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Michelle (edited)

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2026-10-14 06:00 Were you disappointed in everyone's reaction to Pen being Lady Whistledown? Some people love or hate it. I personally feel that they only acted okay with it because the Queen was okay with it, but it should be interesting to see if next season people will try to get revenge on Pen. Overall, were you happy with how Pen and Colin's love story played out? Do you wish the writers did anything differently with their relationship?
2025-02-07 22:33 Were you disappointed in everyone's reaction to Pen being Lady Whistledown? Some people love or hate it. I personally feel that they only acted okay with it because the Queen was okay with it, but it should be interesting to see if next season people will try to get revenge on Pen. Overall, were you happy with how Pen and Colin's love story played out? Do you wish the writers did anything differently with their relationship? I personally adore Polin both in the show and their book, I just wish they had more scenes in their own season and that it wasn't so focused on so many different storylines, they were trying to pack in as many storylines as possible in only 8 episodes and you could definitely tell the show runner was different from the previous two seasons. I still loved everything we got from Pen and Colin and thought Nicola and Luke did a fantastic job with what they were given!

Were you disappointed in everyone's reaction to Pen being Lady Whistledown? Some people love or hate it. I personally feel that they only acted okay with it because the Queen was okay with it, but it should be interesting to see if next season people will try to get revenge on Pen. Overall, were you happy with how Pen and Colin's love story played out? Do you wish the writers did anything differently with their relationship? I personally adore Polin both in the show and their book, I just wish they had more scenes in their own season and that it wasn't so focused on so many different storylines, they were trying to pack in as many storylines as possible in only 8 episodes and you could definitely tell the show runner was different from the previous two seasons. I still loved everything we got from Pen and Colin and thought Nicola and Luke did a fantastic job with what they were given!

JanPriNuz (edited)

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2026-10-14 06:00 Very personally, I felt that the writers took away a lot of time from our leads, not allowing them to flesh them and their arguments out. We had SO many storylines this season its not even funny. - Cressida with Eloise - Cressida and her home life (which I get some people may like, but giving this focus to her in Penelope's season (the girl Cressida incessantly bullied) is criminal.
2025-02-08 02:15 Hey Harry! as a preface, I would like for you to read these points on camera and give your thoughts on every one of these since I'm interested to hear what you think. Very personally, I felt that the writers took away a lot of time from our leads, not allowing them to flesh them and their arguments out. We had SO many storylines this season its not even funny. - Cressida with Eloise - Cressida and her home life (which I get some people may like, but giving this focus to her in Penelope's season (the girl Cressida incessantly bullied) is criminal. - Mondriches (I don't mind them but they could have shown SOME connection of Will and Colin after season 2 and that would have tied in, but they felt like flitting butterflies with no affect on the overall storyline) - Lady Danbury and her brother - Marcus and Violet - ehhh didn't mind it but again they had too much. - Benedict threesome (my blood boils thinking about how in this episode they kept on cutting to the sex scene over our main leads conflict, made the whole thing cheap and feel like it was done for the shock aspect not benedict actually exploring something) - Fran and John ( DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON HOW THEY GAVE SOO MUCH TIME TO THIS GIRL AND HER "LOVE STORY" WITH JOHN ONLY TO TAKE IT ALL BACK WITH "WELL SIKE SHE INTO GIRLS ACTUALLY) I don't mind her being lesbian, I'm intrigued how they pursue a happy ending realistically in this time period, BUT they spent so much time talking about unconventional love and quiet love that having her crush on Micheala the minute she lies eyes on her is kind of hurtful to all those lovely moments and justification of a different love. Turns out Violet is right and there is only one kind of love. - more of a side quest but the fact that Lady danbury and violet both spent ALL their time on Fran and did not say anything to Colin or try to matchmake him is kind of sad. Like aside from one conversation Violet did not spend time with Colin and his exploration of his familial trauma and him being the happy child for everyone and suppressing his feelings is never mentioned. Whereas we got long speeches with Daphne and Anthony. -

