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Post by cakediva on May 16, 2024 18:25:56 GMT
OMG I've just finished all the episodes released today - I stream while I'm working so I'll have to re-watch to see any visual details I may have missed while I was looking away.
I think they left it in a great spot to wait for another month for the rest! I about cried!
Feeling a bit bad for Cressida, and dying over Penelope's sisters and their lack of understanding about what it takes to get pregnant lol.
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Post by bethany102399 on May 16, 2024 19:14:28 GMT
we are in graduation week here, the ceremony was last night. My Inlaws wanted to go out for a drink after (there was a whole kerfluffle over several things) so we had a rather lazy morning once I got my younger child to school. I admit to watching the first episode while laying in bed this morning and am about half way through the second. I love all the press the main actress is doing this time round and also, did you notice in the opening "presentation" scene the mother/daughter who were signing to each other? Tip of the hat to Shonda Rhimes for taking a beat to celebrate diversity in all its forms.
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Post by mom on May 16, 2024 19:15:32 GMT
I couldn't sleep last night and I started watching the new season. I think it's going to be so good!
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Post by anaterra on May 16, 2024 19:34:10 GMT
Im stuck... Do i watch or wait?  Ill probably watch but i really hate that they are splitting it... |
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Post by Bridget in MD on May 16, 2024 20:11:05 GMT
I forgot it dropped today, I thought it was tmrw! I'll get to it when I can!
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Post by mom on May 16, 2024 21:59:52 GMT
Im stuck... Do i watch or wait? Ill probably watch but i really hate that they are splitting it...I agree, but I figure when the second half drops that I will just restart this season and binge it all together. |
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Post by Merge on May 16, 2024 22:05:16 GMT
I already binged the first four episodes. So annoying that we have to wait another month for the rest. Not sure how I feel about Cressida's semi-redemption arc. |
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Post by pilcas on May 16, 2024 22:56:21 GMT
I think I will wait until it all comes out!
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Post by iowgirl on May 17, 2024 1:32:23 GMT
I haven't had a chance to watch Season 2 yet! I really enjoyed the first season. I need to get back into it.
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Post by TankTop on May 17, 2024 1:42:13 GMT
My goodness… so far this is my favorite season. Just watched the first 4 and it was sooo passion filled.
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Post by chaosisapony on May 17, 2024 20:02:51 GMT
Binged the first four yesterday, I was underwhelmed. I love Penelope's new look but the rest of it just fell flat for me. It was boring. Where's the concern over chaperoning? Penelope mentions that spinsters don't need chaperones but she's actively on the marriage market, it is not smart for her to be alone with Colin all the time. Why wasn't Anthony involved at all with Francesca? He breathed down Daphne's neck during her season but seemingly doesn't give a crap about the girls that are left now that he is married.
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Post by naby64 on May 17, 2024 21:12:49 GMT
Binged the first four yesterday, I was underwhelmed. I love Penelope's new look but the rest of it just fell flat for me. It was boring. Where's the concern over chaperoning? Penelope mentions that spinsters don't need chaperones but she's actively on the marriage market, it is not smart for her to be alone with Colin all the time. Why wasn't Anthony involved at all with Francesca? He breathed down Daphne's neck during her season but seemingly doesn't give a crap about the girls that are left now that he is married. He's on his honeymoon isn't he? I thought that was agreed upon in the 1st or 2nd episode. Kate wanted to go for an extended honeymoon before they settled in to their new lives. I'm happy with it so far. Having read all the books, I'm wondering a thing or two. I mean, Netflix will never agree to 8 seasons of this show. How many might be combined? And Benedict? His story is being skipped. Now I'm clearing my calendar for June 13 so I can binge the rest of the season. |
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Post by ntsf on May 17, 2024 22:52:19 GMT
after reading the books, I think it is unbelieveable that cressida is ever a friend to any woman, let alone a bridgerton.
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Post by 950nancy on May 17, 2024 23:08:56 GMT
I saw the first half of episode one and crashed. We're leaving for Yellowstone tomorrow and babysitting tonight. Will have to get caught up next weekend.
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Post by gryroagain on May 18, 2024 5:19:52 GMT
I think I’d have preferred Penelope to marry the solid, nice guy and have space to pursue her own interests and write actually. It’s just so cliche she and Colin somehow. Like burning passionate love with a man is the only good outcome for a woman. I’d have liked her to tell him she did have a crush on him but this is her life, and she values her own interests more.
I never read the books and I’m sure they are following those but honestly I’d have liked to see that. Or better yet Penelope and Eloise together telling the whole society to F off we aren’t marrying anyone 😂 unless it’s each other!
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Post by ntsf on May 18, 2024 14:29:25 GMT
women needed to marry for the most part so they could live.. the finances of the time did not really allow most to ignore that. jane austin lived very frugally when her dad died.. and only did better when her brother inherited riches and gave his family a home..
it is a fantasy too far. the whole genre is about women getting married.
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Post by caangel on May 18, 2024 18:26:01 GMT
The book series is about the Bridgerton kids all finding their love match like their parents vs the more conventional match for practicality/status.
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Post by anaterra on May 18, 2024 19:30:27 GMT
I know Penelope is madly infatuated with Colin.... but I do believe if Colin hadn't gotten crazy jealous, she would have been perfectly happy with Lord Devlin...
