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Episode 2

Academy Award®–winning screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea) brings a fresh take to adapting E.M. Forster’s classic novel with its portrait of two imaginative and life-loving sisters in Edwardian England as they develop relationships within both the upper and lower classes. Stars Matthew Macfadyen, Hayley Atwell, Philippa Coulthard, and Tracey Ullman, among others.

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Episode 2

Howards End Episode 2 | 53m 0s | CC

After Mrs. Wilcox’s death, her family is surprised by her final request regarding Howards End. The Schlegels face eviction from their home at Wickham Place. The Schlegel sisters take up the cause of Jacky Bast’s husband.

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