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The Other Bennet Sister S01E02 (2026)
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00:01In the weeks that followed the disastrous Meriton Assembly, I buried myself in my books, hoping to stave off the
00:09pangs of shame and humiliation.
00:11It was all part of my plan for a new Mary. I needed a clear mind, unclouded by strong emotion.
00:20I was working on gravitas.
00:24From now on, I would be a steady, informed and rational woman.
00:30Books would be my guide.
00:32I would think more and feel less.
00:40What could possibly go wrong?
00:51Well?
01:02I hope you've ordered a good dinner this evening.
01:05Wish I had a guest.
01:07I knew it would be so.
01:09It's not, Mr Bingley.
01:13My cousin.
01:14Mr Collins?
01:15The very same.
01:16The man next in the end tale?
01:18Who?
01:18The man who, once I am dead, will turn you out of the house as soon as he pleases.
01:23He proposes himself as a guest here at Longbourn?
01:26In point of composition, his letter does not seem entirely defective.
01:30Entirely defective?
01:31Mary, are you quite all right?
01:33I regret deeply the breach which has existed between us for so long.
01:37As a clergyman, I feel it my duty to promote the blessings of peace in all families within my influence.
01:44Blessings of peace in this house?
01:47He must be an oddity.
01:49I cannot make him out.
01:51Can he be a sensible man, sir?
01:53He is a very sensible man.
01:55Thank you, Elizabeth.
01:56Very sensible indeed.
01:59Oh, can you not all see?
02:00He is looking for a wife.
02:03Do you really think so?
02:04Lizzie, you must prepare yourself.
02:07But, Mama...
02:08We shall find out just what kind of man he is this afternoon.
02:11I have great hopes of his being extremely foolish.
02:15He sounds insufferably boring.
02:17A clergyman.
02:19Ugh.
02:19It's a right to condemn him before we've even met him.
02:21Please, Mary.
02:23I was agreeing with you.
02:24It's the way you say things.
02:32I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Collins this afternoon.
02:41What do you keep under your hat?
02:51We do not sparkle as they do, you and I.
02:58Oh, I hope my honesty did not offend.
03:00My goodness, no.
03:01No.
03:03Your sisters seem most agitated this morning.
03:06My father's cousin, Mr. Collins, is to visit Longbourn and they've all decided he's a terrible ball.
03:12Mother believes he comes looking for a wife.
03:14A wife?
03:14Apparently.
03:16What is your cousin's profession?
03:17A clergyman.
03:19Oh.
03:19A modest income then, I imagine.
03:23Do you know what my advice would be to you?
03:26If my father's cousin was coming to stay and I knew he was looking for a wife, I would do
03:31everything.
03:33Within the bounds of propriety, to attract him.
03:36Well, I have decided none of this is for me.
03:39I will live alone with knowledge.
03:41But, Mary, I cannot seriously believe the life of an old maid is to be preferred.
03:47I do not think my mother has me in mind.
03:49Jane and Lizzie won't settle so low.
03:51Anyway, Jane is nearly taken.
03:53So that leaves you.
03:57You speak nothing of love.
04:01What is love to do with anything?
04:02Of course.
04:03Of course you are right.
04:05For an educated woman, raised to be genteel as we have been, the future holds no other prospect than marriage.
04:13Marriage or misery.
04:14Mary.
04:15Marriage or misery.
04:19I should know.
04:27I should know.
04:47Mr. Collins.
04:48I'm here.
04:49Meet at last.
04:57This?
05:01This is Jane, our eldest.
05:06Well, I had no idea.
05:10She is soon to be engaged, but the others are not.
05:14Oh, this is Elizabeth.
05:20A pleasure.
05:25And Mary, this is Kitty, and our youngest, Lydia.
05:30Ah, well now, I don't know that I will be able to tell the difference between you two.
05:35Ah, the good looks of my fair cousins far exceed even the most enthusiastic of reports.
05:51Oh, no, I'm terribly sorry.
05:54I suddenly didn't mean to cause any offence.
05:57You caused no offence, Mr. Collins?
