheer terror.
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