I’m partial, too, and we get some (late, college type)school, including the Daisy nickname and “you don’t have a sister, do you?”, but the age is different, and because this David is older and less naive, I never had the impression he hero worships Steerforth. And the quick pace is actively hurting the “think of me well” scene, because no sooner has Steerforth asked and David promised that we cut to the next scene. (Mind you, the script lets him use the very same line to Emily when he dumps her, along with “I’m no good for you” no LIttimer in this story, so he does it himself and to her face, and he dumps her in France already. So that works with my interpretation of a David-and-Emily emotional spillover. The most bizarre thing, though, is that the reason Steerforth shows up on a boat in Yarmouth in order to drown is that supposedly he wants to apologize to the Peggottys. Which, what? Then again, no offense to Aneurin B., but this Steerforth isn’t magnetic enough that you get why so many people are fascinated by him and maybe Iannucci was worried that otherwise the audience would be actively rooting for him to drown.)