06:00Of course you didn't.
06:02Allow me to show you the house.
06:04Hmm.
06:05Oh, splendid.
06:07Splendid.
06:08Much smaller than one imagined, but with a few minor modifications will suffice my meek needs.
06:15I'm pleased to think so.
06:23I am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from my table.
06:30Oh, man.
06:30And yet that gives unto me the bread of life.
06:34Evermore, give me that bread that I may eat thereof and not die.
06:41Hmm.
06:43Dudley.
06:44Yes, exactly.
06:46Oh, man.
06:47Mr. Bennet.
06:49What a magnificent dining table.
06:51Even with the heavy curtains and the lack of natural light in here, one can still see its quality.
06:56How generous of you.
07:00Shall we?
07:01Hmm.
07:09Mr. Collins.
07:16Mr. Bennet, I expect your daughters will be quickly and advantageously disposed of in marriage.
07:22Disposed?
07:22It is very good of you to say so.
07:24Oh.
07:25Oh, I'm happy on every occasion to offer those delicate little compliments that are agreeable to ladies.
07:31Thank you, Mr. Collins.
07:32Hmm.
07:33And may I commend your reading of grace?
07:36It has very much stayed with me.
07:38It is most unfortunate that our girls have no proper portion to bring to their husbands.
07:44Please excuse me.
07:45You allude, perhaps, to the entail of this estate.
07:49It is a most vexing situation.
07:52If only there was some satisfactory way to amend it.
07:57Hmm.
07:58Hmm.
07:59Hmm.
07:59I could say much on the subject.
08:01But I am cautious of appearing forward and, um, precipitate.
08:06Hmm.
08:07I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
08:13Hmm.
08:16Hmm.
08:17Have you read Dr. Fordyce, sir?
08:21Hmm.
08:21I certainly have.
08:22Uh, Cousin Elizabeth.
08:23What make you the sermons?
08:26I'm sure I haven't had time to read them, sir.
08:29So busy have I been merely being a woman, I haven't had a moment to read up on how I
08:33should go about it.
08:36I think I'm the only one who's truly interested in Fordyce's sermons.
08:41Yeah.
08:41More wine, Mr. Collins.
08:44Hmm.
08:48I will let women adorn themselves with sobriety.
08:53Let your speech be always, be always, with grace, seasoned with salt.
09:08This has been wonderful.
09:10But now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins.
09:13Lizzie, won't you play for us?
09:19Ah.
10:05Bravo, Lizzie.
10:07Yeah.
10:07Very good.
10:08Lizzie, if you were to practice properly, you really might master it.
10:11It seems a great shame to bring all the pleasure out of music.
10:13A few false notes seems a small price to pay in exchange.
10:17Great shame to waste the gift.
10:19Let it go.
10:19Hmm.
10:20Quite right.
10:22Why don't you show us how she's done, Mary?
10:32Oh, Lord.
10:33Amen.
11:21My congratulations, cousin, you play with such exactness.
11:27I imagine you practice a great deal.
11:29I practice often, which is true.
11:32Yes, it is.
11:34Is it only through hard work that anything of any value has to be achieved?
11:37Yes, um, yes, I, I, Mr. Collins, perhaps Elizabeth could take you on a walk around the gardens.
11:54Mary.
11:55Mother.
11:58I do not want any confusion regarding Mr. Collins.
12:02And, uh, future prospects.
12:05I'm not sure I understand.
12:06It is Lizzie in whom Mr. Collins has expressed an interest.
12:10Are we clear?
12:12Don't you worry, Mama, that Lizzie won't accept Mr. Collins.
12:16I have no particular feelings for him.
12:18But he and I have similar interests.
12:21And I am at least prepared to seek out the good in him.
12:24Mary, I cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle.
12:28Well, your name has not come up.
12:42Cousins!
12:43Come on.
12:44Ready?
12:44Come on, hit it.
12:45I bring news.
12:46There, um, there is to be, um, there is to be a ball next week at Neverfield.
12:53Oh!
12:54I knew Mr. Bingley would find the perfect excuse to see Jane again.
