Asian Sophie Baek NEEDS Flashbacks! | Bridgerton Season 4 Review (Starring Yerin Ha & Luke Thompson)

[@LadyJenevia]

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[@polarmarie]

We got Sophie Baek by sheer manifesting. A little more of it and we'll get Sophie Baek's Baek-story 🙌🙌

[@LadyJenevia]

How many times do they need to be nagged about the audience wanting to see Kate's back story and see Polin's meet-cute for the show to realise we need to see the origin material for these love stories? 🤪😂🥰

[@iamai_iggs]

you know how Benedict gets a fever and Sophie nurses him back to health? well let me introduce you to the quintessential Korean cuisine of comfort stews and soups: samgyetang (a stew of chicken stuffed with ginseng, rice and jujube), doenjang (a fermented soybean soup), or dakjuk (not too dissimilar to porridge that is made from slow-cooked chicken, beans, rice and any vegetables). coincidentally, Koreans also eat these stews/soups as hangover cure. so, there are options for these dishes to appear multiple times. now I don't know how Sophie would get the more niche ingredients for her Korean cooking. her dad's an earl. Benedict's rich. Colin traveled the world and brought back those. figure it out writers!

[@LadyJenevia]

YESSSSSSSSSSS, you have the exact energy I want for making their love story compelling and with Korean cultural elements infused throughout! And don't waste screen time trying to explain how Sophie just happens to have access to ingredients that might not make sense for her to be able to have in early 1800s England, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT AND THERE AREN'T ENOUGH EPISODES ANYWAY, just let her make some Korean food! 🥰

[@alexandrabaughns5779]

That would be so cool, if they included that information (we get to see Sophie's cultural heritage in action). I wished you were one of the writers 😅

[@sheelock]

Yes, that would be a perfect way to introduce Korean food and culture

[@RenHRbooklover]

Agreed!, I’ve said the same as you that Sophie’s backstory is and I repeat ESSENTIAL to her character and since she’s a new character to the general audience it’s important they introduce her as such, and not to mention her backstory as you said is part of their love story too. Honestly Sophie deserves it all she’s such a great character and not treating her with care would be such a disservice and I hope the writers do her justice ( I’m literally praying 🙏)

[@LadyJenevia]

It's baffling how much was cut from Kathani's back story and there is NO WAY it will go over well with fans if that's done again for Sophie. It's entirely incomprehensible to follow why Sophie holds herself back in her love story with Benedict if you don't know what happened to her in her childhood (and adolescence). BRING ON THE FLASHBACK(S)!

[@keienn7259]

Regarding your Korean Food commentary, I actually keep thinking that they need to give Sophie a hobby/talent outside of being a maid. I keep imagining that she is skilled in cooking and this is something they will show throughout. Not just the casual, "Oh this is good" kind of cooking. But something masterchef level that everyone is gagged and something she is passionate about. I need her cooking for Benedict at My Cottage when he's sick. Her cooking for the Bridgertons new food when she works there. This will not only set her apart in Benedict's eyes but also in the Bridgerton family as a whole.

[@keienn7259]

On top of this, I keep imagining that Sophie getting caught by Araminta in Bridgerton house is cause of her cooking. Maybe Araminta visits and there is a dish that she tastes and it's very familiar cause it's something Sophie prepared for them back in the day.

[@cataryad661]

Aaaah! Yes! And it would work in with the idea that they bond over their artistic pursuits

[@keienn7259]

@@cataryad661 yes! Them sharing passions is so good for their connection outside physical attraction. And it's also even in contrast to Benedict's attraction to the LiS which was magical love at first sight. He falls in love with Sophie twice. Once because they are fated. Second because they choose to.

[@kaitlynmartin2075]

Honest I always saw Sophie as an actress because of a line from It's in his kiss

[@LadyJenevia]

It’d be easier for her to get access to cooking than it is to get new books so it’d make sense for her to cook to pass the time and enrich her inner self. ☺️

[@AMoniqueOcampo]

Thanks for keeping us Bridgerton fans fed. I'm gonna guess that they'll cast a Korean actor for Richard/Dick Gun, since Araminta has his surname.

[@LadyJenevia]

They had BETTER! We didn't get to see Kathani's full family so at this point, we're going to need to see Sophie Baek's entire family tree. 😂

[@carpevinum8645]

Scene idea. Expose of the hand pinching without making child actors fight: Sophie secretly making/eating korean food in the kitchen when Mrs Gibbons notices the bruises and Sophie doesnt tell but they glance at the mean sister or do something to signal it was her. Later we can find her in the kitchen with korean food often when finding solace with the other mauds and taking quiet moments away.

