- 10 hours ago
The Other Bennet Sister S01E07 (2026)
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:03You are quite unlike anyone I have ever met.
00:07You speak your mind with a refreshing directness,
00:11and you do not force yourself to conform to society's ideals.
00:15I imagine it will come as no surprise when I say I...
00:20...have developed the greatest affection for you.
00:29I cannot understand why a man such as Mr Ryder would propose to Mary.
00:32Oh, shush. Perhaps he won't. Mother may have got our hopes up for nothing.
00:37We shall never know his intentions if you two keep talking to him.
00:40What is happening?
00:41Mr Ryder and Mary are in the library and appear to be having a serious conversation.
00:46I suppose most women of better looks and livelier character were already taken.
00:50It cannot be a match driven by passion.
00:52Not all matches driven by passion turn out well.
00:55Shush, Lizzy, I cannot hear what they are saying.
00:57Will you all just be quiet?
01:01In these past few days, I have felt a deeper understanding between us.
01:09I believe you've felt it too.
01:12I... I took to heart the things that you said, yes.
01:17And you must, for I believe we should be very happy together.
01:21Miss Bennet, I have a mind to go abroad to Italy.
01:26Somewhere with a lake in front of me and a mountain behind.
01:31Lakes are usually found in mountainous areas.
01:34No, although some are found in dormant volcanic craters.
01:36I cannot imagine going to Italy without you, Miss Bennet.
01:42And therefore, I wondered whether you might do me the greatest honor of coming with me.
01:54Well, I...
01:55We could read poetry all day and drink wine all evening.
02:00Oh, I do.
02:01I like poetry.
02:02And I like wine.
02:04What we have loved, others will love.
02:06And we will teach them how.
02:07Let us teach each other.
02:10I don't speak any Italian.
02:12But I suppose I could...
02:13I could learn.
02:14That's the spirit, Miss Bennet.
02:15This is why we are such a strong match.
02:18You have the courage of my convictions.
02:22How so?
02:23You understand the appeal of living boldly.
02:27Living with freedom.
02:29Unburdened by the shackles of marriage.
02:32Sorry, just to be very clear.
02:35So you're suggesting that I live with you in Italy, but that we remain unmarried?
02:45Yes, exactly.
02:47Together, but free.
02:52For what woman wants to be owned in such a way?
02:56Oh.
02:58What do you say?
03:01I don't know what to say.
03:04Of course, of course.
03:06You must sleep on it.
03:07But if you accept, we could leave for London tomorrow and plan our trip to Italy.
03:32Well, Mary?
03:35Come, Mary dear.
03:37Who would have thought you'd make such an excellent match?
03:40I know.
03:41He didn't propose.
03:42Mama.
03:43What do you mean he did not propose?
03:46I mean that he called me in there to talk about a sermon on good works.
03:56Mary, this is no time for one of your poor attempts at humour.
04:00Mama.
04:01Mr Ryder showered you with attention only to pull you aside to discuss a sermon.
04:08Well, we shall see about that.
04:11I am sure Mr Ryder will make his intentions clear in his own time.
04:16Yes.
04:16Yes, he will.
04:19Mary?
04:20I shall choose your dress for supper.
04:23Perhaps something of Liz's.
04:25Oh.
04:27Hmm.
04:27Hmm.
04:30The waist.
04:31Ah, interestingly, ah-
04:33Charlotte!
04:34Oh.
04:35Mr Collins.
04:37Looks as though you were all waiting for us.
04:39We were not.
04:40Mrs Bennet, I am pleased to see you looking so well.
04:43I see you didn't rush to pay your respects.
04:46I do not wish to impose?
04:48How are you?
04:49I long to know everything.
04:52Well, there is something of a situation involving Mary.
04:55Thank you, Lydia. We were just getting ready for supper. Come.
05:00Ha. Yes.
05:05You stood up straight, dear.
05:08Mary is looking very well tonight, Mr Ryder. Do you not agree?
05:12I do indeed.
05:14My daughters are a handsome set.
05:17They most certainly are.
05:19More wine, Mama. This is the wine you requested.
05:22And only one unmarried.
05:24Did you hear Charlotte's news of Longbourn, Mama?
05:27In the drawing room, we have opened up an orange room.
05:29How did you enjoy your ride this afternoon, Mr Ryder?
05:32Mmm. It was very pleasant. Excellent company.
05:35Mother, Mr Darcy and I are thinking of holding a dinner in honour of your recovery.
