Fangirls of a Certain Age
Fangirls of a Certain Age
The One About Bridgerton
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Get the inside scoop on Bridgerton from two superfans who break down their favorite seasons, characters, and steamiest moments. Whether you're a seasoned viewer or new to the Regency world, these insights are sure to entertain and maybe even inspire your own romantic fantasies.
Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Fangirls of a Certain Age, your new favorite podcast. It is I, Amber, and of course, as always, I am joined by the incomparable, beautiful, wonderful Miss Becky. Hi, Becky. Hey girl, hey. How's it going? Pretty good, pretty good. How are you? I'm excited to be here with you. Oh, that's a very romantic thing to say. I love that. Well, I'm on rand this evening. That is very true. Yes, she is. Because tonight's episode, we are taking a little stroll down Regency Lane because we are going to explore the beloved fandom of Bridgeton. That's right. Welcome, dear listeners. We are so happy that you are here. We are going to talk all seasons, all affairs, and everything in between. But before we get started, of course, we have to start this episode. Like we start every episode. And if you are brand new to the podcast, hi, welcome. Fangirl 50 is gonna be 50 seconds or so. I mean, we're very liberal and generous with the with the term fangirl 50. Um, but we take about 50 seconds or so uh where we go over our most recent obsessions. And so, Becky, why don't you start us off? What's your fangirl 50?
SPEAKER_02My fangirl 50 this week is the new EP by Freya Skye called Stardust. If you don't know who Freya Skye is, she is Nova in the Zombies franchise for the they just announced number five coming out. Um, and I cannot believe that she's only 16. I think she just literally turned 16. Her voice is like an angel. Um, obviously, I loved the songs that she sang in Zombies 4, but her EP, like, there's some great bops on this, and I highly recommend if you want to sort of just have again something on in the car to bop along to. And some of her lyrics are great. My favorite is uh You're a narcissist, I'm an optimist. That's a deadly combination, and I think that's pretty good. Yeah, I like it. That's pretty good. Impressive for 16. I know, right? And um, and that she sings that in the bridge um of the song Silent Treatment, and I actually quite like the way it builds too. So I highly recommend. And again, you're never too old to like anything you want to on fangirls of a certain age, and so here we are. That is my fangirl 50.
SPEAKER_01I was lucky enough to go to the um the Zombies Descendants Collide Tour, whatever the hell it's called, and got to hear her sing live, and she was incredible. Like that girl's got pipes, and she did sing her songs like from zombies, but she also sang a couple of her songs, and so that was that was really cool to see. So, yeah, she's incredible, and again, such a young talent. She's amazing.
SPEAKER_02I'm all on board for it, and yes, Zombies 5. And also, your little tour is coming back next summer, right? And they're adding Camp Rock, they're adding Camp Rock, which I love the first two Camp Rocks, and we will have a D-com special at some point, but I've never seen Camp Rock. I know. I listen, I have a I'm gonna have a bunch of decomms for you to watch, and you're gonna have to suffer through it, and that's just gonna be the way it goes.
SPEAKER_01I didn't really grow up with decoms. Like, I watched a couple of them growing up, but actually had a lot of them. I know Darius is like, what? Uh yeah, I've got a couple of people in my life that are like, are you serious? The the huge Disney fan that I am, and I decomms is a blind spot for me. Um okay, so mine is also music, and to be fair, it's been longer than a week. I it's the only album that I am listening to over and over and over, and it is the album by the one and only Joe, and it is the crux. Um, now there is a deluxe version of this album, which is also great, but I think The Crux All by Itself is just it is such a perfect album. There are no skips. I am obsessed with it. Um, I'm a lyrics person as well. Admittedly, when you listen to Joe, uh there's a lot of synth in his voice, and it can sometimes be hard to understand. So I have listened to the album with the lyrics on, and you want to talk about lyrics that are like make me stop in my tracks. Um the song Egg is one of is that song has taken me completely by surprise, and the lyrics are incredible, and just the way that the musicality of it all is so so beautiful because it's him talking about having imposter syndrome and living in the in the world, and it's it's so so good. Um and his big single, Basic Being Basic, is just so fun to listen to, but if you listen to the words, there's some crazy things. Like, what an empty epitaph that is. Is such a roast. Like, what an empty epitaph that is. Like, what are you leaving behind? What is your legacy? Are you just gonna be basic? What an empty epitaph that is. Okay, Joe Kerry. Okay, he's amazing, and this album is perfect from start to finish. I highly recommend it if you have not listened to Joe Curie, Joe DJ O The Crux. It is such a good album.
SPEAKER_02Well, I know you've been listening to it over and over and over again because I get to see, hear, get sent snips all the time, and I'm here for it. Love it, love it, all of it.
