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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
00:23without 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.
01:42In Meriton, England.
01:47Where 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.
02:32Our mother, not known for giving up easily, found a chink of light.
02:38A saving grace.
02:39Each of her children possessed a certain je ne sais quoi.
02:42Be it Jane's beauty, Lizzie's wit, Kitty's good humour, or Lydia's spirit.
02:55If 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.
03:11My 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.
03:26Ungainly.
03:27Maladroite, as they say.
03:30Four good marriages will have to do.
03:32I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
03:42I don't know how many of her friends can't do anything and haven't moved.
03:43And there, I don't know how many of us is.
03:50I don't know how many of her sisters are willing to do anything.
03:55I won't see them, but I don't know how many of her sisters look.
03:55So, I can't see the children who have been killed.
03:56We've beenमed and my family.
03:56Oh my god, yeah.
04:02I have to do, and we've made some of them!
04:04Alright, get you to the place!
04:10If you want to and cry.
04:11Oh my god!
04:11please. If you're not the beautiful one, the quick-witted one, or the ones that are good at
04:18games and full of youthful energy, then who are you? And what can you do if you're the odd one
04:25out?
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.
05:02Have 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.
05:36You really do look very well in your spectacles. Especially when you smile.
05:45Ah, I do not think my mother will agree, but I have a great passion for reading and I would
05:51have been sad to
05:51stop. I hope they will help you better enjoy the upcoming Meryton Assembly.
05:57An Assembly?
05:58Yes. In a month. I heard this morning.
06:02My sisters will be pleased.
06:06Perhaps I shall see you there.
06:14Miss Mery, you ought to get on.
06:16Of course he'll, of course.
06:16I'll settle affairs here.
06:18Um, thank you.
06:19Thank you, and 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.
06:39This will mark my first assembly.
06:41It's good.
06:42My first venture into society.
06:45So it will.
06:49How might I secure a partner for dancing? I've always wondered.
06:52Oh, Mery, I'm sure your clever mind can work out something as simple as dance partners.
06:57Do not fret.
06:58Do not.
06:58Not fretting.
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 to the assembly?
07:32Oh, we should have taken the long route.
07:35Oh, these are my good boots.
07:38All for you for wearing them.
07:41Dan.
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. He was stood a little behind me.
08:08It is wonderful.
08:09What will I wear?
08:10Are Kitty and Lydia allowed to attend the ball, Father?
08:13Why would we not be? I was the one that found out about it.
08:15Am I allowed?
08:18Jane, Lizzie, you will of course go. And 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 Bennett, 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 Bennett.
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?
09:04Me, apparently.
09:06You shall all go to the ball.
09:07As long as I am obliged to hear no more about you.
09:11I shall never be rid of you otherwise.
09:15Perhaps I can dance with Bingley too.
09:16And me.
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. I hope you find them most useful, Mary.
09:36I do, Father.
09:37Mr Bennett, did you know about this?
09:40We discussed this at length. Mary was to visit the optician.
09:43Yes, but 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.
10:05Okay, she couldn't see them.
10:08I 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?
10:14I'm pleased to be able to read.
10:18Oh, I do hope we are to meet him.
10:19Surely we must.
10:21Spectacles indeed.
10:23I wonder if she is the last impression.
10:25Is it a shame you're not being a shame?
10:26Yes, I'm just a shame.
10:28Is it a shame?
10:28Is it a shame?
10:29Mama, Kitty and I will need new dresses for the walk.
10:39It's for sure.
10:41I think you are a little bit.
10:46I didn't know if she is too busy.
10:47I don't want to get out of my dress.
10:48But I'm not aware of this all.
10:49But I don't want to eat yet.
10:50I want to eat.
10:52I will not want to be a little bit.
10:52Because I want to eat this.
10:56I will be a little bit more for me.
11:18Maybe I could help you pick out a dress at the Meryton Assembly, Miss Mary.
11:22Oh, hell.
11:25What am I to do at 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.
11:51Now 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!
12:34Found 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 treat my jewellery box.
13:03I need something to stand on.
13:04This is important, Mary.
13:06We need to start getting ready, Miss Mary.
13:16Jane is first.
13:18That's not fair.
13:19I'm always last.
13:21Mary, no last.
13:25Do you think I'll be able to dance on it?
13:27Is it still on that?
13:28Yes.