Hey Harry! as a preface, I would like for you to read these points on camera and give your thoughts on every one of these since I'm interested to hear what you think. Very personally, I felt that the writers took away a lot of time from our leads, not allowing them to flesh them and their arguments out. We had SO many storylines this season its not even funny. - Cressida with Eloise - Cressida and her home life (which I get some people may like, but giving this focus to her in Penelope's season (the girl Cressida incessantly bullied) is criminal. - Mondriches (I don't mind them but they could have shown SOME connection of Will and Colin after season 2 and that would have tied in, but they felt like flitting butterflies with no affect on the overall storyline) - Lady Danbury and her brother - Marcus and Violet - ehhh didn't mind it but again they had too much. - Benedict threesome (my blood boils thinking about how in this episode they kept on cutting to the sex scene over our main leads conflict, made the whole thing cheap and feel like it was done for the shock aspect not benedict actually exploring something) - Fran and John ( DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON HOW THEY GAVE SOO MUCH TIME TO THIS GIRL AND HER "LOVE STORY" WITH JOHN ONLY TO TAKE IT ALL BACK WITH "WELL SIKE SHE INTO GIRLS ACTUALLY) I don't mind her being lesbian, I'm intrigued how they pursue a happy ending realistically in this time period, BUT they spent so much time talking about unconventional love and quiet love that having her crush on Micheala the minute she lies eyes on her is kind of hurtful to all those lovely moments and justification of a different love. Turns out Violet is right and there is only one kind of love. - more of a side quest but the fact that Lady danbury and violet both spent ALL their time on Fran and did not say anything to Colin or try to matchmake him is kind of sad. Like aside from one conversation Violet did not spend time with Colin and his exploration of his familial trauma and him being the happy child for everyone and suppressing his feelings is never mentioned. Whereas we got long speeches with Daphne and Anthony. -

Leila M

this season had some fairly mixed reactions from fans - you're typically either in the camp of you either love it or hate it - or you have mixed opinions on it. people had complaints about the balancing of storylines, or storylines they added (e.g. benedict's sexuality - bi benedict was a popiular headcanon since season 1 and some ppl had issues w the way it was introduced) changes to future storylines, costuming, the whistledown reveal - eloise is also a controversial figure this season bc of her treatment of cressida... i personally enjoyed it but i can see why some people may have disliked this season as they had a lot to cover and it had every potential to feel rushed (and perhaps in some parts it was). you may have touched on it at the end of the episode, however i'm very curious on your opinion on this season as a whole? did you have any issues with the things some of the other fans had issues with? do you think it did justice to penelope and colin's romance? pen and colin are a unique case of them both being established characters w history and far more set up than new love interests from previous seasons. sorry for the wall of text and loads of questions, lol

Hali

The timings were actually added up and this season has the most time allocated to the leads than the previous ones. I think it just feels like it didn’t because there were more side storylines & a separate love story going on at the same time.

Hali

Did you see Francesca being queer (possibly a lesbian) coming? And how do you think the show might handle her season when it comes given this aspect of her character and the society they live in? Just so you know, Francesca is straight in the books so this was a change and there were fans who fell on both sides of loving it and hating it.

Hali

Do you think there’s still room for Cressida to grow if she returns for the next season? I’m not sure if she’s been confirmed yet but I’d love to see a redemption arc for her

Hali

What do you think about how Portia reacted to learning Pen is LW, and how do you feel about where Penelope ends the season in regards to her relationship with her mother and sisters?

Hali

Each season has now explored a different romance trope: S1 was fake dating, S2 was enemies to lovers, and S3 was friends to lovers. Any guesses on what tropes might be explored in S4 (or any you hope might be)?

Hali

Now that everyone knows who LW is, how do you think the papers will be written in the future? I think it might be a gossip girl-style column where members of the ton send in secrets or scandalous info to Penelope in hopes that she’ll print it.