SPEAKER_01Well, you know how you'll do a breakdown, an anatomy of the of a scene, as you call it. I am that way with music. That's that song egg for me. You get to like the two and a half minute mark, and it all changes, and the picture he paints and the way that he uses dynamics and key changes and everything to tell this story is so effective. And I just I love it. It's a great album. So good.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. I mean, I need everybody out there to understand that Amber, I think we've talked about it before, but Amber's very musical. So when she does the anatomy of a song, um, she knows how to actually break down the notes and the chord progression and all of these things, and it's very interesting to listen to her talk about it. But yeah, she trade we trade. I do the anatomy of a scene, which is I really enjoy breaking an entire scene down and thinking about it from all sorts of different ways. I think it's really interesting what everybody who's working on that scene is trying to convey, right? Your set designers, your costume people, your actors, your writers, your directors, they're all trying to come together to convey something, and I I find that fascinating. So anyway, not what today's topic is, although there's a lot to talk about in Anatomy of the Scene.
SPEAKER_00In more ways than one.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, like maybe we should issue a spicy alert.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, we yeah, it could be. We don't really know where the conversation will go or end up, but if you are familiar with Bridgerton, it is a very um romantic show in more ways than one and can be spicy at times. So here's your your warning that it it could get there, it might not. Who knows what what will come up? But we don't want to censor ourselves, so to speak.
SPEAKER_02We are of a certain age, and we have earned the right to talk about some spicy sex scenes on a Netflix television show.
SPEAKER_01And let me tell you, season four has some of my favorite moments so far. That's all I'm gonna say for now. That's all I'm gonna say for now. But um let's start with the fangirl scale for Bridgerton. Okay, I'll go first. I am about a six on a Bridgerton scale. I held off Bridgerton for a long time. I was not really the Bridgerton girl. I am not a big like I am a romance person, but not if that's like the entire story. Like, is there anything else going on? Any other stakes? Nope, just romance? Okay. Um, and I also am very particular about like period pieces, and this particular time period is not my favorite to watch. So I've always just kind of avoided it. But Fangirl Kelly. Fangirl Kelly, shout out Fangirl Kelly is my queen of recommendations. And I gotta say, with the exception of, and she's gonna kill me for this for saying this, but I have to have it on record, with the exception of the summer I turned pretty, she has um I turned it off. I couldn't. Thank you, Becky! She has turned me on to so many things. She has never steered me wrong with her book recommendations, show recommendations. So she said, just give Bridgeton a try. And I did, and I really enjoyed it. Um, I didn't read the books, I've watched the seasons as they've come out, so I have seen them all. I do enjoy it. I like it. It's a very low stakes and enjoyable um show, and so I'll say a six. What about you, Beck?
SPEAKER_02Uh, I am going to say an eight on the fangirl scale. Um, and the reason that I'm gonna put the eight out there is I fell and fell hard immediately. Um, what you probably don't remember um because you didn't watch it then, but this show debuted in 2020. So very much in the height of COVID, and so very much when we were all trying to figure out what to do in our houses. So I watched this over and over and over again, and what an escape-ism moment I needed, and what an escape-ism moment it provided. Oh my word. So then I went in on and I read the books. I do enjoy romance novels.
SPEAKER_01Oh, I didn't know you read them.
SPEAKER_02And so I've read three of the books, and then I kind of stopped and petered out. I am not embarrassed to say I'm going to own it, that in the books the spicy scenes are a little more vanilla than I prefer. Oh. They're portrayed much more spicy, in my opinion, anyway, on screen. But I really got behind Bridgerton because, um, and we'll talk about it a little bit in history and fun facts, but the romance genre in general is a billion-dollar industry, billions of dollars industry, and yet Hollywood, let's just call it Hollywood at large, right, doesn't really ever make anything or cater to it. Um, rom-coms is its own thing, dramas with some romance in it is its own thing, but adaptations of romance novels, which is again billions and billions of dollars and billions and billions of fans, never gets anything happening with it. And so I was very excited about that and wanted to show my love of that and watch. So there's another set of eyeballs in the numbers so that hopefully we could get some more made.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I think that that's a really fair point too. And like, yeah, there's there's some adaptations here and there, but do they really fall in like the quote romance novel? I don't just mean like a love story, I mean a romance novel, meaning there's sex scenes and things like that. I think that recently, like within the past, I would even say like maybe five or six years, I think that that genre of book has become such a huge part of pop culture that Hollywood can't ignore it anymore. They're talking about doing um Avatar. Um, I know that that's in the works. A Court of Thorns and Roses, in case anybody wants to know what that means. Yes, A Court of Thorns and Roses, the book series, which I actually really enjoyed, and I'm not a huge fantasy novel person, but that was a recommendation from Kelly, and it was fantastic. It was a great series. Um, Heated Rivalry is another one that is very popular and doing very well. So, yeah, you're right. Alright, so shall we jump into history?
SPEAKER_02Yes, please. Alright. Bridgerton began, as mentioned, as a set of eight romance novels written by Julia Quinn. Each of those books follows one member of the fictional Bridgerton family. Each book, as mentioned, follows one of the eight children, and that is during, as you mentioned, the British Regency era. So that's the early 1800s, set in Britain or London, or, you know, the countryside of. After these books had come out, one Shonda Rhymes, she's a creator of such massive hits as, I don't know if you've heard them, Scandal, O'Grey's Anatomy. Did you know that she even wrote on Princess Diaries 2? I don't think I did know that.
