# Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000)

> Now married and in her twenties, Anne Shirley Blythe leaves Avonlea with Gilbert for New York, where her literary dreams and their new life collide with the war in Europe.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/5539

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 2
- Episode runtime: 185 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, family
- Created by: Kevin Sullivan
- Network: CBC Television
- Cast: Megan Follows, Jonathan Crombie, Schuyler Grant, Greg Spottiswood, Janet-Laine Green, Patricia Hamilton, Shannon Lawson, Victoria Snow
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158466/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: sentimental, warm, wistful, gentle

## What critics say

Viewers and critics received this two-part sequel with mixed reactions, warmly embracing its romance and familiar characters while finding its big-city and wartime detours less satisfying.

## Synopsis

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story is a Canadian television miniseries that picks up Anne Shirley's life after the original adaptations. Megan Follows returns as Anne, now a married woman in her twenties, alongside Jonathan Crombie as her husband Gilbert. Together they leave the red soil of Avonlea for a hospital post in New York, where Anne hopes to build a writing career at a large publishing house. Big city life proves harder than either expected, and the couple's new life is tested by ambition, loneliness, and loyalty. The story moves across the years of the First World War, balancing period costume and urban bustle with the steady pull of home on Prince Edward Island. Its register is warm, sentimental, and gently humorous, with romance and family loyalty at its center rather than danger or grit. The mood is wistful and comforting, suited to viewers who love the earlier Anne adaptations or gentle period romance, and it works as a closing chapter for longtime fans.

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