Jane Eyre, Episode 8 (1983)

[@annetekoul]

Dalton acts exacly as he should,from calm to wild and from anxious to desperate,he is book's Rochester body and soul.Go ahead and read the scene from the book then watch this and you will be convinced. Great acting on his part!!!!!Everytime i watch this scene i can not help but feel awe about this great actor!!!!R E S P E C T ! ! !

[@missyadams]

Respect 👍👍👍

[@zeezee6977]

Yes I agree. Dalton is very talented. He acted Rochester as it should be. I’m Glad he’s the cast and he’s my only favourite.

[@ditsashihurkar4913]

Yup totally agree. He performed this scene exactly as described in the novel. I have watched all the other versions as well but still no one comes close to him. He is certainly the best rochester till date. But i liked zelah clarke as well. I don't understand why people criticize her so much. She was really a good jane . And this series is best overall.

[@ieltslearning88]

Dalton told in one of his interviews that this was his best and most complicated role.

[@amydegan]

@@ditsashihurkar4913 I totally agree. I love Zelah Clark in this adaptation. She was the "plain, quakerish governess" just as Bronte described in the book.

[@sarcasticsugar4466]

Absolutely SUPERB acting by Dalton! You can really FEEL Rochester's agony at his life and his anguish as Jane slips farther and farther away from him. This is THE only version that gives the famous, heartbreaking speech as in the book and Dalton DELIVERS! What an excellent, bitter scene! (And he gets more and more handsome as the series progresses)!

[@erinvaichus8125]

TRUTH!!! Love your comment

[@craigbeasley1]

Amen! His performance towers above even Toby's! ..And that says a lot. The 2006 version rivals this at almost all turns!

[@catherinehurst4990]

Sarcastic Suga

[@MsAppleofhiseye]

Didn't he threaten to force himself on her? The man was mad with grief!

[@claragomezb.7849]

Sarcastic Sugar Love your profile picture! Milou rocks.

[@emilywalker6733]

I always admired her for doing what was right. It broke her heart but she did it anyways.

[@lhaamzei3518]

Right? haha

[@ceilconstante7813]

Hindsight is 20/20. Years down the road I've discovered always doing what is right turns out for the best. I love how Jane is a modern woman who advertised to find work yet never jeopardizes her morals.

[@juliecramer7768]

@@ceilconstante7813 You are right

[@soulcornflake1]

I think it shows how strong Jane really is. She could have had happiness if she'd simply compromised her principles. Instead she maintained her moral center.

[@afiatkhalifa1262]

2019...and I cannot watch any other adaptation ...only this masterpiece

[@oceanbrzzz]

Afiat Khalifa it is my favorite too,

[@yonyon6170]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@hayam35]

Same.

[@zahraja8225]

that's right , its a real masterpiece

[@sandyreem70]

From 2006 is also very good, i find 👍

[@darjeeling6432]

What a joy to watch Dalton's performance. His voice is like musical notes to my ears. His movements, even his breathing took my breath away, not to mention his handsome face.

[@rachelkristine4669]

Ikr?! Omg, I LOVE Timothy Dalton! He is truly the greatest Rochester! (Even tho I loved Michael Fassbenders version, btw)! 🥰 However, just got another version I didn't even know existed. It's the one done in 1970, with George C Scott. Actually, it's quite good. And Scott was one helluva actor! 😍

[@sofiaolivas9340]

I'm rewatching this because I cant get past that heartbreaking scene... when he kisses her and asks "Do you mean it now?" and a single tear glistens down his cheek. I can't. He is just too much...

[@missyadams]

I know what you mean

[@avrilc8715]

It's like you feel his heart breaking. God he is so breath taking, as Mr. Rochester. I would have been his mistress, no matter. His demanding nature would have made me stay with him even if he was married.

[@anag7307]

Avril C 🤣 I think only Jane was capable of saying no to that man!

[@sarahbrightmore3749]

I know, I melt every time. A lesser woman such as myself would have given herself to him as a mistress without a second thought!

[@rachelkristine4669]

We all now know for a fact that being "legally married", is way more than it's cracked up to be. I would be like, "to HELL with it, he is mine "! 🤣

[@flameoftheforest2864]

brilliant acting by Timothy Dalton.

[@katehollyoake1801]

Florence-Kate Edeh shame about the actress who plays jane, all she does is look sad all the time

[@ntducgmailcomnguyen]

I agree. I don't see the heart-wrenching pain in her countenance or in her eyes.

