There's not enough Polin, the pacing is off.....let's talk about it! (Bridgerton S3 review)
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I feel like the writers didnt care about the main couple, and thus did not make us care. Friends to lover is such a great trope when done well, they could have given us flashback of them as kids, make Colin work more to convince Penelope, having her reject him at first, you could have seen him fight for her more, spend more time with her...Like honestly, they were so many ways they could have made their story better, but they choose to spend lots of times on mostly useless storyline. Dont get me wrong I enjoyed some of them, but the main force of Bridgerton is supposed to be romance, not plot or social commentary. When they try to do everything, everything end up being average imo.
Ngl, i feel the same. Where on earth is the pining??? I need better development for polin and ive not even read the books like-
Exactly my thoughts. I don’t how they completely skipped over the criticism about these exact issues in Season 2 and did more of the same
to be fair, theres only 8 episodes. but ur right, if they focused less on the side plots and more on the lead couple i think the polin story could be so much better
Yeah! My thoughts exactly.
I was so excited to see the bridgertons also interacting more, like maybe Ant giving Colin advice concerning Colin's feelings towards Pen and maybe Kate teasing Ant for his not great advice or Idk Ben making fun of Colin because Pen is enjoying time with her suitor, because of what Colin said last season and now feels towards her or how he helped pen get a suitor in the first place...
The series is called Bridgerton for heaven's sake. Give me more hilarious and sweet family moments. Not some unnecessary side plots I could not care less for.
And it's one thing for Pen to forgive Colin relatively fast, but couldn't Colin at least get scolded by his family for his careless words?? Sure Colin was a bit jealous, but were is the sweet suffering that eventually pays off nicely in their lovestory?? Colin basically just gets what he wants after ruining Pen's proposal... he did nothing to earn Pen.
I completely agree..there was no flow in the story..they could have done soo many things to make this the best season but they made it worse than season2
I’m with you on the Mondrich family 😬😬 I also don’t care about Lady Danbury’s brother and Violet. Tbh, I only cared for Polin really. It was hard to sit through anything else for me although Francesca was sort of interesting
Exactly!!!! The beef that Lady Danbury has for her brother is being dragged out and unnecessary. In fact, it feels like they have lessened her badassery and have her sitting up under the Queen too much.
@@sassyone82 I'm kinda into Violet getting some action so I don't mind her Lady Danbury's brother being there.
The random threescore did feel force and I am not sure if it was purposively or not but it connects to the fact that Colin himself felt completely out of place. He thought that those were the things that a guy need to do to become more manly or be praised. Also, the way he described hooking up in his journal, it felt like he enjoyed it but he wanted real emotional intimacy. I mean when pen reads the part, he mentions how it feels so distant. Colin was trying to mimic the people in his friends group. The problem is not that he was sleeping around but problem us the fact that he didn't really felt fulfilled. This was completely different for Simon and Anthony as fir them sleeping around was more about their internal conflicts rather than wanting to show off
Exactly! I just wish they made it more obvious for us and that they will explore more of this feeling in the second part. Nobody is understanding this enough and it feels off even for the people that got it
I think he's trying to block who he really is, because like Benedict (????), he's more creative and a dreamer than his brothers. He's wanting to be more of a rakehell to block his true self out
I hated how there was no bridgerton family in Brdigerton series. The main focus should have been the main couple, 2nd should have been other Bidgerton family members. I also hated how they sent Kanthony away and we didn't find them in any other episode.
Yes! I wanted to see brotherly interactions, Anthony giving advice to Colin, Kate and Pen bonding, and we got none of that!
It seems Netflix, want the fans of Bridgerton to be subscribed for at least two months. They are so not ashamed when they post the dates on the advertisements.
Oh obviously. They did it with strangers things too. These are they’re highest grossing IPs of course they’re going to milk them
Hmm, I wonder if the showrunner and producers were aware of the split season when S3 was written and shot? It might've forced them to re-edit in a way that felt less than organic to the storylines and character arcs. I'm withholding judgement until Part 2 airs.
Something I keep forgetting to bring up.
The two characters who had disabilities felt like tokens to me.
Yes, they don’t need entire storylines but considering people with disabilities barely get representation or proper ones, it felt like a slap to the face to me that they are there for 2 seconds and that’s it.
Do agree about the lady danbury and Penelope storyline. They may add that in part 2, but it should have been earlier.
I think they could make a future main disabled, that’s real representation. Not two second cameos, its very token
There were two characters?! Who?? I noticed the man in the wheelchair of course. They even zoomed out to highlight it which felt icky ngl. Like “look at us! We represented! We did representation 😊”
Who was the other person??
@@Zelda00Gamerthere was a blink and you’ll miss it moment with a deaf character & her mom during the scene where the Queen examines the new debutantes
@@Zelda00Gamer it was a blink and you miss it. But in the debutante presentation scene, two women walked away and spoke using British sign language.
That would be so cool to see more of.
Francesca and John are giving autistic.
I agree about Penelope and Colin’s lack of character development. Neither of them give main character energy this season. I blame the new showrunner.
I disagree with your thoughts on the Mondriches. They bring new energy to the boring and stuffy ton.
They should’ve cut Benedict’s scenes with his lady friend. I’m not invested because: 1) We don’t know the woman and 2) What is Benedict’s purpose? Does he still paint? Is he looking for love or simply bored? Save it for next season.
They should’ve cut most of Cressida’s scenes. I’m tired of bullies/villains getting redemption arcs. I don’t care that her father is an asshole. She has bullied Pen for years. Spilling a drink on Pen and tearing her dress is something that can cause someone as ridiculed and isolated as Pen to unalive themselves. And for the life of me I don’t know why Eloise is friends with her.
I agree this season is starting off rocky. Too many relationships trying to blossom instead of focusing on the one they let everyone believe it was going to be about. The best thing about season 3 part one was Her Majesty THEE Queens hairstyles! She ate 💅🏽
Yes, that hair with the revolving swans on the inside. The costume designer and hair stylist is killing it.
Thank you for the realistic review! So many people hate on us who criticize some aspects of the show as if it means we don't like it. We love it that's why we criticize it! We want the best for it.