05:41Hmm. Very good idea, Lizzie.
05:44Was it your horse, Miss Bennet, that picked these blackberries with her team?
05:49Is that what she was doing this afternoon?
05:51Well, if it is, I feel quite terrible now for having dragged her away.
05:54So you should. Rather delicious.
05:56Have you always lived in London, Mr Ryder?
05:59I have.
06:00Although, my plan is to move to Italy.
06:03Quite soon.
06:04Italy?
06:04How long for?
06:06To settle for the rest of my days.
06:08Or for as long as my fancy takes me.
06:11Well, wherever you choose, you will need a knowledgeable companion by your side.
06:17As you know, Mary reads a great deal.
06:20She has a very well-informed mind.
06:23Though do not let that put you off.
06:24Miss Bennet is an extraordinary young woman.
06:27Young?
06:28Why Italy?
06:29For its history, its beauty, to wake up each morning to a view of a mountain.
06:36In reality, mountainous regions play havoc with one's rheumatism.
06:39Well, I think that sounds quite perfect.
06:41It really does.
06:44You find Longbourn tedious with its drafts.
06:46I hardly think you would cope in mountains.
06:49I will never know, will I?
06:54I did not know you spoke Italian, Mr Ryder.
06:57Bocco.
06:58Bless you.
07:01I am quite looking forward to the peace and stillness of a foreign lad.
07:06Yes.
07:08Yes, it would be most welcome.
07:21Mary.
07:25I remember very well being the subject of Mother's plotting.
07:29It is quite a lot to bear.
07:32Isn't it?
07:34Engagements can take time.
07:37It is no small decision.
07:39And important not to rush.
07:41If Mr Ryder does not propose, you must not think it is a reflection on you.
07:46Mr Ryder has already proposed.
07:59It was a kind of proposal.
08:04Oh?
08:06Mr Ryder proposed that I live with him in Italy, reading poetry and drinking wine.
08:15That sounds quite perfect.
08:16It does, doesn't it?
08:18It does.
08:18I think I'd very much like the travel.
08:20I would certainly rise to the challenge of a new language.
08:24I have to give him my decision tomorrow morning.
08:27What did you mean by a kind of proposal?
08:32Mr Ryder believes that we should go to Italy.
08:38But remain unmarried.
08:42He proposed that you should be his mistress.
08:44Not in those words.
08:45I have never heard such a suggestion in my life.
08:47Well, sadly, Lizzie, I think most of us will never find ourselves in a romantic situation as perfect as yours.
08:51But he insults you.
08:52He does not.
08:53Oh, Mr Ryder believes that women shouldn't be owned in such a way as marriage.
08:57So he prefers a modern arrangement.
08:59I'm sure he does.
09:00One that is far more convenient for him.
09:02If he tires of this arrangement, he can easily move on whilst your reputation is ruined forever.
09:09Do you think he will tire of me?
09:10Of course not, Mary.
09:12I...
09:12Marriage is the only thing a woman has to protect herself against such difficulties.
09:16Please, tell me you are not seriously considering his offer.
09:22I mean, I've begun to think I'm not...
09:24I'm not much suited to conventional life.
09:29I've always been the odd one out.
09:34Oh, I know.
09:35I know the scandal would be huge.
09:36I know Mother would be mortified.
09:38But Mr Ryder, he treats me well.
09:41He makes me laugh.
09:43He is interested in me.
09:48And I could escape.
10:02Mr Ryder is clearly fond of you.
10:07And it is admirable that he has his own way of seeing the world.
10:16But you deserve better than this offer.
10:21Lizzie.
10:23You have grown up with no shortage of suitors.
10:26You're at home, too.
10:28You've always been...
10:29Mary, we've had largely the same upbringing.
10:31No, no.
10:32We may have grown up in the same house with the same mother and father and the same sisters.
10:36But your experience of life has been wholly different to my own.
10:40You were celebrated.
10:42And you were...
10:43You were respected.
10:45I was not.
10:47I mean, for the rest of you, even in your worst moments growing up,
10:50you could look to me and think,
10:53at least I'm not Mary.
10:55That's not true.
10:55It's absolutely true.
10:58But I always admired your strength,
11:00that you never cared what Mother or any of us thought.
11:03Of course I cared.
11:04Well, you always did things your own way.
11:06That was the only way I knew.
11:13Mary,
11:15all I want is to protect you.
11:18Or protect yourself
11:19from whatever shame I might bring on the family.
11:25How could you think such a thing?