[@Bookworm11853]

+Kate Hollyoake Lol is she supposed to look happy?

[@katehollyoake1801]

no, I just meant she's not a good actress, there's no variance in her expression. ruth Wilson, Samantha Morton and that ginger haired girl are all well better

[@Bookworm11853]

+Kate Hollyoake I think that's part of the reason why I like her portrayal of Jane in this scene. She looks passive not because she doesn't care, but rather because she knows if she shows her true feelings then she'll give into the temptation of staying with him. But I see what you're saying. Also, I wasn't trying to be rude, so I'm sorry if it came across that way

[@danielasalazarsilva]

This is by far the best scene of the separation. So true to the book, you can feel the pain, angst, anger and despair in Rochester and grief and resignation in Jane. Love it!!!

[@hsbvt]

Thumbs up if you would be okay with Timothy Dalton carrying you down the stairs!

[@missyadams]

and then some

[@annajames229]

Yes please

[@lesleynaughty]

I'd pretend to faint so he would anyway if I didn't faint for real! (and I'd get to enjoy being carried down the stairs by him if I faked!)

[@barbarabrown7974]

Jane did not eat the night before, nor did she have any breakfast. Sophie took too long getting her dressed for the wedding. She's dehydrated too, as she's had no water. And after all that happened, she's emotionally overwhelmed too.

[@3eenkarem]

Down or up it won't matter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@5877user]

Every scene, every line Timothy Dalton delivers magnificently. There can be no other Rochester even to this day, April 30, 2019. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ and RESPECT

[@whatevergoesforme5129]

Wow, what an emotionally taxing moment it was for Timothy Dalton. Just wow and it is not overacting no matter what others say because Rochester was a man who had very complex emotional makeup given the fact that he was not favored by his father and then trapped in that kind of marriage. He was never the calm and collect character but more of the gentrified version of Heathcliff when it comes to loving someone. The Bronte sisters portrayed emotional men in their novels so no wonder their books were seen as controversial at that time aside from the fact that their women characters were also unusual for that era.

[@sundus928]

The Michael Fassbender version was too possessive. Jane had to escape from a window. LOL.

[@danielasalazarsilva]

Lol

[@5877user]

My all time favorite story. Timothy Dalton is brilliant palying this character . He comes the closest to the Rochester I envision, except for his good looks of course. Every couple of years I watch this version. It's the closest and best version in my opinion. Thank you for having it available.

[@babytooty04]

You should look at the 2006 BBC series version with Toby Stephens and Ruth Wilson.

[@ladynottingham89]

Combine Ciarán Hinds's look with Dalton's performance, and you have the perfect Rochester impersonation.

[@sageg.9828]

@@babytooty04 i was going to answer the same. I think that version should have been at least 2 more episodes.

[@cellowali2865]

@@ladynottingham89 personally I don't find anything wrong with Mr. Dalton's look, he is perfect for this role.

[@ladynottingham89]

@@cellowali2865 In the book he is not that attractive. When you read the book you build a certain picture of the character in your head.Timothy Dalton is a very handsome man.

[@rosec862]

Dalton is the actor who comes closest to the Rochester I pictured in the book. This series is my favorite of the adaptations; it draws directly from the book and gets all the little details most films miss or change. This series, in my mind, is closest to Charlotte's masterpiece

[@Turtledove2009]

Agreed. He most closely matches the Rochester I imagined when I first read the book many years ago.

[@cabahab2996]

His panic and desperation is hard to watch he does a great rochester....x x x x

[@annebelle5057]

This episode is the most emotionally dramatic episode on this mini series, I see that every cast acted very powerfull. I'm really admire to Timothy Dalton's persuasion as Mr. Rochester. His act looks truly angry, sad and very devastated when Jane will leave him. Don't know why but I'm so amazed.

[@sarahalessa78]

I always interpreted Jane's unusual composer after the "wedding" as attempt to prevent a breakdown. But it almost seems as if she is dissociating after the shock and that seems so natural and true to her character. With all the excitement of the last weeks, the death of her aunt, her beeing in love for the first time, fearing to lose him to another woman, preparing for the wedding and having these horrible "nightmares" and all of this after her quiet life in the boarding school. And then the terrifying discovery of the mad bride, of being almost lured into a life of sin, of realising she must leave the man she loves. I can't imagine Jane Eyre behaving any other way. I don't think she isn't passionate enough. Real shock and heartbreak is often beyond crying and screaming. She seems broken. And her silence captures that so well. I think I prefer it to other versions in which Jane is more dramatic in this scene.