I totally agree! And I BEG Colin and Pen's development to be the main focus in these next four episodes!!! I feel like Colin started to feel ATTRACTION and not LOVE for Pen, does that make sense? I wanted to see him suffering because he didn't see all this time that he had a hot, BUT ALSO charming, funny and intelligent woman right in front of him! I believe that in the fifth episode Eloise will tell Colin about Pen being Lady Whistledown and from then on the development will be better, even though he feels betrayed he will feel intrigued by Pen, this will make her more honest with him about her feelings about him and about society, after all, no one has a problem saying horrible things to her without considering her feelings, but she needs to consider their feelings when she is Lady Whistledown??? I hope she is as firm with Colin as she was in the books
And what the fuck was Benedict's plot with that random woman?
ps: sorry for my english
I really wish they had kept the part where colin was the first one to find out that penelope was Lady whistledown. I also wish kept the friendship that lady Dunbery had with penelope in the book
I liked so far and we still have 4 more episodes. But i do agree they could have given Polin more scenes together because it was so great the ones they did together, the chemistry was so good & i didn't care for Cressida nor Mondrichs. Colin fake Rake person was intentional, though. He's supposed to feel off as a rake because he's trying to be someone he is not. That's exactly what LW/PEN said about him in her writings. He's soft and sensitive, a sweet guy, but he thinks he shouldn't be and pretends to be someone else. So it is supposed to feel odd and unconvincing.
Yess thank youu!! And also we have been getting Polin development since the first episode, they didn't just met and we already knew them...
I started watching for Polin but stayed for Francessca 😍
she's a bore but she's thin so of course
You’re amazing getting out 3 back to back videos right after the season’s premiere. I love to see Black stories but I literally did not care anything about the Mondrich’s plot line! AT ALL! Everytime we came back to them, I was confused on why they were bumped up to almost lead status. I agree they should have just had a throwaway line in Lady Whistledown about them and maybe a cut to them moving in. Everything else wasn’t needed besides maybe showing the 1 scene that there’s some contention about Mondrich still working. Use all that wasted screen time to develop Lord Debling and Pen’s relationship to oppose Polin. Or build up Colin’s personality and growing attraction to Pen. This season is already dividing up attention between Polin and Francesca’s romance. We don’t need anymore pointless subplots.
This is such a good review and really put into words everything I was feeling! Can't wait for your review of part 2 :)
I’m honestly disappointed that they turned Colin’s character into a superficial charmer who sleeps around. Anthony did it and we still see Benedict doing it. Colin is supposed to be the “sensitive” guy, which they had Violet speak on but didn’t show. To your point, we don’t need to see him turn into a rake to see that he’s grown since season 1 and that he’s now “attractive”.
They said Shonda didnt help write this season. I said you can tell. Still liked the season though. Im glad that Francesca showed up. Her book is my fav
I felt exactly the same. Thank you for putting all my feelings together. As someone who hasn't read the books, Colin doing a 180 felt very weird. I was trying to explain to my husband why Anthony was different because we did have a couple of sex scenes with him during season 2, but they were very brief and felt more like he was just taking care of his needs and leaving immediately. I agree that I would have been more accepting of Colin's had they been a part of his travels rather than something he was doing up until 48 hrs of getting with Penelope.
Right! When I was watching certain scenes I was like this could be a polin moment or when there was a new scene I was hoping for a polin moment or a growth moment for Colin 😢
This was not Francesca’s season, this was not Cressida’s season, this was not the Montrege family’s season, this was not Violet’s season, this was not Benedict’s season. So many sub-plots geez. And how did we move from him not liking her to loving her because of a simple kiss and even dreaming about her. They rarely even spent any time together, there was no build up of emotions, a cut and tending to the cut to a kiss and then marriage proposal. It was from 0-100. I’m just exhausted. This was meant to be their season yet it was EVERYONE’S season, and they got less than 5% screen time. So sad.
They changed show runner so it explains a lot - new vibe new camera angles etc. I hated heave make up, acrylic nail in close up shots and some clothing gave me Capitol vibes. Editing also is to chaotic for me and the angles ohhhh why the director chose so unflattering angles!
So I don’t know if anyone else will see this comment, but after some time and reflection, I’ve come back to talk about how they could rectify this underdevelopment of Colin and Penelope by exploring themselves and their identity within the relationship. So we have them having conversations about Colin’s writing and how he should seriously pursue it as a career. Colin at first is like I’m not good enough at it to truly pursue it as a career, but we have Penelope encouraging him and he decides to pursue it. Maybe even during their conversation, he asks her in turn about her writing, he’s like her “writing is also very good” and we have Penelope saying “you can’t be serious” and he encourages her in turn. He’s like, “out of all the letters I’ve received in my life, yours were always the most beautifully written and the most poignant. Out of all the women of the ton, you have the sharpest tongue and the sharpest wit, it is high time the rest of the ton know that”. Fully establish that dynamic of them encouraging each other to pursue their dreams and embrace their true identities. And also establishing the fact that Colin is the only one that recognises this LW side of her, he just hasn’t put two and two together. The next episode is him on a high, he’s gone to a publisher with his journals in hopes of them getting published, he’s with his brothers for a bachelor party celebrating soon getting married to Penelope. It all comes crashing down when he finds out about Pen being LW (however he does, I just want him to find out before they marry). Then episode 7 is when we deal with the aftermath of the fallout, sad, brooding Colin and pensive and apologetic Pen. Strangely enough, I want it to be Eloise that helps them get back together somehow but I also want it to be Penelope taking accountability. Episode 8
(At least the latter half) is them together in an us against the world type of deal and we get them walking arm in arm in the masquerade ball as Pen reveals that she is Lady Whistledown. Queen Charlotte, to everyone’s surprise doesn’t do anything to her, she allows her masquerade ball to continue (i think in the part 2 trailer there was a hint of a masquerade ball, but even so, I think there will be a reveal at the Queen’s ball because they wouldn’t just leave the whole LW witch-hunt thing as a loose end)
I think what would really be poignant and just all around beautiful is that we get these two messes of people getting together without knowing who they themselves are, they are exploring that within the relationship itself. We get a new dynamic of two messes who are insecure within themselves but are so accepting of the other person, and they build each other up and just immediately accept that the other is a mess before getting into a relationship. With the other two dynamics of the previous season, they had their own separate character arcs before they finally got together. In this one, we get a relationship where they are still two beautiful messes trying to figure it out. For me personally, if part 2 goes this route, they would be the best couple of Bridgerton series. It would just be so real and so raw, because we in real life do not figure stuff out about ourselves before getting together with someone. We’re messes that decide to get into relationships because love (romantic or platonic) is what we crave and what we want from life. And we know if we find it, we should never let it go, even if we’re the beautiful messes we are. What makes you deserve your significant other is wanting to actively work on yourself and not having everything figured out already, if that makes sense.
I really appreciate the honest review ❤ S3 Part 1 is by far the weakest in terms of characters, plot and pacing. I was so, so hyped for it and it didn’t deliver. I’m still feeling so disappointed that certain scenes and characters were not given the attention deserved. This series really fell flat for me. At this point, not too excited about part 2 😑
Thumbnail alone, already agree 🥸
I think it feels that way because its only the first part, if you go back and watch the first four episodes of season 2 their isnt that much of Kanthony scenes either.
