The Determining Acts of Her Life

The Determining Acts of Her Life
Season	2
Episode	5
Air date	July 6, 2018 (Netflix) October 21, 2018 (CBC)
Writer	Amanda Fahey
Director	Norma Bailey
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The Determining Acts of Her Life is the fifth episode of the second season of Anne. It was written by Amanda Fahey and directed by Norma Bailey. It premiered on Netflix on July 6, 2018.

Synopsis

A game of spin the bottle prompts burning questions about love and beauty. Anne and Cole bond over their differences as Gilbert makes his way home.

Cast

Amybeth McNulty as Anne Shirley Cuthbert Geraldine James as Marilla Cuthbert R.H. Thomson as Matthew Cuthbert Dalila Bela as Diana Barry Corrine Koslo as Rachel Lynde Aymeric Jett Montaz as Jerry Baynard Dalmar Abuzeid as Sebastian 'Bash' Lacroix Kyla Matthews as Ruby Gillis Glenna Walters as Tillie Boulter Lia Pappas-Kemps as Jane Andrews Stephen Tracey as Mr. Phillips Christian Martyn as Billy Andrews Ella Jonas Farlinger as Prissy Andrews David Frisch as Peddler Trenna Keating as Mrs. Pye Kyle Meagher as Billy's Pal #1 Daimen Landori-Hoffman as Billy's Pal #2 Jacob Ursomarzo as Moody Spurgeon Jacob Horsley as Charlie Sloane Alexandra Floras-Matic as Older Girl Avery Trask as Girl #1 Zoe McGarry as Girl #2 James McDougall as Stablehand Katie Advani as Anne Acting Double

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"The Rules of Kissing", Episode 5 Preview Anne with an E Season 2

Notes and Trivia

• The title of each episode of Season 2 is a quote from George Eliot's novel, Middlemarch.
  • The full quote from which this title is excerpted is "Certainly the determining acts of her life were not ideally beautiful. They were the mixed result of young and novel impulse struggling amidst the conditions of an imperfect social state, in which great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion."