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[Editor’s note: This story contains spoilers for the end of Season 3 of Netflix’s “Bridgerton” as well as the Bridgerton book “To Sir Phillip, with Love.”]

At the end of Season 3 of Netflix’s “Bridgerton,” Eloise (Claudia Jessie) looks to be set for a great adventure. Eloise’s sister Francesca (Hannah Dodd) and her new husband John (Victor Alli) are to depart for the relative peace and quiet of Scotland, and Eloise — restless after the marriage of her best friend Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) to Eloise’s brother Colin (Luke Newton) — asks to go with them, ready for a major change of pace and location.

It’s a refreshing set up for the future, and while textual hints suggest Season 4 will be at least partially centered on Benedict Bridgerton’s (Luke Thompson) story, fans of course will expect to see more of Eloise. Let’s hope it’s a new adventure in Scotland the show writers entirely make up, because I’m here...

Warning: contains reference to events in Bridgerton season 3A

Like a benevolent mama wishing only good things for her pretty babies, I watch Bridgerton wanting happy endings for all. Let Simon fill Daphne to the brim with heirs! May Anthony and Kate travel the world having hot pagoda sex on every continent with a suitable climate! Give Penelope and Colin a lucrative publishing contract each and a carriage of their own in which to manually stimulate one another on night-time rides around Mayfair! Joy and fulfilment for all.

The fate of their book counterpart doesn’t come into it. If there’s a better future out there away from the pages of Julia Quinn’s novels, then have at it, my loves.

For instance, if TV Benedict Bridgerton decides that no, he won’t abduct, blackmail and coerce his future wife after saving her from a horrendous sexual assault, I say go on,...

Bridgerton fans have been more than eager to see the Netflix series return to the small screen for season 3. However, everything won’t be all about romance and balls. While Lady Whistledown will undoubtedly still be causing havoc, fans are also bracing themselves for a major death in the new season.

Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton books reveal some major clues.

Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton and Ruby Barker as Marina Thompson in ‘Bridgerton’| Liam Daniel/ Netflix Cast of ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3

While many of the core cast of the series will return for season 3, the main characters of the forthcoming season are Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan).

“Hurt by overhearing Colin disparage her to his friends, Penelope is focused on finding a husband who will respect her independence so she may continue her double life as Lady Whistledown,” Deadline reports. “Colin is back from his summer travels...

There are slews of characters in Bridgerton. Though the series primarily focuses on the Bridgerton siblings trying their hand at love in the marriage market, other characters have become just as important. In season 1, fans were introduced to Marina Thompson (Ruby Barker), a distance cousin of the Featheringtons. She arrives in London in the summer of 1813 with several suitors. However, she’s hiding a secret pregnancy.

Marina isn’t a central character in Julia Quinn’s book series, but her presence in the TV show foreshadows her fate.

Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton, Otis, Rocco, and Prince Shillingford as Baby Oliver Crane and Ruby Barker as Marina Thompson in ‘Bridgerton’ | Liam Daniel/Netflix Sir Phillip in ‘Bridgerton’ is married to Marina Thompson

While Bridgerton book fans may have put this together, TV Bridgerton fans might not know that Eloise’s (Claudia Jessie) eventual husband, Sir Phillip Crane is currently married to Marina Thompson.

Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie) will have a new companion in Bridgerton Season 3. For years, she’s had a strong and solid friendship with Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan). However, Lady Whiseltdown and the events of season 2 have changed all of that. It doesn’t seem very easy to imagine Penelope and Eloise returning to a place of total trust and companionship.

Without her lifelong best friend, Eloise will look to confide in a new companion.

Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton in ‘Bridgerton’ | Netlix/ Liam Daniel Penelope and Eloise are no longer friends in ‘Bridgerton’

Penelope and Eloise have been thick as thieves since they were younger. However, once Penelope began writing her gossip pamphlet as Lady Whistledown, she began keeping secrets from Eloise. She used Eloise and Bridgerton’s business to support her hidden alter ego.

This all came to a head at the end of season 2 when Eloise uncovered the truth about Penelope.