THANK GOD I FOUND SOMEONE WHO THINKS EXACTLY THE SAMEEEE AS ME !!!!! I need more POLIN !!!! So unfair ! They got robbed
Yep, tension was surprisingly lacking this season, honestly I'm more invested in Cressida×Eloise gay romance, Francesca being autistic and Ben being slut as always. Also I missed Kanthony, I thought Anthony is too annoying while watching season 2, but honestly it's only pair that still is interesting to see, or I'm just in love with Kate's actress
Okay, so I really loved part 1. It took me a long time to get through it because I was rewinding and re-watching parts and screaming and it was so good. However, I do think that it could have been longer. Especially Colin and Penelope‘s scenes together. I love that they incorporated the drawing room scene from the book and added the lessons part, but I thought it would be much longer. I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been clowning over the season for months now and was following along with promos and your podcast that I didn’t realize what they showed us in promo was all there was to the scene. I feel like there could’ve been more added, especially the drawing room scene. I wanted to see more lessons and more interactions between them and I think they missed that opportunity; especially considering the episodes were between 52 to 58 minutes. They made us wait over 2 years. It could’ve been an hour 15. I would love to see the parts that they cut out because I know it would be so good.
I really liked episode 3 and 4 the most because that’s the two I knew the least about. Maybe that’s just me because I hate spoilers. Though, my favorite scene of part 1 is their first kiss. I was SCREAMING!!! I will forever love that scene and was analyzing every bit of it before I moved on. Overall, it felt a bit rushed in the beginning and I can see how people would struggle to follow Colin as he began to fall in love with Penelope because we didn’t really see that. We just saw him realize that he was in love, but not how that came to be. I hope that makes sense.
I also don’t feel the same fire to watch part 2 the way I did for part 1 because of how it ended. There wasn’t really a plot twist or cliffhanger. If they really wanted to end it there it wouldn’t be upsetting because from the last scene, Penelope looked like she was going to say yes. Plus, I really loved the idea of Penelope saying no and they cutting it off there. I was really hoping that would’ve happened. Of course, I still want part 2 though.
Also, I don’t really care for the other characters right now, except for Polin. This is partly because I feel like they didn’t give everyone else much to do. Benedict is once again with another woman, but it would’ve been more interesting if we got to see him pursue his art; it just feels like every season is another woman. It doesn’t feel like he has a story. I really do like Eloise though. Everything just feels unfinished and that’s likely due to the season being split in half. Everything just felt fast-paced and rushed especially episode 2. (Except the kiss!!)
Anyways, I’m going to go rewatch part 1 again. Because Polin was still so good and I want to see if rewatching will change my mind. Hopefully this time without pausing every two minutes. 🤭
I totally agree! I read the book the season's supposed to be based on and I thought that while Shondaland has developed Colin's character better in terms of red flags, I think that the book did a better job at developing Colin and Pen's relationship. While getting to see storylines for other characters can be a nice break from more intense romantic scenes it shouldn't take up so much time that could be used to develop the relationship of the couple the season is supposed to focus on. I think that Bridgerton tends to have a difficult time learning to balance heavy romance scenes or heavy emotional scenes in general with fluff storylines about other members of the ton. I think that season one had far too many steamy scenes and far too little world development and while I did enjoy watching Simon and Daphne's relationship develop I would've liked a bit more breaks from the very emotionally intense scenes but the total amount of other storylines was good. Season three has the opposite problem, spending way too much time developing what should be fluff storylines about the ton that will prepare certain characters for their more important roles in later seasons and giving far too little time to Polin. It makes them less believable as a couple and I hope that the second part of season 3 will improve upon some of those things.
Your Bridgerton analysis is always so spot on and I've begun to watch them more than rewatches of season 3
It’s almost like the writers were ashamed that their main couple this season was white, so they had to create a bunch of side plots of mixed relationships or POC relationships (Violet, Francesca, Mondrich) and take away from Polin
I so agree with you!!!! I’m so disappointed in this season already 😢😢
While I agree with you that there were way too many storylines, I kind of felt like Polin and especially their friendship bond had been developed well enough for me over the previous 2 seasons. I guess Colin’s affection specifically did seem to just materialize out of nowhere after that kiss lol. But it was believable enough to me that he was like “damn we were friends for so long but I’m rly into her” haha
girl you are SOOOO real I 100% agree with you
Agree with everything you said 😩 the build up wasn’t enough to jump to marriage 😩😩
As a POLIN SHIPPER, I do not care about the subplots lol, I WANT BABY POLIN, how they met, how they were as kids, when exactly did she fall in love with him, maybe she fell down and he helped her, maybe he gave her his sweets because her sisters were being mean. I want more arc of his sensitive side, even Violet said he is the sensitive kid, I also saw a comment on a different video where someone said they would like to see the impact of their fathers death on Colin, I think he is sensitive on purpose because he knows Anthony can’t show that because he is the oldest and his mom and sisters needs that emotional support. Maybe he also wanted to go to college but saw Benedict wanted it more, maybe he saw his mother crying and comforted her I NEED SENSITIVE COLIN. I love Golden Retriever boys, and I would have loved to see more of his fun side, him playing with his little siblings more, everything that makes him so nice and fun I hope we see that in part 2 😭🤍
Thankyou... so much for pointing out no one cares about Mondrichs...
I agree 100% that’s how I feel about this season
(this is completely off topic but you are one of the most gorgeous people I have ever seen)
On the actual video subject, I really loved this season, but yes omg it was annoying the Colin threesomes and stuff. It feels like every love interest has to be the same. And it's annoying that only the men get to do that and all the main romance women leads don't get with anyone but their partners >:(.
And yes there were wayyyy too many alternate storylines :/
But also I love that violet is getting her moment :).
also whatttt pseudo mother figure for penny would be so good (I haven't read the books), I wish they did that!
In the book Colin did sleep around they all did but in the book it wasn't anything they went into detail on like u said we didn't need to see it
Thank you for saying this! I wholeheartedly agree!