[@reconnectcafeofbridgton8759]

The deception Rochester did to a young governess without family, friends and home is ugly. And yet we're to feel sorry for him. I like how disgusted the lawyer acted towards him. Acting by Zc, TD, the lawyer and Bertha's brother are excellent.

[@Ярослава-н1ы]

I'm totally agree with you. And as for mister Rochester, he is pathetic in this scene. But it is also natural. He has absolutely lost his head. This is a real dispair.

[@anyaw340]

She is steeling herself to do what she knows she will do, which is leave. She can no longer give in to his passions and emotions.

[@greymouse718]

I saw this scene may be 50 or more times. I admire those actors. What love, passion and despair they both show!

[@hyeangels8413]

I always skip after episode 6, to episode 11, so I won't cry. However, above all, I don't like watching THIS episode. Yet, from time to time, I can't resist seeing it, because Dalton is just sooooo phenomenal!!! He is not acting. He's re-living the character with all his heart and soul. The real tears are the proof of his emotions. I love seeing when strong men cry.

[@roxannewood9212]

I just can’t get over how sheer perfection this is. Best ever Jane Eyre x

[@melissasheppard6674]

His tear-stained face when he was saying, "And now?" touched me. But Jane did do the right thing.

[@biancaalbakar5752]

best adaptation i love the way they speak as is written in the book, not in modern english which spoils everything

[@barbiechyqa9192]

"MY HOPE. MY LOVE. MY LIFE." If you don't sob with him then you're heartless. And for these to be among the last words she hears from him until after the horrible events. I'd be haunted too

[@maryjugunu6784]

Oh Jane! My hope. My love. My life.

[@lukasmiller486]

“And how are we today Grace?” “We’re tolerable, thank you, sir. A bit snappish but not outrageous.” “YYYYYYAAAAAUUUGGGHHH!!!!!!!”

[@claragomezb.7849]

Lukas Miller PMS

[@missyadams]

Very funny

[@danielasalazarsilva]

Imagine how it would be if she was furious 😅

[@greymouse718]

Just imagine what this young girl felt at church! She was prepared to be happy and everything was ruined. Rochester didn't mean to harm her, his loveto her was great. But he ,at least, knew the state of affairs. For her it was the shock of the life. Being a church girl she couldn't live with him as a mistress though he loved her dearly. She would lose the respect to herself.

[@СулимоваОксана]

It is not about respect. It would ruin her relationship with God. And she knew it was a sin.

[@Turtledove2009]

Agreed. She had very strong principles. She worked hard to love and respect herself when no one else would, and it's all she had. It is how she survived her past abuses.

[@virginiaoliveira8463]

​@@Turtledove2009When Jane had already a situation, her own home, for the first time in her life, she made the comparison between being poor and lonely and having much comfort but also a bad conscience and felt grateful. She was suffering but had no reason to feel shame. Rochester knew how Jane valued self respect as he himself said in the gypsy scene.

[@anyaw340]

@@СулимоваОксана It is about respect. Her self-respect was bound up in her religious principles, so for her, respect and religion are connected. If she had compromised them for Rochester, she would have lost respect for herself by going against God's law.

[@terryrowe8214]

One of the finest acting scenes ever! The depths of anguish and passion are perfectly executed.

[@mscarter5562]

Awesome performance Dalton he touches my heart.

[@rawdhakhadraoui5721]

I must admit it , this is the first I am watching this version of Jane Eyre. The surprise of finding these episodes is a happy one. Mr Rochester is so genuinely performed and the details are carefully implemented. Great discovery

[@3eenkarem]

This series is the best adaptation of Jane Eyre book....

[@lilygrace6689]

5:53 Rochester: But fate has out-maneuvered me, or Providence checked me. Priest: Amen Me: LOL!!!!!

[@carnation_cat]

And don't forget Rochester's sarcastic "AAA-MEN" followup!

[@carnation_cat]

@Darshana Ambulkar Agree. I can't get enough of him in this. I don't think I've seen him in anything else, actually! :)

[@missyadams]

@@carnation_cat He played James Bond after Roger Moore, he was Heathcliff in 1970 Wuthering Heights, he was Rhett Bulter in 'Scarlett', he appeared in some episodes of Doctor Who, he was in 'The Rocketeer' , and he was in the series, 'Penny Dreadful'.

[@carnation_cat]

@@missyadams Thank you. :) Sounds like maybe you're a fan!

