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The Other Bennet Sister S01E01 (2026)
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00:18It is a sad fact of life that if a young woman is unlucky enough to come into the world
00:22without expectations,
00:24she had better do all she can to ensure that she is beautiful.
00:31To be poor and handsome is misfortune enough, but to be penniless and plain is a hard fate
00:40indeed.
00:42Or so my mother taught us.
00:45Mr. Bennet, have you heard Netherfield Park is lit at last?
00:50I have not.
00:55Do you want to know who has taken it?
00:58You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.
01:01I would like to know.
01:04It has been lent to a Mr. Bingley, a single man of large fortune.
01:10Four or five thousand a year.
01:14I heard someone came down on Monday in a chaise and four.
01:18From whom did you hear this?
01:20Girls, you must prepare yourselves.
01:24Mrs. Long told me he is from the north of England.
01:27He saw Netherfield Park, fell in love with it and snapped it up straight away.
01:31In order to understand my mother's enthusiasm for this stranger's arrival, we must start
01:37at the beginning.
01:40With cake in Meriton, England, where a wealthy boy met beautiful girl.
01:52Father, meet mother.
01:54Sadly, the happiness of this union was to be undone by an archaic entail that meant only
01:59a male heir could inherit my father's estate.
02:02And what followed was girl, after girl, after girl, after girl, after girl.
02:13That's his fortune.
02:15And her beauty were worthless.
02:18Mother spent her days trying to involve father in how to overcome their dire situation.
02:23But father hid in his newspaper, indifferent to the cause.
02:26Why should he engage?
02:28When the time comes, I'll be dead anyway.
02:32Our mother, not known for giving up easily, found a chink of light, a saving grace.
02:39Each of her children possessed a certain je ne sais quoi.
02:43Be it Jane's beauty, Lizzie's wit, Kitty's good humor, or Lydia's spirit.
02:55If she could secure advantageous marriages for each of us girls, it would be enough to save
03:01us all from destitution.
03:04Although I had not found my own best quality, I was quite sure that I would.
03:11My fault, Mary.
03:13Until the day my mother's true opinion of me was confirmed.
03:16Mary has an awfully ruddy complexion.
03:20She does not have the complexion of her sisters, that is true.
03:24And she is clumsy, ungainly, maladroite, as they say.
03:29Four good marriages will have to do.
03:32I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
03:35I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
03:40I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
03:50I hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:12If you're not the beautiful one, the quick-witted one, or the ones that are good at games and
04:19full of youthful energy, then who are you?
04:23And what can you do if you're the odd one out?
04:28Is it possible you'll ever find a way to fit in?
04:34Worse, I think.
04:48Worse still.
04:50Do not fret, Miss Bennet.
05:03Have we found it?
05:05I think we have, Mr. Sparrow.
05:07Oh, thank goodness for that.
05:16You see, the lenses here correct your vision by bending light rays.
05:19Well, I never.
05:22Hm?
05:36You really do look very well in your spectacles.
05:40Especially when you smile.
05:44Ah, I do not think my mother will agree.
05:47But I have a great passion for reading, and I would have been sad to stop.
05:54I hope they will help you better enjoy the upcoming Meryton assembly.
05:57An assembly?
05:58Yes.
05:59In a month.
06:00I heard this morning.
06:02My sisters will be pleased.
06:06Perhaps I shall see you there.
06:07Hmm.
06:13Miss Mary, you ought to get on.
06:15Of course, you'll.
06:16Of course.
06:16I'll settle affairs here.
06:20And thank you, Miss Sparrow.
06:29I have news.
06:32There's going to be an assembly in Meryton in a month.
06:35We know.
06:35Oh.
06:36I'm going to be the one to tell Mama.
06:38This will mark my first assembly.
06:41My first venture into society.
06:45So it will?
06:49How am I to secure a partner for dancing?
06:51I've always wondered.
06:52Oh, Mary, I'm sure your clever mind can work out something as simple as dance partners.
06:56Do not fret.
06:58Do not.
06:58I'm not fretting.