SPEAKER_03Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I found that out today, which is cool. Um, she read these books while on vacation and thought they would be perfect for a screen adaptation. So she partnered with Netflix and in a smoking deal, money wise, good for her, um, you know, has a huge picture deal with Netflix, and the Bridgerton series is part of it, and it has become, as we all have heard and known, to be a huge juggernaut for not only Netflix but pop culture in general. While some things are historically accurate, like the pressures on upper-class families to secure advantageous marriages during a season, others are fictionalized for drama. So there it's rooted in, you know, history, but again, it's not supposed to be completely historically accurate.
SPEAKER_01That's fair. Full transparency, it was part of what turned me off for a really long time. Because I did try Bridgerton, and I think I got like the first 10 minutes in and recognized a um a song that was modern and being played at this ball in the 1800s, and I was like, nope, don't like that, and I turned it off. Now, Kelly told me she said, let it go, get over it. And I have. I think it's cute, but I don't think it's necessary, but that's just my personal opinion.
SPEAKER_02See, and I like what they've done with the music and how they've put it to pop music to uh this sort of you know regency era strings and violins. It's very popular at weddings because of its sort of, you know, I guess it led itself to the music.
SPEAKER_01It reminds me of uh of Ella Enchanted. You remember that movie with Anne Hathaway? I freaking love that movie. Okay, that's what it reminded me of because Ella Enchanted does the same thing. They use modern music, but it's you know a completely different time period. And while it was a little jarring for me to see that then too, at least then I was like, well, this is a fairy tale, you know? So I was able to be like, nah, it's fine. But this you go through all the trouble with the architecture and the design and the and the set design and the costumes and all of this, and you're like, but modern music, okay? That that was one thing that I was like, oh, I don't know how I feel, but like I said, I got over it. It's not a deal breaker.
SPEAKER_02Well, and for obvious reasons, season four really reminded me, and it's one of my favorite movies to watch in re-rushes ever after. I love ever after. And this was very much for again obvious reasons. Alright, would you like some fun facts? Of course. I'm very proud of one of them, y'all. I am of course. Oh, I can't wait. Okay. Um, Queen Charlotte, who is not in the books, by the way. Oh, and I should have mentioned that Julia Quinn was asked and did remain as a consultant to the movies.
SPEAKER_01I am shook. Did you just say that Queen Charlotte is not in the books?
SPEAKER_03Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_01Oh my god. I'm so shocked by that. Because, I mean, first of all, she's such a huge character, and second of all, she has a whole season to herself, and third of all, her relationship with Lady Danbury, especially this last season, is like one of my favorite things about the show. I am so surprised. Okay, I'm sorry, go on. That is just such a surprising fact. I had no idea.
SPEAKER_02Well, and the I guess we we call it like, you know, a spin-off, but Bridgerton and a half, her Queen Charlotte spin-off, was like for a surprise, if you recall. Remember? None of us really sort of knew that was coming, and it was like it dropped, and you're like, ah! It was so good. Okay, but we'll get to there too. So, as I said, she is not in the books, not only a real queen, however, but the first queen of mixed race. And that left the showrunners to wonder if she could have had an impact on um integrating the society. And so the team purposefully chose to represent different races, different cultures within the story. Um, and this is one of my favorite parts about Bridgerton, but also is very much a hallmark of Shonda Rhimes, um, and in throughout all the other shows that she does, which is the rep representation. Hello. The representation does not stop there because they often feature actors with different abilities. I know uh in this last season there was a scene where there was gossip happening in this season, a pretty prominent one who had a limb difference. You know how I feel about the representation, and what I love so much about it is it's in the story. There's no call out to it, it is not a storyline, it is not a part of somebody's personality. It just happens to be, just as it is in real life, just as it is in, you know, the race and culture piece. And so I love both of those things.
SPEAKER_01I agree, I agree entirely that it was never called to attention unless it was part of the story. You know, the the whole um season with Queen Charlotte, that the race piece was part of that because it was part of the story, but otherwise, I mean, I I said this when I was watching season four. I was like, I love that all of the Bridgerton children have such an array of interests in the type of people that they love. Where they love women, they love men, and they are of all colors. I think that's great. I love it.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I I'm I'm right there with you. I also find fascinating just from a historical standpoint, um, they've had um actors in wheelchairs as well. So it's interesting to see what that looks like um historical to the time period, too. So the first season's climactic scene where the Duke and Daphne are pleading their case to Queen Charlotte, they were under a time constraint to film that because the real Queen of England needed that filming space to host an event. Oh.
SPEAKER_01Can you imagine? Can you guys make sure you get this right? Because the Queen is waiting. Like the actual Queen. Right? That's great.