I enjoyed all the different storyline’s, I just think there were way to many of them. We either need fewer plots or more / longer episodes
I agree with everything you said!
i was annoyed that instead of a “learning to value herself outside of society’s standards and then find someone who sees you and loves you for who you are” type of thing, (which maybe is what they were trying to do?) pen’s arc seems to be “learn to conform to society’s standards and find value in your appearance, the man you love will only love you if you have a hollywood blowout and nice makeup” type of thing. like, the makeover trope feels outdated and not empowering, considering how much they’re reducing pen to the “nerdy/intellectual ugly duckling” stereotype i wish they would at least resolve it in a way that gives her character more depth. to be clear im glad she has some nice dresses now and feels better about her appearance and i think it’s fine to care about fashion and stuff, but why did that feel like the only character development she got, (other than having beef with eloise), as well as the main thing that changed colin’s mind about how he saw her? speaking of eloise - i feel like they’re doing the same thing with her character, i’m all for women reclaiming their femininity and working through internalized misogyny but im afraid they’re watering eloise down to “she just needs to wear prettier dresses and learn to value romance and be happy as a Lady”
I actually like the Mondrich (sp?) family. Polin was definitely off but I still like the show. They needed more episodes to accomodate all of these story lines and actually develop Penelope and Colin.
They really wasted the “I’m gonna teach you how to flirt” storyline… they could’ve built so much chemistry and tension if they just explored that for literally more than FIVE MINUTES!!
Do ya’ll think fat phobia played a role in the development of Pen’s love story and the focus on so many side characters instead of her and Colin??
Do people remember ? In the book they kiss and hop they get married as well
I enjoy the critical takes cause it wasn’t as good as it could and should have been. Aside from them failing to really show what’s going on inside with Colin and why he does what he does and how he feels (FRUSTRATING - they could have done so much more with it)!!!
Yes, pacing, lighting and make up / clothes were often off more than not sadly. Hit and miss with a few scenes and characters.
But yeah not fully invested yet, hope it‘ll change. ( 3:12 agreed, also Pen is a virgin, he knows this, and then he just fingers her - with consent at least) - wildly in a carriage like cmon? shouldn’t he be more considerate, even if she thinks she wants this? like she’s in love for like a decade, she ain’t thinking straight haha so yeah mhhhh and then he immediately proposes to her but is it cause of lust or he feels obligated or cause he realised in 1 episode that he loves her? The pace was crazy, the pining not enough, and like he goes to brothels and she has been kissed for the first time just recently and bam bam bam signed sealed delivered after a quickly in a moving vehicle, pls be serious haha 8:00 agreed, it needed three more episodes between him realising he’s jealous and their kiss and then the proposals 😅
Love Benedict‘s scenes, Bridgerton family scenes and Francesca. Oh and off Kanthony. Besides the main couple. The rest I didn’t need 😂
Exactly, I think what happened this season is that the producers found themselves with the decision that the last few seasons have had a predominant racial diversity in the protagonist, through interracial couples. and now they had this white couple, they had two options, or do the normal season. Like the previous one and the first, or include that diversity through subplots. They chose the worst. If it was really necessary, even if it had been a failed or unfruitful romance; Lord Debling was the best option. Make him a better character, make him PoC, make him sexy... it doesn't matter that in the end Penelope chose Colin. But the Mondrich family subplot, and even the Franchesca subplot, felt intrusive to the pacing.
This season should have focused on Penelope and the Featheringtons (Who should have been elevated to the lead roles, not continue having the comic subplot).
And Colin.
I actually liked these 4 episodes a lot, the only scenes I didn’t care for actually were the boxer and his wife being in that new place and then Penelope’s family. I think all these scenes with those characters were shown too much. I think showing maybe 1 or 2 scenes of them would’ve been fine and I liked seeing Ben talking to the boxer and his wife at the parties but maybe just one scene of them alone at the house annoyed that their apart and then one where they just stick together anyway. And with Penelope’s family they should’ve had just a few scenes talking about having kids and fighting about it spaced out throughout. They showed up too much for me. I did love some of these scenes but I found myself skipping some especially with the boxer
Totally agree with you!
I struggled watching this show too slow dragging I loose my focus on the storyline jumping from one character to another. Character development is impossible to limited eps in a season.
I 100 percent agree with you
FAXXX theres no need for the Mondrich Family ...
I’m more invested in Francesca and Violet than Penelope’s storyline and that’s not good.
Plus my take for them splitting their shows is to make sure people who signed up only to watch this season have to pay for two months instead of one. Aside from that, making viewers wait a whole month to resume the show makes no sense
I've had the books for years but I haven't read them. I did recently binge all three seasons that are out and I'm glad my disatisfaction especially S3 Part 1 are accurate. I do have to confess that I really disliked Eloise's character. I know! I know! But I wanted her to just shut up and calm down. Way too hyper.
I don't mind that there are sub-plots, but I do believe the writers focused too much on the sub-plots this season. Even cutting one of the sub-plots would have allowed the writers to elaborate more on Colin and Penelope. One thing I was really looking forward to was flashbacks to when Colin and Penelope were young and we have yet to get that, which is disappointing. I would like to say that the scenes that had either Colin or Penelope or both of them were absolutely breathtaking. The only sub-plot that understandably focused on was Francesca and John, but for the life of me I can not figure out how Will and Alice's son becoming an Earl has any importance to the overall plot of the season. I love both Will and Alice as characters, but their whole plot could have been a short narration by Lady Whistledown.
Penelope wasn’t developed at all in comparison to some other characters, polin didn’t feel like the main couple at all, at times i felt like Francesca was the real protagonist and polin was just there as a side story. We didn’t really get to see them grow and the confession scene was all of a sudden, we didn’t get the slow burn. It was disappointing tbh but i wasn’t sure if the disappointment came from getting too spoiled ir having high expectations for this couple, its sad bc they were my favorite :( i ended up skipping so many scenes that were unnecessary and boring. 1st season was the best one so far tbh
I agree I was disappointed that the season wasn’t exclusively about Polin! Not only was it shorter than both previous seasons but it was also shared with another Bridgerton??
soooo true! *spoilers*
and what gets me is that the “ confession “ scene wasnt even a confession 😭 he was still tip toeing over his words by asking her what she would do IF he liked her .. like how r u going to marry someone and u still cant be upfront with them abt how u feel? smh. my fav trope is friends to lovers and as of now, im disappointed. hopefully the next 4 eps will amp things up.
@@itiskelpythe second part of the season is gonna come out in june
I also felt like Francesca was at times the main story. In fact, her slow burn buildup with Kilmartin was more satisfying than the Polin development.
I skipped sooo many scenes as well. Bridgerton is supposed to be light hearted, something to watch and not think about our day to day life.
I am not opposed to social commentary in a series, but bridgerton is not one of those series. If it turns out that francesca's future love interest is a women it wouldn't make much sense in the social context of the time. Even though the bridgerton family are open, francesca will have to hide her new love, because it is a women. I really hope part 2 is better, part 1 was a disappointment.
