The Other Bennet Sister

Matt Roush says...

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is the gift that keeps on giving. With a deluxe Netflix remake on the horizon for later this year (featuring the likes of Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, Olivia Colman, and Rufus Sewell), a delightful 10-part series looks at the timeless story from a new angle: that of Mary Bennet (a wonderful Ella Bruccoleri), the mousy sister who has long lived in the shadow of Elizabeth, Jane, and the rest of her colorful family. “What can you do if you’re the odd one out?” the bookish and forlorn Mary wonders as she tries to put herself forward in Regency society with disastrous results. Determined to focus on her intellectual “gravitas,” Mary’s trajectory changes forever when a family tragedy takes her from Longbourn to London, where she becomes a governess for her gregarious aunt and uncle (Indira Varma and Richard Coyle) and finds a path to become her true best self. The series launches with three episodes.

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