Sanditon -- Charlotte discovers Lennox's true colors 

Alexander and Charlotte both fell in love for the first time at a young age and were soon betrayed and hurt. It's breathtakingly stunning to watch them both as they discover how true love looks, acts, and feels. Charlotte has cast her spell on Colbourne, and the way Colbourne looks at Charlotte is equally spellbinding. They are both under each other's spell, and now there is no escape for either one of them.

Ok but can we TALK about Alexander’s eyes and the way he is looking at Charlotte on the stairs?! The concern and care on his face is amazing. Ben Lloyd-Hughes is really killing me every time he looks at her. It’s like we can see all the emotions in his heart through his eyes and the emotions vary depending on the scene. Seriously, Sidney who. Susan, thank you so much for giving us these scenes. I watch on prime so I always watch the full episode first and then come here to rewatch their scenes. I so appreciate your doing this for us.

“I must know who you are” - prob my fav line of the season so far. These 2 broken hearts who each were betrayed by their first loves and now she is opening up her heart to him and he to her.

“I must know who you are” is so romantic.

Ok finally a woman in a period drama reacts normally. I'm so glad she didn't just stand and act weak she shoved him off like any reasonable person would. I was just afraid Alexander would see them kiss and misunderstand.💙💠

I love how perceptive Colbourne is to Charlotte. Obviously he sees how distraught she is here but also at the garden party he recognized her being perturbed by her sister.

“Give me your hand” and he grabs her hand. Such a gentleman..

The walk backward down the stairs with her! SWOON!!!!💙🤍

2:13 another great scene with C & AC. Brilliant acting by Rose and BLH, they 100% understood the assignment

The drama continues and I'm here for it. 📺🍿🥤

Rose is a great actress, impressive.

Ew, when he said "Be sensible of my rank!", it revealed him to be more of a reptile than even that forced kiss. I thought him a con artist, but didn't think he'd be low enough to force himself on a woman. I'm surprised Charlotte didn't throw a powerful Demelza (if you know, you know) and slap him off the balcony. That would have been a memorable event for the ball. And oh my goodness, sweet Colbourne being right there when you turn around, after that rattling experience. I would've burst into tears.

Oh Alison….you have it so wrong! Charlotte is now smitten by Alexander! 🥰

That's a narrow escape for Charlotte! With this kind of reaction, you KNOW Lennox is the kind of guy who would continuously remind his wife of her "lower" rank after they are married. And he wouldn't hesitate to manhandle his wife if he thinks she steps out of line. Run, do not walk, away from a man like this.

In my mind's Sanditon canon, Charlotte excused herself for a moment before leaving with Mr. Colbourne and Augusta to go to the powder room. She scrubbed her teeth vigorously with tooth powder, and rinsed out her mouth with mint and rosewater, removing every last molecule of Lennox's dna from said mouth and her face! Then she bid goodnight to the Parkers, informing them that she was leaving with Augusta and Mr. Colbourne...

This scene took me out. The audacity of a man to speak to a woman that way, the same woman who he has been feeding lies too about a man who is raising HIS biological child. The woman was too stunned to speak. But I am glad she finally saw his true colors because he gave me the ick from the first episode.

Charlotte acted beautifully in this scene. I knew from the start Lennox reminds me of Wickham's. (pride and prejudice )

Also, brilliant to include a balcony scene. It looks like the same balcony that Charlotte stood with Sydney. Either way, excellent idea, because then she goes down the balcony to Alexander.

I'm so happy she can't be fooled by a man words anymore and she seeks the truth now ❤

Knew there was something not right about Lennox when he got Tom to gamble

When he told her that she could not sit with him at the dinner because of her station that said everything you needed to know about him. But it is a Jane Austen adaption and he is a red coat.

1:56 “I do not love you!!!” I love her expression and the way she said it. Such disgust. And Lennox is disgusting.

As her sister Allison assumed Charlotte meant Col. Lennox when she said she "felt alive in a way I haven't since..." and Allison responded with "You're allowed to have feelings for another man. It is not a betrayal... Speaking of whom" I would have loved it if Charlotte had looked back, seen it was Col Lennox approaching and had widened her eyes, shook her head imperceptibly and mouthed to her sister "Not him..." And then I cannot help but feel sorry for Augusta, who must have been wondering if she would ever get to attend an entire social event in Sanditon before her uncle drags her away early.

I've quite liked those moments where Alison is oblivious to who Charlotte actually means, and the one with Augusta in episode 4. While Alison and Augusta mean Lennox,and Augusta has better observation skills than Alison, you get to see Charlotte momentarilly drop her guard.

Am I the only one who thought of her conversations with Sidney when it first showed her and Lennox on the balcony? Conversations with Charlotte on balconies can be risky lol

Every time I re-watch this scene I'm always surprised that no one else saw this happen, it didn't cause more of a commotion? I know the music is probably loud but they are on a balcony overlooking the whole ballroom.

Everyone presumes that Lennox is the one that draws her and she's full of dismay that it's Colbourne. The charged look on his face when she says "I must know who you are!" Wow. He knows what the implications are for letting her into his inner world. But the ball is too public a place, this requires him to take Augusta home and bring Charlotte with them.