I love Polin, but in this season the leads are underdeveloped. We didn't see enough of Colin's depth as a character and he's realization of his feelings towards Penelope. They had some cute scene's together but the direction and the pacing didn't do them any justice, to me they didn't feel like the leads of the season. I hope for part 2 to be better for polin, i was so excited for them.
Completely agree. Needed much more time! I expected more Polin from all the marketing.
YES!
@@mmtpleasantits 4 of 8 episodes
I keep forgetting this isn’t Francesca’s season!
Also, what is Colin's occupation? A man is to realistically have a vocation and a home in oder to have a wife. Is he going to marry Pen and live at home with his family? I honestly wonder the same for Benedict. A man is supposed to have his own household and an occupation acceptable for a gentleman.
Deborah, I agree with your review. To many plots crammed into these first 4 episodes. The first mistake made was skipping Benedict's story. While they told his love story they could have continued to explain Colin and Pen's relationship. The first 2 season's had flashbacks which explained the back story on the characters. It would have made more sense to include that instead of all the other plots which make no sense. This is poor writing and decisions made by the powers that be. Colin and Penelope are supposed to be the stars of this season. Their story is being rushed, and overshadowed by these other plots. I am very disappointed after all of the hype. IMO, NETFLIX is making a huge blunder splitting up the season. Now it will become even more fragmented than it currently is. I am so disappointed in the writing and editing of this season. They tried to spice up this season by making Colin into a "rake" which is completely out of character for him. Instead it overshadows a beautiful love story.
This exactly!
I completely agree and that carriage scene that everyone is talking about? I don’t get it. It lacked passion to me and was worse than a fake Hallmark kiss.
You said it so well 😂❤
We've been robbed...too many changes from the book!!!
I feel the show makers did not have enough confidence in putting Nicola as the face of season 3. Just how Pheobe and Simon fit right into the pop vanity and the showrunners acted as hypocrites luring us in for a Polin love story and yet there was less of pen’s lovestory and hell lot of Mondrich drama, Marcus drama, Collin’s - let’s make him look like the new rack in town- drama, cressida’s struggle drama, Prudence and Phillipas pregnancy drama ……OMG
And so much of Francesca & Benedict with their side love trajectory
Did the showrunners really not consider how in love are we with Pen’s character! There was hardly any depth in the colin tutoring her to charm, hardly any time to give couple of more shots for that.
We get the pen already burnt for collin in the last 2 seasons and this was collin’s turn to feel the burn… but did he burn enough? What was with the unnecessary naked brothel scenes, we get polin wasn’t going to have nude scenes, but that’s not what we are looking for! Stop pushing nude scenes down our throats just for the sake of it!
Now coming back to pen & collin- they have been friends for ever. The could have shown it evolve into care and temderness and longing from collin’s end to pen feeling in her gut that collin might have started seeing her differently. Some shots of them interacting with each other between crossing the line and yet not!
OMG- that carriage scene could have been a gem but it was so damn rushed. Like one moment they are friends and the other he is reaching her up the skirt🤦♀️
Like seriously?
Pen deserves the same vanity and attention ! I only have a jibe with the show runners for not giving pen even 4 full episodes to have a good plot development where as the previous couples had a whole season for them!
Nicola, you rock!
Yeah…….they low key kinda didn’t make them the main characters so that when people don’t really like them they will like the other characters. But I love them……they should have made Colin sweat a bit more
Exactly my thought..how could they not see we all love Pen and wanted to see Colin completely fall in love with her..I just did not feel Colin deserved her , there was no build up or a proper story, everything for there for the sake of it
I mean he isn’t really on the same page where emotions are concerned, one helpful mercy kiss and he starts tempting over pen, no real build up to the ‘event’, fingers the girl madly in love with him for ages and then proposes her to marry right after!
Really! They wasted half the show time on other characters life, even a 10 minute extra screen time between them in first 3 episodes would have given enough build up time for a convincing passionate carriage play.
It just felt like a teen fantasy foreplay in the end that has no head or tail. This could have been the most beautiful love story.
Yeah exactly what I thought
I think some of the lead up to acting on their feelings was sidestepped because of how long they've known each other. Like once the feelings were confessed they immediately acted on it. I think that does make sense for their characters. Still, I would have much preferred to see more care and attention to the buildup. They deserved that!
I am so happy that someone said it. I liked to know to that Cressida is not just a mean person and I also love the mondrichs but why were they coming between the main storyline. For violet, I would literally prefer a spin off where we see her younger self falling in love and paralleled to it her older self falling in love again, kind of like they did for Charlotte. But DON'T INCLUDE IT WHEN I NEED TO SEE POLIN. also, WHY Wasn't there any interaction between Lady Danbury and Penelope, I wanted that so much . This season feels so incomplete and fast. I mean nicola and luke did their best to show the intense feelings but it isn't their fault that the show is pacing them. I believe it when Colin confessed his feelings, I believed it when he was pining for her but the carraige scene should have been episode 5th or 6th. I would have loved to see their first meeting, even though I really liked the way Colin described it. I did wish that they showed Colin being on his travels and then sleeping around. They had immense chemistry but the build up was missing and everything was just because of the actors.
Have done so many re-watches and lady Danbury and Penelope have never talked to each other. And they are like besties in the books. I know it really doesn’t kick off until book 4, but not even a hello is passed between them. Also, lad Danbury has been a mentor to the love interest in season 1 and 2 and even a little in the spinoff because she gives Queen Charlotte the talk and helps he navigate her fears about consummating the marriage. Like she is there all over the mentoring thing. And she mentors the hell out of Penelope in the books. She helps Penelope get more confident. That wasn’t from a man loving her. That was from a woman relating to her and helping her see that she is all that and a bag of chips. Penelope even names her first born after her and they haven’t had a conversation yet? Did the writers read book 4?
Aw, loved how you said, had many very similar thoughts, so disappointed!!!
It felt rushed. I was wondering why they felt the need to introduce or put in unnecessary stuff. Lady Danbury has a brother, and Benedict is with a woman that isn't Sophie. Why do I care? Colin's jealousy wasn't overly built up while he is raking himself everywhere. Overall I still enjoyed it. I just didn't feel the romance. I enjoyed Francesca more.
No literally! If Benedict’s actual love interest is Sophie, why do we need this love story arch with him and the lady this season.
The Benedict storyline and the Mondrich's were easily the most useless subplots. Why do we care about a family that isn't the Bridgertons, or a love interest that isn't Benedict's main love interest? Same with Cressida's parents.
@@360shadowmoon right, it’s called Bridgerton for a reason!!
1. Colin's lessons to Pen were revealed way too fast to the ton = less Polin scenes.
2. The show focused more on preparing for the Lady Whistledown wild goose chase, leading us to watching more of the Mondrich family and Cressida scenes to know their motivation as to why they want the 5,000 pounds reward.
