their offer to gain immortality by drinking their water – the price being blindness. Gulliver makes it to a port and joins a ship, but a mutiny en route leads to him swimming to another strange land. Gulliver encounters the mud-covered, savage Yahoos and the intelligent, graceful Houyhnhnm horses. He talks to the Houyhnhnm Mistress and explains his costumes and lifestyle, and begins to admire more their culture. He studies the customs of Yahoos and Houyhnhnms and decides to prove to the Houyhnhnms that he's more like them. He even rejects the diamonds he finds in a quarry. After a savage encounter with a female Yahoo, the Houyhnhnms, even though they recognize his virtues, form a council and decide that Gulliver must leave. With sadness, Gulliver departs the island and is rescued by a Portuguese ship, against his will. Gulliver is subjected to a medical evaluation while he relates his Houyhnhnm experience. Mary, having witnessed the hearing, supports her husband against Bates' accusations and questions his motives for keeping Gulliver in the hospital. Gulliver's son enters the court room showing the small Lilliputian sheep Gulliver took care of. With this proof of his story, Gulliver is released. Bates goes abroad soon after and is not heard from again. Gulliver struggles against re-becoming like a Yahoo, and shares what he is now as a person. Cast and characters Main Ted Danson as Lemuel Gulliver Mary Steenburgen as Mary Gulliver Tom Sturridge as Tom Gulliver James Fox as Dr. Bates Peter O'Toole as Emperor of Lilliput Omar Sharif as Sorcerer Alfre Woodard as Queen of Brobdingnag John Gielgud as Professor of Sunlight Guest Ned Beatty as Farmer Grultrud Annette Badland as Farmer Grultrud's Wife Kate Maberly as Glumdalclitch Shashi Kapoor as Rajah of Laputa Geraldine Chaplin as Empress Munodi Navin Chowdhry as Prince Munodi Edward Fox as General Limtoc Warwick Davis as Grildrig Edward Woodward as Drunlo Nicholas Lyndhurst as Clustril Phoebe Nicholls as Empress of Lilliput Robert Hardy as Dr Parnell Kristin Scott Thomas as Immortal Gatekeeper Isabelle Huppert as Houyhnhnm Mistress (voice) John Standing as Admiral Bolgolam John Wells as Flimnap the Treasurer Graham Crowden as Professor of Politics Richard Wilson as Professor of Language Edward Petherbridge as Dr. Pritchard Karyn Parsons as Lady-In-Waiting George Harris as Brobdingnag Scientist Reception The miniseries was generally well received by critics. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly wrote that, "Everything about this production is