07:01Lizzie.
07:05Lizzie.
07:18Lizzie.
07:20Oh, have fun, Lizzie.
07:24I'm going to fill my card for dances.
07:26Jane, do you think I shall be allowed to dance?
07:28Mary, move.
07:29Do you hope you're not going to stand this close at the assembly?
07:32Oh, we should have taken the long route.
07:35Oh.
07:35These are my good boots.
07:38All for you for wearing them.
07:40Oh.
07:41Down.
07:46Do you think russet would be too harsh for my complexion?
07:49I don't see why it should.
07:51It would match my eyes, I suppose.
07:53Your eyes are green.
07:55You are so inattentive.
08:01Mr. Thompson told me himself I was the first to know that the ball is confirmed.
08:05We were the first.
08:06I was the first.
08:07He was stood a little behind me.
08:08It is wonderful.
08:09What will I wear?
08:11Are Kitty and Lydia allowed to attend the ball, Father?
08:13Why would we not be?
08:14I was the one that found out about it.
08:15Am I allowed?
08:18Jane, Lizzie, you will of course go.
08:20And Mary.
08:20Father, I shall die if I do not go.
08:23I'll probably die too.
08:24I very much doubt that.
08:25Mr. Bennet.
08:26Kitty and Lydia will also need to find husbands.
08:29After Jane and Lizzie, of course.
08:34I don't see what the fuss is all about.
08:36Those horrible, sweaty affairs.
08:38Mary.
08:39You will attend.
08:42Oh.
08:43Oh, well, of course, Mother, if you wish.
08:47Lady Lucas and I will need someone to fetch us our drinks.
08:50As long as I am not expected to attend.
08:52Mr. Bennet.
08:52I told you, I will not attend another of those insufferable muddy little dancers.
08:58I wonder if Mr. Bingley will be going to the Meryton Assembly.
09:01Oh, he must be.
09:03Who would miss it?
09:04Me, apparently.
09:06You shall all go to the ball, as long as I am obliged to hear no more about it.
09:11I shall never be rid of you otherwise.
09:14Perhaps I shall dance with Bingley too.
09:16I'm me.
09:16This excitement over a man you've never set eyes on is quite ridiculous.
09:19Oh, Mary, we're only indulging ourselves.
09:28Mary is wearing spectacles.
09:30What on earth?
09:32Very good.
09:33I hope you find them most useful, Mary.
09:36I do, Father.
09:37Mr. Bennet.
09:38Did you know about this?
09:40We discussed this at length.
09:42Mary was to visit the optician.
09:43Yes.
09:44But I did not know that she would actually need to wear glasses.
09:47You seem to forget, my dear, that I wear spectacles myself.
09:51But she is a woman.
09:54Nevertheless, she ought to be able to see.
09:56I think they look very well.
10:01Potatoes, Mary.
10:04In case you couldn't see them.
10:07I think you're very brave to be prepared to look so ugly.
10:10Did you?
10:11But Papa, who is going to dance with Mary with those things on her face?
10:14Pleased to be able to read.
10:17Oh, I do hope you are to meet him.
10:19Surely we must.
10:21Spectacles indeed.
10:23I wonder...
10:24Is that...
10:25Is that just a show?
10:25Is that just a show?
10:26Is that just a show?
10:27Is that just a show?
10:28Is that just a show?
10:29Mama?
10:30Giddy and I will need new dresses for the walk.
10:31Mama.
10:31I guess...
10:35Okay.
10:52I am going to turn around
10:52There is almost here.
11:17Maybe I could help you pick out a dress at the Meryton Assembly, Miss Mary.
11:21Oh, hell. What am I to do at a dance?
11:28Dance?
11:30What if no one wants to dance with me?
11:34Then you'll eat lots of ices.
11:37Such fripperies are not for me.
11:39I wonder, Miss Mary, if you don't see yourself clearly.
11:42If you're saying I don't bear comparison to my sisters, I've known that for years.
11:45A daffodil might look plain next to a lily, but on its own there is much to be admired.
