-s Pride And Prejudice -1995- All 6 Episodes 〈TRUSTED | HONEST REVIEW〉

One night, Lady Catherine de Bourgh thunders into Longbourn, ordering Elizabeth to promise never to marry Darcy. Elizabeth refuses. “I am only resolved to act in that manner which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness.”

Then comes the visit from Mr. Collins, their ridiculous clergyman cousin, who will inherit Longbourn. Episode Three delivers the season’s first great set-piece: he proposes to Elizabeth in the Longbourn parlor. It is a masterpiece of condescending absurdity. “My reasons for marrying are, first… secondly… thirdly…” He lists them like items on a grocery list. Elizabeth refuses, calmly, then firmly. Her mother is hysterical. Her father, hiding in his library, sighs with relief. “An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth,” he says. “From this day, you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.” -s Pride and Prejudice -1995- All 6 Episodes

“My affections and wishes are unchanged,” she says. “But one word from you will silence me on this subject forever.” One night, Lady Catherine de Bourgh thunders into

Then, disaster. A letter arrives: Lydia has run off with Wickham. Elizabeth tells Darcy. He goes pale, says nothing, and leaves abruptly. She returns to Longbourn, certain she has lost him forever. Collins, their ridiculous clergyman cousin, who will inherit

Episode Two sees the family plunged into crisis. Jane falls ill at Netherfield, and Elizabeth walks three muddy miles to tend to her. She arrives, petticoats caked in brown earth, a vision of vibrant defiance. Miss Bingley is aghast. Mr. Darcy, however, watches her from the window, and something in his chest unthaws.

The story begins not with a whisper, but with a clatter. The clip-clop of hooves on the muddy lane to Netherfield Park announces to all of Meryton that the neighborhood has a new, wealthy tenant: Mr. Bingley. For Mrs. Bennet, it is the sound of destiny. For her second-eldest daughter, Elizabeth, it is merely the prelude to an evening of tolerable nonsense.

Then, the second dance: of fate. Darcy, overwhelmed by a love he cannot suppress, proposes in the Hunsford parsonage. It is the most unromantic proposal ever uttered. “In vain have I struggled. It will not do. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” But then he ruins it: he catalogues her low connections, her family’s vulgarity, the inferiority of her situation. Elizabeth’s fury is cold and absolute. “From the very beginning, your manners impressed me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others.” She accuses him of ruining Wickham and destroying Jane’s happiness. Darcy walks out, stunned.