Lots of shenanigans in this week's chapters! Frank rescues Harriet from a dramatic encounter, and Emma gets ideas. Harriet is FINALLY over Elton and she burns the band-aid to prove it! Knightley develops a theory about Frank Churchill's intentions. Topics discussed include shitty gifts from our exes, regency era dudebros, regency era Bananagrams, and being team Knighthouse.Study questions: Topics discussed include the purpose of the mugging, Harriet's decision to never marry, Knightley's POV, Jane and Frank, Frank's intentions with Emma.Funniest quote: "From that day to this, I never mentioned it to a soul that I know of. At the same time, I will not positively answer for my having never dropt a hint, because I know I do sometimes pop out a thing before I am aware. I am a talker, you know; I am rather a talker; and now and then I have let a thing escape me which I should not. I am not like Jane; I wish I were. I will answer for it she never betrayed the least thing in the world."Questions moving forward: Who does Knightley love? What is going on between Frank and Jane? What about Mr. Martin???Who wins the chapters? Mr. KnightleyGlossary of Terms and Phrases:court plaister (n): a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Paul Rudd, the Romani or Roma people, Friends, Harriet the Spy, Gilmore GirlsNext Episode: Volume III Chapters 6 and 7 or Chapters 42 and 43Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216

Diving into Volume the Third! Frank returns and we FINALLY get our ball at the Crown Inn. Knightley saves the day, and then he and Emma share a dance. Topics discussed include AFC Richmond as Austen characters, family dinner parties, puppies, and tallow candles.Study questions: Topics discussed include whether Emma is over Frank, why Frank is being weird, Emma's reaction to Frank's weirdness, the ball, Elton's cruelty, why Knightley admits he's wrong, and why the Knightley/Emma exchange is so sexy.Funniest quote: "Emma perceived that her taste was not the only taste on which Mr. Weston depended, and felt, that to be the favourite and intimate of a man who had so many intimates and confidantes, was not the very first distinction in the scale of vanity."Questions moving forward: How will this fadge with Emma and Knightley? Why is Frank being weird? What's going to happen between him and all the ladies? What about Robert Martin!??Who wins the chapters? Mr. Knightley, obviously!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:puppyism (n): youthful folly; extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Ted Lasso, The PowerNext Episode: Chapters 39-41 OR Volume III Chapters 3-5Tune in to Likewise on May 17th at 7PM EST to hear us chat with Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding about their new book, Emma of 83rd Street.Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216

Finishing out Volume the Second strong! Frank is coming home and Emma is having feelings about it. Plus, Mr. Weston spills the tea on Mrs. Churchill. Topics discussed include the post-college job market, wax candles, the source of Augusta's wealth, the pick me girl, upstarts, and the mystery of the Tupmans.Study questions: Topics discussed include why Jane doesn't want to be a governess yet, Emma's reaction to Frank's return, what we've learned about Mrs. Churchill, Emma's lifestyle changes, and a Volume the Second retrospective. Plus, predictions for Volume the Third!Funniest quote: "John Knightley only was in mute astonishment.—That a man who might have spent his evening quietly at home after a day of business in London, should set off again, and walk half a mile to another man’s house, for the sake of being in mixed company till bed-time, of finishing his day in the efforts of civility and the noise of numbers, was a circumstance to strike him deeply. A man who had been in motion since eight o’clock in the morning, and might now have been still, who had been long talking, and might have been silent, who had been in more than one crowd, and might have been alone!—Such a man, to quit the tranquillity and independence of his own fireside, and on the evening of a cold sleety April day rush out again into the world!—Could he by a touch of his finger have instantly taken back his wife, there would have been a motive; but his coming would probably prolong rather than break up the party. John Knightley looked at him with amazement, then shrugged his shoulders, and said, “I could not have believed it even of him."Who wins the chapters? Mr. Weston!Glossary of Terms and Phrases:physic (v): treat with medicine.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Joanna Newsom, Andy Samberg, Taylor Swift, Hymen (God), The Last of UsNext Episode: Volume III Chapters 1-2 OR Chapters 37-38Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216

Outtakes: Bingo night, The Last of Us, the Bubonic Plague, Shakespeare's birthday, and Becca's internet troubles.What We're Reading/Watching/Listening To: Becca recommends Brandi Carlile, Molly recommends One of Us is Lying, and BOTH Becca and Molly recommend The Last of Us.Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216

Just popping by to let you know that Tuesday's episode will NOT be an Emma episode. Instead, we'll give you a sneak preview of what we have on our Patreon!

Mrs. Elton LOVES Jane, and Knightley claims he doesn't. Emma throws a dinner party for Mrs. Elton, John Knightley shows up, and we hear that Jane got caught in the rain while retrieving a mysterious letter. Topics discussed include brunch, how couples gossip, big city friendships, and the postal service.Study questions: Topics discussed include Augusta's relationship with Jane, why Jane is still in Highbury, whether Knightley will marry, and Jane's secret letters.Funniest quote: “I never saw any gentleman’s handwriting”—Emma began, looking also at Mrs. Weston; but stopped, on perceiving that Mrs. Weston was attending to some one else—and the pause gave her time to reflect, “Now, how am I going to introduce him?—Am I unequal to speaking his name at once before all these people? Is it necessary for me to use any roundabout phrase?—Your Yorkshire friend—your correspondent in Yorkshire;—that would be the way, I suppose, if I were very bad.—No, I can pronounce his name without the smallest distress. I certainly get better and better.—Now for it.”Questions moving forward: Who does Jane love? Why is she friends with Mrs. Elton?Who wins the chapters? George AND John KnightleyGlossary of Terms and Phrases:aspersion (n): an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.knight-errant (n): a medieval knight wandering in search of chivalrous adventures.licentious (adj.): disregarding accepted rules or conventions, especially in grammar or literary style.rout-cakesGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Sharpay Evans, The Princess Diaries, New Girl, Bridesmaids, Emily GilmoreNext Episode: Vol. II Chapters 17-18, or Chapters 35-36Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216

