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Colin and Penelope DID IT 👀 (Netflix's Bridgerton Season 3 Part 2 Episodes 5-6 Review)
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) star in Netflix's Bridgerton season 3, following in the footsteps of Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley), and Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page) and Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor).
In this video, I review season 3 episodes 5 and 6! I'm out of town at the moment but will circle back to talk about episodes 7 and 8 when I'm back! Subscribe for more to come!
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As always you nailed it! They kept so many good things from the book but completely botched the LW reveal. The carriage and subsequent romantic times should've come after with Colin's full knowledge. They did a huge disservice to both Colin/Pen by keeping this lingering secret. There's plenty of built in drama with Cressida without manufacturing it. Let me have my fluffy happy romance show. I don't want to constantly be held in a state of anxiety! I want to enjoy a good love story with these best friends. Is that truly too much to ask??
Agreed. I love drama, for sure, but I could have done without the whole Whistledown secret overshadowing Colin and Penelope’s love story. I wanted to see more of them showing how well of a match they are highlighting their friendship. That whole part of Penelope having a panic attack watching the clock made me feel sick right along with her. Poor Colin thought she was having second thoughts about him 😭🫣
Poor Polin!
The problem with Shondaland is that they don’t understand the romance genre. There are 2 rules, a central love story and and HEA. They miss on the central love story by having so many storylines. The romance should be at least 50% of the show.
This! I didn't mind the other storylines but Pen and Colin really got squashed too much because of it.
Agreed. Their HEA is like 2 minutes and it’s not enough.
@@ISwimByHeart hea?
@@VMohdude- Happily Ever After :)
100%! Not enough Colin/Penelope arc at all. I’ve been reading romance novels for a long time and we like simple, predictable plot lines. He didn’t say the iconic line Penelope, I worship the ground you walk on
It's hard because I TRULY think Nicola and Luke are the perfect Pen and Colin, they did AMAZING however the script really did their love story no good service..... we could've had so much and got so little in the romance department......
Yeah, the script, sequence of events and motivations didn’t do justice to their characters.. colin especially didn’t get to shine much because of this. I was rewatching season 1 and there were so many cute and witty Penelope moments, and that vibe didn’t carry over in this season
I just don’t understand why the producers decided to re-write the plot. I much preferred the book. That said, I think the acting was amazing. The actors obviously had chemistry.
💯
@saraatkinson8023 they rewrote season 1 and 2 completely. Forgot Penelope saved alot of people and wrote truth but now she's a villain. Eloise dumps her bestie for her bestie's bully and forgets years of love and friendship. Why are they allergic to simple love, friendship, and happiness? The real world is hard enough, let us have an escape. Please 🙏
Also bad direction
I HATED Benedict's fling. And I'm not even a Benedict girly.
The Benedict thrupple just felt like an obligatory LGBTQ+ bone. It came out of nowhere. It didnt make sense and we had no investment in neither the characters, nor the storyline.
I also didn't need Colin's in Part 1.
Yes. Those scenes should have been taken out and used for Penelope and Colin’s story.
I thought so too. It was sort of like, “Oh, you thought we were just gay fishing with Benedict…then watch this.” That being said, I believe (b/c I’ve seen the whole season and read the books) LGBTQ people will be represented well. I felt we could have seen Benedict having a throuple in two or three scenes where we’re like…oh, he figured out he’s Bi/Pan. That would have portrayed exactly what it did without sucking so much time from the main storyline. There’s a big twist at the end that likely won’t be kept secret for long. Also, the actress who plays Francesca have had some serious acting chops that shine brightly in the last two episodes (especially with Violet and the nuance and assumptions we -and she as well and Violet both make about her relationship/her in general). Go back and watch it once you know the twist! You’ll really see it then.
I thought so too. It was sort of like, “Oh, you claim we were gay fishing with Benedict…then watch this.” That being said, I believe (b/c I’ve seen the whole season and read the books) LGBTQ people will be represented well in later seasons. I felt we could have seen Benedict having a throople in two or three scenes where we think: oh, he’s discovered he’s Bi/Pan. Doing that would have portrayed exactly what it did without sucking so much time from the main storyline (and could have been included in season 2 as well as his season). There’s also a big twist at the end that likely won’t be kept secret for long.
I will say the actress who plays Francesca has some serious acting chops that she shows in the last two episodes.
(Possible mild spoiler ahead)… especially with Violet and the nuance and assumptions we as viewers, Violet, and Francesca herself make concerning her personality and selfhood that she/ we/they make.
They have to just give him his art already
I also love the Finch love the fans have this season.
He is so great and supportive.
WHEN HE SNEEZED AT EXACTLY THE WORST TIME TO DO SO 😂
@@LadyJenevia that was funny and so in character for him.
They need more episodes in future Bridgerton seasons. PERIOD! #bridgerton
1000%!!!
@@LadyJenevia or at least trim the subplots!
#bridgerton
I liked the subplots, I just think there was to much squashed in such a short time period
Keeping the baby a secret? !!! It's like they completely disregarded that through all the books Anthony is famous in the Ton for being so in love with his wife.
Really???? Ugh I feel like I need to read the books now
@@yasmeenw7227 Oh, yeah, after his book it's mentioned in every single one.
@@heathercontois4501 isn't it mentioned for all couples? (haven't read them all)
aren't they all? kind of?
@@zurzakne-etra7069 yes but I guess since they are the ‘head’ of the bridgerton name they get a lot of notoriety, their love even influences other people like Gregory who thinks love should be like theirs
They ruined Colin for me in episode 7-8, the way he treats Penelope after the wedding is breaking my heart. He is reactivating her childhood trauma by emotionally and physically distancing himself from her. It is soul crashing to watch. I think that was what Luke Newton referenced in that article that Colin is doing something in the second part he hates. I think he is talking about this treatment.
I mean the way Penelope treated Colin is hardly ever talked about fr, but now that the second half is out this is the fifth time I've seen someone mention him 😭. He really wasn't even bad per say...
honestly i think his reaction was very human. and people expecting of him to be ok with everything in 5 seconds is very unrealistic. also can people stop acting like pen is some saint. she did quite shaddy stuff as Lady W. And this were the consequences of her actions
I love that Luke gets it.
@@ninnak-ve5koi did not expect it to end in five seconds, but they dragged it out longer than they needed to.
@@gabrielleduplessis7388 absolutely. I thought they would make up at the end of episode 7 but at least before they got married.
This might just be me and my demisexual tendencies, but that mirror scene would have been so much more POWERFUL if Colin knew by that point that Pen was Lady Whistledown. Maybe the implied symbolism of "I truly see you now and love you for who you are" would feel heavy-handed to some, but as an avid fan of slow-burn freinds-to-lovers stories, I'm not here for gratuitous sex; I watch for the emotional connections. This season gave me far too much pretty porn and not enough love-making. Even Colin and Pen's love didn't have the heat I was craving. The actors did well, but their steamy scenes felt a bit overstaged.
As a demi romantic, I agree with you.
While I am not for steamy scenes normally, Penelope and Colin’s were different because of the romantic intimacy within the physical and I loved their first time in the book and am glad they replicated it verbatim in the show.
I just hate how they dragged the LW stuff on when we could have gotten more sweet moments with them like her reading the journals and him being nervous as he watched her read them.
They were beautiful but lacking. If he's supposed to find "this to far surpass any other," then you need to make me believe it.
