- 2 days ago
The Other Bennet Sister Ep 1 (2026)
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:18It is a sad fact of life, but if a young woman is unlucky enough to come into the world
00:23without expectations,
00:25she had better do all she can to ensure that she is beautiful.
00:32To be poor and handsome is misfortune enough, but to be penniless and plain is a hard fate indeed.
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.
01:11Four or five thousand a year.
01:15I heard someone came down on Monday in a chaise and four.
01:19From 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 at the beginning.
01:39With cake.
01:43In Meriton, England.
01:48Where 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 a male heir
02:00could 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.
02:27Why should he engage?
02:28When the time comes...
02:29I'll be dead anyway.
02:33Our mother, not known for giving up easily, found a chink of light.
02:38A saving grace.
02:40Each of her children possessed a certain je ne sais quoi.
02:43Be it Jane's beauty, Lizzie's wit, Kitty's good humour, or Lydia's spirit.
02:56If she could secure advantageous marriages for each of us girls, it would be enough to save us all from
03:01destitution.
03:04Although I had not found my own best quality, I was quite sure that I would.
03:11It's my fault, Mary.
03:13Until the day my mother's true opinion of me was confirmed.
03:17Mary 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.
03:30Four good marriages will have to do.
03:33I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
03:57It's sus-
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, and what can you do if you're the odd one
04:25out? Is it possible you'll ever find a way to fit in?
04:35Worse, 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.
05:20Well, I never.
05:22Hm?
05:37You really do look very well in your spectacles.
05:41Especially when you smile.
05:44Ah, I do not think my mother will agree, but I have a great passion for reading and I would
05:51have 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.
06:08Hmm.
06:14Miss Mery, you ought to get on.
06:16Of course you'll.
06:17Of course.
06:17I'll settle affairs here.
06:20And thank you, Mrs. Sparrow.
06:29I have news.
06:32There's going to be an assembly in Meryton in a month.
06:35We know.
06:36Oh.
06:36I'm going to be the one to tell Mama.
06:37You are.
06:39This will mark my first assembly.
06:41That's good.
06:42My first venture into society.
06:45So it will?
06:49How am I to secure a partner for dancing?
06:51I've always wondered.
06:53Oh, Mary, I'm sure your clever mind can work out something as simple as dance partners.
06:57Do not fret.
06:58Do not.
06:59I'm not fretting.
07:20Oh, how fun, Lizzy.
07:25I'm going to fill my cart with dances.
07:27Jane, 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?
07:33We should have taken the long route.
07:36These are my good boots.
07:38All for you for wearing them.
07:41Dang.
07:46Do you think russet would be too harsh for my complexion?
07:50I 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. He was stood a little behind me.
08:08It is wonderful.
08:10What 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.
08:21Father, I shall die if I do not go.
08:23I'll probably die too.
08:24I very much doubt that.
08:25Mr. Bennet, Kitty and Lydia will also need to find husbands.
08:30After Jane and Lizzie, of course.
08:34I don't see what the fuss is all about.
08:36Those horrible, sweaty affairs.
08:39Mary, you will attend.
08:42Oh.
08:44Oh, 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.
08:53I told you, I will not attend another of those insufferable, muddy little dancers.
08:57Oh.
08:58I wonder if Mr. Bingley will be going to the Meryton Assembly.
09:01Oh, he must be.
09:03Who would miss it?
09:05Me, apparently.
09:06You shall all go to the ball, as long as I am obliged to hear no more about it.
09:12I shall never be rid of you otherwise.
09:15Perhaps I shall dance with Bingley, too.
09:16Hi, mate.
09:17This 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.
09:31What on earth?
09:33Very good.
09:34I hope you find the most useful, Mary.
09:36I do, Father.
09:38Mr. Bennet, did you know about this?
09:40We discussed this at length.
09:42Mary was to visit the optician.
09:44Yes, but I did not know that she would actually need to wear glasses.
09:48You seem to forget, my dear.
09:49That 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.
10:05In case you couldn't see them.
10:08I think you're very brave to be prepared to look so ugly.
10:11Did you?
10:11But, Papa, who is going to dance with Mary with those things on her face?
10:14Pleased to be able to read.
10:18Oh, I do hope you are to meet him.
10:19Surely we must.
10:22Spectacles indeed.
10:24I wonder, is that...
10:25Is that a show?
10:25No, not really a show.
10:26Yes, that is a show.
10:28Is that a show?
10:29Mama?
10:30Giddy and I will need new dresses for the walk.
10:32No, not really a show.
10:32No, not really a show.
10:32I don't know.
11:18Maybe I could help you pick out a dress for the Meriton Assembly, Miss Mary.
11:22Oh, hell.
11:25What am I to do as a dance?
11:28Dance?
11:30But what 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.
11:46A daffodil might look plain next to a lily, but on its own there is much to be admired.
11:52Now 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
12:01and saw yourself 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!
12:30I've lost my ribbon!
12:34Found us!
12:42Madam, please remain still, if you can.
12:50Does the gold make me look like?
12:55A little.
12:58Kitty!