[@missyadams]

@@carnation_cat I am 😁

[@callmek186]

I like how Rochester moves like an animal and words that are spoken without a thought. I need to see more like this.

[@ВалентинаБацовская]

Fantastic Timoty Dalton. His acting is superb! Deep book, deep actors

[@laranehmeh6679]

i watched it a million times... he's soo deep great rochester

[@bellyfulochelly4222]

A year and a day, huh? Classy, Mr. Rochester. Real classy.

[@xavierekrus5083]

More like the following day... In the book at least. Been a long time since I read it.

[@yonyon6170]

2019 anyone? This film adaptation is the best 👍🏻👍🏻😁

[@VioletWillowTree]

This is the best adaption of the book. Both Timothy and Zelah embody their characters perfectly. Rochesters anguish and Janes inner conflict is conveyed exactly as I imagined!

[@cupcake161]

Favorite version!Best ever!Timothy Dalton is the best Rochester !!!

[@livyintheskywithdragons]

And she is quiet and zen about all of it ☺☺😱😱

[@arshanlikethevideo2019]

God such powerful dialogue. Acting. Make this film the ultimate ...feelings. and so on....short of adjectives...

[@she_wizzdom4410]

Beautiful, beautiful I could not imagine the scene enacted better

[@mahtabm8611]

"Judge me priests of the gospel and men of law, but remember with what judgement ye judge ye shall be judged." one of my favourite lines of the book.

[@janeeyre-quotes]

The entire book was page after page of fantastic lines and dialogue.

[@bonngairaoi]

Dalton is so good in this role!. Something about the Welsh? She's so good too, her silent distance says it all. A screaming irate Jane would just cheapen the scene.

[@Greenhouse534]

Yes, his accent improves the meaning. It just doesn’t work as well without it. All the talk of fairies makes sense with a little brogue.

[@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701]

i'm pretty sure jane was never a screaming and irrate person at all, not even in the book. don't know where in hell you got that idea to describe her

[@Lena-gm6my]

Timothy Dalton - perfect acting!!! just perfect... God's gift to all of us.

[@i.m.7710]

14:19 Go with him!!!!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 Incredible scene. Just tears you up. Dalton, too much. Wow! No words to describe his gut-wrenching emotions...He's brilliant.

[@ramalks]

Wooowwwww..... perfect love... love you Timothy Dalton for the extraordinary performance 😘😘😘😘😘😘!!!!!!

[@goodstorylover]

I like this version for depicting the desperate part of Jane´s journey from Thornfield to the Rivers´s. It is a painful experience for her, sometimes glossed over in some versions by showing Jane just sort of wandering about a moor in the rain.

[@janeeyre-quotes]

Yes, it was both an emotionally and physically gruelling ordeal for Jane. One more day of that and she would have perished. But thankfully, providence led her to Moorhouse.

[@ladynottingham89]

Wow, this is the superior version of the story, and the most true to the book. People weren't kidding. I broke an engagement not too long ago, and I had a flashback of my ex-fiancé and I breaking up watching Dalton perform this scene. He did a great job at emoting the desperation and heartbreak of losing someone you love enough to spend the rest of your life with them.

[@strawberryfilmmaka]

I like all adaptations save that 1930s hot mess version. Of all the adaptations that I have seen Timothy Dalton is my fave Rochester. Another version that comes close is the 70's version especially in the looks of the characters.

[@mikylaviloria1141]

2018 anyone?

[@catherinegore1032]

Yes!

[@aalyanqazi5892]

Mikyla Viloria yes

[@kawtharbakhach5848]

HEEEEEEEEERE

[@MusicbyShabbyRose]

Yes several times! It is my favorite series!

[@rawdhakhadraoui5721]

Of course. Personally this is the most authentic version of Jane Eyre. So amusing and fabulous

[@sofiaolivas9340]

Episode 7 and 8 so far have been the best. I can't wait to see how they portrayed St John! Superb acting from Dalton. I have, now, added him to my list of absolute crushes of all time.

[@lesleynaughty]

Me too!

[@lexigrimhaive]

This is so heart wrenching to watch, even knowing it’ll all be okay in the ending. The acting is so out of this world.

[@elinachin9935]

I only watched now near end of 2020. What a masterpiece!

[@umamibaby5015]

I think all of them are superb, even the smaller roles of Mason and Briggs! Even the owner of the bakery! This version is without doubt the best ever, being faithful to the book in so many respects, and minus the director/writer liberties taken with other versions, most notably the Toby Stephens and Michael Fassbender ones. Thank you so much for uploading

[@JanuaryMoon]

You're welcome!!!

