As someone who has never read the books, I enjoy coming into the Bridgerton series fresh and uninformed. Perhaps the stories would be more enriched if I read the books, but I think the Netflix adaptations are clever, and it feels like Shondaland does a great job (for the most part) adapting these stories. In any case, Bridgerton’s Season 4 is all about Benedict Bridgerton, and it’s based on Julia Quinn’s An Offer from a Gentleman. Benedict is a bisexual rake, but he falls head over heels with Sophie Baek, in a sort of Cinderella-esque story. Netflix is splitting up the season again – Part 1 is released on January 29, and Part 2 comes out on February 26.
This makes me want to rewatch Ever After with Drew Barrymore!! That was such a great twist on the Cinderella story! Anyway, I’ve never cared that much about Benedict, but it will be interesting to see how this plays out. I also hope we get to see more of Penelope, the newly “outed” Lady Whistledown. And I hope they’ve learned from the mistakes of Season 3, because all of Eloise Bridgerton’s storyline was painful. She is a painful character and I hope there’s less of her in Season 4.
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I’m with you on not being interested whatsoever in Benedict’s experience. Hopefully his love match Sophie will add excitement to the equation. The two youngest Bridgertons are going to be the ones to watch, but that’s years away.
Benedict is my favorite, just based on him being the most affectionate of the siblings to all the other Bridgertons! He is sweet, fun, and a good listener. Not a hot head like his brothers. And a bit of a rebel like Eloise. As for Eloise, I think most of her faults come from being a teenager and she’ll outgrow them.
Hopefully the show isn’t as painfully misogynistic as Benedict’s book is. I like him on the show but his book was pretty awful and he was a snobby disaster with Sophie (if they keep her backstory the same).
The books are terrible. Misogynistic, and the woman who wrote them has no idea how vaginas work. I was about to throw them across the room every time she mentioned a maidenhead.
I am so glad I’m not the only one who thinks this. I did not care for the books and think there are other better series out there but I have loved the twists and casting that Shonda has done so look forward to each new chapter. Usually I’m a “ the book was so much better” person but to me, the series is much much better!
The book for season 2 is the best, which means season 2 episodes were the worst for me. Other than season 2, I really enjoy the show and how they depicted the stories.
I rewatched Ever After recently one afternoon, and immediately text my best friend that I saw it with back in ’98 or ’99.
We started going back and fourth with our favorite lines from the flick lol
But it still holds up!
Already the trailer of this one looks light years better than last season