Oh Lizzie Bennet. It’s been such a year.
Remember when we first saw Lizzie holding up that ridiculous pink shirt, quoting the source material?
Remember the 2.5 WPF club?
Remember “this is my friend Charlotte and she’s going to help me with this demo” and our first costume theater?
Remember when there were only three sisters instead of five?
Remember when all the sisters turned out to be redheads?
Remember Lydia’s RIDICULOUS elbows?
Remember “practically perfect in every way”?
Remember Bing Lee’s 500 teenaged prostitutes?
Remember “they are too hot and single to be gay!”?
Remember Charlotte drawing devil horns on Lizzie?
Remember when Mrs. Bennet probably paid off Ellen Gibson to throw the bouquet straight at Lizzie?
Remember when Bing Lee not literally charmed the pants off everyone?
Remember “are you fake texting” “it’s super important”?
Remember when militia arriving in town turned out to be a swim tournament?
Remember the green bean gelatin?
Remember when Jane stayed back at Netherfield after the party?
Remember Ricky Collins scaring the crap out of Lizzie at Vidcon and being perfectly obnoxious?
Remember the guy who awkwardly walked into the frame of Lizzie’s second Vidcon vlog?
Remember when oh Mary is their COUSIN
Remember when Lydia started her own vlog?
Remember when Caroline said “my name is Lizzie Bennet and this is my life” and the ensuing panic?
Remember OMG BING LEE IS THE MOST PRECIOUS THING EVER
Remember when Lizzie thought Bing was going to harm her with his scary surgical tools?
Remember when Kitty turned out to be an actual cat?
Remember Darceny?
Remember “Lizzie do you want to get your groove thing on” and Jane’s ridiculous Darcy impersonation?
Remember reuniting with Charlotte after Netherfield?
Remember comparing Collins and Wickham?
Remember “Binging as one”
Remember Charlotte accepting the offer?
Remember Wickham’s abs?
Remember Maria trying to get her sister and Lizzie to make up?
Remember Darvid and Batman?
Remember snickerdoodles?
Remember when Lizzie decided to move on?
Remember when Anne turned out to be an asthmatic lap dog?
Remember “Darcybot malfunction”?
Remember Fitz being hilarious as Darcy and the best/worst wingman ever?
Remember agoraphobic lobster?
Remember “I forget nothing”?
Remember Lydia running away to visit Jane?
Remember “excuse me Lizzie”?
Remember the WORST WAIT EVER
Remember “you’re filming” and “why don’t you watch my videos?”
Remember when “I’m not going to sue you” and “I don’t care about that”?
Remember Caroline showing up at Collins and Collins?
Remember Lizzie threatening Ricky with a video of their second grade play?
Remember when Lizzie almost went deaf?
Remember Mary being the best worst at costume theater?
Remember Lizzie’s and Lydia’s falling out?
Remember when they left us with “Pemberley Digital…why does that sound familiar?” right before the week hiatus?
Remember being terrified that Lydia was going to get married/overdosed/arrested in Vegas?
Remember Gigi discovering the videos?
Remember when Gigi looked SO MUCH like Darcy?
Remember when Gigi became the queen of our ship by throwing Lizzie and Darcy in a room together?
Remember “the hills in this city can be quite unforgiving?” and Lizzie TOUCHED HIM OMG
Remember BING IS BACK
Remember verisimilitude and “that will make the costumes easier to obtain” and the freaking hat and bow tie
Remember the pain of watching Lydia’s downward spiral?
Remember crying along with Gigi as she opened her heart for us all to see?
Remember the San Francisco tour and WHY ARE YOU WEARING GLASSES
Remember Darcy’s stupid face when Lizzie touched his shoulder?
Remember Darcy!Gigi and the best costume theater moment ever as Darcy was flawless as Fitz?
Remember the pain of Lydia’s last vlog?
Remember Pemberley Domino and Darcy reserving theater tickets?
Remember finding the website?
Remember episode 84 and how it was the most painful thing to watch until episode 87 came along?
Remember when Jane lost her job?
Remember when they were going to be okay?
Remember when Bing showed back up with snickerdoodles?
Remember what ifs?
Remember “I quit med school” and “yes you can come with me” and the two sweetest characters being adorable?
Remember Charlotte Lu speaking the truth and being the voice of reasons?
Remember Lydia telling Lizzie that Darcy was her savior?
Remember that frightening moment right when Caroline came in when we all thought she was Mrs. Bennet?
Remember the first ever time Charlotte was portrayed in costume theater and “a book? And what was with the purple hat?”
Remember “second chances are rare”?
Remember “I thought you were Chinese”?
Remember the pain of the first half of 98, and then the unadulterated joy?
Remember the world’s cutest q & a?
Remember “my name is William Darcy, and Lizzie Bennet is amazing”?
It’s been one whirlwind year. One that I will never forget. I may have forgotten some small moments here and there, but every time I watch these videos in the future, I will remember not only the great times I had, but the beautiful community surrounding it.
Thanks Bernie, Hank, and all the writers and crew.
Thanks Ashley, Julia, Mary Kate, Laura, Daniel, Christopher, Allison, Jessica, Wes, Maxwell, Craig, Briana, and Janice and Rosie, for not only being the perfect cast, but caring about the show, and the characters, and the fans so deeply.
I’m gonna cry so hard on Thursday.