11:41Do you love Mr. Ryder?
11:43Oh,
11:43you're saying,
11:46you're seeing the new bookworm?
11:53don't you talk to me.
12:04That's the reason you talk.
12:12that's what I do.
12:27Ah, good morning, Miss Bennet.
12:30Good morning.
12:31And it is a perfect morning for travelling.
12:40I have enjoyed these last few days with you enormously.
12:44You have been a beam of light in the darkness, and I do not know what I would have done
12:51without
12:51your company.
12:52I felt the same way.
13:01But I cannot accept your interesting proposal.
13:10I thought that you and I were aligned.
13:14I appreciate how important your ideas are to you.
13:17I know how strongly you feel about freedom in love, but, well, I am still very much bound
13:30by the expectations of society.
13:34And the expectations I have for myself.
13:42Of course.
13:44I see.
13:47Goodbye, Mr. Ryder.
13:52My best wishes to your family.
14:25Good morning, Mary.
14:28Mother.
14:29I trust you slept well last night?
14:32I did, yes.
14:34You must keep up your strength.
14:36Who knows what today may bring?
14:40Aha.
14:40Here he is.
14:43What are you doing here?
14:45Oh.
14:45I was...
14:46Do join us, cousin.
14:48Where on earth is Mr. Ryder?
14:51Ah.
14:51Mr. Ryder has left.
14:53Don't be ridiculous, Mr. Collins.
14:55He has no plans to leave.
14:57I saw him.
14:58I saw him climbing to his carriage and go.
15:02Mary?
15:03Yes, Mr. Ryder has left.
15:05He's left.
15:06Bemberley.
15:07Did he make you an offer of marriage?
15:11I will not be marrying Mr. Ryder.
15:16I will not be marrying anyone.
15:18What did you do?
15:20I saw Mary didn't do anything.
15:22Why is everything with you so relentlessly disappointing?
15:29Beautiful morning.
15:41Mother.
15:43I am sorry if I have disappointed you.
15:48I sometimes think you delight in vexing me.
15:51I do not.
15:54It is not too late.
15:57Too late for what, Mother?
15:59To write to Mr. Ryder and beg his forgiveness.
16:03His forgiveness?
16:05For whatever it is you did that drove him away.
16:10Oh.
16:11Do you really believe a man of such means will come along again for you?
16:16But I-
16:17Do you think the gardeners will have you back when they hear what you have done to Mr. Ryder?
16:22Mother.
16:23If you will not write to him and ask him to return, then I shall write to my brother and
16:28tell him you are obliged to stay here with me.
16:32If you are incapable of taking advantage of the opportunities London society offers you in finding you a match, then
16:41you shall remain here with me instead.
16:43I'm sorry.
16:44I'm sorry.
17:10I'm sorry.
17:11But I will not let you do this.
17:11I know I feel like I'll be getting in front of you.
17:12I don't know.
17:13Good luck with mother.
17:39You make it worse!
17:50Mary, don't do that!
17:53Sorry, mother.
17:58Endlessly try my patience.
18:20Do not even my account, Miss Bennet?
18:23I'm sorry if I cannot provide good company today.
18:30I've noticed you've been most subdued of late.
18:33If I can be very help, do you say we men of the cloth can offer the most useful counsel?
18:39Thank you, Mr. Collins.
18:42I am...
18:43I'm often alone myself.
18:45Mrs. Collins has so many duties and preoccupations that she has very little time left to spend with me.
18:51Oh.
18:52It seems I have the habit of frustrating her.
18:58As I tend to do everyone.
19:00No, not at all, Mr. Collins.
19:04My father often commented that I was worthless.
19:08I thought a great deal about turning myself into something different.
19:11Someone easy and obliging.
19:13But...
19:15Somehow I...
19:17I can't.
19:20I've always...
19:22struck the wrong note of people.
19:25Even in childhood.
19:28I felt the same way.
19:29I felt the same way.
19:29Many times.
19:30Um...
19:31I...
19:32I think you...
19:33You have...
19:34much to offer, Mr. Collins.
19:37Uh...
19:38Uh...
19:39Excuse me.
19:39I realise I'm now burdening you with my troubles.
19:42No.
19:42Not...
19:43Not at all.
19:44Hmm.
19:45What are you reading?
19:47Hmm?
19:48Oh, er...
19:51Aristotle.
19:53I'm...
19:53looking into...
19:55the question of...
19:57happiness.
20:00Happiness?
20:01Hmm.
20:02What it is.