Olivia (edited)

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2026-10-14 06:00 This is a bit of a long one so bear with me, it may also be an unpopular opinion so feel free to disagree: I fall under the category of people who really did not like this season, it just fell flat to me in a lot of areas in comparison to the other 2 but something in particular that I really did not like was how the whole Lady Whistledown storyline was handled, in general, but especially the reveal in this episode. To me it felt very anticlimactic as there was really no reaction or push back from anyone in the ton when they find out it was Penelope who wrote damning things about them or people they know, they just kind of stood there and accepted which didn’t feel right with me. I also did not think that the reaction the Queen had was the one I believed her to have when she found out - all throughout the 3 seasons of the show she has been hellbent on finding out who Lady Whistledown is and having these rewards in place for her reveal, even threatening Eloise to confess that is her in Season 2, only to turn round and suddenly be happy when she finds out it is Penelope and not making her face any sort of consequences for her actions - it all just felt very unrealistic and a cop out in my opinion What are your thoughts on the reveal as a whole and are you happy with the actions/reactions of those who found out or, like me, were you expecting more from them and expecting Penelope to face some consequences at least?
2025-02-08 21:44 This is a bit of a long one so bear with me, it may also be an unpopular opinion so feel free to disagree: I fall under the category of people who really did not like this season, it just fell flat to me in a lot of areas in comparison to the other 2 but something in particular that I really did not like was how the whole Lady Whistledown storyline was handled, in general, but especially the reveal in this episode. To me it felt very anticlimactic as there was really no reaction or push back from anyone in the ton when they find out it was Penelope who wrote damning things about them or people they know, they just kind of stood there and accepted which I suppose could be down to how the Queen reacted but it still didn’t feel right with me. On that note, I also did not think that the reaction the Queen had was the one I believed her to have when she found out - all throughout the 3 seasons of the show she has been hellbent on finding out who Lady Whistledown is and having these rewards in place for her reveal, even threatening Eloise to confess that is her in Season 2, only to turn round and suddenly be happy when she finds out it is Penelope and not making her face any sort of consequences for her actions - it all just felt very unrealistic and a cop out in my opinion What are your thoughts on the reveal as a whole and are you happy with the actions/reactions of those who found out or, like me, were you expecting more from them and expecting Penelope to face some consequences at least?

This is a bit of a long one so bear with me, it may also be an unpopular opinion so feel free to disagree: I fall under the category of people who really did not like this season, it just fell flat to me in a lot of areas in comparison to the other 2 but something in particular that I really did not like was how the whole Lady Whistledown storyline was handled, in general, but especially the reveal in this episode. To me it felt very anticlimactic as there was really no reaction or push back from anyone in the ton when they find out it was Penelope who wrote damning things about them or people they know, they just kind of stood there and accepted which I suppose could be down to how the Queen reacted but it still didn’t feel right with me. On that note, I also did not think that the reaction the Queen had was the one I believed her to have when she found out - all throughout the 3 seasons of the show she has been hellbent on finding out who Lady Whistledown is and having these rewards in place for her reveal, even threatening Eloise to confess that is her in Season 2, only to turn round and suddenly be happy when she finds out it is Penelope and not making her face any sort of consequences for her actions - it all just felt very unrealistic and a cop out in my opinion What are your thoughts on the reveal as a whole and are you happy with the actions/reactions of those who found out or, like me, were you expecting more from them and expecting Penelope to face some consequences at least?

bea freitas (edited)

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2026-10-14 06:00 i’ve realised that you REALLY like the costume designs of the show, so i thought you would like to watch an interview the the costume department did last year after season 3 (i’ve waited until now so you wouldn’t get any spoilers)!!!! https://youtu.be/6FT_2c0wwKc?si=4NBFr5CWBx3twxeQ i would love to see you watching and commenting this interview. specially now that we won’t have any bridgerton content for at least a year🥲🥲
2025-02-08 22:10

Michelle

I personally think that since the queen spared Pen the ton had no choice but to agree with her because you can't publicly disagree with the queen. It will be interesting to see if Pen suffers any consequences in season 4. I think overall the queen wanted Pen to be her ally and write for the crown (something she offered to Eloise in season 2 when she thought she was LW) so that might play a part in season 4 or at least I hope it does!

Harry Allen

The recording was already SO long that I had to leave this out BUT try and remind me at some point next week and I'll try and fit it in as I LOVE costume related things!!