The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Episode #95 "End of the Line": AKA: Oh Caroline, No...

So we've known for awhile that the chances of Catherine de Bough actually appearing on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries was probably slim to none, and a lot of people guessed that it would be Caroline Lee who would storm in with the accusation of Lizzie seducing Darcy. Especially since Lizzie is still at home, and why on earth would the great Catherine de Bourgh stoop to a house visit to the Bennet Residence? 

Well today, those who guessed it would be Caroline, can all do a happy, little I-told-you-so dance. Ms. Caroline Lee burst on to today's episode with accusations and revelations. She stormed in claiming that Lizzie was the mastermind behind getting Bing to quit med school and move to New York to be with Jane. Clearly her brother was incapable of making a decision that big on his own.

First off, I can not even begin to tell you all how happy I am that Jane's "little indiscretion" was finally revealed. Seriously, that has been plaguing me for MONTHS. Apparently Jane's indiscretion was kissing another man, or rather some drunk friend of Bing's kissed her, just in time for Darcy to walk by. You really got to give it to Caroline for timing that just so. That was not an easy feet I'm sure. Now if only we got to learn how Wickham "saved" Lydia in Vegas...

Anyways as expected, Caroline semi threatens, or rather as best she can threaten, because what can she really do to her,  Lizzie, to stay away from Darcy. To which Lizzie reminds her that Darcy is in charge of his own life, and she hers, but more importantly she never flat out denies her feelings for Darcy, which as we all witnessed in episode #60 "Are You Kidding Me?".

In the original story, it is Elizabeth's confrontation with Lady Catherine that brings Darcy back to her.

“It taught me to hope,” said he, “as I had scarcely ever allowed myself hope before. I knew enough of your disposition to be certain, that had you been absolutely, irrevocably decided against me, you would have acknowledged it to Lady Catherine, frankly and openly.”

So, is this lack of denial combined with her reactions about the subject with Charlotte and Lydia in recent entries enough to give our dear Darcy hope? We have five episodes left to find out.

School of Thrones: Episode #1 Prom Night is Coming: AKA: And so it Begins

The way our society ingests entertainment has changed. People want to watch what they want when they want, and with DVRs, On Demand, Netflix, Hulu, basically the internet in general, it is entirely possible. Gone are the days when you need to rush home and be in front of the tv to watch your favorite shows. In fact I sat down to think about it and came to the realization that the only show I actually make a point to sit down and watch when it airs is Castle. Which sidebar, the whole father arc they just did WOW.

But I digress, as I said the culture of entertainment is changing. Now with the internet it is even easier for creative types to get their material out to the general public. New webisodes seem to crop up every other day.

I have just recently gotten into watching a few webisodes, most notably The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, which is as you can plainly see from my most recent entries is my newest obsession. Today, was the premiere of School of Thrones, a parody webseries about what would happen if you were to take the characters of the popular HBO series Game of Thrones  and put them in a modern day high school, in a race for the thrown. Prom night is coming, and the race to be prom king and queen is on!

So the first episode doesn't give us much more than an introduction, but I am excited to see where they go with this. Plus I'm not gonna lie I am excited that both Maxwell Glick and Mary Kate Wiles in another show as The Lizzie Bennet Diaries has already announced that their end date to be March 28th, when they hit their 100th episode.

School of Thrones posts new episodes Sundays at 12pm PST. You can watch the first episode here.

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Episode #94 "Revelations":AKA: FINALLY!!!

So in ep. #92 Jing got their happy ending(ish) as it was more of a new beginning than an end, and in ep. #93 we got to see the lovely Charlotte again, all happy things.

A few hours ago, the newest episode of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries went up, and while the internet blew up far less than it did last week after the reuniting of Jing, today's episode had far greater consequence to the story. Today marked the beginning of the end folks, today Lizzie found out just who took down the website.

Interestingly enough, instead of Lydia letting it slip about Mr. Darcy's involvement in the saving of her reputation, ala Pride and Prejudice, our darling LBD Lydia makes the conscious decision to inform her sister of Darcy's involvement, because she feels it is the right thing to do.

Side bar: Can we take a moment to appreciate how devastating it was to hear Lydia admit she went looking into who took the site down in the hopes that it was George. That she had thought maybe he had seen how badly he hurt her and taken it down because he really did love her. Despite everything he did to her, she was still holding out hope that he loved her. I can not even begin to describe how awful that makes me feel for her. I'm glad they mentioned that she is in counseling and how she said talking to people helps. I really admire that after the Powers That Be over at LBD opened the whole emotional abuse storyline, they didn't just sweep it under a rug when it was no longer needed to further the plot. I appreciate that they are showing that there is a lasting effect to having that done to someone.

We can all agree though, the most important thing to come out of today's episode is now Lizzie KNOWS that Darcy was involved, and now she can allow herself the most important thing any person can have, hope. Maybe now she can allow herself that little bit of hope that Darcy's feelings for her haven't changed since last October. Now if we can just have Darcy find his little bit of hope that her feelings have changed, which as much as I would LOVE having "Lady" Catherine involved in this, if Darcy is watching her videos he'd have to be BLIND not to notice, then we can bring everyone's favorite couple together.