[@fridadelgadillo8845]

Yes Dalton did an amazing job, he's a wonderful actor, but they gave him so much more to work off of. Zelah did a fantastic job, just because she didn't say much doesn't mean she did bad, Jane is quiet by nature, and that is why she had so little dialogue, but still her facial expressions are great plus the few lines she dies say carry an insane amount of weight in them, they break me

[@DeborahDillardIAMShaz]

Charlotte Bronte understood the concept of twin souls to an astonishing degree.

[@HaleyRadiant]

Dang even I wanted to give Dalton a hug after he just poured his heart out to Jane! Yes he goes a bit crazy, but after seeing & hearing his anguish in his own life, it is very heartbreaking. 🥺

[@cupcake161]

Kinda funny when he says trust me,when he has been lying to her the whole time.

[@triptychbts2548]

But character wise Jane is able to stand up for herself .. His back story and what happened later makes the deceipt less "important" he kinda got what he deserved both the good and bad..

[@Turtledove2009]

In his mind, he means trust him to be true to her forever, in the "marriage" he proposes them to have.

[@nargiss_s]

"Follow me " - What a voice! What a man!

[@katieross6161]

I didn't think i would like this version but it is amazing!!

[@SaraAljabarii]

Seven times I watch this part, seven time it breaks me in tears

[@evinasiu1881]

Aww how he apologizes when he realized he just yeller at her

[@nashwa111]

A great performance by Timothy Dalton

[@cindynguyen1388]

I watched this when I was 9 and now I'm 45

[@marie32750]

Me too:(

[@afiatkhalifa1262]

I was 7 ...now 43...

[@i.m.7710]

@@anastassia3229 Wow! It still might happen. He's 73/74 now and in Doom Patrol. She put him through a rough time with the scandal and Dalton likes to keep his private life private. He was a gentleman throughout. She ended up with basically no money from Gibson who is worth 280 million. She gets kicked out of the house when her daughter turns 18. What an ass. She was the pianist (2 seconds) in Beautician and the Beast.

[@Whaaaaah]

Me too! I am almost 45 and watched it when I was 9!

[@ИннаЖирова-м5т]

Далтон всю жизнь гулял,изменял и бросал И к 50годам ,когда уже растерял весь свой лоск,он решил завести семью И бог дал ему то,что он заслужил, эту гулящую Оксану ,такую же как Селина Варанс,охотницу за богатыми И Далтон решил что она будет его маленький сиделкой и компаньонкой Но что то пошло не так

[@barbarabrown7974]

Jane sits in his chair after he carries her down. Also stated so in the book. It figuratively means that she now has the power in the relationship -- the power to leave him.

[@helenamatias5]

I watched this when I was 22 years old and now I am 58 😉

[@debrachittwood7696]

Timothy Dalton nailed the character! Superb emotion and tons of expression in his eyes and face! Awesome! Thanks sooo much for upoading it!! My fav is the 1996 version with William Hurt. I liked the actress who played "Jane" alot better too.

[@JanuaryMoon]

+Debra Chittwood You're welcome! I also think that Charlotte Gainsbourg is the most succesful Jane Eyre.

[@craigbeasley1]

Z played almost verbatim the role. Remember this is plain Jane! '83 version has that quality so very in kind with the book!

[@izCCCPvPoccuu]

My most favorite version is from 1996, too. And my most favorite Rochester is William Нurt. Charlotte Gainsbourg is very nice. However, the version of 1983 with the great Timothy Dalton is my favorite. I also really like the version in 1973 and Michael Jayston. But there is another favorite version. 1997. With Ciaran Hinds. Although I do love the movie "Persuasion" from 1995 with Ciaran. Great movie and great actor.

[@lilygrace6689]

izCCCPvPoccuu Thank you for remembering the 1997 version! Samantha Morton from the 1997 version is a very underrated Jane. She was just the right age and she really looked like what I imagined in the book. I would have loved to see either Samantha Morton or Charlotte Gainsbourg with Timothy Dalton. It would have been iconic.

[@mdkushida]

Timothy Dalton is just flawless! Excellent performer! And almost too handsome for this role...I believe the actress playing Jane should have looked a bit younger, though...

[@ntducgmailcomnguyen]

actually, he did make a mistake in this scene. " All happiness will be torn away with me" doesn't make sense. It should have been : " All happiness will be torn away with you" as in the book.

