Bridgerton Season 3 Part 1 Feels Different

[@pumpkinspicedpittie]

I needed Collin to suffer. Penelope deserved to be pursued. Collin basically did whatever he wanted and the second he decided to get Penelope he had her. Pen deserves better.

[@giaxalyse]

Nah for real, I wanted him to be in agonyyyy over our queen Penelope

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Colin is just too good at what he does 😌

[@wyntahb3968]

Did he kno she wanted him

[@cloverazar5315]

Exactly this! This is a *romance* hero who has a 3way on screen w/o the FMC. The audacity. This dude should be dragging his dick over gravel en route to grovel at her front step in penance. Come ON. I know there’s half a season left but goddamn

[@iamrachelrach]

They also didn't show how much time passed and him going through it . One dream didn't suffice.

[@thornyrose1235]

I'm with you on this. I just don't feel the chemistry with Polin. I definitely get the friend vibes but it never exceeds that, for me at least. I don't feel the tension or longing when they steal glances at each other. I felt more chemistry with Pen and Lord Debling than with Colin. So far, I'm disappointed

[@giaxalyse]

Same! Which was wild to me because the actors have really good chemistry so hopefully in part 2 there’s a better script and we see it !!

[@nikkiskaleidoscope3053]

For real! I honestly was feeling Team Debling the whole time. Though I’m pretty sure their chemistry might pick up in the second part

[@jaedahjaedah5705]

Person I feel like debling, didn’t really like pen he literally told her he don’t care to love his wife just for someone to be at home while he travel and will get along when he is at home for the short period of time. But I feel like they could have but more clips of Colin falling for her, cause it felt a lil rushed but I love them together

[@halfwaytothehill2164]

Anthony is not excited about this Polin season, your welcome

[@crystalyoung712]

I am plus size wear size 22 almost 300lbs...I experienced intense second hand embarassment/cringe during the carriage scene...I was squinting and turning away I was so embarrassed when normally I do not react this way to these type scenes...Penelope was beautiful, acting on par, great job really well done but so awkward to watch is it because she's plus size if so that is my own internal issue that needs addressing or is it genuinely cringe...I don't know but I forced myself to rewatch and that's insane this scene caused such a dramatic embarassing reaction unlike any thing I've ever experienced watching a show...damn! Maybe it was too relatable or too realistic... I'm still puzzled... Collin just looks off to me the stare he gives when he is looking off thinking internally is weird but he is genuine in his actions with Penelope which is sweet! Penelope osbthe true star 🌟 so far!

[@becki8000]

I really don't understand why they tried to replicate the season 1 & 2 dynamic when those are people who've just met. A love story between people who've known each other their whole lives should have been approached very differently. Give us childhood flashbacks, lean into the girl next door/ boy next door trope. Don't give us a discount Anthony without any depth.

[@giaxalyse]

YES YOU GOT!!! This felt like a weird version of the other seasons when it could’ve been so amazing

[@miaofthekingdom]

Omg that would’ve been so cute. I wish they would’ve done it like that

[@crystalokoli]

DISCOUNT ANTHONY 😭😭😭

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

OMG, beckip, you PERFECTLY described how I felt about season 3!!!!!!! Thank you for that. And Colin being a *Great Value Anthony* is perfect.

[@starchannel123]

@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460Anthony is overhyped

[@jupiteralmighty3730]

The reason I'm disappointed is bc Polin seems very rushed, yet the creators are more invested in all these other main characters this season such as Francesca, Cressida and Eloise, Benedict and the cougar, the Mondrich's, Violet and her new love interest and so on. They have too many plot lines going on for other characters and I'm sad about it because this was supposed to be Polin's season and I was so looking forward to it and hoped it would be a slowburn season... The "lack of chemistry" literally feels to me like a writers mistake for rushing everything. They have chemistry and they've always had chemistry from the beginning.

[@giaxalyse]

Completely agree with you! I love Polin as a couple but it seems rushed as well and they had no screen time

[@SophieSon]

I desagree

[@Rockinashy]

I’d like to add to this by saying that if you go back and watch season 1&2, there’s actually a lot of build up between Colin & Penelope! The things that happen between them are super subtle, though, and there’s a lot of subtleties in season 3 as well. In season 1&2, you can see how the first thing they do at social gatherings is seek each other out. Colin will openly hold Penelope’s hand in public. When he’s singing with his family, he quite literally misses a beat as his voice cracks when he sees Penelope. Even with Colin’s speech saying he swears off women and he tells Penelope “Not you. You’re Pen”. From our perspective and Penelope’s perspective, this is him saying she’s not court-able to him. This is so easy to see as friend zoning, but in Colin’s mind, this is him telling Penelope that she is so much more than just a woman to him. She is special. To see the way he starts to genuinely appreciate her in season 2 and realize how special she is to him is another big part of things. Season 1 he took her for granted, season 2 is so much more. Even in season 3, the small things you might miss, such as when he cuts his hand on the candle. As she’s helping him, he slowly starts to enfold his hand onto hers. That’s why she looks up at him. When the hot balloon incident happened, it’s easy to make fun of Pen for not moving but her eyes were on him the whole time before she realized what was happening. And his eyes were on hers. Colin never realized how special Pen was to him until season 2. And then in season 3, he’s obviously trying to be someone he’s not. Pen always loved him for him. He tells the guys that “not in your wildest dreams or fantasies would I court Penelope” but right after kissing her, he immediately has exactly that. Dreams and fantasies. He feels like Pen is too good for him in a way. All he knows is their friendship-which at that time, would’ve been seen as inappropriate (such as him and her holding hands even AFTER the dance is over, being alone together, etc.) So I totally agree that there should be more episodes and more time spent on Colin and Pen, I think if you put everything together as a whole, it makes sense!

[@tomatosoup1304]

I wholly believe they should've cut down on all of those plot lines and Violet's story should've not been in the main series at all as Violet wanting her 'garden' tended to was a QC plotline

[@Julie-hf4ch]

@@Rockinashy honestly, no love story should be as 'go watch back the previous season to see their story unfold'..what have they done this season to this couple??? give them screen time, let him curtesy her, what sex? what proposal? this is unbelievable !

[@Youngmacho]

They didn’t feel like the main couple, Colin felt so uninteresting and bland. The show is called *Bridgerton* and Penelope Featherington has had more focus and growth than Colin *Bridgerton* .

[@giaxalyse]

No literally what was going on??

[@NotSoWickedMystic]

This!!!! 👏 👏 👏 thank you. 😅

[@chirbee420]

This season so far felt like watching and trying to be supportive of your perfect gorgeous talented friend while she yearns for the most plain ass man.

[@giaxalyse]

HAHAHAHA this perfectly sums it up

[@jow2716]

You just KNOW if this season fails, the executives are gonna blame it on the public not wanting to watch a +size actress as a main character instead of actually addressing the root of the problem, which is that they simply didn't stick the landing production-wise (the season does not focus enough of the main couple, we get lost in side plots, Colin has too little character development, the overall production quality is down & some scenes look like a CW show, etc.) 😮‍💨

[@giaxalyse]

ugh you’re so right! Which is insane because the actress who plays Penelope is amazing and brought the character to life so well, actually all of the actors did well, it’s clearly an issue with production like you said

[@kayajamae2092]

They’ve gotten the views so it’s definitely not a failure. It’s just polarizing 😂 and that’s sad because I SO wanted to love it

[@angelaf.4937]

If they seriously blame their failure on Nicola Coughlan bc she’s supposedly “plus sized” that’s wild bc she’s literally a size 6! She’s nowhere close to plus sized she’s just very short and has a very round face and chest

[@user-zh8bc7jo6l]

Well the season is not a failure neither by the views or reviews of it

[@darlingdannid]

you're spot on. and the sad thing is it's really just the netflix original curse where they invest heavily in seasons 1-2 but it all goes down from there. if shows aren't cancelled by then, season 3 is always when the cinematography, dialogue, wardrobe, etc are worse. it's happened enough times that we should've known by now. i just didn't want it to be true bc of shonda

[@mjones4458]

The Francesca storyline was way more interesting. I also feel like she may be on the spectrum a bit. Either way I'm ready to see her story

[@giaxalyse]

Same! I absolutely adored her and her storyline! I’m happy to see more of her !