The timeless Netflix series Bridgerton is based on Julia Quinn’s best-selling books. The 19th-century set show centers on the Bridgerton siblings, who find love in the marriage market. Benedict (Luke Thompson) is the second oldest Bridgerton sibling following Anthony, but he seems more focused on his art and sex affairs than love.

Since fans know they will see Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington’s (Nicola Coughlan) love story in season 3, Benedict’s story won’t be placed front and center for quite some time.

Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton in ‘Bridgerton’ | Netflix ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 will center on Colin and Penelope

The Bridgerton TV series is no longer moving along the same timeline as the novels. Creator Shonda Rhimes has explained that while the books are a blueprint, the TV show will do things its own way. “There’s eight Bridgerton siblings so there are eight books. We...

Bridgerton has captured fans’ hearts since it first debuted in 2020. Based on Julia Quinn’s best-selling books, the show centers on the Bridgerton siblings are they find love.

Fans eagerly await season 3, which will follow the romance between Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton). However, they have become increasingly concerned that Eloise Bridgerton’s (Claudia Jessie) love story won’t make sense now.

Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton in ‘Bridgerton’ | Liam Daniel / Netflix The ‘Bridgerton’ series order no longer follows the books

Quinn’s novels each follow one Bridgerton sibling as they try their hand at love in the marriage market. However, they are no longer following the order of the books. While book three focuses on Benedict Bridgerton’s (Luke Thompson) love story, the third season will focus on Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton).

“There’s eight Bridgerton siblings so there are eight books. We are definitely...

Since Bridgerton aired its first season on Netflix, the Regency-Era series has gotten immensely popular among fans. With Season 3 on the way, fans can expect to see some new faces, with the Bridgerton family already experiencing some change.

Hannah Dodd will be taking over from Ruby Stokes as Francesca Bridgerton from the third season, and there have already been some rumors that the show is looking to recast the role of the Duke of Hastings. However, Francesca and the Duke may not be the only new faces in old roles. Here are three characters the Netflix show is likely to recast.

We may see a new Phillip Crane when the new season starts

"It was good for Colin to put that to bed. It does mean that he's kind of blocked off any romantic thoughts moving forward." #Bridgerton star Luke Newton on the impact Colin's visit with his old flame...

Fear not, Bridgerton fans. Colin and Penelope, aka “Polin,” will be together. It’s just going to take longer than expected, according to the stars behind the characters, Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton.

Things seemed bleak at the end of Season 2 when Penelope overheard Colin telling his friends he could never be romantically interested in the youngest Featherington daughter, even though the two had danced that night.

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Regé-Jean Page may not return as Simon Basset in "Bridgerton" season two, but we have a new handsome character to pine over in his absence. The Netflix show's second installment introduces Theo Sharpe (Calam Lynch), an apprentice at the printing shop where Lady Whistledown prints her gossip papers. He's an intellectual, working-class man with a keen interest in women's rights, which leads him to form a bond with Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie). Though Eloise is fiercely independent and tends to avoid suitors altogether, their friendship becomes increasingly romantic, showing a softer side to her character.

Eloise and Theo first cross paths in episode two when the former stumbles upon the latter's print shop while investigating Lady Whistledown's identity, unaware that the infamous storyteller is actually her best friend, Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan). Their initial exchange is ridden with sharp wit and banter, and they meet...

If Netflix's "Bridgerton" follows the same trajectory as the book series it's based on, it will be at least a couple more seasons before the love story for Eloise Bridgerton is explored. The feisty middle daughter of the Bridgerton family has so far been focused more on ambition and dreams of an unconventional future, rather than romance. But readers of Julia Quinn's "Bridgerton" book series know that true love is down the road for Eloise, too - and, if the show sticks with the books' story, we've already met him. If you want to go into future seasons unspoiled, this is where you should turn back! For everyone else, let's get into it.

Eloise is the main character in the fifth book in the "Bridgerton" series called "To Sir Phillip, With Love." If that name - the name of her future husband - sounds familiar, it's because we...

The following recap, by the very definition of the word “recap,” contains spoilers for all of Bridgerton Season 1.

The title for the eighth and final episode of Bridgerton Season 1, “After the Rain,” could not be more apt. With the relationship between our favorite married lovebirds, Daphne and Simon, feeling oh so stormy, only a perfectly timed act of nature could wash away the sorrow.

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