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.
13:07You need to start getting ready, Miss Mary.
13:17Jane is first.
13:18That's not fair, I'm always last.
13:21Mary, go 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, and 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!
13:44The 12th efective!
13:47No!
13:48Who fits?
13:49No!
14:03No!
14:07I was doesn't mind you!
14:07So...
14:09I'm sorry...
14:09I'm sorry, Chоротni.
14:17Is it too fine for me, do you think?
14:20You look very handsome in it.
14:33Hattie, we have taken away from you!
14:36I have, we have taken away from you!
14:38What do you have said?
15:01What do you have said?
15:02I would have taken away from you!
15:02Do you have the power of being in the house?
15:02I would have taken away from you!
15:06I would have taken away from you!
15:49I'm going to progress, Mary.
15:52Oh, Charlotte.
15:54What's that about?
15:56I swear, the crowd gets bigger every season.
15:58You should limit entry to those young ladies fortunate enough with secured partners.
16:02I thought the very same thing.
16:18I thought the very same thing.
16:36Mr. Bingley, welcome.
16:39These 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.
17:07Mr. Compass girl in the whole neighborhood.
17:11That is a great achievement, to be sure.
17:14Study clearly trumps all other considerations in your mind.
17:18What an example to us all.
17:19A couple of years.
17:21Hello, honey.
17:27Baby, who is my son?
17:29It's a great achievement.
17:33I think it's one of his friends.
17:39I think it's one of his friends.
17:39I think it's my friends.
17:39I think it's my friend.
17:39Go ahead.
17:41Go ahead.
18:09You will not believe the insufferable company that Mr Binghamie keeps.
18:14What has happened?
18:14I also heard, quite accidentally, Mr Binghamie talking to that conceited gentleman lunt against
18:20the war there, a Mr Darcy, who said of me, she is tolerable but not handsome enough to tempt
18:30me.
18:44Excuse me, it's Bennett.
18:48I do not mean to intrude but it is very bad for your eyes to screw them up in such
18:52a fashion.
19:22I am 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 spectacles?
19:44Very well.
19:45Yes.
19:45I am delighted to hear that.
19:56Perhaps you could recommend a book to me.
19:59What 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?
20:12I 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 shall speak of it to no one.
20:30No.
20:31No.
20:32No.
20:40No.
20:42No.
20:44No.
20:45No.
20:46No.
20:46No.
20:46No.
20:48No.
20:48No.
20:48No.
20:52No.
21:02No.
21:04No.
21:06No.
21:37I'm regressing visiting the sub-table so early, I should have had less oyster patties.
21:44It's fewer.
21:46It's fewer oyster patties.
21:50Here we go!
21:55Here we go!
22:05Here we go!
22:09Here we go!
22:11Here we go!
22:36Oh
22:38Yes, that's an excellent idea. Thank you
22:51It looks as though you are enjoying yourself Mary
22:55Your partner is the young John Sparrow, isn't he? Yes, the optician son
23:01And you have danced with him twice
23:05Mary, you are very young and perhaps do not fully appreciate how things are
23:12Understood if you are to dance with him again, it will be remarked upon
23:15Two 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
23:50But mother, he's been most attentive, he's quite a gentleman
23:55Mary, his father owns a shop
23:58Yes
24:00With a bell
24:02Mother, I have danced with him twice, I have no wish to marry him
24:08You may not object to lowering yourself, but I will not have you ruin your sister's tuxies of a match
24:27You're always on the same thing
24:35You're always on the same thing
24:36Would 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
24:49Oh
24:50But I thought
24:52I thought
24:55I hope I have not offended you
24:57No, no, no, not at all, sir
24:58I've
24:59Oh, I've
25:00very much enjoyed
25:03dancing with you
25:04It's, um
25:06That is to say, that, um
25:10My mother is
25:11concerned
25:12Concerned
25:13Uh, um, for my sisters
25:15And I, um
25:17It's important that we make an
25:19Appropriate social, um
25:22One might say, uh, financially, um
25:26Well, a suitable matter
25:27Yes, Bennet, there is no need for an explanation
25:30I shall not pursue the matter
25:32I've
25:32Enjoyed
25:33I've enjoyed my time
25:35Good evening to you
25:38I'm sorry, I'm
25:40Sorry
25:52Oh, God
26:10James
26:11James 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 think we'll go again soon?
26:19Yes
26:21I danced for tea soldiers
26:22I'm not very good with faces
26:23So I'm not sure how many times I stood up with anyone
26:26Kill!
26:27As my mother and sisters happily dissected every moment of the ball
26:31I 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
26:48It was time to find my own way
26:51To look for a new version of myself
26:54As a serious-minded woman
26:58From now on
26:59Knowledge and reason would be my guide
27:02No more ribbons
27:03Ball gowns
27:04Or dance cards
27:06The old Mary would be no more
27:09I would transform into the intellectual one
27:12That was how I would stand out
27:14As the other Bennet sister
27:17Yeah
27:17Oh
27:17Of course
27:18You
27:18So
27:19So
27:19I
27:19Grat
Comments