[@KarenMechu]

For a moment I thought It was Francesca season 😂❤

[@ellenmogensen5698]

Days before Colin asks Penelope to marry him... he was at the brothel? Penelope deserves better... like Lord Debling. There were just too many story lines and Polin got lost in there.

[@giaxalyse]

Nah legit when he was at the brothel and said “I’ll just watch” 💀💀

[@jaceevens654]

But is debling that good for her? Pen wants romance he doesn't. He just wants a live in friend for when he comes home every so often. I'm not on Colin's side (though bro is just that stupid apparently that his mom has to spell it out to him multiple times). But like someone else for her has to exist

[@Angel_9691]

@@jaceevens654 Yeah I agree. I felt that Penelope and Lord Debling just didn't have that Connection that Pen needs, but I also think that Colin and Pen were so rushed this season. Like for two whole seasons he basically ignored her and then in four episodes he wants to marry her?? This wasn't quite the Romance I expected.. And I know it was only part 1, but I mean he already asked her to marry him..

[@FOBROCK13]

“How could season 3 not be as good?” …Netflix. Who has notoriously floundered by every 3rd season of a banger show and admitted to writing shows off because after a certain point they have to pay the actors more…. Rip to our fallen series

[@giaxalyse]

You GOT IT! People are blaming the actors but it’s Netflix and the higher up people

[@ThreadedAlchemyArt]

they have a new showrunner :(

[@asiamwithraenetteleepodcast]

@@giaxalyseit definitely writers and producers and editing that can ruin a story actors just do what they’re told so agree

[@treedragonfarm]

I agree they messed up with splitting this season into two parts. All I can think about is how boring Colin is for the next month 🤣 and I didn't realize it until you said it, its more like Colin is lusting after her rather than romancing her and it feels so weird

[@giaxalyse]

NAH FR IM gonna have to drink a coffee before watching part 2 so I don’t immediately fall asleep when Colin appears 😂😂

[@Angel_9691]

Yeah exactly! I wished for more Romance between them..

[@83croissant]

No flashbacks , cheaper costumes, different showrunner. Is the film quality different too? It feels like TV

[@giaxalyse]

Right??? The green screens were not looking too hot

[@NotSoWickedMystic]

It DID skew a little waterered down, a bit boring... I kept waiting for it to get better. 😢

[@JaceySpacey]

Yeah!!! The lighting and cinematography this season feels very soapy/lifetime. What happened to the production values of the last 2 seasons??

[@83croissant]

@@JaceySpacey was just watching season 2 and I do understand that season 2 is more angsty by nature, it’s remarkable how in the first four episodes there’s more exciting “action” scenes with cinematic moments and score like the end of episode 4 season 2 I think, which I just saw… sweeping shots of them riding horses, meeting and just talking with instrumental Alanis Morrissette “U Outta Know” and it’s DEAD SERIOUS and I BUY IT because by then I’m totally in . Even though they filmed during the pandemic restrictions it felt rich and populated. Season 3 they are leaning more into romcom , but, sometimes it’s clear they’re not in a real space. I wish they’d go to Audley Hall but they can’t because I guess Kate and Anthony are honeymooning there . But there’s like, the palace, st James’ park, etc in season 2 even when they we “in Town” it felt more expansive and solid

[@laurend1307]

The music also felt out of place. The covers blended more into the scenes in previous seasons

[@LizzyGiggles]

Queen Charlotte was a masterpiece, I still think about scenes from that show daily and it still hurts lol I wish bridgerton was as good as queen charlotte. For a “side show” it was much more the main show, to me.

[@giaxalyse]

It was a really amazing show!!

[@JellyOnAPancakeAyyyy]

So truuuueee ughhhh

[@hibakhokhar6955]

apparently queen charlotte was produced by shonda herself, and s3 was done by a new show runner which explains everything!

[@sweetrockdevil]

That hit so different 😢

[@queenloiskosher6119]

I love Pen but this season even she should know actions have consequences. The way she impulsively writes badly about Colin without thinking it through makes me feel like she didn’t quite learn anything from how she treated Eloise. Eloise is off in her world (self centered), but not selfish or disloyal. She has always cared for and is loyally devoted to Pen. Pen betrayed and really hurt her to save her own self. Truth is Pen didn’t want to give up whistledown which is why she wrote what she wrote about Eloise. Agonized as she was, she could’ve come out to the queen (the queen would definitely have given her an audience based on her claim to be whistledown, especially seeing as she was on the queen’s suspect list). The line of the queen not believing her is BS. Pen hasn’t grasped that she threw her friend under the bus when she had another option, that’s why she has the high horse to judge Eloise for being friends with Cressida who was kind to her when Pen wasn’t. I dislike how Eloise’s hurt by Pen’s betrayal is being minimized. Pen has driven lower class women out of business (for those who call her a feminist), she almost ruined Daphne, she ruined Marina so that Colin wouldn’t be gone forever… she did a lot of damage to people she supposedly cared for. On another note, yeah the Polin scenes felt so rushed and unearned. I thought they’d give us flashbacks of how they met, and true friendship moments they shared, maybe moments where Colin felt like he may love her but didn’t realize. They talked a lot about being friends but didn’t show it, I saw more friendship with Simon and Daphne (which is why they’re my fave). I wish we saw into Colin and why he was the way he was (people pleasing, intuitive, emotionally attuned, suffering from imposter syndrome and feeling like he didn’t quite fit into the box of “masculinity”). Also wish we saw into Pen’s whistledown alter ego. The very first time this came up, did she feel any form of fear or conflict doing so much damage but pushing through anyway… So much to flesh out. I will say I hope whistledown is passed from Pen to someone else, like Eloise who wants to challenge the status quo. The queen finding out would ruin the concept of an anonymous writer who could call the ton to order or challenge the powers that be (which is what I hoped Pen would’ve been more of).

[@mtblaho]

Pen didn’t betray Eloise to save herself. She did it to save Eloise. The Queen was literally threatening Eloise and her family. Eloise was about to pretend to be Lady Whistledown to get the Queen off of her back. Pen wrote what she wrote so that the Queen would leave Eloise alone.

[@giaxalyse]

I wish we saw more of Colin’s inner working too ! That would’ve been so much better, I heard we got that more in the books though his journals

[@BonBon069]

Eloise isn't selfish.. but she frieds Cressida with someone who has bullied Penelope since S1?

[@laura-sandy1492]

@@mtblaho True but her actions were still very impulsive, and the point about Penelope not having learnt from that experience still stands. She should have talked openly to Eloise and given her autonomy to choose what to do in that situation rather than literally exposing her secret and ruining her reputation to save her from the Queen's rath. It's such twisted logic. Really really don't like her, she doesn't deserve such a friend. Also let's not forget Marina Thompson! She wasn't perfect either but damn Penelope really does have a track record for betraying her friends 😅

[@queenloiskosher6119]

@@mtblaho i respect your opinion on this one but the reason I disagree is because for me, that move didn’t make sense based on the story line itself. In season 3 she reveals herself to the queen because she cannot find it in herself to give up whistledown. She could have revealed herself to the queen, especially because the queen would at least hear anyone out regarding the whistledown issue and Penelope was on the suspect list. She thought about the cost of writing about Eloise and the political scandal of saying she is hanging out with political radicals and Eloise losing Theo vs her exposing herself and decided that Eloise’s scandal was a lesser opportunity cost. It was selfish. Not judging it, but hate when people deny that it was self serving. Whistledown is a fascinating character but we are too quick to dismiss the villainness she brings, even at the expense of others pain.

