My dears, what do you think? In the lushly picturesque world of regency England here in Bridgertonthe new social season is about to start in earnest. While I will faithfully portray Lady Whistledown on my popular scandal magazine, all of London’s eligible young loves are about to be presented to the court to hopefully win the Queen’s favor before being deported to swimming among a sea of hopeful suitors. This year’s diamond of this year’s season is, of course, the porcelain skin and auburn hair Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), the first of her family’s four daughters to emerge and whose romantic exploits will undoubtedly take up many of my records this season. take. (I also hear that the Queen’s husband has, say, been under considerable pressure lately, that’s how troubled he is after the loss of the colonies a few seasons ago.)
What is this then? An impressive missive from The House Of Netflix with a seemingly endless list of narrative elements that I should not pass on to you, dear readers? This seems unfair. Without these character developments, I don’t know what to describe: the elaborate historical dress? The cascading flower arrangements? The steamy blatant scenes that would make Jane Austen herself scarlet from head to slipper?
It seems safe to reveal that Daphne’s main lover this season will be the dashing Simon, Duke Of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page). After an unfortunate altercation with a disgusting future suitor, Daphne realizes she can use the Duke to garner the favor of other young men by making herself look even more attractive. For the Duke, courting Daphne (upright or otherwise) will end the almost constant bullying he gets from other young London ladies and their mercenary mothers. You see, dear ones, the duke has promised never to marry. Well, I’m not free to tell you. But you don’t need to have extensive knowledge of the regular novel, the kind full of body-ripping content, to predict that Daphne and Simon will gradually get closer through their complementary ruse, and that this marital roadblock will just bring all sorts of relationship barriers. add for the couple.
Luckily, Daphne comes from a large family: the Bridgerton kids are all cunningly called alphabetically, so our young girl has three older brothers with their own romantic trials. Unfortunately, I can’t tell you about them either, just that the Viscount, Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), has high relationship standards that he’s eager to achieve. Second-born Benedict (Luke Thompson) is then able to discover more hedonistic pursuits at parties that Lady Whistledown herself would never obscure the doorway, I assure you – no, not even to collect you all that heartbreaking gossip! Colin (Luke Newton), third in line, is a bit more idealistic, but – shoot this list! Daphne’s sister Eloise (Claudia Jessie) is more concerned with finding out my true identity than the fact that next season she will be the one to be brought to court – but while she’s very smart, never fear, I’ll be my secretive keep guidance away from her curious exercises.
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The less palatable counterparts of the Bridgertons are their neighbors, the Featheringtons, who I regret to know that their three daughters are outnumbered by Daphne like a diamond of the first water. But that will hardly stop Ms. Featherington (Polly Walker) from getting the best possible matches for her girls; she recalls strongly a certain overbearing matriarch from a rather remarkable historical book. But things take a turn for the worse when – oh dear, I’m afraid I can’t go on about that either.
My dears, I believe the real mystery here – more than my real identity – is what this House Of Netflix is really hiding with this long list of verboten plot points? Don’t they realize that this chain of events follows stories already told in paperback form by author Julia Quinn, so that these “spoilers”, as they refer to them, are available to anyone with a newbie Google device? Do they believe that a nation hungry for new entertainment, especially that which comes from so-called Shondaland on its first try in its new producing home, will watch as little as possible Bridgerton if they know about one of Daphne’s other suitors, for example? I’ve seen a lot on the other side of this scandal magazine, loyal readers, but here I have to say that I’m unusually out of words.
Then let’s return eagerly to tearing the bodice – and the pants, the petticoats, the robes, etc. the medical personnel stuffed in the previous Shondaland exploits were cruelly at the mercy of network guards of virtue, here, without such restrictions, the Bridgerton lovers can continue wherever and whenever they want: in a boxing match, in the rain in a gazebo, right in a spiral stairwell. I don’t mind telling you, dear readers, that these nearly naked chases made my hand fly at my pearls more than once … and then rushed forward to the next chapter.
Like my own scandal Bridgerton has a soapy, immersive way. While I hold myself in high regard (for obvious reasons), I would never deign to regard my writings as great literature, and I doubt the custodians of Bridgerton view their stories that way too. Nevertheless, people run for my creative output, and I suspect viewers of that Bridgerton will probably do the same. Then all the secrets will be revealed anyway, leaving the rest of us wondering what the profusion of caution about plot developments was all about in the first place – isn’t it, dear ones?