[@hejmedlitetH08]

[e-mail] nguyen nguyen aaaaaaaah you're right!!! I just read that part from the book and noticed he didn't say the exact words but didn't realize it changed the whole meaning of the sentence!

[@mdkushida]

[e-mail] nguyen nguyen I agree...his performance is still impecable, though! I would of course like it to be as close to the book as possible. Anyways. He is my favorite Rochester ☺️

[@SirAgravaine]

+Betty Kushida He's most certainly too handsome for the role, but I don't mind.

[@Greenhouse534]

He said “all happiness will be torn away from me!”

[@kilayla13]

Timothy omggg you are broody, happy and angry all in short moments!!! XD so awesome xD

[@sycamoreleaves74]

If that doesn't rip your heart out, nothing will.

[@leticiaolvera9114]

Excellent acting by Dalton.

[@bluecoffee3306]

damn the tension in the confrontation between Eyre and Rochester was unbearable

[@barbarabrown7974]

And I'm sure the servants have heard every word.

[@emilyyanchak1623]

I feel like I can understand jane when she doesn't say anything when he first confronts her outside her room. I feel like when bad news or something bad happens, I have to sit with my feelings for a moment just to think about it. I feel her pain and sadness even though she's doing her best not to show it.

[@autumnappling6173]

I completely agree with you! Honestly the entire situation is a traumatic experience, and to top it off she finds out her last living relative that actually cared for her is dying or could possibly already be dead. I appreciate how the character keeps her composure through it all.

[@juliecramer7768]

I looked up insuperable. Glad it uses some of the original al language of the book.

[@evacoulouri1322]

You feel his feelings.....he wants to keep it with him....October 2020...what can I say? only one word.... masterpiece...and a question is there exist some man to love like this with soo much passion today his wife or a woman who wants to be loved from her man with this way....? We closed our selfs behind of mobiles and we loose our romantic and the chance to live great feelings and situations....so pitty...

[@priscillavelazquezs]

I wonder this as well. Maybe not in these times, very sad.

[@anyaw340]

This kind of love, I think, would scare me in real life. It makes me swoon to see on TV or read in a book, but in real life, it's a lot. Suffocating.

[@cabahab2996]

Best Rochester perfect not too passionate but perfectly done not too over the top....

[@emmashoesmith2882]

Timothy Dalton…hands down the best Rochester!!!

[@artcalight13]

Very Shakespearean!

[@SariAus]

This is fabulous story of Jane Eyre acted by Zelah Clarke and Timothy Dalton as Jane and Edward. So much close to the story of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Loved it especially this episode. Thank you for sharing.

[@JanuaryMoon]

You're welcome!!!

[@sycamoreleaves74]

I already posted on this a year ago but something brought me back here. I remember sitting in 9th grade English class and we were watching this. I don't know what the other kids were doing but I was sitting there trying not to cry in front of them. I thought she did the right thing by leaving, she could not be with him because he was still married to his wife (even though she was crazy). It's the classic angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other : The angel says "Do the right thing and leave", the devil is saying "That man cares for you so be with him despite the circumstances." Now that I'm older have I changed my views on this? No, I haven't. But there will always be a broken heart, and mine's been broken many times.

[@barbarabrown7974]

Missing scene from the book: The shopping trip to Millcote. Jane is very uncomfortable with Rochester showering gifts on her, which results in her writing to her uncle, who unknown to her, knows Mr. Mason. She writes about her upcoming wedding in the letter.

[@debbie46001]

How did the letter get to Madeira and Mr. Mason get back to Thornfield all within a month

[@barbarabrown7974]

From what I could determine, it would have been tight. Madeira isn't as far as the new world/Jamaica, where Mason is from. It's an island that's part of Portugal. A quick Internet search stated that a sea voyage by sailing ship from England was roughly a week, depending on conditions. But it would have taken a few days for the letter to get to a seafaring port, so maybe a week and a halfish? That's three to four weeks round trip, and as their engagement was four weeks, that's tight.

[@debbie46001]

@@barbarabrown7974 👍🏽👍🏽

[@debbie46001]

@@barbarabrown7974 what about the copy of the marriage certificate

[@barbarabrown7974]

Maybe they got the copy done in a rush.

[@monmothma3358]

When I first saw this scene, I thought Dalton wildly overacted, lol.. Now I only think he does at the very end. It's a multi-faceted and at times quite subdued performance, actually. I love details like the sweat on his forehead, which makes him even more believable as a man who sees what is most important to him slip through his fingers, and is desperately looking for ways to stop it.