13:29It was two weeks ago.
13:30I know.
13:32Should we beforehand?
13:34Perhaps a very small wheel.
13:35And 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.
14:33Katie!
14:34We have taken my perfume!
14:35I have, I have.
14:36Miss Lydia, you have plenty of perfume!
14:38What in that scent?
14:39Let's see.
14:48Hey, friends.
14:53I have plenty of perfume.
14:53Pause.
14:53Only then.
15:06Please come back.
15:49I like your dress, Mary.
15:52Oh, Charlotte.
15:54What's that about?
15:55I swear, the crowd gets bigger every season.
15:58We should limit entry to those young ladies, fortunate enough to have secured partners.
16:02I thought the very same thing.
16:18Easy.
16:36Mr. Bingley, welcome.
16:38These are my sisters, Louisa, and this is Caroline.
16:42This is Mr. Hurst and Mr. Darcy.
16:44And if I may present, Mrs. Bennet.
16:51Miss Jane Bennet.
16:53Miss Elizabeth Bennet.
16:57Kitty and Lydia.
17:01Oh, and this is Miss Mary Bennet.
17:07It's a 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?
17:18An example to a soul.
17:27If my new symbol wants to ask for stories.
17:29Oh, God.
17:30We can write it.
18:09You will not believe the insufferable company that Mr. Bingley keeps.
18:14What has happened?
18:14I overheard, quite accidentally, Mr. Bingley talking to that conceited gentleman lent against the wall there.
18:21A Mr. Darcy, who said of me, he is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me.
18:38And round we go!
18:44Excuse me, Miss 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.
18:53Mr. Sparrow!
18:54Perhaps I may be permitted to help you find what you're looking for.
18:58I was looking for, uh...
19:01My sisters.
19:03Take his hat!
19:06I'm quite exhausted from all the dancing.
19:08I just chose to sit this one out.
19:12That is a shame.
19:14I was going to ask if you would do me the honour of standing up with me for the next
19:17dance.
19:19Actually, I'm now feeling much rested.
19:21And I would be delighted.
19:23Well then, I thank you.
19:26Oh, yes.
19:29Shall we remain here until the next second?
19:31Of course.
19:32That's exactly what I thought.
19:33Yeah.
19:42How are your spectacles?
19:44Very 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?
20:03Oh, Mrs. Catherine Macaulay has written a wonderful account of British history.
20:07It's a fascinating read.
20:08I will seek it out.
20:09Oh, are you a scholar, sir?
20:12I like to read, but science rather than history.
20:15I have a plan to study medicine in London.
20:17Baths or maybe more fields.
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 have to speak out to no one.
20:41I'm sorry.
20:43Also, I don't know.
22:35Would you like a cold drink, Ms. Bellis?
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?
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.
23:15Two dances in succession suggest a liking.
23:17Three 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 the gentleman.
23:54Mary, his father owns a shop.
23:58Yes?
24:00With a bell.
24:04Mother, 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 chances of a match.
24:35Would you care to dance again, Miss Bennet, once we have finished our ices?
24:41Mrs. 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.
24:56No, no, no, not at all, sir.
24:58I've...
24:59Oh, I've...
25:00I've very much enjoyed dancing with you.
25:04It's, um...
25:06That is to say that, um...
25:10My mother is concerned.
25:12Concerned?
25:13Uh, um, for my sisters and I.
25:16Um, it's important that we make an, uh, appropriate social, um, one might say, uh, financially, um, well, a suitable
25:27match.
25:27Miss Bennet, there is no need for an explanation.
25:30I shall not pursue the matter.
25:32I've enjoyed, I've enjoyed my time with, um...
25:35Good evening to you.
25:37I'm sorry.
25:39I'm...
25:40Sorry.
25:43I'm sorry.
26:10James stood up with him twice.
26:13I had little time for his friend.
26:16Please do not hold that against Mr. Bingley.
26:18She's not going to go again soon.
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 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 as a serious-minded woman.
26:57From now on, knowledge and reason would be my guide.
27:02No more ribbons, ball gowns, or dance cards.
27:05The old Mary would be no more.
27:08I would transform into the intellectual one.
27:12That was how I would stand out as the other Bennett sister.
27:16Mart Madden.
27:17How anything I could have taken that?
27:17Are not living anybody in your bedroom, Internationalépendor?
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