20:04How one might...
20:06find it.
20:09Do you, um...
20:10Do you have an answer?
20:14Not quite sure.
20:16I, uh...
20:17I've found some points of interest.
20:20Please, would you tell me what you know, Mr. Collins?
20:26What I've discovered seems to suggest that it is only through self-knowledge that genuine
20:32happiness is experienced.
20:33Through self-knowledge?
20:34Hmm.
20:35I...
20:35I think it is only when we have examined and understood our strengths and weaknesses
20:41and been honest enough about what we truly desire from life, only then do you have
20:47any chance at all of attaining happiness.
20:51Yes.
20:51So, what Aristotle is saying is that...
20:55our happiness...
20:58is in our own hands?
21:01Yes.
21:03Oh.
21:03I think so, yes.
21:06Interesting thought, isn't it?
21:08It's most interesting.
21:16Mary!
21:17It is him!
21:19It must be Mr. Ryder coming back to try again!
21:23Oh!
21:25Oh!
21:29Oh!
21:33Oh!
21:34Oh!
21:34Oh!
21:35Oh!
21:36Oh!
21:37Oh!
21:38Oh!
21:38Oh!
21:38Oh!
21:47You reminded us of the importance of protecting our health, and so Edward and I have decided
21:54to spend some much-needed time in the lakes.
21:57Ah.
21:57Wonderful.
21:58Quite wonderful.
21:58All that wind would play havoc with my nerves.
22:02And we were wondering whether Mary might join us.
22:05Mary?
22:06Yes.
22:06We thought perhaps Mary could join us in the lakes and then return with us to London.
22:10Elizabeth wrote to us, explaining that Mary was without much to occupy her here.
22:15She has a very good occupation.
22:17She is my companion.
22:18I think it's a very sensible idea for Mary to get some fresh air.
22:21Oh, do you now?
22:22What do you think, Mary?
22:24Mary will not leave me.
22:26She knows I do not have many years left, and she wants to spend this precious time at
22:31my side.
22:32Isn't that right, Mary?
22:35Mother, Mr. Darcy and I have arranged a new companion for you.
22:40She's called Susan.
22:42Susan?
22:43Am I to be looked after by a Susan?
22:47We very much enjoy Mary's company.
22:50As do I.
22:51And knowing her passion for Wordsworth...
22:52She is forbidden to leave.
22:59Aunt.
23:01Uncle.
23:02Thank you for your invitation.
23:09I would be delighted to join you.
23:11What do you mean?
23:12I think, dear sister, she means she will be joining us in the Lake Districts.
23:17What a good idea.
23:18A good decision, Mary.
23:20Well done.
23:21A most excellent decision.
23:22Always good to challenge oneself.
23:23Oh, do be quiet, Mr. Collins.
23:26Well done, Mary.
23:28Well done.
23:29You should probably go and pack.
23:31I will help.
23:45I envy you.
23:48You envy me?
23:49The lakes.
23:51London.
23:52I never did experience much of life.
23:54It is a bold and brave decision, Mary.
23:58And for what it's worth, I think it's the right one.
24:04Well...
24:05Forgive me, Charlotte.
24:06I...
24:07I don't want to speak out of turn.
24:10I often have.
24:14Only you seem...
24:17quite unhappy.
24:26When my mother told me the only choice for a woman was marriage or misery, she...
24:32negated to tell me it was possible to be both married and miserable.
24:40So my father let us in on that particular secret some years ago.
24:44Yes.
24:45But I do believe that...
24:47if you look a little under the surface...
24:51you will find more to Mr. Collins than you imagine.
25:00Goodbye, Mother.
25:02I will write.
25:05As you wish.
25:09Susan!
25:12Susan!
25:22Mary, I am so sorry if you have ever felt that I was ashamed of you.
25:27For I am not.
25:29I am very proud of you.
25:38I am scared, Lizzy.
25:43What if I made all the wrong decisions?
25:45What if I made all the wrong decisions?
25:50Mary, you will flourish.
26:07I had made my escape and would not look back.
26:11I did not know what was next, but I knew that I could not return to live with my family
26:17ever again.
26:18Miss Bennet!
26:19Miss Bennet!
26:20Miss Bennet!
26:22I have something for you.
26:28thank you mr collins
26:46could it be that i decide my future
26:50i felt sure that the lakes would offer me a chance for peace and reflection
26:54oh mary i ought to have told you tom haywood will be joining us in the lakes
26:59i should have known that my life was never that simple
Comments