Dafter a long wait, the second part of Bridgerton 3 is finally available on Netflix. The third season of the period series, set in Regency England and directed by Shonda Rhimes, focuses on Penelope Featherington. She is played by an excellent and very credible Nicola Coughlan.
What happens in the latest episodes, which arrive on the streaming platform today? Spoiler: the young engaged couple are overwhelmed with joy, but have to deal with Lady Whistledown.
Bridgerton 3, part 2: the plot of the last episodes
The first part arrived on the platform last Maywhile the new episodes were long in coming. It ended with the long-awaited kiss between Colin (Luke Newton) and Penelope, resulting in his declaration of love on board the carriage, the beginning of the third season had really kept fans glued to the screen. The episode ends with an unforgettable proposal: «Penelope Featherington, will you marry me or not?».
At the beginning of the second part the two they show up together at the Bridgerton house and announce that they are officially engaged. Happiness reigns supreme: for everyone, except for Eloise (Claudia Jessie), still angry and suffering from the end of her friendship with Penelope.
The woman feels betrayed for the umpteenth time. How long has this story been going on? And especially What will Colin think when he finds out that Penelope is Lady Whistledown? Precisely this secret takes center stage in the new episodes. Colin has rediscovered himself deeply in love with Penelope and does nothing to hide it: he wants to marry his best friend and already fantasizes about their future together.
Penelope, however, has to face an unexpected event. Queen Charlotte (Gold Rosheuvel) places a £5,000 bounty on Lady Whistledown. Everyone wants to find out who he is, especially Colin, whose family has been tarnished by the words of the mysterious writer. Feeling cornered, Penelope would like to confess the truth, but can’t find the courage.
“Bridgerton 3”, Nicola Coughlan is Penelope Featherington (Netflix).
The ending of Bridgerton 3: Are Penelope and Colin getting married?
From the beginning, Penelope has always managed to maintain her anonymity, but now keeping such a big secret causes her agitation and makes her nervous. and perpetually afraid of the possibility of being exposed. The thought of her being discovered had never crossed her mind before, but now she risks losing everything, starting with the man she has always been in love with.
Despite that, he has to deal with what Lady Whistledown represents. The creation of this fictional character land it gave the possibility to emerge from anonymity, to be taken into consideration and, above all, feared. She transformed her into a powerful writer, capable of holding the entire kingdom in her grip.
Now she is faced with a choice: put a stone on it, as they say, and relegate the tales of Lady Whistledown to a phase of one’s life now definitively over or keep the role of the character, aware that the consequences could be disastrous. AND yes, they will be, when the future husband discovers the truth.
To find out if in the end Colin and Penelope get married – and therefore if the little girl of the Featherington family will be able to keep the pieces together – all that remains is to watch the latest episodes of Bridgerton 3.
“Bridgerton 3”, Luke Newton is Colin. (Netflix)
What happens to the other characters in the cast
Not just Penelope and Colin. The couples’ games in the series are different. Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) returns to Mayfair with his wife Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) to announce happy news. Little Francesca (played by Hannah Dodd)for her part, is increasingly interested in Count John Stirling (Victor Alli), who reciprocates her feelings: when they realize they are made for each other, they make an important decision.
Lady Danbury (Adjoa Adoh) meanwhile is struggling with her brother, Lord Marcus Anderson (Daniel Francis), with whom there is bad blood due to old grudges. The disagreements risk increasing even more when Marcus shows interest in Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell).
Then, there is Cressida Cowper (Jessica Madsen). She is Eloise’s new friend and her parents are about to marry her off to a very elderly nobleman. The only way to escape a sad and desperate future is to find a sufficient amount of money to support themselves. Could the bounty offered by the queen prove to be a valid help?
“Bridgerton 3”, Jessica Madsen is Cressida Cowper (Netflix).
Bridgerton 3the review
The third season of the series yes, it focuses on love, but it goes one step further. It is perhaps the most feminist chapter of the Netflix series so far. The men act as a backdrop and everything revolves around female roles: women decisive, strong, independent, aware. Penelope is the first whose courage emerges. When she thinks she has no more hope with Colin, she brings out all her personality, pushes him away and thus gets what she has always dreamed of.
When Colin asks for her hand, her mother Portia (Polly Walker) encourages her to dedicate herself to her husband and his dreams. «And my dreams?», she asks. In that instant, he understands that he doesn’t want to give up his alter ego. Also Francesca she is a young woman who he knows what he wants. She rejects the suitor imposed on her by her family and chooses John Stirlinggoing against every convention and challenging prejudices. Cressida herself, who aspires to take possession of an identity that is not hers, does so because she dreams of freedom and self-determination.
In this sense Bridgerton 3 avoid the soap opera risk that love intrigues entail and also talks about something else: launches positive and feminist messages nestled between corsets and lace gloves. A necessary change of direction considering the first two seasons, especially given that Penelope is the central character of the entire series.
Reducing her role to just her engagement with Colin and the consequent happy ending would be banal and would take away the pathos of the story. It remains to be seen how the plot will evolve in the fourth season: Will Shonda Rhimes and her writers be able to keep the attention high? Or will the interest gradually wane? We’ll see.
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