[@AlicePerezSoprano]

I feel the brothel scenes in s2 made sense cause we’ve seen since s1 that Anthony uses sex as an escapism from his duties. So after what happened with Siena in s2 he is focus on his duties and doesn’t want to take on a mistress so…brothels. That whole montage with him interviewing debutants and doing his accounts and going to brothels made sense with his character. It made no sense with Colin, perhaps if we have some flashbacks as to why he needs it

[@MelissaMayhem99]

Omg yes!!! Finally!! I am NOT feeling Colin at all this season. They could have done so much to make him more worldly, rugged and experienced but instead he just halfway talks about it all and does those God awful winks. I physically cringed anytime he was supposed to be all sex appeal and flirty He looks like a boy dressing up with an expensive bagged pirate costume I REALLY thought they'd reveal he went nowhere either. When he's talking to groups of women he keeps saying things like "Oh well if I told you what I REALLY did in Spain/Greece/Narnia then you wouldn't be able to contain yourself" It's giving Ryan from the Office when he went to Thailand 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@giaxalyse]

HAHAHA RIGHT!!! Those winks were NASTY AF 🤣 they’re gonna need a miracle for part 2 after how much they fumbled with him

[@snowflakesandroses]

“Spain/Greece/NARNIA” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 he do be looking a bit like King Caspian of the high seas with his brown coat and sailor boots loooolll

[@MelissaMayhem99]

@@snowflakesandroses another channel I just listened to said he looks like Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid and I lost it 😆

[@snowflakesandroses]

@@MelissaMayhem99 ahaha true, a pretty good comparison! Though given the choice, I’d personally go with Colin over Prince Eric lol 😄🥰

[@jillpelland2276]

I don’t see the chemistry and find Colin as boring as ever. Something off about the whole thing. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@giaxalyse]

yup! He was a snooze fest

[@poulomi__hari]

Penelope has more chemistry with Eloise this season. I mean the longing they share....❤❤❤

[@giaxalyse]

Legittttt!!!!

[@Tyler-he4pf]

Penelope for me is like the personification of a modern woman. She’s fallen for a man who doesn’t love her back. She’s doing things to help him, and his family while not expecting anything in return. She’s been burned by Collin’s sister. Collin has publicly humiliated Penelope, and risked her reputation. He’s told her to her face he doesn’t see her as a romantic partner. To me, his behavior is like a toddler who doesn’t want a play set but immediately wants it when someone else does. It feels like Penelope gave up all her self dignity to be picked by him. She left a stable, wealthy, and land owning man for Collin. A third son with no land to his name, and possibly no money. I just can’t, I get so upset thinking about this. Penelope deserves so much more than Eloise and Collin. Netflix should use Penelope as an example of first love not reciprocated and Collin learning the lesson of not knowing what you have until it’s gone. This would be a great story line.

[@mc3634_]

that is well explained!!

[@tinamathews7139]

Exactly!!!!!

[@starchannel123]

It’s a romance series with toxic men that turn soft when they fall in love. I don’t understand why past male leads got the pass but Colin is getting so much hate.

[@zarahjoyce5143]

Re: Eloise, I feel like the show is trying ~so hard to sell that she's lost without Pen. These two have more history and chemistry than Pen ever had with Colin tbh.

[@giaxalyse]

TRUE! Whenever they exchanged longing glances, I FELT it

[@Lime1958]

The editing and direction was really bad. The pacing was off. The angles were off to the point that it gave so many unflattering shots. And the bridgertons barely had any family time. There family banter was the heart of the show. Eloise and Benedict not even having a heart to heart talk after losing her bestfriend makes no sense! I had to rewatch it a few times just so i can enjoy Polin's and Francesca's storylines while ffw the other subplots

[@giaxalyse]

Right??? The new showrunner is really messing things upppp

[@bonjourista]

Honestly I feel like the actors when they do pr for the show have wayyyy more chemistry than their characters on screen. Something definnitely went wrong... I don't get it because I watch clips of them and the looks etc are so cute and tense! Even tho the carriage scene was wild it kind of took me out because I didn't see much leading to it... Like was it really that one kiss that convinced Colin? And one dream?

[@liz-uy7fy]

i love francesca but imma be so fr it feels more like francescas season rather than colins season

[@fawnalx2050]

They should've done a montage of Colin teaching Pen !

[@ceriseanne1]

What a great idea, and a missed opportunity. As much as they talked up the 'lessons' and then didn't really show us anything. Sigh.

[@giaxalyse]

That would’ve been so good, especially with a song in the background like “jealousy”

[@giaxalyse]

@@ceriseanne1 no LEGIT! Why were there basically no lessons ugh

[@iamrachelrach]

Don't get me started on balloon 🎈 gate 😞 so many missed opportunitues 😂

[@brendatomines8171]

I wanted flashbacks of Pen being bullied in her house by her mother and sister, than showing her feeling embrace by the Bridgeston family, and Collin defending her since kids, and how she feel at home with them isnted her family, flashbacks her friendship with Eloise, than we would feel so much more her sadness, and they shouldn't say "oh you like being by that window because you like seeing Collin" show how through the years she was always looking through that window.

[@evanbw14]

Polin was like a horny dramatic teenage attraction that's doomed to fail. There's no real connection and it seems like they chose to tease us with a potential realistic type of relationship that could have turned into love with Debling and then toss it out for a quick grab with Polin. Francesca's storyline should have been the lead for this pt1 because it is just the done better and its more realistic at least to me. Plus they did kinda trick in the trailers by implying that Penelope was going to stand on business make Colin work to respect her and fight for her so she doesn't end up with debling.

[@JustCallMeEJ]

Hey ladies !!!

[@starchannel123]

Friends to lovers is difficult to pull off. I think they did alright. The story is that they had the emotional connection but not the physical connection. The problem is that the camera storytelling was not as good this time. They did not linger on the hands or the eyes like they did last season.

[@hiralvaidya2396]

14:22 Season 1 chemistry was due to their conversations like they love being in each other's company. and Season 2 chemistry was because they were basically the same people, so WOULD have loved being in each other's company. (And clearly they do... 2nd honeymoon in 1 ish year of marriage) I cannot figure out a basis for chemistry between these two at all

[@giaxalyse]

Same!!!! It was so clearly laid out for the other couples and this season I don’t get it

[@VidWatcher01]

The distorted "Cause I lived in Europe!!" 💀💀💀🤣

[@giaxalyse]

HAHA

[@lelarich2148]

In the books, Colin's journal was used to convey how he felt, for the most part, and personally, I think they could have utilized his journal more than that just that one scene where he cuts his hand. I think the writers and creators bit off more than they could chew with all these side characters this season, but since they kept the side-plots the least they could have done was add one or two more episodes to the season so that way everything didn't feel so cramped together. I would just like to add that it was evident that Colin was "drawn" toward Penelope since season one, this season he where we see him fall in love with her. Colin has been known to jump head-first(it is one of his more prominent character traits) into things which is why I really don't mind the fast pace of this season, he evaluated his feelings, thought on it for weeks, made a final decision, and went for it. He KNOWS what he wants. What he wants is HER. Our man is more determined and desperate than he has ever been before and I am here for it, LOL.

[@giaxalyse]

Yeah that would’ve been such a nice touch to see more of his journal so we get more of his side! And yeah too many side characters, I wish it was a longer season

[@HuntingViolets]

I think they could have utilized the journal being about his travels instead of about sex.

[@Julie-hf4ch]

@@HuntingViolets 100%

[@Julie-hf4ch]

@@HuntingViolets they could have filmed him writing her and she reading and not replying, but keeping all his letters, him thinking of her, him wondering wether he did anything wrong and remembering his own words at the last party, him wondering why he thinks of her so much, what he missed about her, how he looked her on the streets of Paris..him writing bout her in his journal..she discovering it, him discovering the letters he sent her, after she told him that she destroyed them,, him teaching and helping her to find a husband , getting jealous when she almost succeeded, his opponents being desperate for Penelope, Colin feeling he would lose her....and then understanding his true feelings and fighting for her, being worthy of her...etc

[@HuntingViolets]

@@Julie-hf4ch Yes. In the book, it was just a section describing his travels. Your idea is more cinematic and an improvement.