SPEAKER_02Um, okay. I am sure that everybody in the whole wide world knows this, but because I'm me, and because I must tell you, Lady Whistledown is voiced by none other than Julie Andrews. And of course, when I first heard that voice, by second word, I'm like, that's my girl. That is my girl.
SPEAKER_01I was I'm so excited. I do have a question. Um, is that her in season four? Because I feel like a lot of like halfway through it didn't sound like her.
SPEAKER_02It is her in season four, and then she will no longer be, as we found out. Oh, again, spoilers! I love her so much. Okay, um, there are many Easter eggs left in the show for fans of the books, such as the first season's scenes often show Bumblebees, and we'd come to find out what that means, but the series watchers don't find that out and their significance until season two. And there are other pieces in throughout, because again, Julia Quinn, who was the author, is a consultant on the show, so she gets to drop those Easter eggs in. And I know you are a fan of Easter eggs, my friend.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, little little details of foreshadowing, absolutely.
SPEAKER_02Here comes a crazy one. Costume designer Ellen Mjornick, please excuse me if I just said that wrong, employed a team of 238 people. And how many costume pieces do you think for the first season that they created?
SPEAKER_01Those 238 people? I would say thousands, but I don't think that that's enough even. Because you got the gowns, you've got the jewelry, you have the head pieces, the fascinators, the gloves, the shoes, the hosiery, the liter like so many pieces. 7,500.
SPEAKER_02Wow. 7,500 pieces for just the first season alone. Daphne, of course, who is our you know first uh first Bridgerton, she had 104 costumes alone just to herself. Wow. Isn't that wild? It is, it is crazy. And this is where I wanted to shout Ellen out because of course that is a feat of epic proportions, and of course, the costume design is one of the best parts of this show. The everything from the wigs that the queen wears to the you know brocade on the dresses, the sparkle, everything is everything you would remember when you were like a little girl that you wanted out of playing princess or whatever. You know what I mean? Yeah.
SPEAKER_01It's beautiful. It's really beautiful.
SPEAKER_02Good to know. Alright. The infamous bathtub scene from Epic. Episode uh I believe it is eight uh of this most recent uh uh season took six hours to film. I mean, I don't know if that's a bad thing. I don't six hours. I don't know. Six hours, baby. This season, the villain Aramenta is played by Katie Long Leong, excuse me. Do you know who that is? Or where you might have seen her before. Uh-huh. She is Cho Chang in the Harry Potter franchise.
SPEAKER_01She's Cho Chang! Mm-hmm. Oh my god. That is wow. That just blew my mind. Yeah, right? She's so good. Oh. Because oh my gosh, that woman. Oh my god, she made Lady Tremaine from Cinderella look manageable. Oh my gosh, she was awful.
unknownWow.
SPEAKER_01She was a Yu Cho Chang.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, right. But I think in that like fight scene or or whatever, when they were kind of working out what they were gonna get up to, she kind of I don't want to say softened, but you could kind of understand her side of things and how why she did what she did. And I really enjoyed that they kind of gave her that.
SPEAKER_01She's not evil, she had a reason, but I did like that the one daughter was like, she was never a threat to us. And I think that that was kind of where the wind got out of her sails, where she was like, That's right, it was all in my head. I was just threatened, you know.
SPEAKER_02One last fun fact, and it's my favorite fun fact.
SPEAKER_01Are you ready? I'm ready.
SPEAKER_02Uh the last two episodes were directed by Anya Adams. Do you know who Anya Adams is? I don't think so. She directed one of my favorite films of all time. Prompact. Nah. Yes, ma'am. Uh stop. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. What? She got it in. I'm so good.
SPEAKER_01I cannot believe that. This is a running joke.
SPEAKER_02I'm gonna weave, I'm gonna weave Milo in anywhere I can in every episode.
SPEAKER_01But anyway, wow, that's that's a deep cut.
SPEAKER_02It's a deep cut and it's a good one. I'm very proud of myself.
SPEAKER_01So that's it for fun facts, my friend. Well, those were all very good, and uh three of them took my breath away. So very good, very good. A clap from the ton. Uh okay. So, first of all, yes, as always, um, we will be talking spoilers, we're talking all the seasons. So let's get some basics out of the way so that you can kind of see where we're coming from. And also, I am interested because I don't really know what your favorites are or what you like or didn't like, I'm not sure. I want to know what is your season order, meaning like what is your favorite of the seasons to your least favorite. And then I want to talk characters. So let's start with seasons. How does your season order stack up?
SPEAKER_02One, four, two, three. And I'm not putting Charlotte in there. P.S.
SPEAKER_01Because I actually quite like Charlotte, so we'll get to that. I love Charlotte's story, and I do think that she hers is kind of standalone. It's a it's a it's a spin-off, so I do think it is kind of in its own category. Um I am I can oh my god. One wow, we are okay, all right. So one, four, two, three. I don't think there is a single one that lines up. Mine is four, two, three, one.
