I wasn't impressed with how she got sucked in to thinking that Caroline was her friend, when her initial judgement was accurate, and loathed the her last episode where Lizzie forgave her. It wasn't the forgiveness that bothered me, so much as the lack of fire that should have characterised the "Lady Catherine" scene. I was let down by the writers' need to make everyone happy and wonderful people. Caroline would have been better served if they'd let her be the vindictive bitch she is in the book.
I didn't like what Jane said to her in episode 70, either. It's like they were trying to imply that Lizzie was a borderline agoraphobiac and was hiding from her future. She'd just been away for two months and she only had a semester to go on her degree. Jane was incredibly hypocritical, when she's only just moved out herself, and in her case she was motivated by a guy. They make it seem like Lizzie's being weak by choosing to be responsible about her future. The point is that they have no grounds for this argument against her when she is going out and finding her way in the world. She's moving forward, just on her own terms. I didn't like how everyone condemned Lizzie for showing hesitation in accepting their choices - when her only motivation was that she wanted what was best for all of them - yet showed no respect for Lizzie's choices for herself.
I also wasn't too happy about the way they portrayed the relationship between Lizzie and Wickham. They went on a handful of dates - not something I think Lizzie would actual clarify as a relationship, and she's supposed to be insightful. I feel that if anything, Lizzie should have been more likely to see through his bullshit if the writers had updated her fairly.
I'm nitpicking. There a lot of really great things about the series and I never had a problem with the actors themselves - the performances were great. I just didn't appreciate how, for all the things they did right, Lizzie was the one who suffered when they went wrong.
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I didn't like what Jane said to her in episode 70, either. It's like they were trying to imply that Lizzie was a borderline agoraphobiac and was hiding from her future. She'd just been away for two months and she only had a semester to go on her degree. Jane was incredibly hypocritical, when she's only just moved out herself, and in her case she was motivated by a guy. They make it seem like Lizzie's being weak by choosing to be responsible about her future. The point is that they have no grounds for this argument against her when she is going out and finding her way in the world. She's moving forward, just on her own terms. I didn't like how everyone condemned Lizzie for showing hesitation in accepting their choices - when her only motivation was that she wanted what was best for all of them - yet showed no respect for Lizzie's choices for herself.
I also wasn't too happy about the way they portrayed the relationship between Lizzie and Wickham. They went on a handful of dates - not something I think Lizzie would actual clarify as a relationship, and she's supposed to be insightful. I feel that if anything, Lizzie should have been more likely to see through his bullshit if the writers had updated her fairly.
I'm nitpicking. There a lot of really great things about the series and I never had a problem with the actors themselves - the performances were great. I just didn't appreciate how, for all the things they did right, Lizzie was the one who suffered when they went wrong.