[@LadyJenevia]

Yes, here for that! And honestly, even if it’s just flashes of Sophie’s childhood where you only see a few seconds at a time to fill in gaps? I’d take it. Some things require a proper scene but other memories and details can be conveyed with glimpses. The point is that they need to be a priority in the storytelling because Kathani’s backstory WAS NOT WHATSOEVER. That was unacceptable then and it’s unacceptable now for Sophie’s origins.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

4:21 agreed and it has to be said, S03 needed that meet cute. It's the only season without flashbacks and it suffers for it. 6:15 agreed. Kate and her family should have had way more attention; same thing with Sophie. It's her season, she should get the full main character treatment.

[@LadyJenevia]

WHY would you not give the romance girlies the meet-cute? 🫠 I love to see a meet-cute!! 🥰✨

[@keienn7259]

Baek-story Baekground I love your mind 😌

[@LadyJenevia]

Much appreciated! 😂🧠

[@perplex777]

Do you think it could work if we don’t “meet” Sophie and her family until after the meet-cute? E.g. We see the day from Benedict and the Bridgeton’s perspective - and then there is a “rewind” and we see the lead-up / departure from Sophie’s perspective. I’m so used to seeing Cinderella stories from her perspective, but there must be ways of doing it where we start from the “prince’s” perspective so that Cinderella is as much of a mystery to the audience as to him… and then we gradually learn the background and the depths of her character

[@LadyJenevia]

I want to meet Sophie quickly and I don’t trust the 8 episodes to be enough to do that format when they remain determined to throw so much screen time at random subplots. 😆

[@patiencekillz]

CONGRATS ON 30K!!

[@LadyJenevia]

Thank you so much! 😀 It's an important milestone and Kimiko is looking forward to modelling her new shirt in the next Bridgerton Season 4 video! (which will probably go up some time next month 🤭)

[@sariande4554]

I really hope they do Sophie justice. She is very special to me for a variety of reasons. And I LOVE Seasons 1 & 2 Benedict. If done right, their love story will absolutely destroy me in the best possible way. I 1000% agree with bringing in as much Korean food and culture as possible. I love the idea of Mrs. Gibbons (or the cook maybe, but we already have so many characters) teaching her how to cook, and it maybe tying back to some faint memories of when she was with her mother/grandmother. Food can be a very touchy subject with three-year-olds, so it makes sense to me that it's something she might remember. I think that they could maximize the use of brief visuals in Sophie's Baek-story to hammer home how much she's been abused without traumatizing the child actor. For example, in a flashback that takes place after Araminta and the girls have moved in, the camera could zoom in on Sophie's bruised hands. Bonus points if we see the earl notice her bruised hands and do nothing about it. Later, maybe her hands are covered in burns/scratches/scars/calluses from the type of work she's doing. Araminta could deliver her abusive lines without the child present and SFX makeup could be used to create nail marks or something that the camera could pan to after.

[@danrdl]

I need little 3 year old Sophie looking up at Penwood Park with her little suitcase, the Earl realizing who she is the moment he looks at her, little 6 year old Sophie roaming around the house being loved by all the staff (amd ignored by her father), little 8 year old Sophie being excited and waiting to meet the new Countess wanting to be loved just to have her little heart crushed by mean Araminta and Rosamund. All of this is NEEDED to tell her full story, i demand it!

[@katherinealvarez9216]

20:25 and honestly, so much focus on the villains will hurt the story. Just look at Once Upon a Time. 23:26 but it can be said HERE- Araminta is an abuser- she abused Sophie, Posey and literally any servant in the household - and a white collar criminal.

[@LadyJenevia]

If there was 56 episodes in the season I would be fine with more or less everyone being thoroughly explored but this is not Bridgerton’s model! 😂

[@heathercontois4501]

They could easily do her dealing with the trauma in the present with voice overs of memory of Araminta speaking to child Sofie. That sh!t stick with those of us who've received it, all our lives.

[@CheyenneSedai]

I'm Colombian but I don't watch telenovelas, I'm assuming its one of those originally for tv ones that gets put on netflix like what they did with Bolivar. Which explains the episode count Edit: yeah the clip you showed had the Caracol logo on it, what I suspected is exactly what happened.

[@carpevinum8645]

I think the back story spreadout over a few episodes could work, depending on how the the episode stories are structured.