Agreed! They should have at least had another steamy scene after him finding out (not just that montage nonsense at the end). The moment at the modiste the night before the wedding could have really been powerful. But no. So much thruple just to let that storyline die off anyway. Uggggh
Yep they didn't have raw spontaneous vibe s1 had.
Hopeless romantic and superfreak here 😅 I really enjoyed thier love scene. I've already watched it 3 times. To me it was very realistic. Actually almost too realistic because Nichola and Luke have crazy off screen chemistry. Need I remind you all that the director had to yell STOP! in one scene. And in the mirror scene they broke the chaise.😂 Some people also say that they looked awkward. Well, that's also realistic because it Pen's first time ever, and I'm sure us ladies can recall feeling that intial pain, and awkrwardness because you're green.😅 I also feel that some of the critique stems from the fact that people have different love making styles.
I’m heart broken because polin had great moments but they could have had so much more had they had more SCENES.
Every time Penelope had an amazing moment, it was stolen by something or someone else. Either the Whistledown secret was looming over or someone came in and stole the spotlight. I wish she had told Colin the first five minutes of ep. 5, that Colin would instantly forgive her because of his realization that he loves her madly, and that he would have become very protective of her identity because he knows she’s a boss and he can provide even more protection as a Bridgerton with their good standing in society. So then we could’ve had a bunch of cute romantic moments between the two of them against the ton and the Queen and their search for Whistledown. I hope Shonda Rhimes is watching this channel and reads our comments! Hello, we can help! 😂
I would love to see much more of romantic scenes between Pen and Colin. But if he forgave her in the spot, I feel that it would feel out of caracter for Colin and unrealistic and fake.
Let’s be realistic here, Colin’s reaction to finding out was inevitable. Either way he was going to get mad because he talked so much about hating Whistledown and for him to find out it was the love of his life he was going to be distraught. Some of the fans of this show can be unrealistic and demanding at times.
Right, I wish they had never had him care so much and hate Whistledown to begin with. Too much anxiety for a romance.
This whole show is unrealistic thats the point. I’m just discussing something I wish for and was being light about it. If you can’t be nice don’t comment on my ideas and leave people alone. I enjoy watching these videos because they are FUN. This whole thing is not serious.
I was wondering which twist would prohibit Eloise from revealing Lady Whistledown: Cressida’s fake confession, Kanthony’s baby news or Penelope keeling over. And the script writers just said: YES.
My initial reaction is Polin's love story was seriously rushed, it's such a pity, so many future storylines were set up which took from the main story, Colin didn't seem happy most of the time, he hardly smiled.
pobre colin la mayor parte de su relacion con penelope fue enojo por lo de LW
It did not start out rushed though which makes it sadder.
I felt the show runners hated polin in part 2. Ugh!
I agree. It’s nearly all tension, almost no joy. I guess it gets points for being different…
He spend part 2 pretending he has in jail or something. I hate Jess so much right now.
What about "stay... stay... stay" humh? Where was the love and partnership? Saying she trapped him? How dare these people slut shame a woman like that when he iniciated?
Jess Brownell said in an interview that John and Francesca were here favorite couple to write for. The fact that it was not Colin and Pen...color me surprised.
in the same interview, she also said she was not a "minder" when it came to script writing, meaning she's not good at following up on storylines that were started earlier in a season or show...but she has some great "minders" on her writing team.
Perhaps they need to get a few more before they finish writing the next season(s).🤷♀
Oh wow. That's... interesting.
It's crazy to me that there are fan fiction writers out there that have way more consistent timelines, and conclusions on even minor sideplots. And this is her actual job, and he has "minders". And yet...
Do you remember which interview it was? I'd love to read it.
@TiffanyKindaRules It was a clip from the part 2 debut pre-show...if I can find it again, I will share it.
@tiff.k. czcams.com/video/IuJU9qcdajU/video.htmlsi=lc7J-kNejIisjqd_
Jess Brownell interviews are at about 1 hour 15, and 1 hour 52.
was shocked at the lack of tension and chemistry between the characters given how much chemistry the actors have irl
***Spoiler for ep 7 and 8****
I know this isn’t about episodes 7 and 8 but I really do like the fact that they didn’t make Colin so mad at Penelope that he becomes bitter and childish like Daphne and Simon or Charlotte and George. You can see he is still drawn to Penelope, he still loves her, he just genuinely needs some time to process his thoughts on the matter. He sleeps on the couch outside the bedroom even though they have guest bedrooms, he draws near her at Fran’s wedding, at their own wedding he draws near her, they still speak to each other, but it’s like he says, there is just something that is blocking him from fully jumping back into the lovey-dovey with Penelope and he needs to figure it out so that he can. Basically, the way that Colin and Penelope had distance speaks to people who are in love with each other, who are drawn to each other but have to figure out how to overcome the hurdle that is currently in their way, whereas the way Daphne and Simon fought spoke to people who wanted to be petty for the sake of being petty, the door slamming, the yelling, I don’t like any of that. But I will admit that Colin was being petty with the “entrapment” line to Penelope - like sir were you not the one who DJ’d her then proposed? Pls be serious
This is actually a fair point. I didn’t like how long he took and I think it’s because we didn’t get enough of each of them (especially him) continuing to process not only the LE news but also how much and why he loved her. There was the moment with the letters. And some brief convos. Maybe if everything else hadn’t been clouding the episodes these would have stood out more? I wonder if I watch a compilation of just Polin moments if it might see it better.
Exactly!
Maybe if they had had a few more scenes happy together in part 1 and after they make up people wouldn't be so jaded though.
I had a lot of issues with part 2 in general, but what really disappointed me is it was marketed (*so* heavily) as this big romance show and season with a main couple that it would be focused on, and it just didn’t deliver that. It felt like, especially in pt 2, that Polin got as much, if not less than the million other storylines going on and the show has just become a drama with a bit of romance in it, like Scandal and Grey’s and Shonda’s other shows. While S1 wasn’t perfect by any standard, I do feel like they got the pacing and amount of focus on the main couple pretty much right, but it just seems like a different show now. If it wants to now be a ensemble drama with a bit of romance, then ok but just don’t market it the same way, it’s just misleading 🤷
That's what I have been thinking since season 1....it is all about drama.... ☹️
RIGHT! The way they promoted it was like they were going to mainly focus on the actual couple because 90% of the promotion is polin.
You just nailed my biggest gripe with this season. It wasn’t main coupled focused which is what most fans like about each season. It was absolutely an ensemble drama season and that’s NOT what most of us signed up for.
I was so tired of the stress that I had to skip to episode 8 just to see how this will resolve. I have stressful enough time irl just give me effing butterflies and love
Same!!!
Same but i pulled through it all🫠
@@jn2199 oh my god, my hero!
Watch a different show this is shondaland she specialises in drama.
I felt the same thing but I love the intensity. In the last two seasons the drama felt unnecessary and fake this season it felt real. I understood both Colin and pens perspective.
😢😢😢 agreed!!!!
I think this my last season…. I just can’t…. I’ll stick to the books
Im going to be honest i was SO disappointed with this season i feel it was at times too rushed and also dragged out by other side stories.
I also felt like the Benedict Story was very unecessery. It felt like he came to the same conclusion AGAIN after season 2 aaaand season 1. Like you said this fling was not something they should have been focused on.
