The Painful Eagerness of Unfed Hope

The Painful Eagerness of Unfed Hope
Season	2
Episode	4
Air date	July 6, 2018
Writer	Jane Maggs
Director	Anne Wheeler
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The Painful Eagerness of Unfed Hope is the fourth episode of the second season of Anne. It originally aired on Netflix July 6, 2018.

Synopsis

Alongside Gilbert finding direction for his life, Anne tries to push Matthew in one which may make him happier.

Appearances

Main 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 Recurring Cast Kyla Matthews as Ruby Gillis Stephen Tracey as Mr. Phillips Jonathan Holmes as Mr. William Barry Helen Johns as Mrs. Eliza Barry Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Minnie May Barry Lia Pappas-Kemps as Jane Andrews Guest Cast Brenda Bazinet as Jeannie Greta Onieogou as Ruth David Frisch as Peddler Chandra Galasso as Brothel Madam

Gallery

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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 "What we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope."