The Woman in White (2018 TV series)

Walter Hartright receives a letter from Frederick Fairlie requesting that he restore his art collection and tutor his nieces at Limmeridge House in Cumberland. Before he leaves for Cumberland, he meets a woman dressed in white, who tells him she used to live at Limmeridge. Shortly afterwards the woman rushes away and boards a coach. Some time later Walter overhears a conversation between a policeman and a coach passenger suggesting that the woman is deranged and has escaped from an asylum. Walter departs the next day for Limmeridge where he meets Frederick, his niece Laura, and her half-sister Marian Halcombe. There is a remarkable similarity between Laura and the woman in white, which Walter mentions to Marian. Marian tells Walter of Anne Catherick, a young lady no longer with them who dressed in white and bore a close resemblance to Laura.

After meeting Glyde at Limmeridge, Walter reveals to Marian what the woman, now known to be Anne Catherick, had told him about Glyde. Walter and Marian discuss their concerns with the solicitor Mr. Gilmore, who is unsympathetic, saying that Sir Percival is held in high regard but that he would speak to Glyde to clarify the situation. Frederick Fairlie dismisses Walter after being told of Walter's feelings for Laura, insisting that Walter leave immediately. Gilmore meets with Marian and Glyde, who tells them that he knew Anne Catherick when her mother was his family's servant, that he wishes for Anne to be found quickly because she is disturbed and dangerous, and that it was he who had placed her in the asylum at his own expense. Glyde also gives Marian contact details for Anne's mother so that she can confirm that he is a good man. Gilmore is satisfied with this and presses Marian to accept the forthcoming marriage.

Marian learns from Laura that Glyde has debt problems. He tries to force Laura to sign her legacy over to him without letting her read the document he wants her to sign. With Marian's support she refuses to sign. Marian writes to Gilmore for help, but while Fosco's wife distracts Marian he deceitfully opens the letter and reads its contents. Fosco informs Glyde about the letter. He also suggests that Laura gains confidence from Marian, which leads Glyde to plan to separate them. Marian lets Laura know that she and Walter both suspected that Anne Catherick had written the anonymous letter, and she in turn tells Marian that Glyde had ill-treated her on the honeymoon. Laura storms off into the nearby woods where she comes across Anne who tells her that Glyde had hurt her terribly but she no longer fears him because she is dying; she confirms that she wrote the anonymous letter and that she knows something about Glyde that will ruin him.

Glyde and Fosco discuss how Glyde can gain possession of Laura's fortune, which he needs to resolve his massive debt. Marian suspects Glyde and Fosco of plotting against Laura. As she listens to them from outside the house she is caught in the rain, leading her to contract a fever and the next day to be confined to bed. Laura visits Marian, who tries in vain to tell her not to drink the tea that Fosco's wife is offering. Again the tea is drugged, and Laura passes out. She is woken the next day by Mrs. Michelson, the housekeeper, who tells her that all the servants have gone. Glyde lies to Laura that Marian has gone to London with Fosco to recuperate from the fever. In fact Marian is being held against her will at Blackwater. Laura decides to go to Marian and departs on a train for London where she is met by Fosco. At his house Fosco gives her a drink "to calm her" but it is drugged and Laura passes out. At Blackwater Mrs. Michelson discovers Marian in a wing of the house which is normally kept locked.

Laura is traumatized after her confinement in the asylum. Walter and Marian continue their efforts to prevent Glyde from inheriting Laura's estate. After visiting Anne Catherick's mother, Walter has suspicions about Glyde's parentage. Marian writes to all churches in the county to request access to the registers. Walter learns that the entry relating to Glyde's parents' marriage is fake, proving Glyde to be illegitimate and therefore to have no right to claim Laura's property. Glyde learns of Walter's visit to Mrs. Catherick and rushes to the registry. He breaks in and in his haste to destroy the records he starts a fire which gets out of control and perishes in the flames.