“I must know who you are!” Charlotte knows who she is but gets mixed messages from both Lennox and Colbourne.

This episode was basically Lennox and Edward competing for who was the bigger POS. I think Edward without a doubt won that contest and I have no shame in literally wanting his character to fall off a cliff and die, but Lennox came pretty close. Those two are a match made in hell, how on earth did someone as wholesome as Fraser end up in the same unit with them

sooner or later, the truth will out....... ✨TEAM COLBOURNE ✨

Season 1 was certainly good and well worth watching, but S2 was absolutely outstanding. Often, fate does indeed seem to have a strange and surprising way of guiding us along on our journey. Who would have guessed that S1 would have ended as it did or that the scriptwriter and casting crew would have been forced to take an entirely different and unfamiliar path-which, in my opinion, has led to a far more interesting and reward destination? But, as fate would have it, Charlotte's romance with Sidney Parker and his betrayal in order to marry the wealthy Eliza Campion (who had done the same thing to him a few years earlier) better prepared Charlotte for the older, more experienced, and wiser Alexander Colbourne who would be attracted to and fall in love with her. Not long into S2, it becomes clear that both Charlotte and Colbourne are surprised and thrown off kilter by their romantic attraction to each other. She and he had both sworn off love and marriage after falling in love and then being betrayed. At the end of S2, we're left wondering why exactly did Colbourne force Charlotte to leave her governess position, and why did Charlotte not allow Colbourne to finish whatever he started to say to her in the Parker home. All we do know is that she and he made a choice, and now they are both unhappy with their lives. We know what Charlotte wants, but what does Colbourne want? He's confusing us. Ah! The look on Alexander Colbourne's face when he sees Charlotte again in S3 makes it quite clear that Colbourne now knows exactly what he wants. The looming questions for S3 are-Can he still get her? If so, how? So, I am definitely looking forward to Season 3. For anyone who hasn't been able to put enough of the pieces together and is still trying to make sense of Charlotte and Colbourne's love story, here is a guide. Like Charlotte Heywood, Alexander Colbourne is a compelling character. Obviously, Colbourne is not pining for his dead wife who married him for his money, knowing that she and Lennox were in love with each other (which is why Lennox told Charlotte that Colbourne stole Lucy from him). However, Colbourne does deeply regret having spoken so harshly to Lucy when he discovered her infidelity and that she was pregnant with Lennox's child. He believes that what he said to Lucy was so damaging that it destroyed her will to live. So, he feels responsible for her death and for Leo not having a mother. Colbourne's compassionate heart and strong conscience have not allowed him to forgive himself-even after all these years. In S2 we see how compassionately Colbourne treats his horse and his dog, and how he tries to shield his daughter and his niece-and now Charlotte-from himself. Colbourne is apparently afraid of ever destroying anyone again, so he puts up barriers between himself and anyone that he loves. Charlotte helped Colbourne to begin tearing down those barriers that separate him from the people that he loves. But now Charlotte is one of those people-so we see Colbourne as he struggles with his internal conflict between his desire to have Charlotte and his desire to protect her from himself. Interestingly, it is not until Colonel Lennox tells Colbourne that Charlotte is in love with him that he realizes that she is indeed in love with him, and therefore she needs to be protected from him. Because Charlotte is so unique-she is neither meek nor submissive-Colbourne hadn't noticed the outward signs of her feelings about him. During the time that Jane Austen wrote, men who did not intend to marry often wore a signet ring (engraved with their initials) on the pinky of their left hand-just as Alexander Colbourne does. Colbourne often twists the signet ring that he wears on his left hand and appears to be thinking. My guess is that is yet another reason why he chose to dismiss Charlotte. Colbourne knows that he is in love with Charlotte, and it is obvious that he desires her. The way he kisses her makes that quite clear. After Colonel Lennox told Colbourne that Charlotte is in love with him, Colbourne realized that, as her employer she might submit to his desires because he is in a position of authority over her. Now that he knows how he feels about her and how she feels about him, allowing Charlotte to remain his subordinate would have been highly unethical. Since Colbourne-unlike Lennox-is a man of integrity, he could not bring himself to allow her to continue to be his subordinate, and therefore subject to his will. That's why he forces Charlotte to leave, even after she acknowledges that she was a willing participant during their romantic moments. When Colbourne goes to see Charlotte with the intention of asking her to return, Charlotte also makes the right decision. Sadly, at the end of Season 2, we were left with two people who are deeply in love with each other-and absolutely miserable because of the choice they had to make. The good news is-Season 3 is yet to come and now they both know they are in love and unhappy without the other person.

All right, but on another note, Allison really needs to get better about picking guys.

never trust a red coat period unless they rhyme with daptain graser

Thank you so much for sharing!!!!!

My favorite line on the show…”Why him?!” 🤣

I so look forward to these previews...Thank You Susan.😊❤

Allison, clueless as ever!!!!

I love this show 🥰🥰🥰

Why did she not slap him!!!! At least now she sees things clearly! Thx for uploading.