Im not going to lie i had loved some parts and not all was bad. Kanthony was lovely even we had just a couple of scenes they (in my opinion) were gold. I felt like Francesca shouldnt have gotten married this season but i understand why they did it. They were so sickeningly cute together tbh.
This is going to sound terrible but they smutted out Benedict so much that I have no interest in his love story or seeing him get it together. He’s a mess and not the interesting kind. They gave us 10 scenes of him hooking up when we didn’t care or ask for it but we got barely any Polin scenes. Make that make sense. They were trying so hard to make us care about him.
I would like Chris back as showrunner
Oh boy can’t wait for your Benny Capybara remarks on 7-8!
Lmao his season was about 90% scraps but I’m focusing on SEASON 4 😍
for me it was just SCREAMING CRYING KICKING FEET and I don't even usually care about Bennyboi. XD
Thanks for this. I agree too many story lines making everything too rushed and Polin love story drowned out. Colin and Pen were left looking sad and anxious and not enjoying discovering their love for each other. It felt like the story runner was trying to tick every diversity/inclusivity box in one season without explanation or exploration.
Very true. In season 1 and 2, Pen was happier and upbeat, yet sly in her Whistledown endeavors.. part 1 didn’t address Whistledown at all and it’s heaped on in part 2. Colin to me was quite well rounded in season 1 and now he felt two dimensional cause he got no screen time for himself! Too much going on and nothing was done all that well, in my opinion
Benedict not interested in painting was jarring & was not in character. Not sure if it’s supposed to be a setup for his season but his story fell flat.
I think it is a setup for his storyline.
The actor made it look like he is uneasy by the question and trying to convince himself more than the other too.
I hated that penelope and Colin were shoved to the back in part 2.
Their moments were rushed when they did not need to be.
Creasida’s family life and the three way plot line were unnecessary and that time could be dedicated to Penelope and Colin getting back together and being happy again.
I gonna open my chest here, I'm afraid for Benedict and Francesca seasons 😒
Me tooooooooo😢😢😢😢😢
I don’t even think I can watch until after I watch the seasons reviews… I’m not happy with the way this one panned out or the way they set up the future storylines
@@shinetracastillo6091 me either
Same. I whish they at least follow the stories main couples.
@@katarinababic9197I don’t even need the main couples as long as the over arching themes of the books are followed and I am seriously worried that they might not be able to pull off the changes they have made to Frannies story.
@@OryxAryaYes. I don't mind that it is Michaela. But having Fran react like she fell at first glance when this is not at all how it happens in the book... How is this going to affect the theme of her story? (though maybe they can do better than the books with being happy without becoming a mother part)
And I speak as someone who don't even find the books good 😂
I had a whole massive comment typed out about how meh Benedict’s throuple storyline was, but I think I shall continue to just sit here in disappointment and sadness until he gets his turn next season 😢
The editing of that was bizarre. Like... did he just spend an entire weekend in bed with the other two while his family was essentially panicking?
@@lauradavison8068 tbh I fast forwarded through all the throuple stuff and didn’t come back in until he was talking to Tilley about how he didn’t want commitment?!? Like ok mate. Glad we went through 8 episodes of nothingness to get to that conclusion 🙄
@@shannonmoore3057 right?? What an incredibly stupid conclusion! What was the point? To prime the audience for the reveal of John's cousin? What a waste of a great character.
I think the writers were not as in love with the Polin love story as the other couplings and that's why the romance is not romancing and doesn't feel as indulgent as it should be. It may be for this reason that this season feels very plot-driven, as that seems to be the focus. Not the romance.
I was happy to see the parts that showed Colin redeeming himself and him articulating his love for Penelope. However, it doesn't give me an overarching or satisfying feeling as seeing the main couples of the other seasons finally getting together. All the drama intertwined in this season has dampened the 'feels' somewhat. I did like Penelope and Eloise's scenes as they started to make up.
I am thankful that we got at least a few scenes with Penelope and Madame Delacroix but it is now jarring that they're having Lady Danbury 'assist' everyone else in their 'business' EXCEPT for Penelope. Do you think they gave her an embargo on Penelope?! lol *I jest* 😛
Denbury was meddling. It was subtle, but she did :).
All day I felt like a criminal for finding Part 2 lukewarm when everyone seems to love it. I’m glad I got to watch someone else articulate some of my problems so well. I come to Bridgerton for 1) romance, and 2) Bridgerton family interactions. My favorite scenes are warm, heartfelt or comedic… but part 2 lacked lightness, banter, romance. It has good moments, but not enough for me.
Please explain what the Mondriches were doing all season? P1 felt like they were being set up for a denouement but… what was going on there?!?!
Yes please. I need to understand why they were there, taking up time, and then… nothing.
Well.. I love them but it does feel like they didn't have a satisfying dénouement :
They are forcing themselves through extenuating invitations and balls, but at least they have each other. Or something like that.
I live Will and Alice but I don't think their storyline was good for the overall story. That time would have been better used to give the main couple more time together, talking happyly and maybe even (unconsciously) flirting, as they needed it in both parts.
Being charitable, it's a way to show 'how to become acceptable to the ton', with the big denouement being QC giving them the stamp of royal approval. They started off as working class, Mr Mondriche earns the respect of a Duke, and earns enough prize money to open his own boxing salon in series 1. Series 2, he moves up to owning a successful gentlemen's club, pulling him up again. This series his family is promoted to minor aristocracy, but the ton doesn't accept them because they're in trade. So they are pretty much shunned until he sells the club, and they hold the ball. What I didn't get was that, all of a sudden, they are already sufficiently popular for the ballroom to be packed. But, details
I definitely feel Pen & Colin's story was so compressed with all the other storylines. I feel like we barely spent any time with them.
I love me drama, but I mostly want warm, squishy moments in a romance. This was not the right vibes.
Almost all the Cressida scenes were really not necessary. A few scenes to show how desperate she was, ok, but most of part 2 didn't need to be there.
Finished the 2nd part this morning - woke up at 3 AM to watch so spoilers wouldn’t ruin it for me - and I honestly thought that the mirror scene wasn’t as good as the carriage scene. Not that it wasn’t hot but the fact that Colin still doesn’t know about her secret knocks down the steaminess of the scene more than I expected. The street scene after visiting the modiste was steamier which I appreciated, but it felt misplaced and unrealistic based on Colin’s previous behavior - that’s in another episode but not sharing anymore because it’s not episode 5 🙅♀️
That is so true, plus I nearly gagged at the length of the mirror scenes. Somehow, Anthony and Kate had better love scenes. We really did not need that much visual and more banter. It would have been hotter had it happened after Colin finds out about Penelope. Much much hotter and meaningful. Kate did not have to show her boobs in that overly long love scene . MORE BANTER, less meaningless sex scenes.
@@SofiiGolding I agree, the lead pair hardly had any meaningful conversation, which I expected them to have. There were hardly any romance there, the whole LW plot took centerstage somehow. The mirror scene was a bit long but maybe it was intentional as they may have wanted to highlight how it is Pen's first time and how awkward she was throughout. I never imagined I would be giggling so much at a sex scene, it was funny but maybe that's how it was intended.
@@SofiiGolding Exactly, they needed to talk more and let the tension build. The reason why I enjoyed Anthony and Kate's love scene in season 2 was because they had spent the majority of the season fighting their feelings for each other and they both ended up on the same page.
And they are alone in his new home for her, surely there was a bed for her first time. How ungentlemanly.