11:51Now I am tall and yellow.
11:54Miss Mary, I wonder if you wouldn't be a little happier if you went out in the world and saw
12:02yourself how other people see you, outside of your family.
12:09Well, that's decided.
12:11I am picking you out a new dress for the Assembly.
12:15And I will not hear another word on the subject.
12:29Help! I've lost my ribbons!
12:33Found us!
12:41Madam, please remain still if you can.
12:50Does the gold make me look like?
12:55A little.
12:58Pity.
12:59What is it?
13:00Those are my books, Lydia.
13:01I cannot reach my jewel's box.
13:03I need something to stand on.
13:04This is important, Mary.
13:06You need to start getting ready, Miss Mary.
13:16Jane is first.
13:18That's not fair.
13:19I'm always last.
13:20Mary, you're last.
13:25Do you think I'll be able to dance on it?
13:27Does it still hurt?
13:28Yes.
13:29Two weeks ago.
13:30I know.
13:32Should we eat beforehand?
13:34Perhaps a very small meal.
13:36And don't drink too much.
13:37But what if I'm thirsty?
13:38Lydia, I don't suppose you want to relieve yourself behind a screen in front of everyone?
13:42Miss me!
14:17Is it too fine for me, do you think?
14:20You look very handsome in it.
14:33Petty!
14:34We have taken my part of you!
14:35I have, I have.
14:36Miss Lydia, you can't have Petty in part of you.
14:38What in that scent?
15:05Miss Lydia.
15:06Miss Lydia, am I talking to you.
15:07I should enjoy it.
15:08Next one is a treasure.
15:08I am Justice N, John.
15:08I am courage.
15:09She's here.
15:12She's gone
15:13No wonder.
15:49And I brought your ass, Mary.
15:51Oh, Charlotte.
15:54What's it about?
15:55I swear, the crowd gets bigger every season.
15:57We should limit entry to those young ladies fortunate enough with secured partners.
16:01I thought the very same thing.
16:27I think it's my last one.
16:36Mr. Bingley, welcome.
16:38These are my sisters, Louisa, and this is Caroline.
16:42This is Mr. Hurst and Mr. Darcy.
16:45And if I may present, Mrs. Bennet.
16:50Miss Jane Bennet.
16:53Miss Elizabeth Bennet.
16:57Kitty and Lydia.
17:01Oh, and this is Miss Mary Bennet.
17:07Who's the compass girl in the whole neighborhood.
17:10That is a great achievement, to be sure.
17:14Study clearly trumps all other considerations in your mind.
17:17What an example to us all.
17:28Oh, God.
17:31Oh, God.
18:09You will not believe the insufferable company that Mr. Binghamby keeps.
18:14What has happened?
18:14I overheard, quite accidentally, Mr. Binghamby talking to that conceited gentleman went against
18:20the war there, a Mr. Darcy, who said of me, she is tolerable, but not handsome enough
18:29to tempt me.
18:44Excuse me, Miss Bennet.
18:47I do not mean to intrude, but it is very bad for your eyes to screw them up in such
18:51a
18:52fashion.
18:53This is fair.
18:54Perhaps I may be permitted to help you find what you're looking for.
18:58I was looking for, uh, my sisters.
19:03Take his hand.
19:05I'm quite exhausted from all the dancing.
19:08I just chose to sit this one out.
19:11That is a shame.
19:14I was going to ask if you would do me the honor of standing up with me for the next
19:17dance.
19:19I'm now feeling much rested.
19:21And I would be delighted.
19:23Well then, I thank you.
19:29Shall we remain here until the next second?
19:31Of course.
19:32That's exactly what I thought.
19:42How are your spectators?
19:43Very well.
19:44Yes, I'm unable to study for hours without issue.
19:48I am delighted to hear that.
19:51It's my turn.
19:56Perhaps you could recommend a book to me.
19:58What do you read with such enjoyment?
20:03Mrs. Catherine Macaulay has written a wonderful account of British history.
20:07It's a fascinating read.
20:08I will seek it out.