Ooo ☺️ I have to find the video where they're dancing. I'm so happy you posted these 😭

Susan your song selection and your videos are just fascinating. They are just amazing. Please keep them coming. You are doing a wonderful job putting the scenes together. Thank you so much it’s a joy to watch them.

Gosh 🥰😭 I can't like it over and over. But I can comment ❣️💕oh my heart. I do hope Charlotte have a talk with herself and eventually accept him

The way he says "Give your hand" right in the middle of the 'proposal' irks me. The way he says it is a cross between ordering her & "oh I should be holding your hand for this part." He doesn't even wait for her to give her hand. He takes it. I am thinking that Lennox may have seduce/raped Lucy. Charlotte never draws closer to him then she has to be. Later with Alexander, she reaches out and takes his hand. They are sitting close together. The tones of their voices are imitate. Even when Charlotte and Alexander were dancing they were closer than necessary, speaking in more imitate tones. While she has never had an imitate conversation with Lennox other than basic pleasantries or a friendly chat, oh and a warning to say away from Alexander. I fear that Lennox is not going to let her go. That "Give your hand" tone shows his possessiveness on top of his need to one up Alexander ( could there be more between them besides Lucy. Boyhood rivals????) Lennox spurred by the need to win. I sense a long road ahead.

Why don’t we get the scene of Charlotte telling Colbourne exactly what happened with Lennox? He seems not so upset at the fact that Lennox went hands on.

2:19 I just love that look!!!

I must also know who he is. Full life story please!

The way they look at each other says that Alexander and charlotte love each other

Am I the only one really upset that Lennox was able to make his lips touched Charlotte’s lips😡😡😡😡 I now wonder if that’s what he might have done to Lucy.

I didn't trust Lennox from the first episode , he made my skin crawl , now we know why ...he is a snake . I really hope Charlotte ends up with Alexander

Please put this on masterpiece theater again, rerun.

Watched all 3 seasons and have never heard alexander call Miss Heywood as Charlotte. Has any one?

I hope charlotte and Alexandra get together ❤

I'm sorry but the more period films/dramas I see with British soldiers in them, *the more disgusting and less desirable* they tend to be, is it just me or is that a Jane Austen POV? I'm getting Lydia and Kitty flashbacks

Why are some versions missing parts of conversations. Does the US / UK version differ slightly

He definitely had Wickham vibes.

But not even to propose to Charlotte in the decent way that Lennox did, he was extolling his wealth and position to convince Charlotte that he is a good match to accept the proposal, besides thinking that she should accept out of interest, which makes her a fortune hunter, I know it was common at the time for poor women to look for a good match to marry, but this happened naturally without them being accused of being a fortune hunter as Lennox unconsciously thought Charlotte would be.

These males prefer to create betrayed blunders on the right and wrong, and Lennox reminds me of Wickham from "Pride and Prejudice," Frank Churchill from "Emma," Henry Crawford from " Mansfield Park" and John Willoughby from "Sense and Sensibility". A combination of Darcy, Edmund Bertram, Colonel Brandon, and Edward Ferrars comes to mind when I think of Colbourne. I believe that Ben Lloyd-Hughes did an excellent job playing Alexander Colbourne, and I think that seasons 2 and 3 are fantastic seasons, but I think that season 1 was amazing because it managed to turn the vision of an unfinished work by Jane Austen into a good manner became one of the finest Jane Austen adaptations of tv shows. Now, in the present, I am rewatching older adaptations of other Jane Austen works that have been made for cinema and/or television in the past.

2:56 - 3:07 They've cut this bit from the version I've seen which is weird because it's quite important in my mind. She's telling him she likes him. She's never speaking to him like this, demanding something that concerns him until the final episode and the break-up. Plus, it makes it look less funny Colbourne just saying "we're leaving and miss Heywood is coming with us" without asking her opinion 😂 They've cut many short bits from the version I've watched and it's all weird because they're very short but this part of the conversation is definitely the most important cut out of all I've seen. The first 30 seconds or so of this clip was also cut and I think it was as if Alison wasn't there at all when Lennox came.

Men like him always existed, through decades😮

Hi Susan thank you for the scenes of season 2 episode 5 of Sanditon. Would you kindly add scenes of episode 6 if you have time and have access to it. One week is a long time to wait 😄

The darkened scene transition from Heybourne on staircase to their ‘chat’ - is that your edit or is it like that in episode?

Where are people watching these episodes??? I'm dying for more!!

Has anyone tried to consider that perhaps the difference in Augusta's and Leonora's age differences might be due to Alexander not being able to have children. If Lennox is stating how Augusta looks like Lucy, (twin sister's child) with speculation that Leo is Lennox's child and so much younger than her cousin it might also explain why Alexander is so cold towards "his" daughter.

I just realised something massive in season 2 episode 3. When Lennex is warning Charlotte of Colbourne, he says Lucy is basically like Charlotte so Charlotte is Colbourne's type!

When is episode 6 clips coming on to RU-vid

I'm back for another view, lol.

Lennox was not my favorite.

Lennox's speach is so gaggy.. LOL "The Army defines a man." GAG