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The Other Bennet Sister S01E05 (2026)
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00:00But we find ourselves quite overrun with social engagements.
00:05You will be excited to hear that I have been invited to one of Lady Winspear's weekly balls.
00:12I am very much looking forward to it.
00:16I miss you all.
00:22Yours, Mary.
00:25The Gardener's governess has returned from Norfolk, has she not?
00:28Yes, yes a week ago.
00:30Well then the ball is perfectly timed for you to find a husband.
00:35A husband? Whatever else do you plan to do?
00:41Someone who was once a friend told me that a woman has two choices in life, marriage or misery.
00:47What do you think?
00:49Mary, it's not too late for marriage if that's what you're asking me.
00:53And I do believe it's the better choice, but not the only one.
00:57Some marriages are miserable.
00:59I agree.
01:01I did once try to find a husband, but it was unsuccessful.
01:07My mother has always said no one will marry a girl in spectacles.
01:10Mary, that is nonsense.
01:12What a terrible thing for your mother to say.
01:15Well, you may not have had luck in the past, but this time it's different.
01:20This time, you have me.
01:23Under my tutelage, you will become the star of London society.
01:28It's all about confidence.
01:30A certain coolness.
01:32I think you care too much.
01:34Really?
01:36Have you ever polished your skin?
01:43We put this in the pipkin, and the pipkin in the fire until the wax melts.
01:47Then we spread it on your face.
01:49You're going to look radiant, Mary.
01:51I'm going to smell like soup.
01:56What on earth?
02:07There.
02:08Thanks.
02:19Mary, you have stew on your face.
02:22Uh...
02:32Oh, now we need to work on your walk.
02:35Step into the room like you are Lady Winspear herself.
02:47Walk normally.
02:54I'm excited for you, Mary.
02:56New love is the most romantic thing.
02:59New love?
03:00Yes. The first throws.
03:02Oh, you must not take it for granted.
03:04Because the feelings soon pass, and then everything becomes...
03:07quite ordinary.
03:09It's almost impossible to remember how one felt at the beginning.
03:14Now walk.
03:16Shoulders back.
03:17Chin up.
03:18Chin down.
03:19Chin up a little.
03:20Don't look scared.
03:21Quite hard not to.
03:25Remember.
03:26You are only allowed two dancers with the same partner.
03:29Make eye contact fleetingly with the men you want to dance with,
03:32and avoid the eyes of those you do not.
03:34If a man asks you to dance, do not look too happy.
03:37Nor too disappointed, depending on who he is.
03:40You must look nonchalant.
03:43Carefree.
03:47Mary.
03:48Mary.
03:49Think back to those times in your childhood when you had not a care in the world.
03:54are going to act.
03:59I don't think it's the time.
04:07You have to be a person who's aoobly.
04:08You are notć
04:08He is.
04:15I am not to be the man's.
04:17All right.
04:17I am not to be the man's.
04:21We are.
04:21I am not to be the man's.
04:38Isn't it beautiful?
04:53Do not fret. The night has only just begun.
04:58Good evening, Miss Baxter, Miss Bennet.
05:01Doesn't Miss Bennet look beautiful?
05:03Well, as do you, Anne.
05:12Mr. Haywin, how would you like to dance with Miss Bennet?
05:16I think we'll show how eligible you are.
05:22I don't suppose you have much room for me on your card.
05:26But if there is, I would be very glad to dance with you.
05:28Oh, well, there might be.
05:31Let me just check.
05:35Yes, yes, we could dance.
05:38Thank you, Mr. Haywood.
05:46Mr. Haywood, how are you?
05:49Miss Bennet?
05:51I'm very well.
05:53How are you?
05:59One, two, three.
06:01One, two, three.
06:02One, two, three.
06:07Jesus.
06:08Sorry, sorry, sorry.
06:10I think so.
06:10I think so.
06:12Jesus.
06:14No, no, no, no.
06:22Oh, no.
06:23I love you.
06:25Yeah.
06:33I love you.
06:35No, it's not.
06:36No, no, no.
06:37No, no, no.
06:38No, no.
06:39I love you.
07:11Thank you, Miss Cain.
07:13Miss Bennett.
07:19What a fine minuet.
07:23Oh, now you two. You must dance together.
07:27I'm going to go and...
07:29Oh, Mary, do you mind?
08:01I'm going to go and go.
08:08Excuse me.
08:11It's you.