I mean... I don't think Colin redeemed himself in the second half. There was no romancing of Penelope. He was barely even supportive at all. Tolerating, more like. Even her wedding, she had to beg him to dance with her. Her fear of being discovered ruined everything. It was giving PTSD not romance.
I was very disappointed. It felt like Pen was alone even while married. Still relegated to standing by the wall and having to look at him longingly. Then there’s the scene of all of them discussing how to deal with the blackmail and he outright ignores her suggestions like she’s not speaking. It was no warmth to him. I understand them having his character be upset but it was so drawn out and soured her finally getting love and being accepted for herself.
Haha, guessing by the empty comments I’m the only one watching this before part 2. 😅 Saving the episode for tonight when I wake up to nurse my daughter. But Lady Jenevia content can never wait.
HAHAHA, well the spoilers in this video are only for episodes 5-6 so there‘s still plenty to see in Part 2 that isn’t discussed in this video!
I can't stand the new showrunner button.
I love her tho!! I legit think she did such a good job compared to whoever ran Kanthony's szn
This season fees rushed. Seasons 1 and 2 used the entire season to focus on the featured relationship and its characters. Maybe it’s the new show runner behind these changes. But I’m disappointed and underwhelmed.
I am so confused. This 2nd half has some good scenes that I loved (I saw it all already) but not fully explored and others that I didn't like at all.
And mostly all can be reduce to:
1) 8 eps are not enough
2) something needs to go if you have 8 episodes
3) Colin had to find out about LW before ALL the romantic scenes that happen from ep 5 onward.
I was so hoping that she had to refuse the proposal because of LW and start the TALKING.
There is not enough TALKING. Yes something is being said but not explored deeper.
I will have to rewatch and probably come back and comment in some of your next videos.
Yes, not enough talking properly because they had to rush everything because it was too packed.
Loved all the polin moments and wanted so much more because I felt like we were focusing to much on Benedict and his threesomes ugh. Loved Eloise,Colin and pen triangle thing going on but everything else could care less about. Love Fran but even to much of her.
Also love the kanthony moments
On Twitter the other day, there was an article where the showrunner spoke about how it takes two years to make 8 episodes and people were complaining that older shows used to release 22 eps per season each year, including those with historical settings, and I kinda agree.
But thanks to your recent videos showing that behind the scenes of creating and writing shows are much more complicated than we imagined, I am trying to show grace on productions, I know you also think there should be more than 8 eps (like 10-12) I think.
But do you think that it’s reasonable to ask for 22 episodes per season for Bridgerton???
Speaking purely based on the general track record of what I’ve observed with shows with episode counts that high… it’s more or less inevitable that there will be filler and dodgy things being thrown into the story just because you’re running out of the best ideas. 15 or 16 is a hard limit, in my opinion, but 12 or 13 is more so the ideal “maximum” for my liking. 😊
I’m a long time fan of the books and have really enjoye the show, but I’m no longer looking forward to future series. What’s next, a polyamorous happily ever after for Benedict? Please, no. And now there’s no Michael to fall madly in love with a clueless, happily married Francesca at first sight. So disappointed.😢
2nd half definitely better than first half. And it’s comical how they continued to write out Anthony and Kate. They should have just saved the money and just referenced what they were doing like they did with Edwina.
No to mention Daphne and the Duke. Clearly, writers didn’t bother to either. How come Colin’s own sister did not attend his wedding. They could at least give some explanation
@@_monamono_2382 This! I don't know if they've literally forgotten that those 2 from season 1 still exist in the universe, but it'd be so easy to have another character say something to acknowledge it. "It's such a shame the duke and duchess are currently out of the country doing blah blah blah"
Maybe they think if they don't mention it then viewers will not notice the absence.
@@tiff.k. well, at least if you and i noticed, I can say that their plan failed 😅
But Kanthony scenes were cute after all the (overplayed) drama of s2 it's nice to see them happy together and communicating properly.
@@elisa4620 💯 🥹 I loved seeing them be able to love each other without holding back.
I am done with Bridgerton as well. Mostly because they are straying so far from the books and storylines that have become totally unrecognizable.
It’s really sad, but I can’t watch it anymore.
I never believed you did not like Colin. But I got the vibe that you did not like the second half of the season...and I am not sure I liked it as well. I just finished it and I started watching your review. I have mixed feelings. Yes,I agree there was too much drama on the LW storyline. And with all those side characters we did not get the main couple as much as we wanted. I think I have a similar feeling right after watching season 2,only now stronger. I did not get enough of them.
To be clear, this video was made BEFORE I saw episodes 7-8. I had to prepare it early because I was going to be out of town during the Part 2 release (and I still am! 😂)
@@LadyJeneviaThey ruined Colin for me in episode 7-8, the way he treats Penelope after the wedding is breaking my heart. He is reactivating her childhood trauma by emotionally and physically distancing himself from her. It is soul crashing to watch. I think that was what Luke Newton referenced in that article that Colin is doing something in the second part he hates. I think he is talking about this treatment.
@@aliiciia555 you are right. The irony for me is that when I read the book ( the only of the 8 Bridgerton books that I read) i thought that the way Julia writes is not for me. Now? I wish that they had follow the book timeline at the very least. First kiss then Carriage reveal-proposal and then wedding and Polin against the world....Poor choices from the writers and no justice for this wonderful couple we have watched for the 2 previous seasons. Also the similarities with the first season just make me think that the writers were maybe just too lazy to think something else.....🤦🏻♀️
@@whois2blame At this point I think I rather take the books any day. It is kind of a crime in a romance show, if they made you question that the leading man loves the leading lady. Because after the LW reveal I don't think show Colin truly loves Pen, or if he does, he has a messed up way to show it. This should be his moment to show how much he loves Pen, by quickly forgiving her and having her back. He failed at the end of the season as a husband, and at the end of the second season as a friend. This is just traumatic, because he could have been one of the best leading men.
@@aliiciia555 it all has to do with the stupid idea of the showrunners to resolve everything in the last 5 minutes. We did not even have a second sex scene after they are back together but I guess this is the last thing to rant about, we have so many other reasons to be disappointed. And all this big promo tour felt like all talk no action for me.....
Your'e analysis of these episodes is genius. The Bridgerton writers would be smart to put you on the payroll. I absolutely adore the memes being inserted for comedy. Thank you for all your hard work with these videos. Bravo!
I felt very similar to you that I at first thought I couldn't be happy with them wrapping up the whistledown conflict in only 4 episodes (two for what happens after colin finding out) but I must now say after watching all 8 episodes that I'm satisfied with how its been done, it could have been better with two more episodes but alas I'm happy with what we got. Though I did notice that in all three bridgerton seasons we haven't gotten to fully enjoy a wedding yet, Daphne's and Simons was sour, Kanthonys wasn't even shown and now Polins was clouded by some conflict as well. Me personally I don't mind it as long as we get to see enough marital bliss otherwise, but I am noticing a pattern. I was thinking if this continues to happen it would be a sweet full circle moment if the last ever season ends with a happy wedding where everyone is present, but that's still a long way to go lol.
To be fair we did get Francesca’s wedding. It was definitely overshadowed amongst all the drama and it makes sense why it was so brief knowing her story in the books. But her and Kilmartin just make my heart explode they’re so adorable.
