Bleak House on PBS

There are a hell of a lot of storylines going on in this program. Now I remember why I never attempted to read this particular book.

And Gillian Anderson has either lost weight or she's sucking her cheeks in. I can't tell which. I don't remember her looking so hollow-faced in the X-Files.

The actor playing Nemo reminds me of someone, but I can't remember who it is. Who will the orphan housekeeper end up with - the owner of the house or the poor doctor? Nathaniel Parker has done a total 180 playing Mr. Skimpole - quite a leap from Inspector Lynley. What an odd character Skimpole is. I can't quite believe that he's that "childlike."

I love the names Dickens came up with for his characters - Skimpole, Krook, Smallweed, Squod, Nemo, Jellyby, Turveydrop, Dedlock, Rouncewell, Mercury, Boythorn, Pardiggle, Tulkinhorn, Guppy, Snagsby. Some of them sound like names Beatrix Potter would have used for her animal characters.