SPEAKER_02Listeners, just so you know, I was making those numbers as she was saying them because I knew that was what was coming. I did not actually know that, but I knew that was what was coming.
SPEAKER_01She knows, she knows. Okay, can you explain to me why one appeals to you?
SPEAKER_02I just think it is there's a heavy piece of nostalgia that works for me with it, and I think being introduced to not only the series um but the um environment and introduced to the ton and the social settings and the marriage mart, and introduced to all of this was a big deal to me because you know, Julia Quinn isn't the only person that wrote about Regency Era in a romance novel. I've read, I'm sure you have too, read tons of romance novels in my day that had to do with the ton and what would happen with you, you know, sullied a lady's name and you know all the things, right? And so it was the first time I saw that out of my brain, right? And onto the screen. And I think that Shonda Rhimes did such an incredible job of creating this place and time, and I felt, you know, in it. I also really enjoyed the ruse of the two of them that they were gonna kind of work together. I don't want to say they were enemies to lovers because I think that's a bit strong, but no, but there's the the pretend dating. They're like fake dating. Like we really girlfriend. Yeah. I really like that, and then how they fell, you know, for each other and whatever. There's two scenes in that one that really stand out to me. The first one is when they're going on their journey to the house and they they uh consummate their marriage for the first time, and the monologue that they have is just beautiful and sexy, and it again was showing us what we were going to be seeing out of Bridgerton and that they were gonna go there, right? Because we all weren't sure. Like this is a romance novel. You read the romance novels and they're spicy, and it was done by a woman, and I think that's a huge piece of the pie to talk about, right? So a female is directing this and creating this, right? In conjunction with other people. But and then the the scene that I remember, in fact, I went back and watched it today because it is it moved me so much, which is gonna be so strange maybe to some people, but it's the end of episode one, and it's where they basically decide that they're gonna, you know, kind of get together um fake wise, um, but it's interspersed from when they enter into the party outside together, and he's like, look into my eyes, we have to sort of sell this, and he says it, and the music is sweeping, and everyone is watching them and taken aback because of course he's the Duke, right? It's like a big deal. Uh, and everyone's taken aback, and the fireworks are going and they're doing this dance, and the the mom is beaming. Anthony's like, I don't know about this. Uh, Penelope Featington is on looking, little did we know. So, you know what I mean? Like, I I for some reason that scene still just says Bridgerton to me out of all four. I don't know why it is, but it just stuck with me.
SPEAKER_01Okay. It makes me feel a little bit better. The reason that you like it is more of a um romanticism where it is something that you were excited to see, and it was the first time you were introduced to this world. I enjoyed season one enough to keep going. But I'll tell you it was touch and go. It was touch and go. And while I I loved all of the characters that we met in season one, I could not stand Daphne. I could not stand her. Um, I understood where she was coming from and the frustration of Simon not being super upfront and not saying, hey, this is what's going on. Like that was really frustrating. Um, but you know, they do a real they did a really good job of explaining his position and like the challenge and trauma that he carried. But also I'm not a big fan of trapping a man, uh which she did. Um so you know, but I I think that give it to you to pull the romance right on out. I'm just saying she did. And that was what turned me off. Where I was like, look, I know you can you can be upset about it, and I also know that you live in a world right now where society isn't like, well, we can't really divorce, you know, we can't really call this off. We're we're in it to win it, so either I have to live with this or you have to get over yourself. Like, I understand the stakes here, but I didn't really approve of either of their choices. Um, and you know how much I I love people who just shouldn't be together.
SPEAKER_02So well, I'm sorry, but Reggae Jean Page, he was he came on that screen and I was like, hello, gorgeous. And and then, of course, he got in a fight with that guy in the alleyway because he was talking shit about Daphne. You know how I feel about that. You know how I feel about that.
SPEAKER_01And listen, we'll probably say this a thousand times this episode. There are some good-looking people in this show, and it does not make the sex scenes, the spicy moments, the love stories easier to swallow because you're just like, yeah, I don't care. And I think honestly, that's why like I did keep going, because I was like, you know, I don't like this, and I don't like what the two of you did to each other. But man, are you a beautiful man? So I'm gonna press play on season two. Let's go. And so glad that I did, because season two.
SPEAKER_02Okay, so I I have some trouble and no trouble, okay? So here's here's my issue. Jonathan Bailey can do no wrong, right? Period. That is, I mean, that's factual. Like that's factual information as far as that's. That's not an opinion, that's a fact, correct. That's a fact. Um glasses, forget it. Even I will tell you that. However, I don't really care for Anthony. He is too much. He's got obviously eldest child energy, and sometimes I'm like, buddy, we gotta calm down a bit.
SPEAKER_01Even in this one, he's like, no, in this one, I was like, Anthony, you shut your beautiful mouth and mind your damn business.
SPEAKER_02Now, on the other side of things, Kate's amazing. So it's like really kind of I'm torn. And where Anthony got me, you know where he got me. What scene did he get me?