08:12It is indeed.
08:14William Ryder.
08:15Of course, Mr. Ryder.
08:16Well, it is a pleasure to see you again so soon.
08:22Would you like to dance?
08:25Well, perhaps later. My feet are quiet.
08:29Well, let us sit and gather your strength.
08:52I find these occasions really quite intolerable.
08:54All these poor young ladies parading about, bearing the weight of their parents' expectations.
09:00It's not the least romantic.
09:02I think these occasions mean a great deal to many young women, and for good reason.
09:08None of them wants to fail.
09:12But doesn't it seem to you, Miss Bennett, that most people give far too much weight to the idea of
09:18marriage?
09:19Because for some people, that is their only means of survival.
09:21In matters of men and women, the only thing that should guide us is the heart.
09:28Do you really believe that to be true?
09:31Well, I believe we should sweep away these tired old rules and follow our inclinations as we wish.
09:41I think you will find, Mr. Ryder, that the liberty in such situations tends to be enjoyed by the man.
09:49Well, the consequences are borne, quite literally in many cases, by the woman.
09:56Perhaps you're right.
09:57I know I am.
10:06Don't answer me, Miss Bennett.
10:08Come on.
10:10Oh, my God.
10:33It's supposed to be fun, I think.
10:38You are allowed to breathe while you dance, Miss Bennett.
10:40I am breathing.
10:42I heard that you are a great reader of very serious books.
10:48I'm reading Wordsworth, currently.
10:50Ah, but what do you really enjoy reading, Miss Bennett?
10:54Histories.
10:55No, no, no, no, no, I mean, what's your secret indulgence?
11:01And I really enjoyed reading, as a child, were the servants' pamphlets.
11:07They detail the most grisly crimes.
11:12I knew there was a bold and curious side to you, Miss Bennett.
11:16I had to hide them from my mother.
11:17Oh, my gosh, look at her.
11:43It's the onions.
11:48You tripped?
11:49I did not trip. It was a deliberate embellishment of the gavotte.
11:54Mary?
11:55Miss Baxter, I was just about to ask Miss Bennett to dance again.
12:00Oh, uh, thank you, Mr Ryder, but I will sit this one out.
12:04Ah, then allow me to fetch you both some ices, ladies.
12:10He might be handsome, Mary, but beware.
12:12He also fancies himself above all the rules that govern the rest of us.
12:15He enjoys the privileges of his class, as well as good looks.
12:19I cannot say I took much notice of his looks.
12:22Mary?
12:23I did not. Well, he certainly noticed you.
12:26That's kind of you to say, but he doesn't think of me in that way,
12:29and actually that makes it much more enjoyable.
12:33We were just talking about Mr Ryder.
12:36Yes, William Ryder.
12:39Ices!
12:41Oh, thank you.
12:42And the biggest one for Miss Mary, then.
12:47Hey, don't look so downhearted. Here, you can have mine.
12:49I wouldn't dream of taking your...
12:53Mr Hayward, I seem to have found myself without a partner for the next dance.
12:57I'm quite tired.
12:59I'm quite tired.
13:04But I will...
13:08Not play with the rules.
13:09Crunchy.
13:11Mr Ryder, what on earth happened to you?
13:15Oh, Miss Mingley.
13:16Well, well, Miss Bennet.
13:19How good to see you again.
13:21Oh, are you two ladies already acquainted?
13:23I have known Miss Bennet for some years.
13:26Pianist, singer, raconteur.
13:30My brother married her sister.
13:33I heard you were a governess in London, though I didn't think it had quite come to that.
13:37I'm no longer in that position.
13:40So, you are in London for a husband?
13:44No.
13:48Miss Bennet is a radical thinker.
13:51Is she now?
13:52Well, it makes me all the more glad to be spending the foreseeable future here, where I can be thoroughly
13:58enlightened by your thoughts.
14:00Miss Bennet, I'm holding a small supper this Thursday.
14:03You should join us.
14:04Why, thank you, Mr Ryder.
14:07You must sing.
14:08That is, I mean to say, I may not be able to.
14:11I very much look forward to you joining us on Thursday.
14:16Come, Mr Ryder.
14:17Come, Mr Ryder.
14:50How did you find the ball last night?
14:54Most pleasant.
14:57Young William Ryder called while you were asleep this morning, Mary.
15:00He left this bundle of crime pamphlets as a peculiar gift.
15:03Is this really to your taste?
