
Oh Thoughtless, Thoughtless Lydia!
11/18/20 • 83 min
Pride and Prejudice: Chapters 46-51
Ungovernable Lydia + Sketchy Wickham = Trouble for the Bennets
Letters, letters, letters. So. Many. Letters! Why, you ask? Because Lydia has absconded with Wickham in the night! (GASP) She believes she’s going to Scotland to be married to him, but there's no proof of this and the structure of the Bennet’s domesticity is destabilized.
Lizzy’s trip is cut short, Mrs. Bennet is teetering on the edge of insanity (more than usual), Mr. Bennet is run off to find the lovers, Kitty and Mary are, well, Kitty and Mary, and Jane is carrying the brunt of the stress on her shoulders. How could this possibly be resolved? What are people going to say about the entire affair?
Pride and Prejudice: Chapters 46-51
Ungovernable Lydia + Sketchy Wickham = Trouble for the Bennets
Letters, letters, letters. So. Many. Letters! Why, you ask? Because Lydia has absconded with Wickham in the night! (GASP) She believes she’s going to Scotland to be married to him, but there's no proof of this and the structure of the Bennet’s domesticity is destabilized.
Lizzy’s trip is cut short, Mrs. Bennet is teetering on the edge of insanity (more than usual), Mr. Bennet is run off to find the lovers, Kitty and Mary are, well, Kitty and Mary, and Jane is carrying the brunt of the stress on her shoulders. How could this possibly be resolved? What are people going to say about the entire affair?
Previous Episode

Pemberly and Its "Proud" Owner
Pride and Prejudice: Chapters 41- 45
Lizzy Bennet finally gets to see the estate she could have been the mistress of - and she starts to regret her decision. She is in awe of the grounds, and so are we. Let's just say that Pemberly is better at flirting than Mr. Darcy.
While on vacation with the Gardiners, her really cool aunt and uncle from London, the three of them decide to go to the famous Pemberly. As you might expect, Lizzy is nervous, but is assured Mr. Darcy isn't home. Well, that is until he shows up. Now Lizzy has to deal with the embarrassment of finding herself touring the house of the man she refused to marry! Awkward...
Oh, and Lydia goes to Brighton with her newly wed friend and the militia. It's totally going to be fine though.
Next Episode

A Proper Proposal
Pride and Prejudice: Chapters 52- 56
We finally have one, everyone! We finally have a proper and welcomed proposal! It's taken a while to get here, but at least someone knows what they are doing.
But first - we have the most tea ever spilled in an Austen novel. Lizzy hears back from her aunt about WTF happened at Lydia's wedding. Why was Darcy there? Well, turns out, he did a lot more than just attend the nuptials. Lets just say that Darcy has finally warmed even Catrina's heart!
Back to that proposal. There is love and happiness and joy. We swoon. It truly is a happily ever after - except it isn't the end.
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