@@midnight_tacos that's true, I didn't count it since he's not her main love interest but it was adorable nontheless
just finished this season and so now i'm here! i wish i loved the season more but god that ending was so fulfilling! the one thing bridgerton does right every time with each season. side note: i love the way you pronounce things! like "daughter" or "matter" ! you are such an entertaining speaker fr. i love these videos.
Urrgh. It sucks. I love Nicola and Luke individually and together. But it was just so negative. Hated the duplicity they lut on Penn that just wasn't there in the books. And I really don't think I would have enjoyed it more had I not read the book. It was okay. But there were the makings of fantastic, and that is sofrustrating. They had all the pieces. And the split, with the extended gap, didn't help. I think it contributed to it all feeling so rushed.
Also I felt soooo bad bc she tried like 5 times to tell him. But then she is treated as though she never did.
I completely agree with you that I feel like they set up Penelope in a bad way. She is not like this in the books. I especially dislike the delay in LW reveal to Colin because it made Pen appear more deceitful than she actually is and it taints what has always been such a beautiful and wholesome love. Also, it’s frustrating that while I do enjoy Benedict, he got more love scenes during a Polin season than Penelope and Colin did. I kept feeling like I missed them and it’s their season. I don’t know. I don’t necessarily dislike this season but there is so much more that I wish could have occurred and things that could have been done differently to enhance their love story. I also wonder how much the month long gap affected my viewing experience. Like would have liked it more or understood their reasoning for certain creative decisions better if I had seen it in one go the same way I watched season two. Lots of think about. I wish I could feel less critical. Maybe I will feel differently once I watch the back half again.
I'll unpack this a bit more once I'm back in town and able to film but my wait being as long as it was between episodes 1-6 and 7-8 significantly damaged my emotional investment in the viewing experience for Colin/Penelope's love story. With all the talk among fans saying that Polin was a favourite of the show higher-ups I thought that they would get a lot more air time and HAPPY moments than they ended up getting now that it was their turn to be the main couple. I thought that they would've learned from the extremely negative feedback of having a giant unnecessary subplot that more or less no one liked taking away air time for Kanthony in their own season and instead they added twelve thousand more subplots that I didn't want to watch in Polin's season (what I wanted to watch was POLIN BEING CUTE BESTIES FALLING IN LOVVVVVVVVE). 😂
All I gotta say is - co-signed.
I agree it felt like it was the side characters season not theirs
@@LadyJenevia Same.
Agreed, even after overlooking all the rushed storylines, the one thing I couldn’t overlook is Penelope not being upfront with Colin and dragging it out, she was acting like Marina 2.0, and Marina was objectively in a much worse situation. It made her seem selfish and uncaring of Colin and colored all of their interactions post engagement. Penelope, as I understood her, is not a hypocrite, nor would she string her loved ones along like this. At the same time, yes, she does have a selfish side with respect to her career. I feel strongly that neither Colin nor Penelope’s characters were written coherently in this season.
All the subplots overshadowed the main story. The Mondriches were very unnecessary. The Benedict throuple was nonsense. It feels so forced.
I hate saying this but Cressida and Lady Featherington stole the spotlight for part 2 for me. I was just so over Penelope being really miserable for most of this season, and the big secret during an engagement gave me karmic flashbacks to Marina that I did not like. I was pretty over the main storyline with her and Colin and her and Eloise because it just made me cringe to watch.
Cressida’s not bright - but I felt for her, it was interesting to see her family dynamic and how she tries to desperately get herself out of her situation.
I really liked all part 2 scenes with Lady Featherington and Penelope. That growth was so important and so very human too. They did a great job with that and the acting was great.
Benedict’s storyline I was pretty meh about it. They just inserted his scenes in the weirdest and most uncomfortable places. I like the idea of him exploring, but damn, I did love the personable scenes with him and his family more.
Kanthony was amazing as always
Part 1 Happy
Part 2 Angsty and Sad
We needed balance. We needed happy Polin after the LW reveal. We went from Eloise, Colin, and the Queen piling onto Penelope to boom babies!! We never got like a happy Polin scene in their own home. It felt something was just missing. I dont care about Benny at this point unless Sophie's involved.
I kind of really liked how dark this season felt! It was a lot of doom and gloom but I liked the build up
My thoughts are clustered but here they are… Tbh I skipped all Benedict’s ‘fling’ storyline. Loved all his scenes with the siblings, although they were barely any :( and what is up with Michaela?? It felt forced. It felt they only wanted to be inclusive. Even though we cannot be 100% sure if that is true but I could see when Francesca first saw Michaela, she was kinda speechless and from that I knew there will be no Michael. I do not wish for them to do 20 eps like the old days but like you said 8 is way too little, everything was rushed. And too many sides stories were presented, all the Benedict’s fling story, the mondritch (can’t spell), like what did we even get from them at the end? Even with Cressida , did we need all that backstory to understand her blackmailing and her lying about being whistledown? Really liked when Kathony were giving advice to Colin but I wished they could have stayed when polin were dealing with the identity of whistledown. Even if they did not help like they did in the book, but it would have been nice to have all of them together then. John and Francesca were too cute and I wish to see more of their relationship in her season. Eloise moving with them was a surprise but I am excited to see how they will run with it. Although I do agree with you that they should have el stay with the family. I want polin and el to be altogher and happy together. The way Penelope solved the problem with the forged money with cousin jack wa clever I have to say. Tbh their intimate scenes were not as good as I hoped it would be. It felt very personal and it felt awkward for me to watch lol. I felt they hyped up the mirror scene so much that when I watched it, it was only so so. It was incredibly beautiful to see and to hear from Nicola of how proud she is of the scenes and they both did so well with such intimate scenes but I have to say that I liked the booked better, even thought they did used direct quotes from the book which was so nice to see. I loved that at the end Portia and Penelope agreed to do better together and it was nice to see them holding hands just before pen revealed herself. Also Cressida and Eloise, it felt strange when Eloise suddenly dropped Cressida when she revealed herself as whistledown. I mean I knew all along that she still deeply cared for pen but she was so quick to think so badly of Cressida. Thinking that she would write the fake paperback, damaging her family’s name. I did suspect that it was Cressidas mother who wrote about it but at the end we did not get anything from it. Idk honestly. And also yes the relationship between pen and lady Danbury, I still cannot believe they cut all that out, I agree with all you said about them. I could see that they tried to handle this but it was not enough. Remember part one, she disregarded pen when the queen was asking who pen was. Although I do understand why she did but still. As you can see my thoughts are all over but thanks if you are still reading lol. It is just my opinion. Also the only part that I like about Cressida is when she told Eloise how she understood why pen and her were no longer friends because all el does is talk. And that conversation I thought was great for el to reflect on herself. I a,so felt that most if not all polin’s happy moments are before him finding out about whistledown and so it felt like that were not so much of their true happiness. The whistledown storyline is taking away too much of their relationship. I wished to see more about then even from part 1. Where is the meet cute scene when they were younger.😢 and yes also madam delaquave (lol I can’t spell) I did like that pen had another friend to confide to but it was so short and kinda random like one min she is here and then next min she’s gone. Idk how to explain but yeah. Reflecting back now I wish to see more of the bridgertons with pen. Loved when hyacinth went straight to hugging pen. They could have showed us all the reasons why pen was so deperasrly wanted to be a part of this family. They could have showed us what they are to her, what they have been doing for her and how much they care for her. Ok enough for now, my thoughts I mean. To end this, I wanted to say you are one of my favorite commentator of the series and I do agree with most if not all your comments. Thanks for this vid and I am excited to see more of your thoughts!