[@OreadNYC]

Actually, if you read the book, you'll discover that Dalton really didn't overact in this scene. Bronte says that Rochester is sobbing when he utters the line "my love...my life!" Bronte also describes Rochester during this scene as being almost wild in his desperation to the point that he threatens violence against her (a line which the adaptations prefer to leave out).

[@ditsashihurkar4913]

Well Timothy played this scene exactly like novel, actually in novel this scene is way more dramatic and it's really difficult for any actor to perform. Infact in many adaptations either the actors choose to play this scene in safe manner by rather avoiding yelling like in 1944, 1973 version, while some of them just overdo like 1997 with Ciaran hinds ( totally messed up) and let's not talk about 2006 🙄. 2011 is wonderful overall but then they changed many dialogues, it was rather modified so that actors can perform with ease. Now the scene in 1983 is taken as it is from novel, and as I said this scene is way more dramatic in novel so the outcome will come somewhat theatrical only. I think that Timothy Dalton really does a wonderful job, although he messes up in last part, I cannot judge his crying because I have never seen any man crying so I don't know 🤷, but still I loved his acting. Regarding Zelah Clarke I think she was trying to show Jane's mental state that how much she is torn apart but yet she is trying to keep herself strong, and is trying to avoid herself from giving up because at this moment she gave up herself then she will live her life in guilt of becoming his mistress, a thing owned by him. Though I agree that zelah falls bit flat here as well, but she is not totally emotionless, her pale face shows her condition. But still I think she would have cried a bit.

[@sageg.9828]

I hate this thing. It is almost impossible to stay in my place peacefully. Every other day for hours this horrible noise. This thing should be banned.

[@rachellematson346]

I love Timothy dalton buts it's funny when he's yelling and then he go's all sweet

[@triptychbts2548]

He's half desperate here Jane made a best choice leaving him since its something he can't do And in some way released him from his guilt ..

[@ИннаЖирова-м5т]

Очень сильная игра Тимати, очень сложная Но ведь он играл так прекрасно не сам по себе ИМЕННО потому, что была Зила Вот эти особые отношения между ними,эта невероятная химия,это притяжение,мы же это чувствуем Их идеально выбрали на роль любовников Все это позволило Далтону так раскрыться и так гениально сыграть эту роль Они рождены для этих ролей Люблю их обоих, скучаю по ним

[@ИннаЖирова-м5т]

И ещё вот что,эти прекрасные диалоги,эти шутки между ними,как он ее подкалывает,это актёрское мастерство ,это взаимодействие между ними --- м

[@ИннаЖирова-м5т]

У нас особое ощущение причастности к духовным переживаниям героев ,вызывает зависимость, как сказал один парень--я перестал жить своей жизнью из за них

[@rachelkristine4669]

It's really true. Women REALLY LOVE men who suffer! We are suckers for the "tall, dark & tortured. " What girl doesn't want to step in & love a man like Rochester & try to save em, all at the same time? And the men know it, cuz it's a weakness in women! 🤣

[@SaraAljabarii]

2019 twice I saw twice I broke in tears

[@MsAppleofhiseye]

How do you deny someone food? She could've given her a stale bun at least. I would've given her a meal.

[@annetekoul]

Timothy Dalton IS Rochester!He brought the character to life and truly there can be no better mr Rochester but him.However,i would like to see Joaquin Phoenix play the role one day,he would be great.His performances have always been strong and passionate.I can almost see him act in this scene and imagine the despair in his green haunting eyes!!!!Pls consider him for the part!!!!!

[@patriciaholden9228]

Phoenix is a brilliant actor but he is American. This classic story is so thoroughly (Englishy) please do not wish anybody but one of our fine British actors in the role of Rochester. After all we do have the very finest of actors in the world and who could have delivered the part better than Timothy Dalton.

[@astrasevera5961]

British actors are the best!! All of them! Dalton is perfect! i would chose Alan Rickman to portray Rochester. only British could bring those emotions, those sentiments and mind and passion. America is little bit Hollywood and artificial, no offense pls

[@abinashmishra329]

Astrasevera too bad Alan Rickman is dead now

[@astrasevera5961]

Yes, too bad indeed. He was amazing actor and that's because i think this role of Rochester would be just suited for him... But Dalton is brilliant too

[@greckles7821]

What about Richard Armitage? Question is, who would play Jane?

[@atiatahira445]

The way he says amen and ey richard!

[@cabahab2996]

You do pity Rochester one decision ruined his life until he met Jane falls in love with Jane at first sight nearly..... Willing to commit bigamy to have her ......

