1. Sometimes I watch something and say “Oh wow this is very excellent work, but I don’t love it.”
Sometimes I watch something and say “Oh wow I love this and everybody should watch it because it’s amazing.”
Sometimes I watch something and say “Oh my god this is awful but I’m obsessed with it and I want more.”
I honestly do not know if Bridgerton is a good show or not but I could not stop watching it and I can’t wait for the next season, so I’ma just tell you how I feel and you can decide whether to watch it or not based on what y’all already know I like.
2. I will watch a Shonda Rhimes anything. I’ve spent almost half of my life watching Grey’s Anatomy as this point and I have no plans to stop. I watched Bridgerton because it was Shonda Rhimes’s company and, in true Shonda Rhimes fashion, it is soapy, the dialogue is excellent, the casting is inspired, and there’s a dysfunctional interracial relationship at the center of it.
3. I’ve heard whispers from people on social media that they want Rege-Jean Page to be the next James Bond and I am just here to amplify those wishes. This man is beautiful.
4. Of all the Black casting choices in the show, I like the wink nudge of Queen Charlotte the best because of the rumors of her Black heritage through the years. Was she a Black woman? No. Did she have a sizeable portion of Black ancestry? Also probably No. Do I like that they keep saying she might have because her nose was round and she was a little bit tan? Yeah kind of. So let’s make her Black! Her marriage being the “reason” why there are Black people in the London gentry is a bit of a stretch, but that’s okay. It’s Shonda Rhimes. She had a President start a war with a foreign country because they took his mistress hostage. I’m okay suspending a bit of belief for Shonda.
5. The way Eloise (the second-oldest Bridgerton) is a 40-year-old chainsmoker is my absolute favorite thing.
6. The way the Bridgerton Mom has her tits pushed all the way up to her eyebrows in every scene is my second-favorite thing.
7. Daphne and the Duke’s relationship is…interesting. Without spoiling it, there’s a big monologue that Daphne gives the Duke about accepting his flaws that I usually only see a male character give a female character — the switchup was refreshing! They have chemistry, but some of the petulance on both parts is annoying and could be avoided if they’d just talk to each other more. But I’m here for it.
8. I want them to give My Good Bitch Cressida more to do next season because her stankface is unrivaled and I want her to to just come out and drag these hoes by the corset.
9. There should be no corsets. Corsets are for fashions that have cinched waists — why would you put on a corset and then a loose dress over it? More of the undergarments shown should be stays that just push your boobs up, not corsets that make a tiny waist. And a lot of these dresses look CHEAP! Who did that!
10. Queen Charlotte’s wigs deserve their own show though. The way they incorporated natural Black Folks Hair Textures into these elaborate wigs was a joy to see, even the ones that missed the mark a bit. Love that for us!
11. If they don’t also give my girl Marina more to do next season, I might not be so generous in my assessment of the show. The actress who plays Marina is really the only one who showed up to work and understood that she is on a Shonda Rhimes Soap Opera and should act accordingly. She chewed up every scene she was in with a mixture of excellent technique and just the right amount of melodramatic overacting and she needs more meat in this role.
12. The soundtrack is cute when you catch the string arrangements. “Girls Like You” was my favorite.
13. ABC really fumbled the bag with Shonda over a Disney pass. IDK if y’all know the story (read her interview with The Hollywood Reporter), but Shonda left ABC for Netflix because ABC made a big fuss about giving Shonda an extra family pass for Disneyland. Can she afford it herself? Yes. But her shows have made over $2 billion for the company and if she asks for an extra Disney pass that costs less than $200, give her the pass. They made her feel small and undervalued and she left. Now Bridgerton is the most-watched series on Netflix because Shonda can be Shonda anywhere and will will soak it up. Good for you, Ms. Rhimes. A lesson to know your worth and never accept less, no matter how small the slight.
14. The revelation over who Gossip Girl is was kind of meh. We figured it out in a couple of episodes, but a very nice misdirect later in the series did have us doubting! I’ll save you the disappointment though: it is in fact not Julie Andrews. 🙁
Score: 8.5/10
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