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- 8. Into the Light New episode Jun 13, 2024
- Bridgerton siblings strive to find love during England's Regency era.
- 7. Joining of Hands New episode Jun 13, 2024
- Bridgerton siblings strive to find love during England's Regency era.
- 6. Romancing Mister Bridgerton New episode Jun 13, 2024
- Bridgerton siblings strive to find love during England's Regency era.
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Mar 28, 2022 · Bridgerton season 2 is better for everyone — except fans of the book - Vox. Culture. Season 2 of Bridgerton is better for everyone — except fans of the book. Despite its many...
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77% Tomatometer 93 Reviews 75% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Bridgerton follows Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), the eldest daughter of the powerful Bridgerton family as she makes her...
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Mar 20, 2022 · Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2: TV Review. The second season of the Regency-era romance follows viscount Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) as he pursues Edwina Sharma (Charithra...
Mar 29, 2022 · Bridgerton season 2 review: So different they might as well have renamed the entire show. The central dilemma (and the very attractive couple seeking to resolve it) of the first season has...
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- Verdict
By Alex Stedman
Posted: Mar 20, 2022 2:00 pm
Bridgerton Season 2 debuts on Netflix on March 25, 2022.
After getting swept up in the lush fantasy of Bridgerton Season 1, I had two major questions regarding its follow-up's prospects: would it be able to replicate the kind of sizzling romance that made it a breakout hit without leading man Rege-Jean Page? And would it be able to hold our intrigue with the identity of Lady Whistledown out of the bag? Luckily, the answer to both of those questions is largely yes, with Season 2 giving us another grand love story and adding new wrinkles to the Whistledown arc. So rest assured, dear readers (*Julie Andrews voice*): our latest jaunt with London’s most privileged and eligible bachelors and bachelorettes marks a worthy return, with all the scintillating romance and mystery that you could hope for.
As Anthony, Jonathan Bailey plays a very different kind of protagonist than Phoebe Dynevor’s starry-eyed Daphne. In Season 1, we already started to see how heavily the burden of being the eldest son in a fatherless family weighs on him, but Bailey gets a lot more to work with in this batch of episodes, and he does so beautifully. At times, Anthony risks getting frustrating with his bull-headedness and even arrogance, but Bailey plays him with such a determination and enthusiasm that it’s impossible not to root for him. And isn’t that what Bridgerton is really all about? What it excels most at is giving us characters that are endlessly flawed, yet layered enough to easily find ourselves in them.
On that note, Season 2 gives us a few more players to keep up with, most prominently Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma and Charithra Chandran as her little sister, Edwina. In a lot of ways, Kate seamlessly slips into the role the Duke of Hastings filled in the first season: a mysterious outsider whose confident appearance betrays more complicated motivations. But there’s something softer about Ashley’s performance, specifically because she’s so devoted to her sister. Ashley is no doubt a breakout, and she and Bailey sell an undeniable yearning for each other with ease. Her dynamic with Chandran is great, too, giving us a genuine warmth between sisters that shows the true strength of this season.
Kayleigh Donaldson gave the first season of Bridgerton a 9/10, praising its character development and period detail in particular. "With a near-perfect cast giving it their all, the potential for many more seasons of Bridgerton family drama could spell great things for Netflix," she wrote. "Just leave your cynicism at the door and press play."
Yes, this is Bridgerton, so it’s anchored by the love story, but this season is just as much about familial love as it is about that of the romantic variety. There are some absolutely gut-wrenching scenes when we learn more about the Bridgertons’ grief over their late father, exploring poignant themes on how parents and children navigate loss together – and the ways in which they often fail to do so well. Ruth Gemmell gets to shine a lot more this time around as Violet, the Bridgerton family matriarch, and you can feel the unresolved generational trauma in her quietly powerful scenes with Bailey. She also gets a few good moments with Adjoa Andoh, whose kind yet occasionally ferocious Lady Danbury is one of the series' most consistent highlights.
In addition to the Bridgertons, the other major ongoing story arc is that of Lady Whistledown. No, this show didn’t Gossip Girl us, instead revealing at the end of Season 1 that it was the unassuming Penelope Featherington who was secretly spilling more tea than American rebels did in 1773. Luckily, this storyline did away with my fears that knowing who Lady Whistledown is would make it all less interesting. Instead, we get to see Penelope’s stress as she hustles to keep her secret just that, and it’s consistently fun to watch Nicola Coughlan play her with a sort of sneaky ingenuity, especially when paired opposite Claudia Jessie’s still-curious Eloise.
With its second season, Bridgerton proves it’s got a lot more in the tank.
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The only storyline that feels particularly lacking is that of the Featheringtons outside of Penelope. Their story is given some fairly interesting twists and turns, but nothing that rivals the main story or the Lady Whistledown saga. It’s not funny enough to be considered comic relief, nor is it insightful enough to serve as a look into a different faction of this society. It’s hardly the fault of Polly Walker, who plays Baroness Featherington with devilish cunning, but most of it comes across as filler in a show that definitely doesn’t need it.
With its second season, Bridgerton proves it’s got a lot more in the tank. Jonathan Bailey gives a gripping performance as the Bridgerton whose romance takes center stage this time around, and his chemistry with Simone Ashley’s Kate is just as electric as you could hope. It may falter a little in one of its subplots, but the developments within the...
Mar 20, 2022 · Bridgerton season 2 review: No Duke? No problem! The departure of Regé-Jean Page does not diminish the delights of Netflix's regency romance, which makes up for the lack of sex montages...
Mar 25, 2022 · Bridgerton: Season 2 Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Shelli Nicole Vogue. Bridgerton is taking its first steps toward true inclusion, which inevitably invites a critical...