12:57And my brother and his wife shall be visiting.
12:59They might even be here when the engagement is announced.
13:02We have some way off that.
13:05A Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner shall be joining us.
13:08They're coming down from London.
13:09Up.
13:12They're coming up from London.
13:14That is what I said.
13:16Spend it.
13:17Spend it!
13:18A real family affair.
13:20I will need new ribbons.
13:22Perhaps, Miss Bennet, um, you, uh, would, would take the first dance with me?
13:27Oh, how wonderful.
13:29Maybe I should play a little something on the, on the piano?
13:33Yeah, yes.
13:34You should indeed.
13:36What about, what about you, Miss Elizabeth?
13:39Do you sing?
13:40There, there is nothing I admire more than a woman with a wide vocal range.
14:02Very good, Miss Mary.
14:04Your playing is coming along nicely.
14:07Thank you, Hill.
14:08Mr. Collins thinks I'm a very good player.
14:12Huh?
14:12I'm planning to play at the Assembly.
14:15At Netherfield?
14:15Yes.
14:16I was even thinking, I might sing.
14:20Sing?
14:21Miss Mary?
14:22It will be a surprise to them all.
14:26Short and sweet.
14:28That would be my advice.
14:32And, uh, maybe don't sing.
14:41Hey, Al!
14:42I lost my shoes!
14:44Hey, Al!
15:07The earlier we arrive, the earlier we leave.
15:11Oh.
15:14Oh.
15:19Oh.
15:23Oh.
15:24Oh.
15:37Lady Lucas, Charlotte, please meet my brother and his dear wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner.
15:45They're down from London.
15:46Up.
15:47What?
15:48Up from London.
15:50And this is my very distant cousin, Mr. Collins.
15:56Shall we do?
16:01Something of a challenge to find husbands for five daughters.
16:06This is a beautiful dining room.
16:07But if Jane were to get a proposal...
16:10Mama, please.
16:15As I say, if Jane...
16:17Lizzie seems very keen to distance herself from your cousin.
16:20She's not at all happy about his interest.
16:24What is he like?
16:27Tolerable forearms, I noticed.
16:29Have you made your interest in him clear?
16:32I am trying, but...
16:35Your mother seems terribly keen for Lizzie to a match with a man of a modest income.
16:39I cannot think why.
16:41He is the cousin.
16:44The one from the end tale.
16:46It's Mr. Collins who stands for an inherit long-born.
16:48The house, the estate, the income, all of it.
16:51So, my father cannot stand the man, while my mother wants Lizzie to marry him.
17:00Perhaps I will not play tonight.
17:03Mary, you must.
17:06I had prepared a little something, but...
17:11Now the time is here, I'm not sure I have the stomach writ.
17:13It's nonsense, Mary.
17:15Mr. Collins is sure to be impressed.
17:17I think it is time you get yourself noticed.
17:37I beg you, do not make it long.
17:53Be gone, don't care.
17:59I pray thee be gone from me.
18:07Be gone, don't care.
18:13You and I shall never agree.
18:19Be gone, don't care.
18:24Lizzie, he's coming.
18:26I pray thee be gone from me.
18:30Be gone, don't care.
18:35Be gone, don't care.
18:35Be gone, don't care.
18:35Be gone, don't care.
18:37You and I shall never agree.
18:43Long time hast thou been tarrying me.
18:50And faith thou wouldst me kill.
18:55Please, I will.
18:57And faith don't care.
19:02Thou never shalt have thy will.
19:14I have another piece, Father.
19:17One that's more lively.
19:19Mary, you have delighted us.
19:30Oh, Miss Bennet, that was truly unforgettable.
19:40It was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song.
19:46Everybody saw it.
19:48It's a god song.
19:50Take a breath.
19:51Take a breath.
19:52Nobody noticed but you.
20:12Mary, it was you that told Father that just let me play, wasn't it?
20:15I didn't want you to have rigged out yourself.
20:18You insult me.
20:19We both know that isn't true.
20:25Mary, I have had a terrible evening, and yet you always appear to handle everything with such ease.