[@klymothe]

girl you are so insightful and genuinely really funny! hope you get more recognition and subs! also i agree i am not feeling the chemistry between polin. penelope is a genuinely interesting character with personality, goals, realistic insecurities, and actual flaws. colin is just kind of meh and seeing him being a rake and "charming" was genuinely so uncomfortable! his wink was a literal crime. i did not like how he only started becoming interested after they kissed and that first kiss was so awkward and forced! (pen STAND UP) it felt like he was lusting after pen rather than actually seeing her for who she is a person. also did not like how the moment he declared his love she immediately accepted him like girl where is the groveling?? francesca and john were more interesting to me tbh. hope part 2 is better...

[@PynkSpotsYT]

"I'm not kicking my feet; I'm not giggling." Too accurate 😂😭 This season left me dead inside. I'm such a sucker for friends-to-lovers and this is just giving me nothing

[@giaxalyse]

SAME!!! It’s my favorite trope alongside enemies to lovers and it just flopped

[@ollynolly4592]

Your statement about wanting Colin to grovel is what I wanted too. I wanted this man to be crying, throwing up, sick to his stomach, in the most pathetic state a man can be at the thought if losing Pen forever. Maybe it would have been a better plot if lord Debling was aware of Colin from the start and just didn't give a shit. Determined to make Pen his woman no matter what. Colin comes back, sees that Pen is moving on with someone else. He doesn't care at first because he comes back and all the girls are on him but his no 1 fan is not even looking at him. He starts vying for her attention, notices she doesn't fall for him like she usually does, like all the girls are now doing and it makes him sick. So he trys harder, the staunts getting more ridiculous while Pen and Debbling get closer. Colin looses his ever loving mind at this point, confronts her in front of everyone at a ball, she doesnt give in to him and now everybody knows he's into her and it's even more humiliating for him. Everybody talking about it, making fun of him. All that good stuff. And then we can go into the whole her being lady Whistledown. Eloise tells him the truth about Pen and he is hurt about it. He does try to move on from her. Maybe even throw in a tense argument between the two of them about lying and hurting each others feelings but let us not ignore the pinning, the love undertones beneath all the anger. They spend the rest of the courting period apart and Pen feels that yeah, now there is really no chance that her and Colin would ever be together. Colin and Debbling meet in a bar, club or something. Colin makes remarks about how Debbling doesn't know who he is marrying, obviously jealous. Debbling says that he hasn't proposed yet but tells him about how lucky he would be to have her as his wife because of reason's a to z she is wonderful. Colin realises, oh man she really is all that. I can't lose her to this man. He races to her house in a panic and askes to see her. Maid tells Pen she has a caller. She is surprised to see Colin. He lookes panicked. She askes him if he is ok, if he needs something to drink and he confesses. Says something beautiful like he is only ever ok when he is with her and if he has to look at her from afar any longer it will be the death of him. This, in front of Pen's mother and sisters. He then beggs her to pick him, choose him, love him. The end! If this season does not make me giggle and kick my feet in part 2, I will be writing a fan fiction 😂.

[@althearetig3710]

Pleeeeease do! This little summary of yours got me giggling to myself more than the entirety of part 1!

[@madelinepriestap4064]

Many bits that might seem odd are from the books, like the proposal, carriage scene, him cutting his hand, and her asking to kiss him. I wish you could see their inner dialogues because that's how you see Colin's love for Penelope bloom, he realizes his love for her as he watches her from afar. I think that the show is rushing this season because so much has to happen regarding Lady Whistledown and Polin getting married

[@giaxalyse]

Ahhh that would’ve been so lovely!!! The inner dialogue is definitely missing but hopefully we see more of it in part 2!

[@Julie-hf4ch]

no bloom..

[@iamrachelrach]

​@@giaxalyseright we have two writers ✍🏾 and no inner dialogue 😭 😔

[@lilylollielegs34]

I wonder if it would have worked better if they started their romance as a side plot in this season and went into it further in the next season to allow time for Colin to realize his feelings

[@mixievee]

​@@lilylollielegs34 they should have done Benedict's season first.

[@monotonescreaming649]

I agree with you 100%. I just really didn't feel the chemistry between Polin. I was talking to my friends about how their romance just didn't feel earned, for lack of a better word. He didn't show her a modicum of interest *until* they kissed, and even then his "obsession" with her seemed half-baked. He got wasted once and couldn't sleep with hookers and I'm supposed to believe he's in agony over her? BORE! I was rooting for Lord Debling! They had workable chemistry from their first interaction imo. I feel like the really fumbled his character by making him say he didn't think he'd ever love Pen. Honestly, it would've been a cute slow burn to see them develop to at least FRIENDS. If they wanted Polin to work, maybe it would've even felt more earned if Pen marries Debling and he's not all what he's cracked up to be and THEN she and Colin have some emotional affair. Like others have said, I definitely feel the friend energy for Polin but nothing more.

[@KayDSavage-dy6of]

imo the second season was perfect along with queen Charlotte.

[@giaxalyse]

Agreed!

[@starchannel123]

Second season has the most boring side plots and the edwina part was annoying as hell. Queen Charlotte was the best overall.

[@mellowhny]

honestly i wish that they would have left collin looking the same...he was so sweet ...idk it looks almost uncanny

[@logicchick1855]

Absolutely 100% agree with everything you said! I thought I was the only one who felt so underwhelmed by Polin this season, especially Colin. His character is so bland it's like emptiness on screen every time he shows up, which makes no sense because the actor is so charming and charismatic in all the promotinal work for the show. Something is awfully wrong with the direction this season and there just isn't a clear focus in the story. Let's hope they'll be able to save this mess but I don't have high hopes.

[@dibbless2145]

i actually appreciated things not working out for Penelope straight away even when she goes through all these changes. Yea she looked gorgeous and was such a sweeheart, unfortuantely sometimes its just a waiting game for when things start going right. Resonated with me a lot because sometimes our world takes a little long to catch up with the new us and being the new version of you in an old environment is so drainingggggg and frustrating.

[@giaxalyse]

That’s a super fair take!!!

[@Gryffindame]

I wanted to see Colin WANTING her. I did think he looked a little gaunt in so scenes and I wonder if that’s meant to be him being sick for his love but I needed more of that. I needed it to look like time is really passing and he just can’t focus or be anything now he’s realised he loves her and he might have already lost her. I wanted pining. I wanted devastation that her and lord debling might be getting on. I liked debling a lot lol so I really needed more from Colin

[@jaimelowe4246]

What went wrong is they cut the season in 1/2 out of greed

[@giaxalyse]

yup!!!!

[@commentsforthealgorithm]

Yo TELL ME WHY after Queen Charlotte nobody is ending up with one of her 15 children?! I understand the people of the ton are not royalty but c’mon 15? We can spare a few to marry lords and ladies because they would never end up on the throne. I wanna see some of our babes at the tippity top 💅 Also I did NOT want to explore the more poor side of society on THIS season. Threw everything off. I highly recommend harlots on Hulu. Not enough people watched it and that is why it got canceled but it is a banger

[@giaxalyse]

NO BECAUSE THATS MY QUESTION??? why was no one with the queens kids

[@peach_cobbler]

King George was blocking marriages for his daughters. Also, royal marriage at that time aimed for marriage between 2 royals and not royal with the regular titled

[@commentsforthealgorithm]

@@peach_cobbler well it’s not like this show is very accurate to the time so I would not put it past them, mainly I wouldn’t mind. After the plight Shonda wrote involving Charlotte and her kids I was wondering why they didn’t make the change. It would tie in both shows on a deeper level and make that part of Queen Charlotte more topical considering in the main show we just pretend she is not having that “heir” issue. Edit: I know one kid comes out and says they are having a baby but one son and daughter have both said almost all of them have continuously lost kids so she will probably still want a back up. Also acknowledging that her eldest son’s child died

[@yagirl0949]

Same I feel it’s to rush, their is no chemistry whatsoever with them! I don’t see the spark on obsession which other rather than the want. Also I just don’t understand why they would have Penelope and Collin get married before Benedict it would of been better because they would of increase their friendship …idkkk

[@giaxalyse]

Nah I completely agree!!! Everything felt smooshed together, especially regarding Colin’s feelings

[@mila3265]

i love you for making this video i thought I am the only one hating on this season like they have ZERO chemistry and i already expected to be disappointed but after watching the season i was even more disappointed lol

[@MeJimi45]

This should be Benedict season and that would push Colin to grow up, give him and Penelope time to grow up. Also they decided to separate Eloise and Penelope so instead of cute meetups and bonding moments we got rushed story. I loved Colin from books, he ate everything what was served, he was always called the third Brigetron and because of that he felt like he didn't have a purpose. I dont understand the Brothel scenes, this was soooo unnecessary for the plot, just make me dislike him. Him should try run away from the marriage market, not firt with girls. I hope they will bond better over a writing, but for now I'm disappointed how this story was handled by producers

[@karolina285]

I don't know what went wrong on the production side but during watching first episode it already felt different than the previous seasons. On less important details: costumes,make up, hairstyles.. 😬 and there's the plot. Too many things happening,too little focus on the main couple. Too rushed. I felt dizzy while watching this half of the season.