What I don't understand is that they could have done both things with equal amount of care and attention:
S1-S2 was actually also given 8 episodes only, and the pacing has always been great for each love story. The Mondrich family, the Featheringtons, etc. also had scenes of their own at the same time. Per episode is 50 minutes and some lasts A FULL HOUR.
For this season however, each episode are only 50 minutes long. Each.
This only means they could have easily added more Polin scenes if they wanted to, and it would only equal to an hour and 15 minutes for a few episodes just like what S1 and 2 did!
So it would have been the perfect opportunity to make Colin's lessons last a bit longer; Pen gets to successfully talk to MORE bachelors; a few more Lord Debling interactions, all while keeping the Mondrich, Cressida, Francesca, and Benedict scenes that we see now - they don't even need to remove anything. THEN they could finally do the big public reveal of Colin helping out Pen THEN the moonlight kiss scene THEN the pining THEN the carriage scene.
What I felt was missing:
1.- More lesson time.
2.- Penepole looking more desperate, perhaps using Lady Whistledown as a tool in his favor, until the climax where he has to use her against her (As it half happened).
3.- More intrigue regarding the use of Lady Whistledown. This is Penelope and Colin's season, we should have experienced that stress of writing and publishing gossip. Scenes of her listening, writing and her relationship with the publisher. Maybe a flashback of how it all started.
To tell the truth, an arch.
This season's trope was friends to lovers. They could have made the motivation of
Lady Whistledown was born with Colin, to intertwine the romance with Penelope's double life. Anyway... This season could have been quite intense with Lady Whistledown who was supposed to be the protagonist and this season she almost didn't appear.
@@emzillaa It's just that this was supposed to be lady whistledown season. It was the best time to launch a plot of intrigue with persecutions, revealed secrets, revelations and mysteries with Penelope and Colin in the middle of the hurricane, while the most intimate part of their friendship was revealed.
And it's not that this series couldn't do something like that, the first season there were like two duels, three physical fights... I mean, a season with more intrigue and mysteries to put Penelope in front of the drama, like Lady Whistledown, would have been ideal. The problem more than the subplots, I think, was the season division. Instead of having 8 episodes to develop the intrigue, romance and subplot. They decided to take 4 for the romance, and I think 4 to reveal Lady Whistledown. Which is terrible, it should have been a continuous 8 hour sequence.
@@JMTgpro Hits the spot with the 8 hour sequence!! They probably wrote the show with the division already in mind, so it's all deliberately fast. Very annoying.
I find it honestly kind of insulting the way they handled these first 4 episodes. I didn't come in as a die-hard Polin shipper, but I knew they had a pretty dedicated fandom & was excited to see why bc I hadn't read the books. So if /I/ was disappointed, I can only imagine how disappointed some Polin shippers are. They fed us so well in the first 2 seasons in regards to the main couple, but this season so far has given us crumbs. I didn't read the books but I did dive into a lot of explainers on the books so I had an idea of what to look forward to. It feels like all the writers did was try to hit the Big Scenes in the book & didn't really put much effort bridging those scenes together. I hate it because I love Nicola Coughlan and I was really looking forward to her getting all her own season, and I was excited to really be immersed in their dynamic because this is the first season where we've been given the chance to already know and love both characters beforehand. Instead it seems like people behind the scenes got lazy since Polin already has a pre-established relationship.
Also this all feels lowkey kind of fatphobic. Because there should be no reason for them to have done Polin dirty like this, not when they have some of the most vocal & rabid shippers. If anything they would've gone above and beyond to cram in as much Polin as possible. But the one time their lead isn't tall & skinny, suddenly they're cutting down on the main couple's scenes? Let's not play like this, Netflix. It won't do you any good.
I agree with your fatphobic comment. I think they managed to do Franseca and Kilmartin so well with such little screen time so the fact that they flopped so hard on polin is sus.
Agreed!!! This must have been an issue. As a thicker woman, I’m offended by the hurried love scene that we’ve been waiting on for over a year. I found these first four episodes disappointing it was nothing like the first two season’s with more calendar development.
It’s a tough thing to tackle I’m sure. Fatphobia and desirability politics from fans are real. Yes it would be the noble thing to do to give them same air time as past couples but would the public have truly received that well? No. I think they wanted to wheel the concept out carefully all things considered
Also the journal scene should’ve been a place to develop Colin. Was too short. Should’ve been them sitting down and having a really huge conversation about Colin’s writing. After Pen says “You writing is really good”, Colin should’ve responded with shock, like “really?”. “Really. I would love to read more of it should you allow me.” Colin lights up with excitement immediately, “in fact, that I feel is not my best writing.” Pen lights up with excitement in response. “Really?”
With the bandage still in his hand, he stands up to grab the journal off the desk and flips the page to his descriptions of Paris, walking down the street and contemplating his purpose in life and how he fits onto this planet. Something that gave insight to his brain without him fully talking about it. Pen reads it, hands him back the journal and asks him “have you ever thought about pursuing writing?” Colin responds with a solemn “heavens no. I do not think it wise to condemn others to such a horrible fate. I only showed you because I know you will not judge. You are the kindest person I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting, Penelope..” Pen responds with an earnest “you should know I do not throw out compliments just for anyone. Besides, if you do not believe in yourself, then who will?”. Colin stares at her longingly, and is like “Yes, indeed. You are quite right Penelope.” Penelope is like “I should go”. Then she leaves and Colin is left to stare after her
That would have been so much better! ❤
I agree. This should have been the scene.
Oh yessssssss ❤. Why you not part of the writing team? 💅🏽
I love that 'condemn others to such a horrible fate' line. It's being self-deprecating about his own writing, but it can also imply that other uses of writing have been overshadowed by Whistledown's writing.
They should have followed more of the book for sure! Could have show flashbacks as well. I love this season regardless but I find myself seeking them more. This season introduced too many characters at once and how it was shot felt rushed.
The first oolala moment with Colin in the bed with the ladies…I immediately went full Violet momma-bear and shouted at the screen “COLIN BRIDGERTON!!”
And yes, the carriage scene…he should have professed his growing love but lifting her skirts, it was a little confusing because this is PEN, whom he admired greatly, so he should have shown her respect by telling her ‘look I want you, but we should do this right - let’s get married’.
I so agree with you. He treated her like a whore.
Well he stopped lol and asked her to marry him irs not that bad
@@rebeccapettiford5389EXACTLY
I think that's how it happens in the books though, is it not?
I definitely agree that the carriage scene was out of character for both Colin and Pen. Pen who was a wall flower; shy and unsure is suddenly without protest, allowing Colin to finger blast her in a carriage ride.
