Well, i am in USA, and so behind in the discourse, as i just saw it on TV a couple months ago; i rushed out to buy the DVD before waiting. And YES, i think Wickham drops many hints / does actions in keeping with a fellow time-traveler. I would love to see a SEQUEL. So many possibilities – i wonder if one is in the works. I watch the DVD – ALL THE TIME – it’s sort of embarrassing – living vicariously. I sometimes cry.

Thanks to any and all for coming out regarding Wickham and time travel. Thanks. I have not read all comments, only the original post – so far – will read more now. I love Lost in Austen. Thanks! :)

I too thought it charming, funny, and true to the Austen spirit of the story.

1) What happens to Lizzy? Did she and Bingley get it on, or did they actually philosophize all night? In a Georgian context, it wouldn’t matter a whit, as her reputation would be shattered, regardless. But did she find a way to happiness in the end?

2) Was Amanda locked in the 19th century forever, or could she at least vacation in the 21st Century? So many time travel stories leave our modern heroine happily marooned in a time lacking any feminist gains: rights of property for women, ability to move about freely, ability to earn a decent living / pursue education and a career, birth control, and modern medicine. I would love for writers to address this for once.

3) Darcy seems unable to adapt to any aspect of modernity, and this is where he fails utterly for me: His racist comment on the bus, his continued disgust at Amanda’s ways (although he “loves” her despite them), and his willingness to write off all that he has seen in the 21st Century as a bad dream.

To make Darcy work as a fitting partner for Amanda, he would need to overcome these issues, as he finally overcame his hypocrisy over Amanda’s lost maidenhood. I would have loved to have her ask about his past, and why a man can have a past when a woman cannot. If we’re fulfilling our fantasy with time travel, I want to go to town with this one.

I am in complete agreement that Wickham would have been a much better choice for Amanda.

4) Why did Wickham end up with Miss Bingley? What does he bring to the table for her?

5) What was the secret that Miss Bingley shared with Amanda? Didn’t catch that first time around.

6) Amanda is on a mission to find Elizabeth to bring her to her injured father. She is willing to dally around brushing her teeth, and letting men fight over her for a good while before getting Elizabeth back to him. Bad form.

7) Amanda agreed to withdraw from society in exchange for the annulment of Jane’s marriage. If she stays with Darcy, will that be possible? Desirable?

In these time travel fantasies, it is usually the woman who gives up modern life to follow her love back in time. But this leaves her marooned in a place where she is without family or friends, and wholly dependent on her man, and without anything familiar or comforting. It seems like a very self effacing fantasy. I would love to see her have an out, or eventually bring the man to her world, on her terms.

The things he did for and said to Amanda made me think that, the romance was between he and Amanda. That really the writer and/or director intentionally made this stark contrast between the stiff, dull, boring and unimaginative Darcy ,and the Knight in Shining Armor of Wickham with his rakish humor (what modern girl doesn’t like a man with some dry wit or flirtatious repartee) so that we’d already be prepared when Amanda and Darcy did not work out, which in my opinion they CLEARLY DIDN’T.

I guess, what I really came here to say: Was ALL of my eggs were in Wickham’s basket, and although, I found the series delightful, I was really disappointed. I was betting on Wickham because I clearly saw on signs pointing to Wickham. Can I have my own time travel series now with Wickham as my ‘Darcy’?