What to Watch the Week of June 9: Bridgerton Part 2 Is Everything You Want It to Be and More
glamour.comBridgerton part 2 , as the back half premieres this Thursday, June 13 with the final four episodes of season three. (Unless you're one of many who will stay up late on Wednesday night as soon as it drops on Netflix.)Having seen the first two (episodes 305 and 306), I can say that while part 1 was great, Bridgerton part 2 is even better.
We finally get to the juicy stuff—drama, secrets, and of course, sex. that every storyline will come to a head, as “the tension ramps up double-time [compared to] the first half of the season.”But leave it to executive producer Shonda Rhimes to really amp up the anticipation: “It is sexy and surprising…I cried at the end.
And I don't always cry,” she said on the 3rd Hour of Today last week. “I really got into it. It's a beautiful story.”At the end of part one, Colin proposed to Penelope outside the Bridgerton house; in the part two trailer, we know that Penelope has accepted his proposal (as if she wouldn't), and she's admitted that she's always been in love with him.
Of course, the big secret she has yet to reveal is that she's also Lady Whistledown, whom Colin despises. Eloise threatens to tell her brother if Pen doesn't do it first, and how Colin will react has the potential to derail everything.Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton opposite Claudia Jessie as his sister, Eloise, in episode 306.In the book, Colin is able to move on rather quickly upon learning the news, but the series seems poised to take a different route. “We’ve had her go after the Bridgertons at different points, so there’s quite a bit more for her to own up to, which changes the nature of the reveal,” Brownell says.On that note, it's only a matter of days before we see it all unfold, so come back to Glamour this.
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