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“Three seasons into its run, Bridgerton has fallen into a pattern: great at foreplay, iffy on the climax. No one signs up for a romance with the prospect of an underbaked conclusion, and it’s frustrating when the momentum and groundwork of a slowly built relationship culminates in a finale that’s just … fine. Still, Bridgerton’s third season, with its expansion of bubbly minor characters and ample time spent on the other Bridgerton siblings, reduces the pressure on this underperforming high point, and there’s enough fun and anticipation in everything around the central couple that it almost doesn’t matter that the apotheosis of Polin is more of a gentle plateau.” — Kathryn VanArendonk, “Bridgerton Just Can’t Pull Off a Climax”

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Episode 8 After the Rain

Bridgerton Season-Finale Recap: You Gotta Go Through Hell to Get to HEAven Now aware of the backstory driving Simon’s behavior, Daphne takes steps to defrost the marital thaw.
Episode 7 Oceans Apart

Bridgerton Recap: When the Vow Breaks Daphne and Simon’s pained love struggles to wiggle through the walls around their hearts.
Episode 6 Swish

Bridgerton Recap: The Rhythm Method The Duke and new Duchess of Hastings are enthusiastically banging all over Clyvedon Castle, but are soon yanked from their happy marriage bed.
Episode 5 The Duke and I

Bridgerton Recap: License to Bed Break out your historical romance bingo cards, this episode has it all.
Episode 4 An Affair of Honor

Bridgerton Recap: Garden Body Party Two people miserably entering into a marriage based on half-truths and crushed dreams? Sign me up!
Episode 3 Art of the Swoon

Bridgerton Recap: Well, Actually, “WAP” Is Historical It’s time for a sexual awakening!

Episode 2 Shock and Delight

Bridgerton Recap: End of the Line Make way for Simon Bassett, Duke of Hastings, and his metric ton of daddy issues.
Episode 1 Diamond of the First Water

Bridgerton Premiere Recap: Scandal Broth Served Hot XOXO, Gossip Lady.

Episode 8 The Viscount Who Loved Me

Bridgerton Season-Finale Recap: One Last Time After fighting their feelings for so long, Kate and Anthony finally allow themselves the love and self-acceptance they deserve.
Episode 7 Harmony

Bridgerton Recap: Do Not Stop As the Bridgertons and Sharmas do damage control in the wake of the failed wedding, we finally get a steamy sex scene.
Episode 6 The Choice

Bridgerton Recap: Faith or Fools Okay, Edwina, out here making decisions for yourself, we see you.
Episode 5 An Unthinkable Fate

Bridgerton Recap: Mr. Duplicity Why won’t these two kiss already?
Episode 4 Victory

Bridgerton Recap: A-Hunting We Will Go Hope you were sitting down for that dancing scene. Phew!
Episode 3 A Bee In Your Bonnet

Bridgerton Recap: Into the Woods An intense moment between Anthony and Kate reveals how much trauma these two are carrying around.

Episode 2 Off to the Races

Bridgerton Recap: Love Languages Kate runs interference on Anthony’s efforts to win Edwina’s hand, while the queen is on Whistledown’s trail.
Episode 1 Capital R Rake

Bridgerton Season-Premiere Recap: No Pressure, No Diamond Anthony’s criteria for the ideal viscountess is woefully lacking, but he’s already quite smitten with the mysterious, badass Kate.

Episode 8 Into the Light

Bridgerton Season-Finale Recap: Gossip, Girl This is truly the happiest of endings.
Episode 7 Joining of Hands

Bridgerton Recap: You Are a Bridgerton Now Well, at least the wedding was lovely. Now we have to deal with Lady Whistledown’s identity being in peril.
Episode 6 Romancing Mister Bridgerton

Bridgerton Recap: It’s Just Gossip Are Pen’s blogging days over?
Episode 5 Tick Tock

Bridgerton Recap: On the Clock Now this is one hell of an engagement party.
Episode 4 Old Friends

Bridgerton Recap: The Carriage Scene Book readers, our time has come.
Episode 3 Forces of Nature

Bridgerton Recap: Brave Enough to Ask As the old saying goes, the family that gets hot and bothered together, stays together.

Episode 2 How Bright the Moon

Bridgerton Recap: A Lost Cause Can we talk about the kiss, please?
Episode 1 Out of the Shadows

Bridgerton Season-Premiere Recap: The Hot Goss Penelope decides it is time for a main-character glow-up.

vulture asks Vulture Asks: What Do You Want to See in Bridgerton Season 4? More Lady Danbury, period. By Vulture Staff
unhappy endings Justice for Cressida Bridgerton used her as a stepping stone for Penelope’s self-discovery, then tossed her aside. By Roxana Hadadi
way too close read Three Seasons of Bridgerton Culminate in One Ecstatic Line Reading “There is only one way to deliver that, and that is with urgency.” By Kathryn VanArendonk