Another poor ladette objected about this to one of the teachers and was shot down for not expressing herself properly and however men act, ladies are still expected to be ladies and she would find men like that everywhere. She was essentially told to suck it up. This ladette was a stripper, so I think she has a better idea of how men act than the teacher, and she has a point about the standard of behaviour accepted from this so-called gentleman.

And when another ladette complained about being turned into “decorated f***dolls for the pleasure of men”, it was one of the most hilarious moments of the whole series.

And I’m probably being really anal now, but isn’t it amazing that Elizabeth’s letter from Amanda’s flat was written on paper similar enough to what they used then that it hadn’t been remarked upon?

But having said all this, I really want to see how the story gets resolved. I take it that being around Elizabeth is meant to make Amanda’s boyfriend pull his socks up, but I’m not sure how the writers are going to make it convincing.

For me, the one big flaw in this series is how the characters ignore some very unacceptable behaviour from Amanda. I’m not sure if this plays into the vicarage vs aristocracy issue that was discussed at ARRC (village society was more tolerant of social faux pas than the aristocracy, etc.), but things like Amanda kneeing Collins I would’ve though would be social suicide. Or the fact that she spoke so plainly to Bingley about being a lesbian (supposedly). As in, I just can’t imagine anyone of good breeding being able to tolerate her after that.

Caroline Bingley is a complete and total bitch in this one, worse than I’ve seen her before. Now THAT would be a fun role to play!

Also, Wickham. He’s so much more diabolical in this story. I want to stab him in the eye.

And hello! Never leave space or time portals unattended while open. Sheesh!

Elizabeth finally managed to open a door at the end of their attic that should open out into nothing (the door is in an exterior wall), but actually opened into Amanda’s shower. Amanda’s shower had something that looked like a panel in the wall that should open into the plumbing. They had a bit of a conversation in Amanda’s flat, but when she went to have a look into Longbourn, the door shut behind her and won’t open.

The problem I have with their communication is that Elizabeth wrote a letter to her father and slipped it under the door to Amanda, but Amanda only ever shouts through the door at Elizabeth and (not so surprisingly) never gets a response. (It’s just as well that their father never gets involved in anything or he might have trouble sending a reply to Elizabeth.) Why doesn’t Amanda ever slip a note to Elizabeth under the door instead of just ranting about how everything’s “tits up”?

I only caught the show after SYTYCD, so I missed the bit about how Lizzie and Amanda communicate. I might have to hit you on chat to get the details! :-)

It’s excruciating to watch the debacle, to be honest. Short of being a dream, I can’t see how Jane is supposed to get away from being married to Mr. Collins, and how Bingley will cry off an engagement to Lydia, etc. And Mrs. Bennet! I swear, she must be one of the funnest parts to play.

Also, it amused me no end that the actors who play Darcy and Bingley look very similar to Colin Firth and Crispin Bonham-Carter.