I will never be tired of you saying it once or twice more that 8 eps is not enough lol I could not agree more.
Its so fustrating they didnt give you ep 7&8 cause my god, those give something to discuss. Im feel like ive been in a tornado watching the last 4 episodes. In a way good thing they didnt do all 8 at once cause i have one word, stress!! This season had me anxious and stressed throughout to the point of checking how long was left to be if it would be resolved. One big complaint about this season and yes its benedict but ill save that for your ep 7&8 review. What i think was good was how many call backs to the book we got in this season compared to S2, i did enjoy that and i hope this bodes well for benedict in S4
What was hugely disappointing for me for season 3, is all the wasted time on the side stories instead of focusing on colin and Pen. There was so much misunderstanding that they needed more time to get through, they could have stuck to the book in how it handled Polin relationship. Why put so much pressure leading up to their wedding ans Colin sleeping on the couch ignoring his wife, that was too much. I hope they give them so more time in the next season since they focused so much on Benedict fling. And is it just me but interracial dating is no longer taboo so please stop acting like its a shock. Also Francesca after finally getting married looks miserable and not as happy as the first part of season 3. They are so awkward around each other and it's just weird because there is zero chemistry between them
Good ol’ Benedict needs a good masquerade ball to hide Sophie Gunning, or Beckett. Get an Eurasian actress like Jessie Mei Li. Something needs to change here. A Cinderella story would be great. Why are they giving Kate so many blah outfits. The sari one was nice, though. I read the Benedict book. I have a feeling this series is going to be a big let down for Benedict. Honestly he didn’t need to be so much of a rake. BANTER. HAS everyone forgotten about relationships in the Bridgerton series. Hello??
this season was entirely too stressful for me for all the wrong reasons. like season2 was stressful in a good way because kanthony were just SOOO attracted to each other and magnetic that it made the stress worth it. but the stress in this season after wanting penelope to be happy and in love for so long only to see them fighting/ignoring each other for the majority of the season with all these unnecessary side plots made it a bad experience. along with eloise being mad at each other when i just wanted them to be friends again. and I ALSO enjoyed john, i really love his character and the actor it makes me sad knowing he's not going to be there long.
Someone on another video said Bridgerton’s weakness is it forsakes romance for more drama. I don’t think they trust the genre to be enough. And they definitely didn’t trust the audience would want to see more Polin. “If we don’t add exciting stuff they won’t watch.” Um….I watched specifically for Polin.
Your comment about switching the large plot points of LW and Polin getting together (basically 4 and 6) - your brain is huge, this would’ve been fantastic, I totally agree.
I won’t say anything spoilery about the last episodes since it’s still early but I found myself wishing for more episodes and wishing for more scenes of the main couple. JUST. TALKING. I miss talking, queue my baby boomer voice “I miss when people would just talk”
Anyways your reviews are always a delight, I look forward to seeing a whole roundup of the season, anddd some s4 speculation if you end up still super interested in the bridgerton universe after all this content!
Did not watch the whole video but I 100% agree with what you said about leaving reviewers with episode 6, I was so confused about this decision too because reviewers can’t give a full review of a FULL SEASON if they don’t have the FULL SEASON. If reviews on this season are sour, then it is entirely on Netflix as they risked one of their main moneymakers on this strategy (I know this wasn’t on Shondaland because even she said “ask Netflix” when asked about the season split). I get the idea of not wanting the last two episodes to be spoiled, but that ended up happening anyways, and to a way worse degree than I think they expected because of this waiting period and people’s impatience. I ended up being spoiled on stuff when I wasn’t even looking for spoilers, just opened instagram and BAM! HUGE spoiler on episode 8 at the top of my page two days ago. Two days before I could even watch this scene unfold in front of my eyes with fresh eyes and with the full context of the rest of the episodes. Honestly want to ask the execs up at Netflix myself what they were thinking with this decision
I have a lot of opinions about this season, so Im sorry in advance about the length of this comment.
I HATED the tilt camera and I feel so validated by this video, tell me why the first thing that came up to mind was "is this a fucking sam raimi movie" and then had to google to fact check that because I cant believe that was knowledge stored in my mind.
AND while I am on the topic of camera work, why does the show look so... cheap. S1 and 2 were gorgeous this looks like a hallmark movie, it is jarring. The part when polin catch eachother on the street before the wedding, looks like a schoolplay set. Please someone explain this to me, did they use different cameras? Why is the photography so bad!
The other thing I hated was the pacing.. for part one if felt much better upon a second and third rewatch and I imagine I will feel the same but I hated that they did not let the moments marinate a little bit more to build up tension, let the characters breathe for gods sake. I know it all comes to one thing, too many characters, not enough episodes!
That reminds me what the hell was the entire point of the Mondriches' plot! Where do they want to go with that?
I liked the season but I wanted so much more for Polin, they deserved better.
The look of the show has progressively cheapened as it has gone on. I remember being in awe of the closing scene with the fireworks and the dancing in the first season’s first episode. I think production costs increasing is a factor but I also wonder how much the more elaborate costuming and wigs for season 3 played a role. I for one loved the Mondrich storyline so I’m confused as to why it didn’t seem to go anywhere but I think it’ll be continued in later seasons. I am hoping the Cowpers are gone for good and the Featherington story has tied quite nicely so they probably need characters to be other fixtures of the ton along with Lady Danbury and Queen Charlotte.
Oh... my.... God! I never thought I wanted to know WHEN Colin started calling her "Pen" till you said it! But now I can't not think about it! I DEMAND THIS! AO3 Do your thing!
That is true
Supposedly Cressida’s back story this season is a setup for Benedict’s love interest 🤷🏽♀️
I wanted the Queen to acknowledge Colin & Pen
I am gonna sit out Francessca's season. I wanted Michael and they got me Michaela. Nope. Not happening for me. I am done.
I'm also sad that so much of Eloise's screentime was with Cressida, I initially didn't mind that they were humanising and fleshing out the villain so to speak if she had actually had a good character development arc- instead she ends up acting selfish again and it feels like all that time spent on hers and Eloises friendship was wasted. In some ways it served to show some of Eloises flaws that were already visible with Pen last season but hmm. It's not even that I don't understand Cressida, her actions made sense for the time and her family circumstances but with this season ending with her driving off and not being in contact with Eloise anymore its just like...what was all this for then and could the time instead have been used for something else? I personally didn't need all this backstory to make sense out of her decision to pretend to be Lady Whistledown. But who knows, maybe she'll play a role again in the future. Though I do have to say in my opinion there were quite a lot of touching family moments of the Bridgertons this second half, of course there can always be more but I was quite happy.
There was an interview given by Cressida’s actress who says she will be around in the next season, so let’s hope we get to see the growth from her actions this season. I loved her entrance to the Mondrich Ball in that gorgeous red dress
@@OryxArya That's good to know, if that's the case then I'd actually have no complaints. Maybe it's really true that Sophie will be related to the Cowper family and thus Cressida will play a role again.