[@carpevinum8645]

I could conceive of a structure where it parrallels and the onscreen ball and reveal happen in the same episode - but that would probably work better if they still had the time gap.

[@LadyJenevia]

Maybe I'll change my mind as I work my way through more of the chapters but I don't think the show will do much of a time-jump from the ball to Sophie reuniting with Benedict as herself afterwards. Even if it's just down to the fact that you'd have to change actors for Gregory and Hyacinth if you want a believable gap of having a couple of years fly by. 😂

[@annacalstone610]

I actually wonder if we could see Sophie as a maid and get made up and go to the ball (with the hint of the fact she, is more than just a maid) and the ball in episode 1 with her running away as the end. Episode 2 benedict hunts for her and she is uncovered as attending the ball by step mom and kicked out then leaves the ton (just missing benedict who is hunting for her) we then see a montage of benedict searching for her while sophie searches for employment and gets employed at a house, then episode 2 ends with benedict agreeing to go to a party at said house. Ep 3 opens with the flashback to explain sophies backstory, but maybe ending like you said with araminta calling sophie a bastard but rather than cutting to the hurt child cut to adult sophie working as a maid. Don't tell viewers yet the earl died and then araminta made sophie a maid, leave folk wondering how sophie went from ward to maid until maybe another flashback. But will cover that when you get to those bits. Also yes I need them to address not only the impact Edmunds death had on benedict but the fact his brother became head if the family where as he became the heart emotionally caring for everyone, but also the impact it had him becoming Anthony's heir. Seeing their father die so young did he worry about Anthony passing without producing a child and him being left with the responsibility, we saw a glimpse in S1, I want them to delve into that and also how he feels now Anthony has produced an heir and he is no longer needed as the spare, would be a conversation sparked by the inclusion of Kanthonys baby son in the show so ticks off 2 major elements. I need Sophie's back story but for once can we allow both of the main pair to have their backstory explored because right now that hasn't happened

[@heathercontois4501]

I swear to goodness, I am going to start commenting "hold my poodle" when a character makes me mad in the inkitt books I read. I love the authors that are able to get anger from me in the way they write their characters. Like Julia Quinn with the way she wrote Sophie's evil step mother.

[@leeway3739]

Since there is a two year gap between the masked ball and when they meet again, I like the idea of the ball taking place before any of the stuff that has happened to him on the show. It would put all the flitting around he has done in context of him having broken heart and is trying to find something to fill the pain.

[@KuningannaSansa]

2000 a year is very decent for a widow, in p&p the bennet sisters could only count of 50 pounds a year each, so 250 altogether, while their father lived and then 1000 pounds each as a one time payment. meanwhile mr darcy had his 10 000 a year but he was like a kardashian of his time.

[@liiina01m]

Great video as always 😊 And congrats to 30K!!!

[@LadyJenevia]

Thank you!! Kimiko will model her shirt in the next Bridgerton Season 4 video! 🥳

[@esmeraldarose9398]

I can’t wait to see benophie. I love the way you tell the story for prologue and chapter 1. Can we have you tell us the story for the other chapters as well? If not, thank you anyway for a good video

[@LadyJenevia]

Yeah I’ll be doing the whole book. I’m just taking my time going through it because we’ve got two years to fill and I’ve got lots of other non-Bridgerton videos to work on too. 😂

[@esmeraldarose9398]

@@LadyJenevia yeayy thank you so much!! Looking forward to upcoming videos ❤️

[@gelsominagaldieri]

I wish we can have a wedding with the Hanbok! And I love the idea that she loves cooking Korean food! I wish tteok-bokki get mentioned. My favourite.❤

[@joanaisbubly]

On the Colombian telenovela you watched: netflix has been putting a lot of telenovelas on their catalog and they are structured to have repetition and over explaining a bit bc they were made for tv airing everyday no repeats and so they have to work in a way where ppl will loose episodes here and there and still need to follow the story but yeah they are always big 56 is actually on the lower side of episodes for one. Telenovelas in general are a great genre and have their own tropes could talk about it so long

[@LadyJenevia]

I guessed that that was the reason for the constant scene replays but thank you for confirming! I couldn’t do much to research further since most of the information was in Spanish. 😄

[@natalielazar5904]

I'm not sure if you would want to review it but I'll ask anyways. I would love to see a review of Transformers One from you, it handles themes of class and opression extremely well and is very easy to understand despite having no prior knowledge of the franchise. Also If Araminsta does not get punched in the face i'll be so upset

[@stillhere95]

2 years, i still can't believe this crap.