[@Turtledove2009]

He risked his reputation and legal reprises if he had succeeded and being discovered afterward. I think that totally stressed him out too.

[@cabahab2996]

He would have went to prison how much he loved her

[@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701]

Some girls fall for Timothee Chalamet. Legends, intellectuals, fall for Timothy Dalton

[@lindachalasova5156]

Hear, hear! ❤

[@Nevilen1]

I love it!

[@ivetamaloneyova2484]

Oh, I would have stayed and helped him drive his wife to the sanatorium the next day. That would saved her life from the fire and Rochester's hand and eyesight. It is breaking my heart to watch him suffer so much.

[@42check72]

Iveta, it was the happy for Jane : а handsome, but crippled husband ! Her inferiority complex pursued....She received a long-awaited power over Edward, because he is the blind, without hand......

[@cabahab2996]

She has the power the whole time just by being her she wrecks him lol..

[@Line...]

Sanatoriums in 19th century England weren't very nice

[@anyaw340]

But he didn't want to put her in a sanitorium. That's why she's in his house.

[@ChiNguyen-gj4fp]

If I were Jane, I would never leave Mr Rochester.

[@billybogg3602]

thanks for posting.

[@alliesmith2541]

Can't believe that he lied to her like that

[@Iatraviata69]

I knew this story sinces years only by some film adaptions (Other than Wuthering Heights), which we watched halfassed, als entertaining period story about a young orphan, which loves a old and than blind man with a lunatic. More a ghost story whoch remembered me to Hitchocks Rebecca. After none of these adaptions like Zeffirelli or Wells or 1973 and even 2006 (the BBC came not in Germany TV) about decades I was beware, that this should a story of love between 2 complexe main characters, because Rochester seemed only as second role, passive object of her emotions. Never the development of love seemed evident, not even the betrayel aspect by bigamism. Irgendeine Beziehung. And only her feelings on the end in returning, as liberation out of the opressive and annoying St John behavior. Last I saw casually, more by not could sleeping in a grief phase the 2011 version, which made me aware, that there could be more in that story, which I liked only for its poetic optical atmosfere, but the monoton, not developing characterization and the devote Jane me disturbs. Also a friend meant, 2011 is not the best adaption but not mentioned others. So I began to watch the other characterization. First Hint/Morton, which I liked both, but I was aborred by its loud also monotone characterization, though Morton me seemed later more selfconscious and humorful like in the book than all the others. But here the dramaturgical logic lacked and as I stated the fidelity of the original intentions in the book, like also 2004. So I came to this version, and I was so flashed by the acting skills but mainly I understood firstly that not the ghosty Lunatic or the development of Jane is the main theme, but the love story itselfs and that Rochester is the real, complexe mainrole. I was emotionally so roused by the emotionality and also sensuality of this only seemly reserved adaption, that I overcame after 2 years my impetrification because of too many bereavements. Nor I didnt know the book, and that this stressing of Rochester and the firstly restraint Jane is not the invention of this version. But after reading the book, also with its for me disturbing religious main theme, I was aware, the various intentions of the book and how original till each phrase and intelligent and perfectly casted this film is, only without these overcoming religious reasons. and since this the book, which I reread now, is one of my favorites. And this version with the speeching and acting firework makes me addicted and after the 10th looking stunned, as a proffessional theatre person, how ecceptional Dalton and also Clarke is. Each kind of breath is on the right place. But this is only ovious in this original english version. The german Synchronisation with untalented speakers sounds more like a kitsch soupopera and loses this emotionality and evidence.

[@whosthatpokemon2680]

Lol🙊😁imagine the maids listening to this in the other room 15:48

[@andrewmiller4885]

So much is made of Zelah Clarke in this miniseries,,,,, But honestly in my opinion its Dalton that caries this entire story, together with all the emotional responses his acting solicits from the audience. What a brilliant performance he gives, not to mention the fact that Timothy has a ton of dialogue to memorise, unlike Zelah. Timothy Dalton is one hec of a talent. I have lost count of how many times I keep coming back to watch him. Many actors have played the role of Rochester. There is no better portrayal than Daltons.

[@thereisnocarolinHR]

“Drunken, foul-mouthed, unchaste” Anyone else feel personally attacked

[@IndomitableT]

😜😁

[@glo3961]

Lol

[@Turtledove2009]

😁

[@anyaw340]

Not to mention, "disGusting". I thought it was just me. He said these things with so much venom that it felt like he was talking to me.