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The first half of “Bridgerton” Season 3 left viewers on a cliffhanger — and a bit scorching and bothered — with Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington lastly giving in to their needs within the very climactic Carriage Scene.
With that may they/will not they out of the way in which, loads of questions nonetheless stay. Will Penelope and Colin truly get married? Will Eloise spill Penelope’s large secret? Can Lady Whistledown proceed to cover her true identification? With the second half of Season 3 upon us, right here’s a fast refresher on the place issues stand in Netflix’s model of Regency-era London.
Colin and Penelope’s Flirtation
Because the collection kind of follows the plot of the novels, many followers knew {that a} Colin-Penelope (Polin, in case you’re on BridgertonTook and have listened to “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter too many instances) romance was within the works from the start. Throughout the primary two seasons of the present, Colin and Penelope have been comparatively shut associates linked by Eloise Bridgerton, Colin’s sister and Penelope’s bestie. In the “Bridgerton” universe, the place the separation of single women and men is remitted, the familial tie gave them event to work together.
At the top of Season 2, Penelope overheard Colin telling his associates he “would by no means dream of courting” her. When Season 3 picked up, we discovered that Colin traveled round Europe by himself through the summer season and that he wrote letters to Penelope — a practice that they had maintained since Season 1 — however that she didn’t reply. When Colin confronted her concerning the letters, she advised him she had overheard his insult.
Penelope’s New Groove
Preparing for courting season, Penelope underwent a makeover second, the so-called “Bridgerton glow-up,” altering her hair and clothes within the hopes of touchdown a wedding proposal.
In an try to restore their friendship, Colin provided to show Penelope the way to flirt. To no person’s shock, Colin grow to be drawn to Penelope — however he wasn’t the one one.
When Colin discovered that Penelope may get a wedding proposal from Lord Debling (Sam Phillips), he chased after her.
That Carriage Scene
The final scene of the fourth episode, the ultimate one earlier than the present’s break, lastly exploded the sexual pressure between Colin and Penelope. Though it occurred in a carriage, it didn’t match the carriage scene from the guide, so there’s probably extra steaminess forward within the second half of the season.
After Colin and Penelope acquired into some shenanigans that helped earn the present its TV-MA score, he lastly proposed marriage. When the carriage abruptly stopped at Colin’s home, he requested her to come back in with him. She declined, as a result of his household may see them, to which he responded, “for God’s sake, Penelope Featherington, are you going to marry me or not?”
As we all know from previous seasons, marriage is usually solely step one of a relationship within the Regency period, so the Polin love story is admittedly solely simply starting.
Lady Whistledown Fallout
Lady Whistledown, voiced by Julie Andrews, has been the present’s fixed, the all-knowing narrator tying collectively story traces. The character began off as a kind of Regency-era “Gossip Girl,” a mysterious author who pens a pamphlet detailing society happenings beneath a nom de plume. Her identification remained unknown till Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie) figured it out in Season 2.
That season started with Eloise, then Penelope’s finest pal, searching for out Lady Whistledown, based mostly on their shared distaste of excessive society norms. Separately, Queen Charlotte additionally sought to uncover Whistledown’s identification and, after recognizing Eloise close to the print store, suspected she might need solved the thriller. Attempting to clear Eloise, Whistledown (a.ok.a. Penelope) revealed that Eloise had been going to political rallies, a besmirching of the Bridgerton title that Eloise absolutely wouldn’t have publicized if she have been the true Whistledown.
But Penelope’s disclosure backfired. In the final episode of Season 2, Eloise found that Penelope was Whistledown and ended their friendship. The shunning continued into the third season, at the same time as Eloise’s brother acquired very concerned in Penelope’s life.
What’s Next?
Because it’s a love story, we all know that Colin and Penelope will find yourself collectively, so the true query is: how?
The different large query: How is Colin going to react when he finds out that Penelope is Lady Whistledown? We know that Colin does not like Whistledown and has made it his mission to determine her true identification, so clearly there are some hurdles to Polin’s completely satisfied ending. Also, now that Penelope is about to grow to be a Bridgerton, will she mend her relationship along with her soon-to-be sister-in-law Eloise?