Oh my god thank you so much for voicing that opinion on not liking Cressida’s redemption arc!! Everyone was gushing over her and Eloise but all of their scenes just felt like each of them were talking at each other and didn’t truly care about the other’s issues, and people were mad when it all broke down, like what did you expect? I’m all for an interesting villain backstory and exploration, but with Cressida it just didn’t work for me. I would also rather have seen Eloise spend time with her family instead. Basically I agree with all of your critiques lmao. And I hate that there was very little mention or reflection of why Eloise ended up in a scandal in the first place - I wanted her to confide in someone (besides Penelope, probably a member of her family. she gave some vague hints to Benedict at the end of season 2 but that was it) about her relationship with Theo, because none of her family really got the details of what she was doing in whistledown’s issue exposing her. All they knew was that she was “cavorting with political radicals”.
And because she never explained anything no one (especially Colin) has the true context to understand that Pen truly DID protect and save El (and her family) from the Queen.
And I think they are exaggerating how this "ruined" El.
What would have ruined her would have been to talk about Theo.
They might have been shocked but I don't think that anyone was truly surprised by her attending assemblies. She was do vocal and unsubtle about her hate of society and marriage...
I always look forward to watching your videos. I just finished episodes 5-6, so it's perfect timing 💐
So Michael is goona be a woman.....man it was my favourite book.🙃
Mine, too....😢
Season Threesome… I mean Season Three!
When some fans were complaining that there weren’t more NSFW scenes for Kanthony in season 2 this was such a weird way to respond. 🤔
😂
Yeah... That's about accurate since in a way or another all plotlines work with three people.
Totally agree that the LW reveal should’ve come first before Colin and Penelope had gotten together. Then the wedding conclusion would have been so much more satisfying to watch. Us Polin shippers have been waiting for them to get together for years… We deserved to see the perfect wedding! I wasn’t a fan of seeing them fight through their honeymoon period and sleeping on separate beds on their wedding night.
there are many cute moments in s3 but I have to say there are more disappointments. Which is sad to say
From watching cast interviews, I feel like their favorite parts got cut….like the Danbury/Penelope friendship, Colin coming through for Will in a big way, etc…when I finished watching, I felt like I must have fell asleep and missed the best parts…
This season would have worked so much better if it released weekly. There was SO MUCH WHIPLASH in that last half.
I feel like I clocked Benny as poly and bi from season 1, so... this did not seem out of nowhere to me. I was like, "Yep. That tracks." I have no idea why they included these two characters who will be throwaways, though, and likely not involved in his season. To me, that cheapens the value of him kind of figuring himself out and knowing himself better before we (probably) head into his season.
I mean same he felt very written as bi, I liked him figuring it out and shying away and coming back felt real to me. But again the throw away and the weird poly people are only in casual relationships thing? And the equating being bi with being poly as though they are one and the same - I really didn't like. I say all this as a poly bi person.
Eloise is surely the worst friend in the history of friends. She's so incredibly self-centred and self-righteous and bitter I am not surprised she can only manage one friend at a time. Even Cressida deserved better.
I really like Eloise but didn’t understand why she turned on Cressida the way she did. I actually felt so sorry for her this season
True. I was so surprised that she turned on Cressida after she tried to pass as LW. Why? She had no understandable reason for it. She was even happy about it and convinced Pen to let her take the credit.
Especially because she knew why Cressida would do that.
It would have made more sense for her to forsake her after the fake LW Society Paper.
Eloise in part 2, while closer to S1 and s2 Eloise, felt inconsistent with the grown up, more mature woman she was in part 1.
At least she still admits her mistakes and admit to being petty, which is a huge deal for her 😂
And the writers trying to sell her as wise?! Like no. She has never been wise. Clever and intelligent yes. But wise? Not one cell of this immature privileged girl is.
I thought the jealousy plot would go for Eloise because it had been set up this way but it didn't go anywhere.
It fortunately didn't even really go to Colin either because it was about him understanding that being his sensitive, supportive self is enough and that's a great theme (especially for a man in an environment reeking of toxic masculinity).
They also often mention how Pen ruined or nearly ruined El. But... No she wasn't? Everyone gets over her attending political assemblies in a few days (probably in part because no one was surprised given how un subtle her dislike of society is) and Pen never reveals a thing about Theo.
@@elisa4620 Yes, Eloise definitely felt inconsistently written. The moment she learnt of her brother's engagement, she orders Penelope to tell him her secret because 'until he truly knows you he cannot love you' - I mean, the moment she found out, she cancelled their friendship, so I don't see the logic here. And it's not a great incentive for Penelope. And then she had the gall to ask how long Penelope has been in love with her brother. I mean, if she had paid any attention to her alleged best friend instead of ranting about the unfairness of life as an aristrocratic woman, chasing down Lady Whistledown and daydreaming about Theo, she may have noticed. Interestingly enough, Eloise said she didn't want to break her brother's heart by revealing Penelope's secret to him but she only pursued this path once she realised how pissed off he'd be at her for keeping the secret. Self-serving motive again. It's actually quite sad that Penelope, who grew up with a really narcissistic mother, is drawn to self-absorbed people. Colin's feelings for her, as per show, are pretty much built on how she makes him feel seen. Yes, he definitely cherishes her kindness and friendship but he took her for granted way too long. Penelope is consistently cast in the supporting role and that's doing her a disservice. Outing her as Whistledown diminished her because that was how she turned being overlooked into power. All in all, not my favourite season. Penelope deserved better.
@@elisa4620 I agree with you! Apparently the show runner isn’t great at “minding” story lines, so she has other people working on them and weaving them into the main story and I think you can really see the issues with that in part 2. I don’t think it was a great idea to split the season up like they have, it made the issues kind of jarring. Like what the hell was with the splicing of Benedict’s thruple scene? It was so weirdly put together. I am also worried they are setting up the Mondrich’s son to replace Hyacinth’s love interest and although I would be kind of open to that, I really loved that her love interest was Lady Danbury’s grandson and the dynamic that presented.
@@OryxArya Isn't the Mondrich son way too young to be her love interest? When she is out he would be in college.
At least, it would mean one love interest without daddy/mommy issues because the Mondrich are good parents. 😂
English isn't my first language so I am not sure, does "minding" means "planning" in this context?
Season 3 was a Penelope story with a side of Colin
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Thank you for this & I’m glad I wasn’t alone in my feelings. This book was my favorite of all the Bridgerton books & I hyped myself to be left a little disappointed. The writers could have left a lot from the book into the show & not have all these side subplots. To me it all felt rushed in the end to get to their happy ending & we didn’t truly see the internal battle Collin was fighting. I mean I should have seen this coming since they change a lot of stuff in seasons 1 & 2 from the books. Going forward, I’ll just take it with a grain of salt & not get too vested.
I am so disappointed with this show. I don’t understand the need to change everything when adapting these books. These romances are popular because of the original story. I understand changing problematic scenarios or for time but to change the core of the story is so disappointing. I haven’t even finished the show I just don’t want to watch anymore.
I don't find the books good but even I understand some changes were not good.
Dome were. Definitely.
Some were not...
Wait... On the day of the premier you weren't given the opportunity to watch the last episodes?? Man, this is really awful. Like I've seen people giving spoilers in Instagram for episode 7 and 8?! I love your videos, they give just enough to keep one person hooked - netflix really needs to get their shit together 😢
If leaks were happening, I have no choice but to laugh because they for damn sure weren’t coming from me! 😂
I only wanted the last episodes so I could prepare a COMPLETE review ahead of time. I’m out of the country right now! I just had dessert in a different time zone after getting some much-needed errands done, I’m not losing any sleep over some screeners (though my sleep HAS been a mess from jet lag, haha 🫨)
@@LadyJenevia oh I understand you! This time the release is working for me - it's my lunch break so I'm watching episode 5 😂 I truly hope you get our benny bobo screeners when its his season! Or I'll fight some Netflix people 😁
I've been refraining on commenting on any of these videos until I had the context of the entire season to work. And, um, I'm disappointed. The best part of the season was the final scenes setting up the next few seasons, which is bad form. It really felt like they were just trying to get past Colin and Penelope's romance, which is sad, because their friendshipbwas so compelling in season 1 and 2.