[@DeborahWalkerXOXO]

They are LITERALLY filming at the house. I don't have any cast video, just one of me screaming at the house. From my car. On the Heath. But they are filming. Let's hope the time taken respects the story better this time.

[@evildoesnotsleep-x2b]

Colombian telenovelas are their own category: fierce, emotionally statisfying, woman-led. i would recommend you Ana de Nadie. The trumpling of convervative ideas is delicious and it gives so much grace and passion to women that hollywood forgets. (and i think colombian spanish is the superior, sexier accent. as Pasion de Gavilanes)

[@kaitlynmartin2075]

If you like Stephanie Hsu, there's a movie she's in called Asking for It that she's amazing in. You might like it. It's all about getting revenge on a terrible 'man' who's harassing her online and there's a scene of her standing up to her 'Joanne' of a boss.

[@lauramathews3151]

In Korea the convention of asking have you eaten equates to how are you or are you ok in English...

[@Emanuela1003]

I finally made it to this (much anticipated, given my everlasting obsession with Bridgerton) video! 💖😍 I always love your eloquence, and I genuinely believe that Netflix should take note because you always make excellent points! 😍🤩😍🤩 As a Bridgerton book fan, I fully understand the hate towards Richard. He belongs in the hellish circle of the series villains along with Cressida and Mrs Featherington (among the others, but these are the first that come to my mind because my favourite chapter of the series is Romancing Mr Bridgerton)! 😂 Lots of love from Rome🫶🏻💕 Ps. Now I really want to watch La Venganza! 😂🤩 You keep making me add new titles to my watchlist! 😂🤩😍

[@LadyJenevia]

I want to do the next two chapters since it's THE MASQUERADE but I'm preoccupied with other reviews at the moment so maybe it can be a New Year's project since that holiday has the properly festive party vibes to go along with it. 🥳✨

[@Emanuela1003]

@ That sounds perfect! Can’t wait! 😍💖 Thank you for replying🫶🏻💕

[@BeeRodz]

Still hoping there’s a casting call for a young Asian child so we know the flashbacks will happen.

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

Bear with me here. This is just an idea that went through my head that could add some development to Sophie’s story. I wonder if they could make Sophie have both baek and beckett as her last names. Her cruel family want her to change her original last name as Beckett, so Sophie struggles to keep her identity starting with that. But as time goes on, she goes back and forth with which last name she chooses to introduce her with. For example, for certain people in the ton, she uses the name Beckett and when she runs away, she meets people who won’t judge her for that and she uses Baek. She finally keeps her true identity when she introduces herself to the Bridgerton family, but still “decides” to take the Bridgerton last name.

[@lauramathews3151]

A single person in the gentry or lesser aristocracy could live comfortably on 500 a year if they lived modestly and didn't update their wardrobe except for replacements of things which couldn't be mended or altered. By comfortably I mean could eat 3 meals a day, afford their tea/ coffee and sugar, pay to have their clothes laundered, stock their candles, afford their stationery expenses, heat their home in the winter with coal, and live in a one bedroom or studio type domicile which was in clean, good repair and working order.

[@toriincaos]

damn, only 56??? most of the telenovelas i watch are at least 150. my favorite one, avenida brasil has 179 😂😂😂

[@callmethecommentcountess9329]

So excited

[@callmethecommentcountess9329]

I am so excited

[@jamdoe6486]

Sometimes in your video, you reference a clip of a guy yelling, "She's a child!" What film/series is it from?

[@LadyJenevia]

That's Ewan McGregor as Roman Sionis / Black Mask in "Birds of Prey" (2020) 😂

[@estefaniatorres8822]

16:46 as a Latina that Telenovelas raise her this a short Telenovela.

[@LadyJenevia]

WHAT 😳

[@sheelock]

Yes, the masquerade ball has to be in Episode 1

[@LadyJenevia]

We need to see them meet, there’s no time to waste! ❤️‍🔥

[@heathercontois4501]

What was that french movie?

[@LadyJenevia]

There’s a French duology by Claude Berri. The first film is Jean de Florette, and the second film which I mentioned is Manon des sources. The second film is a vengeance story happening specifically because of the events of the first film so it is pretty important to watch the first before the second. 🤭

[@gg_kinz]

£2000 is about $2million

[@Heothbremel]

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[@sophieisyerin]

season 1 and season 2 had too much penelope aka the villain. DIDN'T EVEN WANT HER SEASON HOW THEY WROTE HER AND COLIN....

[@sophieisyerin]

please use latinos and not latines