Marianne inevitably falls in love with Willoughby just as Colonel Brandon falls in love with Marianne. Here you are treated to a clear view of the sisters and how one concentrates on sense and the other sensibility. Marianne believes no strong emotion should ever be concealed, and faces the consequences of her forward actions.

If you are a fan, you already know the ending. If not, I refuse to spoil it for you. All I will say is the bad end unhappily and the good happily, with all good things coming to those who wait. Even though you know the end (some of you), like who ends up with whom, it is still a pleasure to watch it unfold in this fresh, younger version.

I love the Steele sisters in this adaptation, especially the big-mouthed sister of Lucy, Miss Steele (Daisy Haggard). For me, Miss Steele stole the scenes in which she appeared. Daisy Haggard was bright and funny with some of the best lines in the whole production, and she played her character to perfection.

I enjoy Jane Austen for the complexity - the mix of manners and desires, of saving face while your heart is breaking. It's a complex dance that is sometimes hard to bring successfully to the screen, but Andrew Davies, who also wrote the screenplay for the much loved Pride and Prejudice, with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, has made a successful attempt.

It does not seem to flow as smoothly, a few of the lines coming across as stiff, but that could always be blamed on the delivery by the actors. We also get treated to another gorgeous guy in a wet shirt when Edward is out in the rain splitting logs, which Andrew Davies did before with Colin Firth and a pond in Pride and Prejudice.

Something else that really appeals to me about this version is that you get to see Beth, the young girl whom Willoughby had seduced before he met Marianne. I've always been curious about her. The girl who was a character in the book, but without ever being present, she was someone who was mentioned in passing, the girl that Marianne could have become. Beth was Jane Austen's cautionary tale, a warning to the foolish against falling in love with a charming rake. It was nice to watch her step out of the shadows and be given a convincing face and voice.

There are also some very nice visual touches throughout this newest version. Elinor changing the drawing above the fireplace in the cottage from a watercolor of Norland Park to a smaller one of Barton Cottage is the perfect vision of happiness finally taking hold, of home being realized. The settings are lovely and play a huge part in the story. The score is wonderful, the music becoming perfect punctuation for many of the scenes.

While not my favorite version of Sense and Sensibility, this newest BBC production is worth watching and enjoying again and again. It certainly has inspired me to pick up the book once more.