‘The Other Bennet Sister’ Boss & Ella Bruccoleri Break Down Mary’s Ending (VIDEO)

The Other Bennet Sister finale sees Mary Bennet (Ella Bruccoleri) get a happy ending. Not only does she settle into her confidence and independence, but she also stands up to her mother (Ruth Jones) and gets a resolution with William Ryder (Laurie Davidson) before Tom Hayward (Dónal Finn) comes back into the picture and finally declares his love.

Series lead Ella Bruccoleri and showrunner-writer Sarah Quintrell broke down Episode 10 at TV Insider’s 2026 ATX TV festival studio in May, starting with what Mary’s going through after Hayward ghosted her. In Janice Hadlow’s novel of the same name, which the show adapts, Hayward’s absence from Mary’s life is even more prolonged, Bruccoleri said. It’s months that “she’s waiting, she has no communication with him whatsoever, and doesn’t know where he is, and cannot make the first move to communicate with him because that just wasn’t the done thing [in that time period].”