SPEAKER_01Okay, well, it could go, it could go a few ways, but I know I know the scene that got me, and that was in the study, when he says the line, like I was like, take a shirt off, stop fighting, and just give in to it. When he says the you're the bane of my existence and the object of all my desires, shut up. God, that's fine. I would have been like, clothes off. Can you undo my corset, please? I don't care if you're gonna marry my sister. Let's go. Good grief.
SPEAKER_02It's you're gonna be like, oh yeah, of course. Becky. It's the scene in the garden with the bee with the bee. Okay. Oh, I was gonna say the bee. I was gonna say the bee. Because he became vulnerable. And you know how I feel about a vulnerable man. And we do not ever see him that way. Ever. You're totally right. And even after that, to be fair, truly, um, and his sort of portrayal of fear and desperation, and her understanding in that moment, anatomy of a scene, y'all, anatomy of a scene, her understanding in that moment that he needed her to be okay, he needed her not to fight him, he needed her to just let him have that reaction and support him and care for him through that. And all she said, if my memory serves, is I'm okay, I'm okay. Yeah. And it was like somebody talking someone down from a panic attack, because that's basically what was going on. Yeah. But it was such a humanizing moment for the both of them. Because she could be a little hateful herself, P.S. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_01That I mean, that was the whole point. Right. That's why she drove him crazy. Because she was one of the only people in his life that like wasn't afraid of him and wouldn't back down and and gave it right back to him as much as he's put it out, you know.
SPEAKER_02But his stubborn bull-headedness sometimes, I'm like, Bub, you gotta stop it.
SPEAKER_01So, okay, I will agree with you. Yes, uh, definitely the eldest child issue. I have to be the man of the house because my father's dead and whatever. Um, and I have seven siblings and my poor mother, like, so I get it and I understand the character development. Um, but I also don't like a man that can't just like bring your guard down for a minute, you know? So I agree, and I'm mad that I didn't say the B scene because that is what came to my head first was the B scene. But I didn't say it because I was like, well, I know that's the scene that sticks out for me because he's vulnerable, and that always gets me. But I was trying to think of like a specific romantic scene. The B scene and the scene in the study, and the scene in the gazebo, for God's sake, the scene in the gazebo, um, are like the three that stand out to me. But I love them together. And if I may be so bold, I think that the actress who plays Kate, Simone Ashley, dare I say, is the most drop-dead gorgeous in the entire series. She's gorgeous. I can't stop looking at her. And that's why I honestly think again that like season two, because Anthony is so beautiful and she is so beautiful, that I was like, just do it already. Just take your clothes off and give in to each other for God's sake. I do like an enemies to lovers if it's believable, and it was very believable, and their chemistry was palpable the entire time. Like, I feel like most of season two I spent just fanning myself where I was like, oh my god, these two. Like, I when, like, when is it gonna happen? Oh my god, like god, I love season two, that's a good one, but still, it's my second favorite.
SPEAKER_02Okay, uh, season three, which by the way, season three is book four. Yeah. I looked up the book order today. It's it's my least favorite, but what's funny is Penelope is one of my favorite characters. Oh, yeah, absolutely. I totally agree. So it I I don't know what that is. I don't quite like Colin. I think that's that's what it is for me.
SPEAKER_01That's what it is for me. I like the actor. We're not knocking him out of bed, for God's sake. No, not I mean, who isn't? He's got beautiful hair and gorgeous eyes. He's great, and but I just feel like Colin is kind of arrogant and with no reason to be, you know what I mean? Where it's like Braddy. Yeah. Where I'm like, oh, are you the th are you the thirdborn? Mmm, didn't notice. And I can say that because I'm a third born. Um, but it's like I I just there was something where I was like, you need to grow up a little bit. Like the shit that he said in season two about like, oh, I never date Penelope, like, pfft okay. You're like, why did you have to say that? That wasn't nice. Of course, Penelope's feelings were hurt. I like season three because I like Penelope's arc. And I'm fine that she ended up with Colin. Like, I get it, friends to lovers, okay. And I will give the carriage scene credit where credit's due. The carriage scene is very hot.
SPEAKER_02And credit to Nicola Coughlin, too, who said, I will go there. And I love that. And when you hear her talk about it, she's like, I like my body. And I'm like, Yeah, yes, girl, please. Yes, exactly. I love it. It is crazy how far she's come. Penelope, that is.