[@Amanda-xr4nw]

This - new costumes, new make up, new hairstyles - the new showrunner hired a completely new team of people. People keep saying they need more time for chemistry, but with one scene in Queen charlotte - the first time George and charlotte met at the wall - I FELT the chemistry. It only took a 2 min scene for me, to believe in the couple. The first time kathony met - that first horseback ride in the park - I was sold. And after he met kate, Anthony was done being a rake. And Polin are both writers - so I was expecting the best speeches . . . ?

[@avalancheglace548]

Colin is probably the less interesting Bridgerton. Like he is sooooo boring, it is actually embarrassing. I really hope the second part will be better because… 💀 Francesca’s storyline is just so cute! And totally agree, if Cressida doesn’t even have a little crush on Eloise, I will need a refund.

[@meganb.higgins973]

Historically, men and women of high society had different bedrooms because the fashion of the times often required help dressing. You don't want the staff to see your partner naked, so you slept in different bedrooms

[@giaxalyse]

Gotcha! I guess I’m used to the other seasons where it wasn’t made that big of a deal, so it’s nice to know this info !

[@lissy2000us]

Oh em gee. I’ve never seen you before and you had me rolling with laughter before the first minute had passed! I love your personality queen!

[@giaxalyse]

HAHAHA THANKS QUEEN! So glad I entertained you 🤩🤩!!

[@hazzyhut3755]

Same here. I’m watching this like, how is this the first time I’m coming across her stuff. She’s so funny and has a great personality!

[@validenough]

Honestly this season was BORING 😭😭... Hated their book and thought atleast the show will be good but there was no chemistry and direct kiss and fingering🙄🙄. Too much screen time on IRRELEVANT mondrich family was UNNECESSARY

[@jupiteralmighty3730]

No chemistry is crazy, it's literally the writers fault for including so many main characters this season and different plot lines and hardly giving Polin any moments.

[@validenough]

@@jupiteralmighty3730 exactly

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Whole show fell off after Season 1

[@giaxalyse]

Nah bc why did every side character get an entire storyline this season 😭

[@giaxalyse]

@@jupiteralmighty3730 agreed! I saw the chemistry in earlier seasons and with the actors I know it’s on the writers for this season’s fumble !

[@Yumichuchi]

queen charlotte is my fav, ranks 1st

[@giaxalyse]

It was really good!

[@datsesstella2375]

Season 3 was Shonda being Shonda after her show becomes popular. Doing too much of the new and abandoning the old that was quintessential to why people fell in love with the show. She did this to Scandal. It was a show about solving scandals every episode and she turned it into White House mistress chronicles

[@Cheezwizzie]

Season 2 reigns Supreme 😊

[@giaxalyse]

AGREED!!!

[@mffmoniz2948]

Colin helping Pen get a husband and then stemming in jealousy seing her with suitors sounded great. We got sold that. Ep 2: I'll help you get a husband because I'm your friend. Comedic mishaps. One or two successful conversations with other men and some happy banter with Colin. Episode ends with everyone finding out Colin is helping her. So there's the end of that. Damn it. That should have been longer. Meanwhile, the other plots... ok, fine, whatever. Just give me enough development. Instead ep.2 ended with the kiss request and so far little private moments. I'll see the other episodes tomorrow. I imagine one episode where the other suitor for Pen shows up, looks promising, and then end of ep.4 he steps down and Colin takes the initiative. No time for development even on the plots with Polin.

[@giaxalyse]

No because there was so much potential and buildup with the “lessons” and it just fell flat

[@alienmoonmom1361]

Girl. Your reached in my mind and spoke for me. Everything- my excitement then my disappointment . And your reenactment was flawless.

[@giaxalyse]

HAH thank you! But I’m so glad I was able to speak your thoughts because girlllll this season was rough to watch

[@user-yh8xx9pc1o]

I hated the broth*l scenes 🤢 I wish they had not done those. And I see what your saying - it doesn’t seem like he really loves her. But maybe they’ll make up for that in part two. There were touches of the fact that maybe he realized he loved her and just realized it - but it was just too quick. They didn’t give it enough scenes for that realization of that on his part. And they seem to be fitting three romances into one season. And then Eloise with Cressida - yuck friendship. Cannot believe they had that happen with how she treated Penelope in the past. Back to pen & Coleen: being he started to get jealous of the other love interest at a couple of balls. I did feel a little love there in the carriage with certain looks etc and then it did feel like he went at the end “yes, I love her” but it was still just all crammed in-- too much with not enough time. I’m hoping part two will do something better.

[@kayajamae2092]

We are on the same page ma’am. Except, I feel like we always knew what Penelope was doing considering she did nothing but yearn after Colin and cry from embarrassment (justice for Penelope). Absolutely loving Francesca’s storyline more

[@giaxalyse]

Right?? And yes Francesca was truly the diamond of the season

[@candace9560]

The heavy breathing was so annoying 😂😂😂

[@giaxalyse]

Like what is THAT 😂😂😂??

[@heatherhartman2803]

Yes! Like there are other ways of showing you are into each other than sounding like you just finished running 5 miles!

[@AnaCristina-fm7cq]

Gurrrrrllll, u read my mind and translated it to lots and lots of words 😅. What’s wrong with S3? Were our expectations too high? The production grew, the show is bigger than ever, but where is the romance, the chemistry, where is Bridgerton???

[@giaxalyse]

FRRRR!!!! This could’ve been the best season, the best slow burn ever, and they fumbled so badly 😭 praying part 2 pulls a miracle out thin air

[@AnaCristina-fm7cq]

Let us pray for Shondaland gods then. But I feel let down 😢

[@cherrypinkw]

i thought everybody would get their own season so why rush things? why show so many sideplots? sure there were a lot side plots in season 2, i noticed it, but this time feels so off putting...

[@giaxalyse]

No exactly! This should be their season to shine, not their season to subside

[@heathermarie1991]

He already loved her. Now he is in love with her. Friends to lovers is usually a slow burn. Plus they could have used more of his journal to get more of his feelings instead of all the starting. Also, i feel like side characters took up too much time. Needed more time like two more episode for all the side plots. And she asked him because that happens on the book. Looking forward to the next part.

[@yasmeenw7227]

It def felt overwhelmingly cluttered, too many love stories happening. I wish they would've waited till maybe the last 2 episodes to introduce Francesca cus we were already getting Cressida crossing in, Penelope and the lord, Penelope & Collin. Then they threw Marcus in with lady violet. Part 1 def could've just focused on more Penelope & Collin (plus the conflicts with Cressida, Eloise, Collin & the lord that was courting her) and in pt 2 they could've slowly started introducing the other love stories.

[@giaxalyse]

I agree that the side characters had too much screentime, I wish there were more scenes of Polin and his journal

[@giaxalyse]

@@yasmeenw7227 Agreed!!! I feel like I saw more of Francesca than Polin LOL

[@barbarafrings9231]

The kiss is in the book, but there is a time jump. Pen is 28 and Colin 33. She is convinced she will never marry and have a family. It makes more sense there, but loved it in the show anyway. I don't think you can compare the couples, Pen and Colin are way different persons, with a way different personality, than Anthony & Kate, or Daphne & Simon. Francesca's story needed to start now, important for later.