Never going to be done being grateful for every crumb of Grease 2 reference I get😂
This is me commenting before I watch part 2, but I don’t mind them having her keep the secret AS LONG AS IT’S FOR A GOOD REASON. I think of it like Kate keeping the secret that she was in love with Anthony from Edwina. Kate thought that marrying Anthony was the best course of action for Edwina, even when it definitely wasn’t because Edwina deserved a good love match. As long as there is a good reason, as long as she feels its for the good of Colin in some way, shape or form (even if it isn’t) or as long as it doesn’t just stem from selfishness, maybe it stems from hyper-independence from having only herself to rely on her whole life, then I’m fine with it. Those sweet moments they share won’t be as tainted for me like the moments Kanthony shared in season 2 weren’t tainted because I know she isn’t doing it for selfish reasons. Hopefully they are going this route or I’m gonna be honest, I won’t enjoy part 2 as much.
Will be coming back in a few hours after watching part 2 to see if I was right.
Exactly, so far, I don’t see any justification other than her hesitation that she’ll be hated and lose her chance for happiness. I’m not seeing any consideration for Colin or the bridgerton family. I may be wrong, will have to come back after watching part 2
Just finished Part 2, i love it! 😊
You didn't waste any time, love it ❤ I even took time of from bingewatching the new episodes to check out what you had to say (but only a little because I don't want to run into spoilers 😊)
Btw I am a huge Grease 2 fan as well. I feel a connection, almost nobody around here (The Netherlands) is familiar with that movie.
WHERE IS MY COOL RIDER? WHERE ARE THEY? I'M WAITING! 😂❤️🔥
@@LadyJenevia I feel you!! Who, whooooo, who's that guy 😎😍
IMAGINE the cultural fusion fashion we would get if they ever show us Anthony and Kate's wedding and her wedding dress!!! SUCH a missed opportunity! I would pay to watch see his face watching her walk down the aisle!
I find this season incredibly frustrating because the chronology of events and unresolved issues makes it really hard to enjoy any of the romantic moments Colin and Penelope share in latter half of the season. It destroys any investment I have in their story and makes it feel incredibly stilted. Nothing is landing for me.
That’s very similar to my overall feeling about this season which is such a shame since I was ready for a new love story to win me over and it didn’t quite do what I was hoping for. 🙂↔️
I knew Bridgerton was in trouble once it changed showrunners. I loved Pen and Colin,'s story but Benedict and Francesca's story is now ruined, no thanks to Blackrock via Netflix DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion). So sick of shows and movies being ruined. 😢
The fact that he used what would hurt her the most ( the distance, the rejection, the bullying and curt words) to get back at her for being Whistledown essentially made him a villan instead of a romantic lead.
Especially because to me his Whistledown anger is wholy misplaced. He felt so foolish for the Marina situation he decided to place the blame on Whistledown and not himself. Later he just finds reasons to hate her more (i.e. Eloise). Nevermind that Whistheldown is always saving his family from ruin. Nop. That means nothing. Anyways, I digress.
The Whistledown drama really destroyed the vibes of the season. You are completely right that the mid-season cliffhanger should have been the Whistledown reveal to Colin, because as it was every nice thing was covered in a cloud of “this will feel hollow when Colin finds out” instead of letting us enjoy it. It just was an increasing sense of doom the whole season.
i really question Netflix's promotion strategy for season 3. Up until Valentines Day we had only a couple of stills and then after Valentines Day, Netflix started releasing clips and promos at seemingly random times and days. By May it seemed like daily we would get additional clips. On the flip side, Netflix seemed to give screeners to a lot of the review channels who were their target audiences, which make sense. However then their review embargo did not lift until after the show was released so the people who would normally be hyping the show the most couldn't say anything until the show released. Then even after release it seemed like a lot of channels that I thought had screeners so would release multiple review videos still didn't release videos. I get trying to build up hype for the release, but it seemed like Netflix's strategy silenced the people that they most wanted to talk and gush beforehand to give them publicity. It just doesn't make business sense.
I’ll come back and watch this video after I’ve seen the episodes.
Much appreciated! ☺️
I believe Colin's attempts to find connection, meaning, and purpose, his class clown or hero personas, and his relationship issues all through the show are tied up in a kind of trauma reaction to losing his father and his mother's deep grief/depression at an impressionable age. These could all easily be explained as possible reactions to abandonment issues if the initial loss happened when he was old enough to remember but not enough to fix anything. Since he couldn't save his father or cure his mother's grief, the best he could do is entertain everyone and make them as safe and happy as possible with the tools available to a young boy. He may not have been able to progress past that until the family trauma had healed more through time passing and the eventual marriages of his older sister and brother (those relationships helped each sibling deal with their trauma, so they could be better help to Colin by example). It's obvious to me that Colin craves connection and commitment for roughly the same reason Anthony ran screaming from it for years. Because the tragic sudden loss of their father and their mother's extreme complicated grief took part of their childhood and made them all grow up too fast in some ways while stunting their development in others. Daphne and Anthony became de facto parents and head of household even while Daphne hadn't yet entered puberty and Anthony had only just reached his majority, years before either should have been expected to shoulder these burdens. Colin couldn't take on either role, so he became everyone's entertainment, their respite. But who comforts the comforting one? No one. Who respects the hard work behind entertaining everyone? No one. So he gave without anyone realizing how much he gave, worked for years with no one seeing that it was work. Emotional labour is a real thing deserving respect, but Colin and Benedict did so much of it while being passed by like wallpaper. It's frustrating.
the moment this video dropped i ran to watch part 2 and came back just now to finish watching 😂😂 so excited for full season analysis!!!
I was waiting for your recap.😊
I totaly agree with you about the end of part 1, with Colin find out that Pen is Lady W✒️. And more interaction with Pen and the Modist, 2 power/business ladies.
Thanx for your review.
Maybe I sit on the sideline until Hyacinth’s season
The intimate scenes between Colin & Pen were far & few between, it feels intentional. Makes one wonder if it’s due to the writers inability to see Pen as someone worthy of sexual desire. I don’t usually comment on things like this, but I am personally bothered by the lackluster moments between the two main characters. I’ve seen an article of the show runner mentioning that she was highly invested in Francesca & John’s love story. And you see the difference in the organic way their love story unravels on the show & with very little screen time. It proves to us viewers the writers are able to tell a beautiful love story, yet we got crumbs for Polin. Is it bc Fran is more of the ideal romantic lead? There was more than enough romance from the book for Pen & Colin to have an amazing love story on the show, so many moments that would have had us romance girlies flushed for weeks. Yet we got nothing but more than a weekend at Bernie’s. Can’t help but think it’s bc of the writers not being fans of Polin.
I have had this thought too.
But supposedly they are fans of Polin since they have sprinkled it each seasons before.
So that kinda makes the lack of true romance for them worst. They had elements to make it sweet and romantic and not rushed. It wasn't any of it.