20:31What do you mean?
20:32You always get what you want without needing to try, whereas I try so hard.
20:43And it's always for nothing.
20:44Don't say that.
20:47There is much you have achieved.
20:54I'm sorry.
20:57I'm truly sorry.
21:11Mary.
21:15Mary!
21:16Mary!
21:18The musket dressing come downstairs.
21:19There has been such an upset, you won't believe it.
21:21You can't imagine what's happened.
21:25Well, Mr. Collins has made Lizzie an offer, and she has refused him.
21:31Can you imagine?
21:32Mama is furious and says Lizzie will have him, but Papa told Lizzie that her choice was a
21:36sad one, because Mother will never see her again if she doesn't marry Collins, and Papa
21:41will never see her again if she does.
21:42And now everyone is so utterly cross.
21:44Mr. Collins has stormed off.
21:45Lizzie won't say anything at all.
21:46Mama is beside herself, and Papa has shut himself in the library.
21:49You must come!
21:50So, so what happens now, what if Mr. Collins, Papa thinks he would choose someone else?
21:56I don't know.
21:57Well, it's more likely to be me than you.
22:00Oh, please!
22:02No, I have resigned.
22:03It's been it.
22:04I shall take my...
22:04As you wish.
22:06Oh, Mr. Collins!
22:07I have resigned, madam.
22:09Oh, Mr. Collins, this is just a misunderstanding.
22:12Oh, Mr. Collins has withdrawn his pretensions to Lizzie's favour.
22:20I'm very glad to hear it.
22:22I don't think I could have borne much more of his good opinion.
22:25He says he's resigned and will not renew his pursuit.
22:29Oh!
22:46Thank you, Hill.
22:55I have been thinking, Mary, since Lizzie was so selfish as to refuse Mr. Collins, I have
23:03turned my mind towards you.
23:09I think you understand me.
23:11Mama, less than a week ago you were adamant...
23:13Mary, please.
23:15He will not ask me now.
23:18I need to be sure that you will accept him when he offers.
23:21He will not choose me, Mama.
23:24Oh, Mary, he will.
23:27Who else will marry him?
23:32What are you reading?
23:36A theory of the earth.
23:37I think it's about rocks.
23:38Just types of rocks.
23:54Thanks.
23:58Yes, many new, sir.
23:59Yes, many new.
24:01One had obviously hoped for a slightly more capacious dining room, however.
24:05I think it's quite sweet we've found each other.
24:08Mr. Benich?
24:10Mr. Collins has made Miss Charlotte Lucas an offer of marriage.
24:15And she has accepted.
24:17We wish you joy.
24:19Yes, so much joy.
24:21I wish you joy. Thank you all.
24:24You do know he is a clergyman?
24:26Yes.
24:46Yes.
24:55Have I had any doubts as to whether I'd done the right thing?
24:58They vanished when I told my family of his offer.
25:01I am too old to be generous, I'm afraid.
25:06Charlotte!
25:08Come marvel at this oak.
25:15Good night, Jane. Good night, Lizzie.
25:17Good night, Lizzie.
25:18Good night, Mum.
25:19Good night, Kitty.
25:20I told you no one would marry you if you wore spectacles.
25:40It wouldn't be for much longer, wait, that we Bennet sisters live together.
25:49As each of my sisters left home, my future felt increasingly uncertain.
26:00I often thought back to the events in that period of my life and wondered if I could have done
26:06anything differently.
26:08Hmm.
26:11But I was trapped.
26:15Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents.
26:19Thank you!
26:21Thank you!
26:22I cannot get it!
26:24Open me!
26:27My options were limited.
26:33And I found my books offered me no instruction and little comfort.
26:39I searched desperately for answers.
26:44I clung on to hope.
26:54But in a moment, my life was upturned.
26:59Mr Bennet?
27:01Mr Bennet?
27:01Catch the doctor!
27:02Yes, mate!
27:04They're ringing the carriage round.
27:06Go!
27:06Yes, Mum.
27:07Right away!
27:13Father had found a way out, leaving Mother and I with nothing, except each other.
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