[@NotUrLov3r]

31:50 SAMEEEEE Francesca and Jon and Violet and Marcus were what made me continue watching the first part after i saw how Polin wasn't meeting my expectations

[@giaxalyse]

YOU GET IT!!! I loved their mini storylines !!!

[@aaliyahusain9403]

agree with everything you say 100%. Right after finishing the part one i couldnt help but feel that Polin did not have enough screentime, technically they did but it felt very awkward and pointless. Nicola CARRIED the show not just on screen but off screen as well with the interviews. ->I sorta liked the Mondrichs story but I wanted to skip those scenes cause i was there for POLIN. I really couldn't care less for them. ->Speaking of the books, i really did not want to fill in the blanks in the characters and plots with the help of the book girlies, they're obviously not following the book but i still feel like they're relying on the fanbase to piece stuff together in the show. ->Francesca's story is really sweet and i can't help but wonder if they're trying to wrap up her story (at least with kilmartin) in this season itself, which feel SO unfair for Polin and Francesca herself. I've come across so many fans waiting especially just for Polin since season ONE and to treat their story like this feels cheap, also since Francesca's book is a fan favourite out of all the books. ->They could've made it into a proper love triangle, with the way colin was acting, i was almost rooting for pen and debling, and honestly she seemed to have more chemistry with debling even though he wasn't exactly looking for a love match. Colin did not grovel nearly as much as he should have. ->And Violet talking about how sensitive and selfless Colin is...girl...is sensitive and selfless Colin in the room with us? ->Even after the carriage scene, it just felt like they transitioned from friends to friends with benefits, not lovers. God it's a mess.

[@cheesybugger7685]

it just felt really rushed? idk, they had been good friends for YEARS and then suddenly their getting married? Idk it just feels like it needed to be more of slow burn iykwim

[@sarickacampbell2642]

💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 I don’t know if words can convey the depth of how they hurt me with Colin. From the moment I heard that they were going to turn Colin into a rake I knew that they ruined him. And ruined the entire story 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 (Colin had been taught, all his young life, that it was his duty as a gentleman to protect, care for, and defend the fairer sex.) Colin declaring that he is a true gentleman in season 1. [Means] As a gentlemen he considered himself worthy of veneration due to earn respect not handed it on a silver platter, his unearned entitlement had never warped his sense of moral conscience. He does not see women as decorative object or a prize to be won. 🥇 This is why Penelope loves him. ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️ I honestly won’t ever forgive the writers for ruining the character. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 When they took Colins, sweet innocence and naivety. They took something special from him. Because the way that Penelope loves, Colin is so innocent 😇 and pure. Having Violet do a scene saying how sensitive and different. Colin is. Doesn’t salvage the damage that they’ve done. You know what they could’ve done and said they could’ve showed us that he was this person. Instead of breaking the number one ☝️ visual media rule show and tell, don’t just tell. 🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏Colins desire to travel 🧳 is not to Rake across the continent 🌏having sex escapades, to fetishize it into his journal 📔 he travels for beauty for adventure architecture, culture and history because he’s a nerd 🧐 just like Penelope. The fact is, Colin was a different character. He was set up to be a different character. (TVShow Colin) why couldn’t he be the sweet💛Hufflepuff🦡. Foodie 🍰who seek purpose and greater meaning with his life with intimacy? 😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞 Imagine if he’d come back as hot, sturdy Colin but still had his puppy 🐶 energy. Which is the meaning of his name by the way (Pup 🐶) Had all the ladies swooning over him but he doesn’t pay any attention because he’s focused on Pen’s lessons. Then he notices all the attention he’s getting because there’s one person who he’s not getting attention from anymore because the lessons work. When I think 🤔 on it, a few more things bother me about the plot. 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 1. Pen doesn’t write Colin back during his travels. Why didn’t that bother him? Because if he had feelings all along (I think he did and S2 had us believing he did) then he should have been increasingly unhinged by not hearing back from her. And worried about her. 2. This is a man who pledged to take care of her in season 2. Where is he? Instead he just goes off to be a slut in 17 cities? And doesn’t give two shits about a friend not writing him back? Just goes and fucks some more sex workers and Countesses? Let me write about it in my journals too! 3. His apology was glib and unworthy of Penelope and their friendship. They made it about Penelope thinking she is unworthy not Colin being a drunk ass and insulting her to eligible bachelors/her chances on the marriage mart. 4.He didn’t bring presents🎁 back for her. So was he even thinking 💭 about her ? At all ? You would think when you’re shopping for presents for everybody someone who special to you would be on your mind to get them something. 5.Colin comes back does the same whoring about the entire time he is teaching Penelope lessons (for weeks apparently) and then kisses her because he feels sorry for her. Ugh that is so gross to me. 6.Then because he is supposedly so despondent over Pen having a suitor, he goes back to fuck some sex workers again. 7.He only gets up enough courage to tell Penelope how he feels once he knows she is getting proposed to. Like he couldn’t call on her, not even once, or bribe her maid again, to see her and explain how he feels. Instead it’s poor me me me me…. I keep asking myself why I should want ShondaColin with Penelope. She deserves sooo much better than him. Ugh… 😣 🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦 The worst part is Lord Debling by comparison, a truly secure man 🧍‍♂️ who stands for his own conviction. Who is truly his own unapology self no matter. How society snares at him. And think him odd. He is who he wants to be. You can actually respect him. And admire him. For a man who stands on his own conviction. That’s truly a man. 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋 It would’ve been just as spicy 🥵 repressed newly discovering virgins. There is such a thing as horny virgins. The excited exploration. The cute hilarious awkwardness. The wonder of a whole New World unlocked Wasted potential. The fanfic did it better. First awakenings are extremely sexy. And there’s so much more special. 🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️ if the two teens in blue Lagoon could figure it out on the deserted island. 🏝️ there’s no reason why Colin and Penelope can’t figure it out especially since Colin has the knowledge of the logistics of how it works. The friends to lover audience. Are deeply romantic we don’t want frivolous fucking. This was supposed to be our season. We were robbed of something beautiful 😍 I specifically only wanted him to be a whore for Penelope. Only Rabbid for Penelope. I wanted her to be his first kiss and first time, especially since we were getting a secondhand proposal. now she gets no first and everything is secondhanded and a hand me down. Because Penelope and Colin are sentimental writers ✍🏻 who document every monumental event in their life’s. We as the romantic fan base were expecting The friends to lover❤️Trope. To be more intimate. A story where Colin and Penelope have their first awakening together. I was hoping that the show would give me an improved version of Odysseus the wayward wanderer. as Colin. 🗺️I didn’t like Greek myth Odysseus. I didn’t think he deserved faithfully waiting Penelope. I wanted virgin demisexual Colins so bad and I was so pissed when I heard that we weren’t getting him for the TV show. I thought he would be our first demisexual representation, but NO we got another rake.
(very original). It’s not like we got that with the past two Male leads, and we’re also getting that with the future male leads. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 The disgusting mentality of a Rake an insecure man who uses women and their bodies as less so they can feel like more. Throwing money at systematically oppressed women for cheap thrills, isn’t sexy it’s not romantic. Only for his soulmate to change him. They didn’t have to make him a Rake to tell the same story of insecurity. 🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪 I had no problem with him being a Showboat, who is charming with a false public image. Him being a virgin erotic writer. Would show that Colin has dichotomy and layers to him like Penelope who is whistledown and people think she’s more mature or older than she is. 🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠 Why keep telling the same story about a rake. Who’s raking away his problems until. The soulmate changes him. The story had so much potential and they could’ve done it better without the Rake plot. The friends to lover. Trope. Is for the deeply romantic. 🥰 it’s the innocence of love. ❤️ they alienated Colin for his fan base. When they made him into a wannabe Casanova. They could easily made him a fake Casanova who’s just lying 🤥 to fit in. That would’ve been something different. It would’ve made him more endearing and intriguing instead of another. Man Whore

[@Julie-hf4ch]

100% you should write your own book. you have fantastic ideas..the script killed the characters and this couple

[@LeBronIsgLoat]

😣👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😭💯🔥👍🏽

[@miaofthekingdom]

You ate with this. You should’ve written season 3.

