The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

- Season 1

(2012)

In Lizzie's first video blog as part of a grad school project, she introduces herself, her best friend Charlotte Lu, and her sister Lydia (accidentally). This is the first glimpse into Lizzie's life, and sets the stage for all the drama to come!

Lizzie introduces her sisters: Lydia, who...is Lydia, and Jane, who works her butt off for her family and never thinks of herself. And of course, her nearly-a-sister, Charlotte, who is the brains behind the whole video blog operation.

Though she never actually shows them, this blog is about Lizzie's parents - mainly, her mother's goals and hopes for her perpetually single daughters.

The thought of Bing Lee dominates Lizzie's mother's life. It's all she talks about. Through the schemes of the crazily lovable Mrs. Bennet, the 2.5 WPF club, and Lizzie's out of control baby sister, some new info about Bing Lee is brought to light.

Lizzie talks with Jane about how lovely the wedding was, and how Bing and Jane did actually really hit it off, to the elation of Mrs. Bennet.

Lizzie and Lydia reenact the events of the Gibson wedding to show just how boring, stuffy, and rude Bing's friend Darcy turned out to be.

Lizzie recounts the most awkward dance ever with William Darcy.

Charlotte's back, and apparently discussed something with Mrs. Bennet that Lizzie isn't too thrilled about.

Lizzie discusses why, unlike her mother, she thinks it's better to wait until you meet the right person than to get married just to escape singledom.

Lizzie feels the need to go off topic, however her sister Jane has a surprise which makes that impossible.

Lizzie must admit that mister Bing Lee simply is charming indeed. Charlotte doubts whether Jane's interest in him is actually noticeable.

Lizzie challenges Jane to say something nice about mister Darcy ... and she does.

Bing and Caroline Lee come to dinner at the Bennets and disaster after embarrassment ensues.

After the dinner at the Bennets, the Bennet sisters, the Lees and Darcy went out together. Some drank too much, among which Lydia, who passed out in Lizzie's bed. Lydia gets some revenge.

Charlotte and Jane discuss events of the night all went out, that Lizzie simply cannot not believe happened.

Lizzie responds to the 'high jacking' of the previous vlog by Jane and especially Charlotte, the latter with whom she will go to lunch after this vlog, and indeed Charlotte knocks at the door famished. They discuss Charlotte's future success and happiness, which Lizzie knows will happen and Charlotte says depends on too many variables among which lots and lots of luck.

In the last weeks of the semester there is swim week with lots of good looking swimming muscled men, therefore Lizzie is concerned for Lydia. Of course Lydia shows up, armed with scissors and coupons, and acts like Lizzie's concern is indeed justified.

The day after Lizzie escorted Lydia to Carter's where they met too many drunk swimmers behaving badly, Jane and Lizzie discuss one exception who Lizzie met that previous evening: George Wickham.

Grocery shopping for green beans in cranberry sauce at four in the morning with Lizzie turns out to be a prelude to a convoluted scheme by mrs. Bennet. After Lizzie finds out, she makes Jane find out as well since Jane and Bing are the intended 'victims' of this scheme.

Lizzie and Charlotte are too busy with their studies for a vlog, and unbeknownst to them Lydia 'helps' them by vlogging instead of them. Lydia has quite a lot to say, especially about holding Bing to a promise of a party soon at his grand house. Jane catches Lydia vlogging and points out that Bing made that promise when they went out and he had too much to drink. Lydia, of course, does not care about that.

The finals are done and it is time to look at, or fantasize about, the future. Charlotte is the voice of reason to Lizzie's ideals and ideas.

At the end of the semester, Lydia gets Bing to throw a party at Netherfield. Although not fast enough for Mrs. Bennet, Jane and Bing grow closer and Lizzie announces she's going to VidCon.

The vlog-followers asked for another questions and answers vlog, so they got it. Charlotte's editing skills are omnipresent when Lizzie tells an embarrassing story from their youth.

The day after the party at Bing's house Lizzie gives an impression of it. The party was different from what she is used to. In fact it was rather good. She is sad about losing something and Lydia has a nice surprise for Lizzie.

After the perfect night Jane spent with Bing talking, she is home, however her mother seems to think Jane should have handled this situation completely different, therefore mrs. Bennet is unhappy. Lizzie on the other hand is happy Jane is home for various reasons

At Vidcon Lizzie runs in to Ricky Collins who explains why he should be called mister Collins and which successes he holds. When he starts catching up about when they were supposedly betrothed as children, Lizzie stops him. Charlotte says Lizzie needs to be nice to him and people in general, especially in this vlog.

Lizzie knew Mom was up to something. Leave it up to her to come up with a plan to drastically change our lives even while we're still having fun at Vidcon.