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The Best Episodes of Madame Bovary Season 1

Every episode of Madame Bovary Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Madame Bovary Season 1!

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Madame Bovary Season 1 Episode 1 - Marriage
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    #1 - Marriage

    S1:E1

    Following the death of her mother, Emma Rouault spends her days dreaming of romance. A focus for her romantic ideals arrives in the form of Dr Charles Bovary and he's soon captivated by her youthful charms.

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  2. Madame Bovary Season 1 Episode 2 - First Love
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    #2 - First Love

    S1:E2

    A new start in Yonville coincides with the discovery that Emma is pregnant and the introduction of Léon Dupuis, a handsome and passionate law student who quickly becomes Emma's close companion and confidant.

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  3. Madame Bovary Season 1 Episode 3 - Lost Love
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    #3 - Lost Love

    S1:E3

    Emma continues a double life of extreme contrasts: stolen time spent with her lover Rodolphe and writing to or dreaming about him, the counterpoint to domesticity. Charles' love for Emma renders him oblivious to her faults and his pride obliges him to indulge her naïveté in frivolities beyond their means. The Draper, Lheureux, supplier of these luxuries, increases profits by luring customers into his web of usury. As Emma's spending expands into expensive presents for her lover, Lheureux's debts mount.

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  4. Madame Bovary Season 1 Episode 4 - Judgement
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    #4 - Judgement

    S1:E4

    Emma sinks deeper into the spiral of deceit and, in order to finance presents and trysts in Rouen, deeper into debt with Lheureux. When, on the death of his uncle, Charles is left property, Emma and Lheureux conspire to obtain power of attorney. Despite fierce opposition from her mother-in-law, she achieves this and continues to fund illicit meetings with Léon. Lheureux sells on the debt to another moneylender who gives Emm two days to find enough money to keep him at bay.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Marriage" is the best rated episode of "Madame Bovary" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Rodney Bennett and written by Giles Cooper, it aired on 9/22/1975. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "First Love".