[@ninasworld2017]

It might just be me but I'm not too sure about the actor who plays Colin's skills as an actor. Or maybe it's because he's so young and he doesn't really know how to play to his strengths. I feel like the other actors are so much stronger.

[@Pillowlips77]

He's 31/32. So not young at all. Just not a well seasoned actor.

[@aaliyahusain9403]

Honestly it would've been SO funny and deserved if after making out in the carriage, Penelope just nopes out back to her home. Like use that man like he used you for emotional support all these years, treating you like some sort of therapy, make him pay for it WITH interest. GOD WHERE IS THE GROVELLING???? I WANT THAT MAN LOOKING LIKE VOLDEMORT BY THE END BECAUSE OF DRAGGING HIS FACE ON THE GROUND BEHIND PENELOPE?!?!?!?!?!

[@kschaub]

I dislike Colin’s CONSTANT calm whispers of dialogue. His voice has no ‘soul’.

[@giaxalyse]

Where was the FIRE??

[@Pillowlips77]

His voice and delivery needs a lot of work.💅

[@dianasaballos4654]

Yeah all seem like a cartoon version of themselves, they didnt develop the stories well, it was all too shallow, no build up at all!

[@giaxalyse]

YEAH exactly!!! Reduced to nothing

[@Bdaychick]

I’ve never felt it for Polin …I don’t care for the “friends to lovers” trope if it’s severely lopsided which in this case it’s been for me. Maybe it was better in the books but I haven’t read them. I think Pen deserves better and Colin hasn’t showed any true development/feelings for her except this season and they came out of nowhere….I wish they would have used the previous seasons to develop his character more (than just traveling) and started to show signs of him having interest in Penelope. IMO the younger Bridgerton sister Francesca has the better match this season. I also don’t like all the other side stories…that time could’ve been spent on the development of the main couple…

[@NoodlesDaCat]

The whole "Your eyes are the most magnificent shade of blue." Does not make sense because his eyes are clearly brown

[@izmatopia4347]

He has very dark blue eyes but we couldn't tell bc they never showed them lol had to google it

[@NoodlesDaCat]

@@izmatopia4347 Does he? Let me check... Dude, they look brown! Okay, okay now that I am zoomed in on a Celebrity's eye far closer than I would like...yes they are blue...ish. I eat my words, my apologies.

[@jillianolinger9179]

I’m half way thru the video and you are so sweet and entertaining immediately subscribed. Can’t wait for more of your content keep it up girly your energy is amazing!

[@giaxalyse]

Thank you so much!!!! I really appreciate that you took the time to comment this!!!! A new video will be coming out shortly 🤩❣️

[@maaiker2977]

I agree. * she basically begged the guy to p^ty kiss her. Its not ideal but I guess they needed a way for colin to see her as a woman and take her out of the friend zone he placed her in. Having her first bluntly proclaim she aims to marry, have another guy be into her and then make him kiss her to discover his feelings. Its not romantic and passionate cause they are friends. Its awkw*rd and sweet instead like two kids. They are not acting on passion but reevaluating an already existing relationship. So thats different I guess. I love that though. Another friends to lovers I loved was a Chinese mini series called " Hidden Love". She fell first he fell harder. The guys need to break the girls heart first for them to not idealise their crush. The girls rechose the guys all over again when they finally wise up. I like the period when the girls think "he sees me as a friend" but the tables are turned and he is crushing harder but she is not seeing the signs cause she was disappointed before. And he is trying to figure out if she likes him too not knowing she loved him all her life. What I have a problem with is; Pen getting engaged while him not knowing the truth about her. Thats what she was so against in season 1. Thats a double standard right there.

[@KatieM2262]

I agree with you on most of this but what I will say is that I don’t think the kiss making him sexually attracted to her was weird or out of place. During S2 the show made it a point to show that Collin finally realized how much Pen meant to him and that he really loved her personality (funny, caring, supportive, intelligent, etc). Yes, the kiss did ignite the sexual flame but he has always been attracted to her emotionally. That’s the entire idea behind “friend to lovers”. Great video!!

[@nadezhdabykova3431]

Okay I’m gonna take a quick break from reading through all the comments just to come here and say that apart from all the valid points made in the video that I aggressively agreed with YOUR ENERGY IS EVERYTHING GURL like I have no idea how your presence can feel so comforting and pleasant while also being such a vibe at the same time let alone manage to transcend the screen and somehow remain so ??? idk ??? clear ?? real ?? bright ?? I’m so well fed with this less of a reaction/commentary video more of an video essay THANK YOU fr this vid is about to be my fav unofficial S3 episode of its own

[@tressaworrick]

The carriage scene was such a disappointment. Like really? He's realized he's loved her and THAT act is his 1st physical interaction with her?? That wasn't romantic at all, it was just pure lust. Ive gotten more excitement about Polin from watching build up shorts on social media than the entirety of part one. They missed the mark and its such a let down. I didnt even feel anything about the vegetarian guy. He just gave me full of his self vibes. If they were gonna stray from the book and add him, they should at least made him more realistic and potential threat. Also....everyone's hair this season is just not it. Way overdone or looks cheap.

[@michelle-ev3me]

the new showrunner has turned the show into a disaster. there is zero chemistry or buildup of tension for polin and it’s not the actors faults at all bc like u said in their interviews and even photo shoots they have so much chemistry it’s insane. s3 is such a letdown after s2 which was insanely good

[@giaxalyse]

right!!!! The show runner messed up so badly, bridgerton could’ve been amazing this season

[@weirdgalstudios]

They needed two more episodes in part 1 to pull all of this together better. This seems like half of this season so far is a filler to set up the next couple seasons and Colin and Penelope are just kind of in there to get it over with. I didn't feel so many of the things they had to say out loud. And why the eff did we spend so much of our limited time worrying about the featheringtons needing to have babies?? I. Dont. Care. We needed more Benedict if anything. So many things annoyed me about this season. Thus far i probably wont be rewatching it like i have the first two.

[@giaxalyse]

Right?? This all felt like build up to part two and filler instead of an actual season

[@RNM-bu4rj]

They have a new showrunner this season…… probably why some things parts are missing.

[@giaxalyse]

Makes sense !

[@mochiieekim]

i was in the middle of the 3rd episode and i was still waiting for the romance to start.

[@arielseescoral2607]

I don’t feel the chemistry at all 😅 I thought it may have been screen time but Francesca and John were off the charts. I think it was just bad writing. They could have done so many things with Polin 😩

[@delyac5763]

Thanks to you I find this season a little bit more interesting and entertaining 😂 can’t wait for part 2 to drop so I can watch your review 🥰✨

[@giaxalyse]

Aw thank you for the kind words!!! And YES!! I’m definitely going to make a video when part 2 comes out !!!

[@blairbabylon8504]

Thank ye gawds someone said it!

[@giaxalyse]

AMENNN

[@rose_lady1362]

I totally agree! The plot has been way too rushed, and left no time for tension to build or even be felt due to the lack of chemistry with Polin. I think part 1 could really have done with some flashbacks of Pen and Colin as kids but also Colin’s time in Europe, flashbacks in previous seasons have always been used to explain why a character is the way they are, Simon and his dad, Anthony after his dad died, George’s mother insisting that doctors needed to “fix” him. If we saw what actually happened with Colin in Europe rather than his idealised version he tells to the other men of the ton, it may explain why he has such an ego and the kind of influences he had in being so “charming” to the ladys, instead of just saying “he went to Europe” and that’s it.

[@janeenharrison1953]

Right! One episode, they were dancing to Material Girl by Madonna!😅

[@Mizfashionablylate]

I must be the only one that hates Penelope

[@youdeserveicecream]

Why do you hate her?