SPEAKER_01Yes, she has. I feel like she has had the biggest arc out of everybody. Like, truly. Anthony is still the same Anthony. He's just married and he is a dad. And Daphne, I mean, we don't see anything with Daphne, so we don't really see much of an arc. I mean, even Eloise, who I also adore, I love Eloise, but like we're only seeing now, like in the current season that just happened, a little bit of a change where she's starting to warm up to maybe the idea. And I understand because I know like the her season's next, but still, it's like these characters have not gone on a huge arc, but Penelope has, you know, which I find very interesting with her not being main character. So Alright. Season four. We I literally just finished season four today. Oh, really? Yeah. Uh I was enchanted by season four. A lot happened. And there were a lot of stories aside from Benedict's, and I was okay with that because I don't feel like they rushed anything or that they left anything loose. I liked that there was a story with um Violet. I liked that there was uh a B story with Hyacinth and Eloise. I liked that there was uh the story with with Queen Charlotte and Lady Danbury. Like, I I'll say this right here and now. There were two scenes this season that like made me cry. Like cry. Not like well up, like tears down my face. The first was Francesca. Francesca and Violet. That scene, because at first I was like, I understand that you're grieving, but you have to understand that your mom is just trying to help you get through this. But when she says you've had eight children, you were able to give him eight children, and so there are pieces of him, and you still have that. I legit was like, oh my god, like I was crying because I never looked at it like that before. Somebody who, you know, has wanted children and you know wanted to start a family, but something tragic like that happened. Like, oh my god, like that made me cry.
SPEAKER_02When Benedict screamed at that guy to say that she did not have to have that situation that she ended up having to have that happened back in the day, everybody. Uh, I was like, Benedict, yep, let's go to the bath, me and you. Let's go. Correct. Benedict did a lot of things this season when he beat up people, and that's why I wanted to see this particular season so bad. Was when I read the book, there is the scene, and the scene's a little bit more in-depth. There's a couple more in-depth parts of the books that I think they could have done better. There was some of that scene where these kind of rogue drunkards are trying to get to get at the maid, quote unquote. Uh, and that is a bit of a longer and deeper sort of scene in um the book. But that scene too makes me, because you know, again, if you stick up for me and if you are gonna take up for me, I am going to lay down for you.
SPEAKER_01I don't know. Oh shit, she just said lay down for you. I will turn on a bath for you. Yes, yes, yes. For six hours. For six hours, and I will happily do it. Pruny fingers and all. Um, the second scene that I cried at, just so we make sure I tie that up, was at the end when Charlotte says to her, We have fun, don't we? I was like, oh god, like I was so sad for her because and I do think that Bridgerton does a good job of this, where they are like, we're gonna show you this character making a really unfair call, and then we're gonna show you why they don't see it as unfair, and you're gonna get it. And so, like, when the queen was like, No, you're not leaving, you're not leaving me alone, and you're like, Okay, you're not alone, you live in a castle, you have all these ladies in waiting, like you're fine. But then when you really like take a step back and you're like, Well, she is really alone, isn't she? And you know, her husband is really sick and mentally declining even further, and she doesn't really have any friends, and Lady Danbury is her best friend in the world, and so she is gonna be alone, and that that is sad, but like so oh that part really did make me so sad.
SPEAKER_02You know what? I I got really teary over the let's call it the second funeral where they were celebrating. Yeah, I I just thought that was so beautiful because that again was something of our conversation. Commentary on how life should have worked back then was weaved in lovely and not heavy-handed. Uh, because the original right way that they dealt with it and you know the receiving line and all of that is how that would have gone down.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. And I and I like that that we that wove in their culture too. You know, it's just like in Ireland, this is what we would have done, and that's true of the Irish culture. So yeah, I like that they did that.
SPEAKER_02Do we think that Francesca is headed into a relationship with uh this woman? With Michaela, yes, yes. Yes, I get I'm getting that big time, and I like it.
SPEAKER_01And and yeah, I'm here for it, but let me tell you, when Michaela was like, your family surprises me in a good way, I all I could think was these damn Bridgertons constantly getting themselves in another scandalous situation that they've got that their poor mother has to figure it out.
SPEAKER_02Not you know what? Not for nothing. I like mom. I very, very much like mom. When she was yelling in that courtroom, when she was you better knock it off. Don't mess with her, man.
SPEAKER_01Do not know no thank ya. And she she has a nice arc. I do like Violet's arc. I did not see it coming when she called it off with um Marcus.
SPEAKER_02Oh, wow. What but what was she trying to say? I was like, ma'am, what are you up to? You want him to be your mistress, your mister, if you will.
SPEAKER_01But like she didn't want to commit to him necessarily. Clearly, because that was so surprising. It's because of what Benedict told her. Because he reminded her that she hasn't been just herself for years, where she was this wild, spontaneous young woman, then she got married and she had eight children and she raised eight children, and then she lost her husband, and she was a single mother, and she was taking care of all these people, but now all her children are pretty much grown, so like go sow your wild oats, babe. And he was and like he said that where he was like, you know, I hope you don't forget her. And when she stood up for Sophie and Benedict, she was like, Oh, that is still there, like that is still a part of me. And if I jump right back into a marriage, like there's no space for me to revisit that version of myself, and I would like to get reacquainted with that version. So I understand where he was coming from, where he was like, I ain't getting any younger, babe. So like I can't wait around forever, and also I'm a single hot man because let's talk about him for a second. Good grief, Marcus. Lady Danbury's genetic line is strong. Um, and uh, you know, he's like, I'm on the market and I want a wife, so you can't expect me to wait around for you, you know, is kind of how that went, I think. So that that's what I took, and I I didn't see that coming, but I liked that that was what happened because I liked them together. I thought they were great. I didn't think that they didn't need to be together, but I thought that was a fair point that she was making.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, again, you know, I'm like Simpleton romance girl. I'm like, why are you fucking this up, Violet?