Meet the Eltons! Emma develops a new matchmaking scheme and we get introduced to Mr. Elton's new (terrible) wife. Topics discussed include who pays on the first date, who's the hypochondriac in the relationship, and who Knightley's best friend is.Study questions: Topics discussed include how Frank has changed Emma's perceptions of love, how the nature of her crush has changed, team Frankiet, the Eltons' relationship, and Augusta Hawkins and her purpose in the story.Funniest quote: "They say everybody is in love once in their lives, and I shall have been let off easily." AND, "She would not be in a hurry to find fault, but..."Questions moving forward: Will they form a musical club? Where's Mr. Martin? What does Knightley think of Mrs. Elton? Will Frank come back?Who wins the chapters? 1 point for Mrs. Elton, 1 point for EmmaGlossary of Terms and Phrases:barouche-landau (n): a convertible carriagecaro sposo (n): dear husbanddouble-dyed (adj.): backhandedglibly (adv.): confident but simple and lacking careful thoughtGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Hamilton, Friends, @notengagedNext Episode: Vol. II Chapters 15-16, or Chapters 33-34Pod and Prejudice is sponsored by Zocdoc. Zocdoc is the only FREE app that lets you find AND book doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance, are available when you need them and treat almost every condition under the sun. Go to zocdoc.com/WHOMST and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today.Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216

Frank and Emma want to throw a ball at the Crown Inn, but it doesn't happen. Instead, they say goodbye. Topics discussed include parent bait, soggy sandwiches, and Perry the Apothecary.Study questions: Topics discussed include what a ball would mean for Highbury, whether we believe Frank/the Churchills about his reason for leaving, Frank and Emma's relationship, and summer camp romance.Funniest quote: The party did not break up without Emma’s being positively secured for the two first dances by the hero of the evening, nor without her overhearing Mr. Weston whisper to his wife, “He has asked her, my dear. That’s right. I knew he would!”Questions moving forward: Does Emma love Frank? Does Frank love Emma? Will Frank come back? Will they have the ball? Does Knightley love Jane? Who does Jane love? Is Harriet okay?Who wins the chapters? Mr. WoodhouseGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Maya Leinenbach, The Last of Us, Romeo and Juliet, Billy Elliot, Gilmore Girls, Perry the PlatypusNext Episode: Vol. II Chapters 13-14 OR Chapters 31-32Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216

Wooooooaaaaah, we're halfway there! We hear some news about Mr. Martin, everyone congregates at the Bateses' apartment, and Frank tries to get more info out of Jane. Topics discussed include who's the Emma and who's the Harriet in our respective relationships, the best way to consume an apple, and secret sharing.Study questions: Topics discussed include Emma's reflections on her behavior, why Frank brought Emma upstairs, Frank's behavior toward the Bateses and Jane, and Jane's interactions with the others.Funniest quote: “Oh! very delightful indeed; I can say nothing less, for I suppose Miss Woodhouse and Mr. Frank Churchill are hearing every thing that passes. And (raising his voice still more) I do not see why Miss Fairfax should not be mentioned too. I think Miss Fairfax dances very well; and Mrs. Weston is the very best country-dance player, without exception, in England. Now, if your friends have any gratitude, they will say something pretty loud about you and me in return; but I cannot stay to hear it.”Questions moving forward: What happened between Jane and Frank???Who wins the chapters? Miss Bates and Emma split it!Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Logan HuntzbergerNext Episode: Vol. II Chapters 11-12 OR Chapters 29-30Pod and Prejudice is sponsored by Zocdoc. Zocdoc is the only FREE app that lets you find AND book doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance, are available when you need them and treat almost every condition under the sun. Go to zocdoc.com/WHOMST and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today.Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216

Frank gets a haircut, Emma goes to a party, Jane gets a piano from a secret admirer, and some suspicions arise about Mr. Knightley. Topics discussed include teeth brushing tactics and Knightley's love life.Study questions: Topics discussed include Emma's feelings toward the Coles, what we learn about the Churchills, Frank and Emma's dynamic, what the HELL happened between Frank and Jane, who sent the pianoforte, and the potential Knightfax pairing.Funniest quote: “Only to be sure it was paying him too great a compliment, but she did think there were some looks a little like Mr. Elton.” Emma restrained her indignation, and only turned from her in silence.Questions moving forward: Does Knightley like Jane? Did Frank send the piano? Does Frank like Jane? Does Frank know something about Jane? Who sent the pianoforte?Who wins the chapters? Mrs. WestonGlossary of Terms and Phrases:improvidently (adv.): lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.impudent (adj.): not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.outrée (adj.): passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.Glossary of People, Places, and Things: The Office, Leonardo DiCaprio, Wonderwall, Don't Make Me SingNext Episode: Vol. II Chapters 9-10 OR Chapters 27-28Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon!Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/pod-and-prejudice?ref_id=23216