[@RaNa-wx4xw]

As someone who works in media and had a very amazing script writing teacher, my take on this is: The beginning had a huge missed oportunity. They should have started the show with a scene of the past, of a time, when the Featherington Family first moved in accross the Bridgertons. It could have been, that all the kid were playing but Penelope was always left out and never had the chance to really introduce herself, starting to become the laughing stock of the kids, and lets be honest, children can be very cruel. There it would have been the perfect scene of Colin feeling sorry and not liking the boys' behavior, showing his very caring side and that he in fact was a little gentleman and not like the other boys of his age. This would have been a scene which told us more about 1. how they met and became friendly with eachother, 2. the beginning of a deep friendship, 3. an idea of how Penelope started fantasizing the heros in her books as Colin thus making her crush for him even bigger and resulting in a unrequited love, her very well knowing that she had def. no chance with Colin as she knew that she was not like the girls he would tell her his dream wife should look and be like. Colin had his mother and perfect sisters as role models for what a woman should be and act like, making him think the way he saw his future bride and not seing the obvious choice in front of him. It would have been amazing to show the love for writing and literature of not just Eloise and Penelope, but also Colin. Why else show us a little glimps of it in the 3rd season? It would have been an even bigger and deeper connection between him, Penelope and his sister, making him being angry at Eloise and her new friendship between Cresida more understandable. It also would have been a better explanation of his yearning for the outside world and travelling, the audience would have understood that better than just telling that he likes to travel.....So all in all, to keep it short and simple: the first part of the season was rushed, showing that the showrunners did in fact not care about the "friends to lovers"-trope and what kind of storytelling it needs for the audience to understand.

[@wyntahb3968]

Its funny how yall dont like crescent but love pen an she is a whole messy hypocrite

[@LayingInAMeadow]

Omg I thought I was the only one! I think part 2 will be worth it!!!

[@HermioneGirl1987]

Will is married to his wife, but the separate bedroom thing is a part of the upper class lifestyle. They’ve previously been middle to lower class and they wouldn’t have separate bedrooms. I do believe that the separate bedroom is the attempt at their version of birth control. As lower classes would have smaller homes as well, it’s also showing the difference between their old lives and their new station in society. This is also briefly touched on in the first season showing how Violet and her husband loved each other deeply and how they also shared a room out of preference to show a difference between their relationship vs. most of society. How many couples have married out of necessity and status rather than for love. I think this is also a reason for many couples to have separate rooms, because they aren’t as comfortable with each other. If this makes sense. I’ve also seen many movies and shows from the 50’s showing couples having separate beds in the same room, again going back to their form of birth control.

[@judyholiday1794]

I didn't like season 2 because I don't particularly like Anthony,On top of that it took forever for the back,and forth to end and for Kate to make up her mind..I loved season #1 and I hate to admit that so far season #3 has not left me wanting more..I felt like the brothel scenes were just their way of getting the nudity out of the way.🙄 Honestly, I just didn't feel the chemistry between Colin,and Penelope.I mean I keep hearing ppl gush over that carriage scene and I kept thinking that it was boring..I am sorry for being such a Debbie downer but that's how I feel right now.. Hopefully it will get better but for some reason I think that's not going to happen..

[@giaxalyse]

But I honestly agree the brothel scenes seemed useless and I didn’t feel much with the carriage scene eitherrrrr

[@mariadjebbari1880]

I agree on everything you said and I saw a tiktok where someone said that it feels different because of the showrunner that left ( Chris Van Dusen) and that’s why it actually feels different, it’s still good but.. not the same. (You look like Nara Smith btw💜)

[@giaxalyse]

That makes complete sense! And omg thank you, she’s so pretty!

[@elizabethhumphries6835]

Colin's appeal disppeared when Penelope overheard him saying to Fife...AND HIS FRIENDS...WITH HIS FULL CHEST ...AT A PUBLIC EVENT...that he would never court Penelope. Bad choice. Colin did not exhibit gentlemanly behavior. Anthony, Benedict and Gregory WOULD NEVER. Is Colin even Edmund's son?! Maybe Violet had a fling with Fife's father and produced this nasty little jerk. Colin Bridgerton can go exploring in a wild place and get into an unfortunate accident and end up a pile of bleached bones. Ick.

[@mangoconnoisseur300]

You touched on a really good point I didn't know how to articulate: the sudden lust instead of the sudden fuzzy feelings then lust. When I think friends to lovers I think about the subtle changes first, starting from "we get each other like no one else does" "if I could pick anyone in the world to spend everyday with it would be you" "I don't feel like I can be my authentic self with anyone but you what does that mean for me? For my future?" then the "is it like this for her too? Does she feel like she can tell me anything? Say whatever goes on her mind etc etc" w emphasis on their friendship/companionship over the years talking through looks, seeking each other's eyes across the room when something funny happens etc THEN when that part was fully established move to something hornier I just saw her licking her lips and finger and now I can't think of anything else and it's making me restless, I shouldn't taint our friendship like this etc oh she's wearing this scandalous dress I want her to be my Beautiful Wife Forever Actually let's make that happen" type of thing, not whatever this is. This is acquaintances to lovers w a side of one sided pining at best, I truly hope it gets better on pt2 and at least SOME flashbacks

[@charlizesart]

Its been hard for me to finish entire youtube videos recently because of my attention span but I stayed for this entire 30 minute video😂

[@jiminiepabo9295]

The way you PREDICTED THE FRANCESCA THING AND THE GENDER SWAP I AM FLOORED YES MAAM

[@giaxalyse]

Let me know what you all thought of Bridgerton Season 3 and what other videos you'd like to see!!

[@YurrahAlHadi]

Gotta comment again. If they do Violet flash backs, they should add the middle age years of Queen Charlotte and Lady Danbury, because then we can get more of their story as well along with Violet's younger yrs.

[@Hakuna.Matata4]

This season feels like Francesca and her little boo thang are the main characters and not Pen and Colin. I wish they would have just released the whole thing June 13 cause although it’s impossible for me to hate bridgerton I just feel like I need the whole thing in one go. I don’t like that this season feels more like it’s about the other characters than the main couple.

[@giaxalyse]

Same I was wayyyyy more invested in Francesca and the Earl than Polin

[@Hakuna.Matata4]

@@giaxalysethis second part better bring it cause it’s giving meh right now 😂😂. It’s so sad cause since season 2 ended I’ve basically been googling every week when the 3rd season is gonna be out and I just feel like if they had better writers this could have been an amazing season

[@ethelynsmyley7381]

Colin never expected Pen to ask him , request such an intimate thing as a kiss… they’ve been old time buddies since childhood, that took a lot out of her to ask, almost beg to be kissed “before dying,” poor Pen!

[@fairyfizz5985]

soooo glad i found this video!!! i’ve been so sad over how disappointed i was with part one, especially because nicola coughlin is one of my favorite women ever and polin’s storyline is one that resonates with me a little more than the others. i feel like its so obvious that shonda wasn’t confident in their story or in a plus size lead. its the only explanation i can think of for why penelope doesnt get the same main character treatment as daphne and kate did - they put in so many unflattering shot of her that it must have taken EFFORT LIKE THE GIRL IS GORGEOUS? and yet every chance they get they put her on screen pulling a funny face, in weird lighting or at a weird angle, making her seem so painfully awkward when thats literally out of character for her in the show and the book. its honestly insulting. and i feel like they added so many extra story lines for the same reason, they were scared a plus size lead would flop, so they packed in a million side stories to distract anyone who might not like it pissed me off & the only reason im watching part two is to give them a chance to fix it/make it up to me lmao

[@fairyfizz5985]

also i feel like they’re lack of on screen chemistry is also a victim of shonda not being confident in this plot bc like have you seen luke newton and nicola coughlin in interviews???? i feel like their natural chemistry is off the charts yet for some reason on screen in character? forced, falls flat. i’m so mad lol

[@fairyfizz5985]

19:00 YESS like oh so now you’re attracted to pen sexually and therefore she’s worth thinking of? defending? and what was she before? IM SO MAD