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: Episode #90 "Something Lighter Please": Not Light Enough Though

On Friday the latest episode of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries was released. We are treated to a little Jing action, and I mean VERY little. Lizzie actually turns off the camera when Jane and Bing have there talk. The episode basically establishes that Bing has returned, and he wants Jane back. I think we can all agree that Darcy had something to do with all this. After all, he did say in the last Pemberly Digital video that he was going to continue to make amends. So, it's safe to say that Darcy is probably back in town as well.

New Jane, however is not so quick to forgive Bing. She tells Lizzie that she and Bing have discussed, taking it slow, being friends. So yeay for being an independent woman, but come on, I want me some Jing.

Also, I still really wanna know two things:

1) What was Jane's "indiscretion" at Bing's Birthday Party?
2) How did George "Save" Lydia from in Vegas?

So what's next guys?

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries #89 "Insomnia": AKA: The Bennet Sisters in PJs

So once again we are given another filler episode, which is all well and good. I mean there can't be epic drama in every episode, right? I think we all just got so used to the turmoil of the past few weeks that we may have forgotten that.

Still today we are treated to Jane and Lizzie in their Pjs, and once again Lizzie expresses her gratitude to the "mysterious person" who got the website taken down. If Darcy is still watching the video, which I am pretty sure he does, you know it has to be killing him inside.

But it wasn't all fluff today, Lizzie tells Jane that she saw Bing at Pemberly Digital and he asked about her. Did anyone else just want to give Jane a big hug? I mean clearly she still has feelings for Bing, and now she's also unemployed so it's not like sh e can throw herself into her work to try and forget about him. I'm really hoping that Bing has been watching Lizzie's videos, since he sort of found out about them the last time she saw him, and he sees Jane's face. I want him to know that she's hurting as much as, though probably more than, he is. Plus if he has been watching the videos he will see that her feelings were always real.

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: Pemberly Digital #6 "Return": AKA: Wrapping Things Up

Well it looks like yesterday's was the last episode of Pemberly Digital's "Domino demos", or as I call them: The Gigi Diaries. The purpose for yesterday's installment was basically to confirm what we all already knew. Yes, Darcy was the one responsible for the website shutting down, and no he has no intentions of telling our dear Lizzie of his involvement.

Of course he didn't tell Gigi how he got the website taken down, but I think it's safe to say none of the fandom really expected him to come right out with a full recounting of the tale, especially to his little sister. I am convinced however, that Lydia knows what happened, as I mentioned here a few days ago.

I have to admit I am a little sad that there will be no more Pemberly Digital videos to look forward to, but this means that we are moving forward. I'm excited to see how things progress.

On a mostly unrelated note, I have come to the realization that I love the fact that Darcy hardly ever smiles. I know that is a really weird thing to notice/say, but here me out, because he smiles so rarely, it makes when he does, even when it is only the tiniest hint of a smile, all the more endearing. Seriously, watch him talk to Gigi. His face when she tells him "Thank you. Thank you for being the best big brother a girl could ask for," is one of the sweetest things you will ever see.

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries #88 "Okay":AKA: So Not the Controversy

 

So, the sextape site went down yesterday afternoon, and the fandom rejoiced. Of course it HAD to go down yesterday because according to TLBD timeline, Lizzie tapes the day before she posts, so Sundays and Wednesdays. Since clearly the site need to be done before the tape was released, because remember people this is fiction and the tape doesn't really exist, it needed to go down yesterday so Lizzie could talk about it in today's video.

I know, I know every was really hoping that we would get a Darcy/Wickham confrontation, or Lizzie learning from Darcy that the site was down, but come on folks, we all knew, or should have known, deep down in the cockles of our hearts that there was no way that's how it was going down. After all Elizabeth doesn't find out about Mr. Darcy's involvement in the Lydia/Wickham affair til Lydia lets it slip that Mr. Darcy was at the wedding, and then Elizabeth hunts down the information out of her aunt in the book. So why would it be so easily revealed in the world of TLBD?

Plus there is something so tragically beautiful to me about, Darcy watching Lizzie’s video today, seeing her say: “Oh, thank you, whoever you are, whatever you did, you are a wonderful person, and I can’t thank you enough.” Smiling sadly and softly saying “You’re welcome, Lizzie”, knowing she will never (at least as far as he believes) ever know he was the one responsible.

As for Lydia, I totally think she knows Darcy had something to do with it and has been sworn to secrecy. The way she says thank you to the camera and then turns to Lizzie and says it again? It's because she knows that Darcy did this for Lizzie and so if it hadn't been for Lizzie the site probably wouldn't have been taken down. Or at least that's how I interpret it.

Even though we may not have gotten the epic Valentine's Day romance we all were secretly, and not so secretly hoping for in today's installment, remember...we will always have this.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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