He would have allowed her the freedom to be whistledown...
I like her passion with Colin.... but if had stayed away for the season, she would've been good... plus after fighting with cressida over him and her winning... icing on the cake..
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Post by needmysanity on May 20, 2024 11:55:56 GMT
Or better yet Penelope and Eloise together telling the whole society to F off we aren’t marrying anyone 😂 unless it’s each other! I never read the books either and I keep waiting for this moment as well. I will say I loved this season. I am so annoyed we have to wait a whole month for more episodes. |
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Post by bethany102399 on May 20, 2024 13:09:14 GMT
PSA for those of you who, like me, turned it off after (or "rewound") the carrage scene. If you let it play out it will auto play a sneak peak of the second half of the season.
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Post by dawnnikol on May 20, 2024 14:10:44 GMT
PSA for those of you who, like me, turned it off after (or "rewound") the carrage scene. If you let it play out it will auto play a sneak peak of the second half of the season. Thank you for this! DH totally shut it off and went "We have to wait how long?!" Apparently, all our Marvel movies have taught him nothing about patience. >.< |
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Post by MorellisCupcake on May 21, 2024 3:50:24 GMT
I just skimmed through this. 😉. DH is going out of town for several days at the end of June and that’s when I’m going to dig out my 50th birthday tiara and a bottle of wine (or two) to binge watch. The curiosity is killing me but I’ll be okay.
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Post by Lexica on May 21, 2024 4:07:22 GMT
Binged the first four yesterday, I was underwhelmed. I love Penelope's new look but the rest of it just fell flat for me. It was boring. Where's the concern over chaperoning? Penelope mentions that spinsters don't need chaperones but she's actively on the marriage market, it is not smart for her to be alone with Colin all the time. Why wasn't Anthony involved at all with Francesca? He breathed down Daphne's neck during her season but seemingly doesn't give a crap about the girls that are left now that he is married. He's on his honeymoon isn't he? I thought that was agreed upon in the 1st or 2nd episode. Kate wanted to go for an extended honeymoon before they settled in to their new lives. I'm happy with it so far. Having read all the books, I'm wondering a thing or two. I mean, Netflix will never agree to 8 seasons of this show. How many might be combined? And Benedict? His story is being skipped. Now I'm clearing my calendar for June 13 so I can binge the rest of the season. I read that they skipped over Benedict’s story to lay some groundwork for other plot lines and that season 4 will highlight him. And for those of you who are not thrilled about Penelope and Colin, I have a feeling that when he discovers her writing endeavors, he may be too angry to marry her. He was very against Lady Whistledown. I have learned that I have grown into one of those old ladies that cannot watch the steamy sex scenes like I used to. I find that too much close up of kissing and that carriage scene and I wanted to skip forward. I didn’t, but I did go ahead and fold some laundry during those scenes. Kissing never used to bother me, but it does now. Not as in make me angry or anything, but I am uncomfortable if it goes on too long. Must be another sign of getting old. |
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Post by casii on May 21, 2024 16:54:28 GMT
I wasn't going to watch until June, but I had a migraine on Friday that had me lying down with an ice pack wrapped around my head and one good eye so I watched with that good eye.
I'm not into Cressida's redemption arc that never happened in the books. I'd have totally jumped at the chance of independence with Lord Debling. Even his offer was making me hot & bothered, lol. I'm not a huge Colin fan, but the actress Nicola Coughlan can do no wrong for me since I loved her in Derry Girls.
I will say that carriage scene, I started laughing when the Pitbull song came on and then I got hot under the collar feeling like I was intruding on a super private steamy moment. Is it me or did it go on forever?!? Now I will anxiously await the next 4 episodes and hope Penelope can find both personal fulfillment on multiple levels.
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Post by cakediva on May 21, 2024 21:18:08 GMT
So I have not read the books, and have no idea if this gets covered in them.
But I have a theory - Philipa and Prudence are both going to keep having girls, and Colin and Penelope will have the boy, making her Lady Featherington.
Any ideas?
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Post by anaterra on May 22, 2024 2:36:00 GMT
So I have not read the books, and have no idea if this gets covered in them. But I have a theory - Philipa and Prudence are both going to keep having girls, and Colin and Penelope will have the boy, making her Lady Featherington. Any ideas? The title does say spoilers but I don't know if we want book vs show type things... so the only thing I will spoil is that the book does not address this at all... Also, the books are different from the show in a lot of ways... Shonda Rimes has taken extreme liberty is creating what she wants vs what Quinn wrote... |
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Post by dawnnikol on May 22, 2024 11:20:13 GMT
But I have a theory - Philipa and Prudence are both going to keep having girls, and Colin and Penelope will have the boy, making her Lady Featherington. That would be fantastic. |
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Post by guzismom on May 22, 2024 12:36:35 GMT
So I have not read the books, and have no idea if this gets covered in them. But I have a theory - Philipa and Prudence are both going to keep having girls, and Colin and Penelope will have the boy, making her Lady Featherington. Any ideas? This is my theory, too. I think there will be drama once he discovers she is LW…but enough to derail their fated love?!? I don’t think so… |
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Ill probably watch but i really hate that they are splitting it...
