Sara closes the window and calls for someone to come upstairs.

Miss Havisham blindfolds Pip, telling him she was once blinded by love. Estella must stand perfectly still, and Pip will walk around the room until he finds her.

Among many lit candles, Sara pulls out a crop, preparing to whip a man who stands in the shadows.

Miss Havisham says she was stood up at the altar. Pip walks about, bumping into things and knocking them over. Havisham explains that somebody broke her heart.

She orders Estella to speak. Estella does so. Miss Havisham trips Pip, and he falls dangerously close to the lit fireplace. Pip expresses his dislike for the game. Havisham tells him he must play if he wants to be paid.

Sara whips Mr. Pumblechook while Joe works in his shop.

Pip continues to search. Miss Havisham tells him to watch his step, but Estella tells him there's nothing in his way. Miss Havisham asks if he trusts his love, but Pip insists Estella is not his love.

Miss Havisham silently orders Estella to move, and she does. Pip hears her walk away and removes his blindfold. Miss Havisham tells him that love cheats.

Pip assures Miss Havisham that he does not intend to fall in love. She asks him what his intention is. He tells her he hopes to learn from both of them how to become a gentleman so that he can make his fortune -- shipping elephant ivory.

Estella finds him tedious, but Miss Havisham says he is ambitious. Pip says that love is easy to find once you've made a fortune.

Joe works in his shop. Mr. Pumblechook and Sara approach, and Pumblechook says he has been through their accounts and will sign them off and give them to the tax inspector.

Joe thanks him, and Pumblechook takes his leave. Joe tells Sara he has been forging chains and shackles for the prison ship Redemption.

Pip and Estella descend the staircase. She asks if he'll tell anyone what happened. He says he wants to become a gentleman, he'll have to become crueler. He sympathizes with her, saying her life must be horrible.

She says she will find a wealthy suitor, escape as soon as possible, and go to Cairo. He says he intends to go there one day, too. Estella asks if he is strong as well as smart.

Estella takes Pip out to meet Herbert. She tells Herbert that Pip is in love with her, and Herbert immediately punches him in the nose.

Estella explains that Herbert is in love with her, too, and this is a gentleman's duel. Pip insists he is not in love with her. He shoves Herbert into a barrel, breaking it, and asks Estella why she would have them fight.

She says she likes elephants and doesn't want him to take their tusks. Herbert gets up and comes at Pip, and Pup punches him, telling him to "fucking stop!"

Estella asks Pip to teach her that word. He apologizes, his nose bleeding, and goes to leave. Estella follows and wipes Pip's nose. Estella explains that Herbert is her cousin (though not by blood) and destined to be a gentleman.

She walks with Pip to the front gate, telling him what it means to be a gentleman. She asks what he will do when questioned about his birth and parentage, and he says he will lie.

She lets him out and closes the gate on him, locking it, and says he might have what it takes. He asks when he should return, and she is vague in her reply.

At Newgate prison in London, a policeman brings in a priest.

In the Old Bailey, Mr. Jaggers knocks on the door of a judge, saying he needs to get the papers to Newgate, or his clients will die. The judge is loading a pistol.

Guards at Newgate beat the prisoners.

Mr. Jaggers knocks relentlessly. The judge puts the pistol to his temple but cannot go through with it. The judge finally lets him in, and Mr. Jaggers puts the papers before him. He demands the judge's signature.

The judge explains he was about to shoot himself. Mr. Jaggers says that would be the easy way out, and he'd still release the blackmail incriminating the judge as a sodomite.

Jaggers orders the judge to sign the papers commuting the sentences.

Prisoners are lined up on the gallows, nooses fastened. The priest recites the last rites. The prisoners are about to be executed when Mr. Jaggers arrives, halting the proceedings, saving his client, but damning the rest.

Sara questions Pip about his day. He tells her he dined on cakes and wine, and four dogs fought for veal. He says Miss Havisham is tall and dark, and Estella is plain.

Joe asks when Pip is set to return there. Before Pip can reply, Mr. Pumblechook enters, informing them that Pip was well received by Miss Havisham and Estella. He gives the Gargerys ten shillings but takes three for himself.

Pumblechook also tells them that Miss Havisham and Estella would like him to return every Wednesday and continue his instruction to be a gentleman.

Pip says nothing, and Sara chides him. Pip tells her he has already told Joe he intends to leave them when he is of age and make something of himself.

Pip reads alone outside on the swing. Biddy shows up and pushes him on the swing, saying it used to be their thing to talk after school if they'd had an interesting day.

Pip tells her he doesn't intend to fall in love. Biddy says no one mentioned love. He asks for her help accessing the books in the school library. He says he will pay her to tutor him -- two shillings a week.

Biddy says she doesn't want money, but her mind and library are his. She sits on the swing, and he twists her. Pip runs, and she playfully chases after him.

