Showrunner Jess Brownell on the Bridgerton Season 3, Part 1 Finale: All the Easter Eggs You Probably Missed and What's to Come

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Bridgerton season 3 has delivered—and then some—on all the romance, drama, and we've come to expect from the Netflix series.

And we've only seen part one! We still have more Bridgerton episodes coming in less than a month. (June 13, to be exact.)But let's back up and recap the incredible Bridgerton season 3, part 1 finale: Lord Debling (Sam Phillips) is technically still in the picture for Penelope (), but by the end of the episode—titled “Old Friends”—it seems like he's on his way to becoming a distant memory.

He's the perfect suitor for Penelope, but nothing can compete with the passion she feels for Colin (). Of course, even as Colin witnesses Lord Debling charming Pen, he still goes off to have a threesome with some random women… At least he admits his enthusiasm is elsewhere and, wow, how things will change within the next 35 minutes.And when Lord Debling asks for permission to marry Pen, she's still unsure. “Oh, do not tell me you are holding out for love," her mother, Portia Featherington (Polly Walker), says. "This is the very reason why I discouraged you from reading.

Love is make believe. It is only in your storybooks. Do you what is romantic? Security. Be smart, Penelope.”Meanwhile, an angsty Colin wants to stay home for the evening…that is, until his mother shares that Lord Debling might propose to Penelope later that evening.