I am with you on the Mondrich family. I do love them and I like the characters and I like how they struggle to fit in once they become apart of the elite class. However, I didn’t like that the mom and dad were constantly thinking about themselves. Their son is a child who just got thrusted into a title that he was never groomed for. Don’t you think they should be way more cautious and understanding that their position is because of him. They don’t mention their son at all after he becomes Baron. They act like they have the title. It really rubbed me the wrong way. Their story should have been more concerned about how to navigate this new world in regard to their son’s reputation within it. No, they could not do everything they wanted. They’re new to society, their son is a new Baron and they should have been way more concerned about the things that they did for the sake of their children. Especially since they were not the ones that inherited the title. 😅
THIS!!!!! They spent too much time on this storyline…it didn’t really make me care about them at all. I totally agree they had the parents act as if THEY were the ones holding the title instead of their young son. The father deciding on whether or not to keep his bar/lounge….who cares!!!
I didn't even think about that but that is so true. We didn't even see them talk to their son except to scold him for something, lol
I feel ya! My major complaint even though I loved part 1 is there isn't enough of Polin!!! There wasn't enough romance of them getting to know the new versions of themselves. Take about their feelings like they did in season 2.
What I hate tho is the general disappointment for this season is being projected into the lead couple/actors, saying that there was no chemistry or that luke newton couldnt act (FALSE both btw) or that they wanted kanthony instead and turning it into shipwars. The criticism should be about the pacing and how we didnt see the main lead often BECAUSE they were good together. it’s literally not their fault that the editing in this show was being so off. I feel like someone meddled lin the editing room a bit too much tbh and it’s really discrediting the actors’ performance.
Or mayby the season wasnt planed as a 2 parter untill netflux interviined and therfor all 8 episodes ar needed to get it
The ones that say they have no chemistry or the acting was bad are bullshitting. The scene under the tree where pen says that they can’t continue their lessons any longer got me in the feels. The reluctance and confusion Colin faces as he realises he has fallen for her and then the pain in his eyes as he watches her walk away really gave me the heart ache. Even the midnight randevous and carriages scenes, even though a bit rushed, hit the spot. They just weren’t given enough screen time and thus development like Kathy and Anthony did
Yeah those people are wrong. Luke and Nicola are great actors and have great chemistry. Netflix made some weird decisions (like deciding to release the episodes separately) that negatively affected the pacing.
They shot themselves in the foot with having 2 parts. It didn’t give enough time to make the cliff hanger very believable. I think it needed at least one more episode to really set in that they are in love etc etc. Not to mention, some choices they made, like having people find out about him coaching her and having that result in them not doing it anymore really killed the momentum they had going. I don’t understand the point of doing that? At least have it be a secret for a bit longer, but again, the 4 episode limit made it really hard for the pacing to make sense
PERIOD! This is the Era of POLIN! And the fact that after the end of each season we barley see the characters ever again.... is actually so disappointing. It sucks that they have a new director for this season because the vibes of the show feels so OFF! Like why introduce so many plot lines when there is a THRIVING established story line!!! I needed to see Pen and Colin talk about their feelings before jumping into a proposal 😭
Girl you nailed it, you said EXACTLY what I felt watching this season so far. It was rushed and I felt there were side characters in their season (too many side characters get more screen time), no build up for their story even in carriage scenes I haven’t felt that he loved her so much, also in the book the first kiss change something in him while in the show you don’t feel that, hopefully the second part is better than this.
1. The scenes we could have cut.
Cressida’s family life and scenes with her and Eloise after episode 2.
2. Of course, his threesome scenes were unnecessary and odd.
3. A couple of the modrich scenes. I would keep the ones that deal with Bendetict and his arc.
I agree, taking these scenes out helps build up more of Penelope’s and Colin’s relationship including him finding out about LW earlier which can also help Eloise calm down a bit.
Good ideas, they’re the least thought out
my guess is that their plans with cressida’s family have direct impact on season 4 (specifically with benedict’s love interest, but i’m just being vague so i don’t accidentally spoil anything) so they need to set that up. if it turns out to be unrelated, then i agree, what was the point
I think the Cressida and Eloise dynamic is interesting, but I think it should’ve been introduced this season and not just *there* all the sudden. If it had been a slow burn of Eloise seeing her as a whole person who has such a dark history, it would’ve been intriguing and we would’ve eventually rooted for Cressida, but they kind of kept her somewhat devious and it’s hard to understand what the hell Eloise is so charmed by…?
Honestly I was feeling the same way like it didn’t even feel it was polin’s season
Right it felt like they were one of the MANY side characters/plots
I agree, but also think Francesca is taking up too much screen time instead of Polin and Benedict… It feels like she is the main couple character and it is odd because we havent seen her at all the first two seasons but have been following Bens self identity discovery. It feels like Ben put aside due to the new Fran actress (I like the actress but the timing is off, would have been better if she was given more scenes of a similar to Hyacinth and Gregory, and eased into the family dynamic)
Are they trying to merge the Polin and Fran books?
Well the show is called Bridgerton. It’s about the family. Francesca is gonna have some time as well. They are pretty much developing her character since they didn’t do anything with her for the first two seasons.
I totally agree with you!
I needed more Polin scenes. I feel like they are just gearing up next season. The main leads feel like side characters. Last season was so good because the will they won’t they tension was ever present and I didn’t feel that here. Colin’s proposal felt out of left field
the moment i realised the carriage scene was happening i was soooo upset because Colin did not do enough to deserve that. Another thing that annoyed me was the lessons being over so quickly. I was expecting a little more considering it was framed as like Polin's main storyline for part 1.
I think Colin not feeling right as a rake was on purpose… he’s trying to be like everyone else but it’s not him. It’s not supposed to be him and he had to get the courage to be himself and tell Pen he loves her despite what other ppl think about him…
I don’t care about Will and Alice either 😂 it’s like why so much on them? I feel bad because they are a black family but yeah… still don’t care 😬
Pffft. The way i dont give a shit either...no shade to the actors though
i agree that was their intention with Colin but it was not executed well, they gave us little to no time with colin showing that struggle or the depths of his new personality.
exacly, and colin's new personality being fake is pointed out in the first episode by lady whistledown and later on by violet, i dont know how people miss this (sorry for my english
They had Colin give a quick little "When you leave home you get to reinvent yourself. I did that." moment and then didn't actually really remember to make it evident if Colin is "faking it" to maybe be more like his brothers or if he "became himself" abroad. So the messages are mixed. His refusal to give the boys any real details about his sexual trysts, even before he began realizing he was in love with Penelope, leads me to believe that it was meant to be the former. But they could have tried harder to drive it home.