15:05Oh, and he confirmed our invitation to supper on Thursday.
15:08Oh, what fun!
15:09Jethro.
15:11You could wear your red dress.
15:14Regarding supper, I fear I may not be able to attend.
15:20You have not been yourself since I saw you talking to Caroline Bingley last night.
15:26She seems to delight in being horrible to me.
15:31I have no idea what I've done to provoke her.
15:33Did she not once fancy herself as marrying your sister's husband?
15:37Mr Darcy.
15:38She did?
15:39Yes.
15:40Perhaps she feels threatened by you.
15:44Caroline Bingley is not threatened by me.
15:47She's better than me.
15:49I know that very well.
15:52She's always beautifully dressed.
15:54And she has extraordinary confidence.
15:57She does not appear to lack confidence, that is certain.
16:00Perhaps underneath that brittle exterior lies doubts and insecurities the same as everyone else.
16:06And she treats you as though you're beneath her to make herself feel good.
16:10It riles her to see you blossoming in London.
16:13Blossoming?
16:15You've changed.
16:17You smile more.
16:19And you laugh.
16:20Well, I...
16:22The thought that you're worth less than Caroline really only exists in her mind.
16:29We do not run and hide from the Caroline Bingleys of this world.
16:37We stand our ground.
16:40For there will always be one.
16:57Miss Merritt.
16:59How wonderful to see you.
17:01Oh, um...
17:03Uh, I very much like your, um...
17:09Insects.
17:10Why, thank you.
17:11They were my late father's.
17:13He was a very great collector of all things strange or unusual in that line.
17:23You have an extensive book collection, Mr. Ryder?
17:27Ah, yes.
17:28They are for show.
17:31Although, Grimm's fairy tales proved a fine way.
17:35Not as fine as those brilliant pamphlets you sent to me.
17:38I want to hear about the strangest cases over there.
17:43Ah, yes.
17:44Miss Merritt.
17:46Inspired by you.
17:47I have been reading some of those particular works myself.
17:51And I found something that made me think of you.
17:55Of me?
17:56Mm-hmm.
17:56Allow me to find it?
17:57Well, of course.
17:59Miss Bingley.
18:00I am so glad you took my advice.
18:03Lady Catherine de Burr looks magnificent there.
18:06I was just about to read something to Miss Bennet that made me think of her this morning.
18:10It made you think of Miss Bennet?
18:13Yes, exactly.
18:14Now, where is it?
18:17Mr. Ryder, I wondered if it might be helpful for me to cast my eye across the dinner table before
18:21the guests sit.
18:23Uh, very well.
18:26Please excuse us.
18:29I have to say, Miss Bennet, how refreshing it is to see a young woman with the courage to defy
18:34the dictates of fashion
18:35when most of us are foolish enough to want to look as well as we possibly can.
18:40You are an example to us all.
18:43Yes, ma'am.
18:46Yes, ma'am.
18:47Yes, ma'am.
18:47Yes, ma'am.
18:48Yes, ma'am.
18:49Yes, ma'am.
18:49Yes, ma'am.
18:50Yes, ma'am.
18:50Yes, ma'am.
18:52Yes, ma'am.
18:54I'm sure I have more to drive.
18:58Mr. Heyward, we are here.
19:00Where are you, Mary?
19:01Oh, oh, oh, oh.
19:12You all right?
19:18you have outgunned yourself in the air
19:21ah
19:22do you make me a fart?
19:24no
19:25no
19:28yeah
19:34no
19:36no
19:37no
19:37no
19:38no
19:38no
19:38no
19:47Mr Hurst, have you ever read Catherine Macaulay's work?
19:51no
19:52she's most insightful on democracy, if you're interested
19:56no
20:02what think you of James Hutton's theory that the earth is perpetually being formed?
20:08I have no interest in geology
20:11what do you like, Mr Hurst?
20:15horses
20:16horse racing
20:16oh
20:17I know so little about horse racing, I would be honoured if you would teach me all you know
20:22we won't have time for that
20:23let's just see how we get on
20:26right
20:28right
20:31forelegs
20:33cannot vomit
20:35beautiful creatures
20:36beautiful
20:37almost too beautiful
20:38more intelligent than anyone at this table
20:42perhaps if I was to construct a horse
20:44then we'd know
20:45appreciate that
20:46right
20:46I've done this before
20:47I'm sure I can do it again
20:48fascinating
20:49these are the front legs
20:50here
20:50we call these the cloppers
20:53back legs
20:54the clippers
20:55ah
20:56clip flops
20:57right
20:57you see what I'm saying?