Pip shows up at Miss Havisham's again. Estella, dressed beautifully, lets him in. She offers him a sweet. When he accepts, she tells him a gentleman does not eat while wearing gloves.

She also tells him that a gentleman does not engage in conversation with an unaccompanied woman who is not his wife.

Inside, Estella calls for her mother. She grabs Pip by the arm and tells him a gentleman can only link arms with a lady when they are on uneven terrain.

They start the lesson. She informs him they are in Regent's Park -- a lady is approaching and asks what he should do.

He tells them he would say hello, but Estella corrects him, saying a gentleman should never greet a lady in public unless she greets him first -- it is considered vulgar to initiate action. Instead, he should assist a lady.

They order him to sit and tell him not to cross his legs. They order him to stand when a lady stands.

Pip returns each week. Estella and Miss Havisham continue to teach him how to be a gentleman for years. Pip and Estella grow into young adults.

Pip arrives, and Estella remarks it is his eighteenth birthday. He says a gentleman would not mention it. Estella says they have a surprise for him.

Estella and Miss Havisham take him upstairs, where a woman, Mrs. Gibbons, waits.

Pip recognizes her, and vice versa, from church. She wishes him a happy birthday and mentions that she's been with many men in their congregation.

Miss Havisham and Estella tell him that a man of class needs only to behave as a gentleman with members of his own class, not those below, and he can behave how he wishes with Mrs. Gibbons.

Mrs. Gibbons suggests that they leave him with her, as they are frightening him. They leave Pip and Mrs. Gibbons alone. She holds her hand out to him.

At church, Mrs. Gibbons smiles at Pip from across the nave, and he smiles back.

Pip helps Joe load the cart, and they drive through the town. Joe sees some convicts working and wonders about the man who stole his tools all those years ago. Pip reminds him of his name -- Magwitch.

Pip and Joe deliver chains and shackles to the Redemption. A boatman inspects the goods, and remarks on their quality, asking if they could make enough for the long journey ahead, delivering slaves from Africa to America.

Pip says they could not countenance such an order. Joe says nothing. The boatman pays him, saying that if he wants to make money, he should consider what he might and might not countenance.

Mr. Jaggers receives a letter from Miss Havisham, saying, "The time has come." Mr. Jaggers murmurs that the boy is eighteen already. He dictates his reply -- that he is ready to fulfill his obligation.

Estella joins a doped-out Miss Havisham and smokes some of her opium.

Pip arrives, and Estella greets him in French. He doesn't understand. Instead of unlocking the gate, she hands him a note.

Pip finds Biddy, now the schoolteacher, and asks her for books in French, as all gentlemen must speak French (and Estella and Miss Havisham only speak French on the last Wednesday of every month).

Biddy talks to him in French, and begins giving Pip French lessons.

Pip recites French conjugation for Estella.

Pip's French improves under Biddy, Estella, and Miss Havisham's tutelage.

Miss Havisham explains Pip's lesson: they are to pretend they are at a ball, and a lady who speaks only French is present. He must introduce himself and ask her to dance.

Though the hall is mostly empty, there is a string quartet playing. Miss Havisham calls for Estella, and she appears. Havisham orders Pip to ask Estella to dance. He says he can't dance.

Havisham says Estella will teach him. He approaches Estella, introduces himself, and asks her to dance (in French). They dance together as Estella instructs him. Interspersed are scenes of him practicing dancing with Biddy.

Miss Havisham orders them to stop and asks Pip to come with her. He obeys. She asks if he is in love with Estella yet, but he reaffirms that he does not intend to fall in love. She sees through him.

Havisham tells him to buy better clothes to impress her, but he says he gives his money to his family. She asks him for a kiss, and though he is taken aback, she quickly tells him just on the cheek. He obeys.

Havisham gives him a small bag of opium to sell for six pounds, which he can then use to buy a fine suit. Pip asks if she thinks Estella might love him.

Havisham says when he is dressed well, he can ask about love. She kisses him on the mouth, and orders him away, telling him to take care with his shoes and burn his boots.

Pip delivers more manacles and chains to the docks, saying they are only for prisoners. He offers to sell the men there his opium. The boatman inspects the bag. The boatman pockets it and pays Pip the full six pounds.

Pip arrives at Havisham's in a fine new suit. Estella sees him from her window. He rings the bell. S

he wipes away tears and emerges, meeting Pip at the gate. Estella tells him that Miss Havisham says his education is complete, and he is no longer welcome in the house.

She gives him one final lesson -- as a gentleman, he must always be the one who holds the key to the gate. Estella turns from him and heads back inside.

Quietly, he says he loves her, but she does not hear. Miss Havisham watches from the window.

Pip trudges back through the marshes.

Estella smokes opium.

Mr. Jaggers heads out on horseback.

Miss Havisham smokes opium.

Pip drinks, thinking of dancing with Estella.

Mr. Jaggers enters the pub, calling for Pip Gargery.