20:09Are you a scholar, sir?
20:11I like to read, but science rather than history.
20:15I have a plan to study medicine in London, baths or maybe morphine.
20:20What a noble ambition.
20:22But it is not a thing widely known.
20:24I have not mentioned it to anyone before you.
20:28I should speak of it to no one.
20:43Sure.
21:44It's fewer, it's fewer oyster patties.
21:51Here we go!
21:52Oh my God!
21:55Oh my God!
22:03Oh my God!
22:16Oh my God!
22:21Oh my God!
22:37Oh my God!
22:39Oh my God!
22:40Oh my God!
22:50Oh my God!
22:50It looks as though you are enjoying yourself, Mary.
22:55Your partner is the young John Sparrow, isn't he?
22:58Yes, the optician's son.
23:01And you have danced with him twice.
23:05Mary, you are very young and perhaps do not fully appreciate how things are understood.
23:12If you are to dance with him again, it will be remarked upon.
23:14Two dances in succession suggest liking, three might imply something more.
23:23I'm very happy dancing with him.
23:37I see that you have stood up twice with the sparrow boy.
23:41Yes, Mama.
23:44You will not dance with him again.
23:49But Mother, he's been most attentive.
23:52He's quite a gentleman.
23:54Mary, his father owns a shop.
23:58Yes?
24:00With a bell.
24:03Mother, I have danced with him twice.
24:06I have no wish to marry him.
24:08You may not object to lowering yourself, but I will not have you ruin your sister's tenses of a match.
24:35Would you care to dance again, Miss Bennet, once we have finished our ices?
24:41Mr. Sparrow, I am afraid that I shall...
24:46I shall not be able to stand up with you again this evening.
24:48Oh.
24:50But I thought...
24:52I thought...
24:55I hope I have not offended you.
24:56No, no, no, not at all, sir.
24:58I've...
24:58Oh, I've...
24:59I've very much enjoyed dancing with you.
25:03It's, um...
25:06That is to say that, um...
25:09My mother is concerned.
25:12Concerned?
25:13For my sisters and I.
25:16Um...
25:17It's important that we make an...
25:18Uh...
25:19Appropriate...
25:20Social...
25:21Um...
25:21One might say, uh...
25:23Financially, um...
25:25Well...
25:26A suitable matter.
25:27Miss Bennet, there is no need for an explanation.
25:30I shall not pursue the matter.
25:31I've...
25:32Enjoyed...
25:33I've enjoyed my time.
25:34Um...
25:35Good evening to you.
25:38I'm sorry.
25:39I'm...
25:40Sorry.
25:45It's my...
25:46This is my...
25:49Stop it.
25:51It's my...
25:52Oh, stop it.
25:53Good evening to you.
25:59Oh, stop it.
26:01Oh, stop it.
26:04Oh...
26:05Oh, stop it.
26:07Oh, stop it.
26:08Oh, stop it.
26:09Ah, stop it.
26:09James!
26:10James stood up with him twice!
26:13I had little time for his friend.
26:16Please do not hold that against Mr. Bingley.
26:18Do you want to go against him?
26:19Yes.
26:20I danced with two soldiers?
26:22They're not very good with faces, so I'm not sure how many times I stood up with anyone.
26:26Ew!
26:27As my mother and sisters happily dissected every moment of the ball, I felt a terrible sense of shame.
26:34I had caused hurt to a man whose only crime was being kind to me.
26:41Who was I?
26:43A coward who lacked the courage to follow her own inclinations.
26:47It was time to find my own way.
26:51To look for a new version of myself.
26:54As a serious-minded woman.
26:57From now on, knowledge and reason would be my guide.
27:02No more ribbons, ball gowns or dance cards.
27:06The old Mary would be no more.
27:08I would transform into the intellectual one.
27:11That was how I would stand out.
27:14As the other Bennet sister.
27:16I can momently see you on the other hand.
27:16I can nor ever see you on the other hand.
27:17The only way toèź, this time.
27:17What?
27:17What?
27:17What?
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