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And weve only seen part 1!
Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington and Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton in episode 302.
We still have moreBridgertonepisodes coming in less than a month.
(June 13, to be exact.)
And when Lord Debling asks for permission to marry Pen, shes still unsure.
Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in episode 303
This is the very reason why I discouraged you from reading.
It is only in your storybooks.
Do you know what is romantic?
Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton
Be smart, Penelope.
Hes so motivated he even declines his friends invitation to skip the ball and go out drinking.
Colin is undeterred; hes off to find his girl.
Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in episode 302
He says he doesnt knowbut hes glad she already has a full life.
And then, you-know-who interrupts.
Colin, you are going to ruin things between me and Lord Debling, Pen says, annoyed.
Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton and Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in episode 301.
Well, perhaps that is for the best, he counters.
Pen, you cannot marry him.
You hardly know him.
Daniel Francis as Lord Anderson and Adjoa Andoh as Lady Agatha Danbury in episode 304
Oooh, the tension.
Colin Bridgerton would nevereverhave feelings for me, she replies.
We are friends, nothing more.
Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton and Victor Alli as John Stirling in episode 304
When Lord Debling asks if she would like it to be more, she stutters.
And with that, they are done.
Lady Featherington is not pleased, which only makes Pen feel worse.
Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton, Florence Hunt as Hyacinth Bridgerton, Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton, Will Tilston as Gregory Bridgerton in episode 304
She runs outside and gets into a carriage.
Colin, hot on the pursuit, manages to stop her carriage and hops in.
He asks if Lord Debling proposed, to which Pen scoffs.
Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in episode 301
He says its his business because he cares about her.
You cannot marry that man, he says.
He is…just not right for you, Pen.
Penelope says Lord Debling decided not to proposebecauseof Colin.
The scene you caused led him to believe you have feelings for me, she says.
Of course, she adds, the idea is preposterous so Colin needs to leave her alone.
What if I did have feelings for you?
Feelings like dreaming of you when Im asleep.
And in fact preferring sleep because that is where I might find you.
With that, we start hearing the orchestra play Give Me Everything, which itson.
But Colin…wearefriends, Penelope says.
And then…off they go!
Colin looks in shock, which is both sweet and hilarious, while Pen takes charge.
Its nice to see, especially as she feels true pleasure for the first time.
Its a spectacularly romantic moment between the two, which should make long-awaited #Polin fans giddy with delight.
Colin wishes the driver would keep going, which makes them both break out in laughter.
He then lifts up Penelopes dress strap and gets out of the carriage.
She thinks hes leaving, but he asks if shes coming with him.
Your family will see me…, she stutters.
And then: For Gods sake, Penelope Featherington, are you going to marry me or not?
Well, that went from 0 to 180 rather quickly.
Then again, this isBridgerton.
Grab some tea and scones, dearest gentle reader.
Youll be here for a while.
Walk us through how it came together.
Logistically, that was hard to shoot.
We just had this tiny carriage on a sound stage, actually.
And so Andrew pitched staging it so theyre opposite one another.
It became the perfect visual for Colin, who has ignored Penelope for so long.
How did you choose the orchestra version of Pitbulls Give Me Everything for that much-anticipated scene?
Songwise, Ifor better or worsechose the Pitbull song thats in that scene.
That moment needs to crescendo a huge amount because its the culmination of so many years of longing.
When might that reveal come in part 2?
Colin and Penelope cant fully know each other until Penelope tells Colin this secret.
What can you preview about how hell react?
Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton
Penelope and Eloise also arent in a good place, and understandably so.
Friendships, especially the ones made in childhood, often have a growing pain at some point or another.
There are a few extra obstacles other than just coming of age.
So whether or not they will be able to survive that is up for grabs in the back half.
Without spoiling anything, there is obviously real depth between them and a real sense of care.
As it’s possible for you to imagine, that will translate from their friendship to an intimate space.
Im thrilled to have been able to do that.
Will we get back to them in the second half of the season?
Yeah, we are going a little bit deeper with them in the back half.
Episode 301 is really about their love bubble and things just being easy.
Will we get more sex scenes with them?
Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton and Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in episode 301.
Moving on to Violet Bridgerton, there seems to be an attraction with Lady Danburys brother, Marcus.
And he tells Violet that he doesnt intend to give up on a love match.
What can you preview there?
How serious might their budding relationship be?
Were going to continue to develop that in the back half.
As far as Benedicts connection with Lady Arnold, theres more to come in the back half.
I think Benedicts really enjoying his time with her.
Not to leave out the youngest Bridgerton sibling, but we see Gregory with a sling on his arm.
Weirdly, no, it didnt happen to Will.
It gave him some really fun business to play.
The balls are always tricky, and this season they were trickier than ever.
So I have to pull back from it later in the season.
What scenes in the first half were you most excited for fans to finally see?
There are so many parts from the first half that I love from a fan perspective.
One of my favorite scenes is the one where Penelope and Francesca connect on the wall in episode 1.
I tried to approach every episode with a very tight theme.
So episode 1 is really about transformation and change.
Whistledown is about transformation and change.
The ball that Lady Danbury throws is a four-seasons ball, which speaks to changing seasons.
We tried to do something like that in every episode.
There are also a lot of butterflies throughout the season, which is very important to the Featheringtons.
Youll see them all throughout the sets and the costumes.
Finally, what can you tease about part 2?
The tension in the back half ramps up double-time to the tension in the first half.
If I were watching it as a fan, I would want to watch them all in one sitting.
Im biased, but I want to rewatch them.