I agree. The brothel scene doesn’t bother me that much. it's there to show how fake and awkward new Colin's personality is. But the pace was too fast, we couldn't see well when he understood this about his behaviours
Yes! I feel like the writers got lazy and thought they could give more screen time to others and less to the main characters because the audience has known Pen and Colin. But that was a huge mistake. We've only seen glimpses of them. Their romance is new to us and to Polin too. Daphne and Simon were engaged after episode 4. Kate and Anthony's story was great after episode 4. So They CAN build up a romance within 4 episodes. It's 4 HOURS yet Pen and Colin were barely there. I wanted to see more of them. And I don't feel the tensions like I was after watching 4 episodes of the season 1 and 2. Honestly, people like the couple because the actors are good. The show just has luck rn, especially with unnecessary subplots.
Like what's the point of the Monrichs? They are never gonna get a main story and they are hurting the main characters. It's not worth it. The only reason I can think of is they are some sort of replacement for Daphne and Simon? But they have no real connection to the main characters. Colin is never gonna go to them like he went to Daphne for advice in the book.
And what's up with Benedict's hook-up? Like just show he's sleeping around or sth. We all know Benedict and that lady isn't endgame or serious. So why give it screen time? They should have done Benedict's story first if they don't know what to do with Benedict.
yeah, i don't care about the mondrich family. their plot twist was nice and all but i really didn't need to know how his bar started losing customers. i even think francesca had more screen time compared to the main couple this season. cressida and penelope had more time fighting for debling than when it should have been debling vs colin fighting over penelope
Prudence came into the season with a husband and absolutely no explanation and that bugged me. I don’t care about the mondrich family either and I’d honestly rather have learned how prudence managed to snag a husband who seems to really worship her over a poor family getting titled through a death
I think the show runners felt that because we had Colin and Penelope interacting in the past 2 seasons that they felt like focusing on the main couple all the time would be dragging things out. Which is misguided.
Too. Many. Storylines.
I think the whole point of Colin flirting was because his swagger is fake, he is putting a facade which slowly gets faded away as he is falling in love with Pen evident when whistledown called him faker and violet straight up told him to put down his armour he is wearing to please others and that scene where he said in Will's club that it's tiring pretending to be someone he is not.
I think that was the whole point of showing his over the top swagger.
I like the Mondrich family. It’s black unproblematic love. Always here for it
I agree!! I did NOT care enough about that man and his damn bar tf😭. Like this season needed time to work on the lead couple. I feel like a major reason behind this seasons success is the chemistry between the lead actors because the writing is mediocre at best😭😭 additionally friends to lovers is tricky in the sense that the audience needs a lot more character development to truly love it and they didnt give these characters enough screentime LIKE😃
also considering how interesting penelope's character is they could have easily done an in depth plot into the character's psychology
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I have this feeling that the Polin storyline will be a lot more developed (and consequently, will have more running time) in part 2. Even the actors, when asked, said that their favorite episodes were 5 and 6.
it fucking better.
My delulu excuse is Colin was just dreaming until the carriage ending of episode 4. Like, he would maybe wake up at the beginning of episode 5. - I know this isnt true tho 😢
I like this!!!
Everything was predictable… zero surprises. Queen charlotte was sooo good, in comparison this was boring
The writing is awful, the main characters look like side story in the middle of 100 side stories. The format looks like a telenovela. Its a mess, its rushed and nonsensical. A shame, I love Penelope and the actress but this is 50 shades of embarrassment.
This season had me yawning and upset. I hated how Penelope was begging and being thirsty and how they tried to make Colin “that guy” when he isn’t.
I didn’t like any of the side stories.
I didn’t like how Colin proposed like “you gonna marry me or what?” 🙄. He did not woo Penelope like other lead ladies in previous seasons were woo’d.
I hated the carriage scene. There was no chemistry. It was more like Colin was lusting after her because he’s just horny, and liked her lips after she begged (🤢) him to kiss her.
And cmn - i was so waiting for hilarious and wholesome and sweet family moments! Where is Benedict teasing brothers? Kate settling in the fam? Etc
I’m glad someone finally said it; no one cares about the Mondrich family 💀💀
I actually really like the mondridge family and their scenes this season but my problem with them is the same as my issue with benedict this season - irrelevant and time wasting. I hope you're right and somehow they link to Sophie
Colin doesn't know that Pen is Lady Whistledown yet, though. The trailer for part two shows Eloise telling Penelope that she has "until midnight" at some party to tell Colin the truth about being Whistledown. So that's still an issue between them.
I don't, personally, feel like there was too much Cressida considering her new role as a friend to Eloise and a love rival to Penelope. They had a lot of work to get the audience to at least consider empathizing with her. I was so sad to learn that never in her life has a friend called on her. After 2 seasons and Queen Charlotte of watching the women of the Ton call on each other as friends it sort of broke my heart to know Cressida never had someone visit her as a friend. The scene with her dad made me remember that so many of these women were the products of their parents. Cressida's mother seems like she's ready to just give up on helping her daughter find a nice match. Don't get me started on her father. I liked Cressida admitting that she fell into the trap of women pitting themselves against each other and she started actually doing better. She didn't tell the other women the gossip about Pen even though just 2 weeks earlier she would have been tripping over herself to ruin Penelope with that. When Eloise just bluntly accused her of it (which is understandable but also for someone reminding Cressida constantly about being too cruel, she still struggles to measure her OWN words.) Cressida shut her down & I thought that would be the end of it but she STILL was Eloise's friend. LIKE? The growth worked for me and at first I was MISERABLE at the idea of more Cressida. But they turned me around.
The Mondriches can be a compelling story but it didn't fit in this season. Benedict and his affair with the (very agreeable to look at) widow also ... feels like it's not going anywhere.
Also it has nothing to do with anything but I have a crush on Harry Dankworth. I love a pretty person who is adorably dumb so he just does it for me.
The romance was ... rushed. I did not start part one expecting them to technically be ENGAGED by the close of the first half. After how loooooooooooooong Anthony took, Colin felt like he was doing a marathon with Pen. Season 2 was dragging out the romance, season 3 is rushing the romance.
The main couple in polin and we spend so much time with others couples…I’m not disappointed rather dissatisfied I need the full season to give a fair judgement
this season definitely had way too much going on
Lets be honest. No one cares about the Mondrich family xd
yea theres definitely was so much focus on every character BUT the main leads 😭😭 them marrying should be a satisfactory conclusion to the build up that we didnt see that much of in the season. so while im so so excited for the next part, its disappointing we’re already pass the pining stage that hasnt been done well when its the most entertaining part of their romance ((