20:59you do not want to stand behind a horse
21:00you do not want to do
21:01I just want to try
21:04what can a horse do?
21:06you tell me
21:07well
21:07it can run
21:09but it can also break your heart
21:11I can see it
21:12that is
21:13our horse
21:14what shall we name it?
21:16Gerald
21:17Gerald
21:18Gerald
21:19let's enter him at
21:21York
21:21probably faster than the horse I bet on last week
21:28thank you
21:29thank you
21:29thank you sir
21:31I shall never wager
21:33any significant amount of money
21:34without consulting you first
21:35ah
21:42Miss Bennet
21:43I was hoping to speak to you
21:46really?
21:47I couldn't let this evening pass
21:49without having the privilege of talking to you properly
21:52it's a shame then that you chose to seat me so far from you
21:54at dinner
21:59you met Lady Catherine once
22:01did you not?
22:02I did
22:03only recently we were talking about your family
22:05and she confessed herself astonished
22:08at the great difference between you and your sisters
22:10she felt that you were
22:12not as handsome as Elizabeth
22:14nor as provoking
22:16not as beautiful as Jane
22:18nor as willing as Kitty
22:19and
22:20well
22:20who could measure up to Lydia's
22:23joie de vivre
22:27it was very candid of her
22:28she is known for her frankness
22:30I sometimes wonder if frankness
22:32isn't just a poor excuse for unkindness
22:38tell me Miss Bennet
22:40do you intend to marry?
22:42let's assume we all must marry
22:44in the end
22:47perhaps you might allow me to offer you a little advice
22:50if you wish
22:52it seems to me
22:54that a great deal of time
22:55is thrown away in pursuit of attachments
22:57that
22:58can never come to anything
23:00such as
23:01Mr. Ryder
23:05do you mean to suggest that I am pursuing Mr. Ryder?
23:09or that he is pursuing me
23:12for both are quite without foundation
23:14and yet it seems you do all you can to please him
23:17I cannot imagine why else he would
23:19speak of you as he does
23:21what do you mean?
23:22confine yourself to your proper sphere
23:24Miss Bennet
23:26presumptions of this kind
23:27only lead to disappointment
23:28and humiliation
23:29where matters of the heart are concerned
23:35you seem to know a great deal about rejection
23:39is this a lesson you've learned from extensive study?
23:42or do you perhaps owe it to experience of a more personal nature?
23:54oh, Miss Bingley
23:55Miss Bingley, welcome to the gate
23:57I fear
23:58it was a very thorough lesson in horse racing
24:05you had a dinner
24:06Miss Bennet
24:07it was, yes
24:09most interesting
24:11I wanted to say that
24:15I wanted to ask
24:17or that is to say
24:18I had noticed at the ball
24:19that Mr. Ryder
24:20had occupied a great deal of your time
24:23and he often acts without thinking
24:25I'd be very glad to ask him to be more restrained
24:28if that is what you would like
24:32I very much enjoy his company
24:34I see
24:39no, I...
24:40of course, I...
24:41forgive my intrusion
24:42no, that is to say
24:43I'm...
24:44I'm not drawn to him
24:46who is she?
24:46Bennet, girl
24:47what do you suppose play?
24:48oh, the governess
24:50she was the only one of the five not to marry
24:52can you imagine?
24:53she didn't look very plain to me
24:54she was tolerable
24:56and you can see Ryder's interest in her
24:58if I were him
24:58I'd snap her up before some other fellow does
25:01excuse me?
25:02I believe Miss Bennet
25:04would like to sing for us
25:05how lovely, Mary
25:07oh, I have no wish to do anything of the sort
25:09oh, come Miss Bennet
25:10you must sing
25:11sing
25:12sing
25:13sing
25:14sing
25:15sing
25:17sing
25:17sing
25:17sing
25:18sing
25:18sing
25:19sing
25:20sing
25:20sing
25:21sing
25:22sing
25:27Mary, Mary
25:28we must get you to Pemberley
25:29immediately
25:30we have received an urgent letter
25:32your mother's been taken gravely ill
25:33oh, oh
25:34take her carriage and go
25:35now
25:36oh
25:37oh, oh
25:38come on Mary, you must hurry
25:48I'm dead.
25:50It's all right.
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