SPEAKER_01It's like the best sex you've ever had. Like, there's no way you're gonna convince me that your old husband did it like that guy.
SPEAKER_02A lady of a certain age on the screen, you know, it was perfect.
SPEAKER_01She can get it. She can get it. Oh yeah. She is gorgeous.
SPEAKER_02I like the little freckles that she has. Yeah. You notice that? I love I love that.
SPEAKER_01I think she's so beautiful.
SPEAKER_02I think so too. And I really liked sort of the portrayal of Sophie's aristocracy. You know what I mean? I liked that they really gave her that backstory, which of course is what it would have been, because let's call the elephant in the room out. This is basically the story of Cinderella. They really gave her that, and that she didn't hide that, yes, uh it's I mean, obviously she said she was trained with the the daughters or whatever in the house that she grew up in, but like that she was well read, she was well spoken, she could do all of the traditional things, and uh didn't apologize for it.
SPEAKER_01I thought that was cool too. So, first and foremost, the reason that season four is my favorite is because Benedict is and always has been my favorite Bridgerton. He is so so handsome, obviously, but he's also just like carefree and does whatever he wants. And I love a bisexual king, go for it. Like, just he's always been kind of silly and he's been the one that doesn't really take himself too seriously because he doesn't have to. He's the what do they call him? He's not the extra, he's the spare. He's the spare.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I was surprised that that kind of came in and he was like upset by that. I didn't see that coming for him that that that would bother me.
SPEAKER_01I didn't expect him to be upset, but I th I don't know that he ever expected Anthony to have a son, you know, and I think like that was a re- a a wake-up call for him, where he was like, oh shit, well, I guess it's really not me, you know. So I've always loved Benedict, and I I was like, you know, whoever they cast for this role has to be a good actress and a good character because Benedict is has had this arc of being kind of the oddball and being the black sheep, and he's very carefree and spiritual and artistic, and so there has to be a very particular character. These other interests aren't going to appeal to a character like Benedict. And let me tell you how much I loved Sophie. I loved her, and Yaren, who plays her, she's amazing and also hilarious. I've watched interviews and as they're doing like press and all that. She's so funny, and they just have really, really good chemistry in general. Okay, it's a Cinderella story, pretty basic, whatever. But I thought that there was a lot going on in this season, that it wasn't just about Benedict, but it still woven really well. Um, and I think that their relationship was the purest. And what I mean by that is they didn't have society or balls or um titles necessarily for most of the season to play into. It was this is your station, this is my station, and we love each other. There's not a whole lot that we can do about it, so let's just keep enjoying each other and like them getting to know one another and having those walks and those conversations and that like that tension. I I believed it, right? Like, because that they just were falling in love with each other, and it was very organic. I loved them together.
SPEAKER_02Well, my favorite part was I often fast-forward through this when it happens, that third act where he figures out that she was the one at the ball, and then he's all hurt about it and pissed me. He's mad, and they we have to live through that, and she's upset and trying to figure out how to say so sorry. But he was like, he just didn't matter, he took it right away and was like he was like, Oh, yeah, yeah, like there was no stress of that, and I was like, that is so refreshing.
SPEAKER_01I agree. I was I was expecting him to be like, Why didn't you tell me? But he was like, I get it. That's what we've been fighting the entire season.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I mean he asked, obviously, but it was not this whole thing of like, you know, now you should go and all this shit. Like that always happens, and I was like, I love this, I love this. Alright, my dear. So you've said Benedict is your favorite guy. Yes. Uh so can I tell you who my favorite is?
SPEAKER_01Yes. What does that mean? Because I'm like, well, who is it? Because you said how you feel about Anthony and you mentioned how you feel about Colin.
unknownWho is it?
SPEAKER_01Is it Gregory?
SPEAKER_02Now now. A mix of Benedict and Anthony. That's what I need. Okay. That's what I need. I need Benedict to have a bit more sort of bravado, but I need Anthony to stop being so stubborn and bull-headed. And that's what I would like. It's the perfect mix.
SPEAKER_01So you're not even giving an answer. You're like, I'm gonna hybrid it.
SPEAKER_02I actually like King George. How about that? I really, really liked Queen Charlotte. I really, really like that.
SPEAKER_01I loved Queen Charlotte, and that is a love story that was so tragic. Yes. Because I agree, when things were good, oh, King George could get it. And he was so romantic and loving and protective of her. But then when he would have his spells, that's when you got scared. But like for his love for her to transcend even the madness he was going into, like, that is such a heartbreaking story.
SPEAKER_02I remember the scene in the what do we call it? The conservatory or the Yeah. Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_01What the hell is that called? Astronomy thing? Yeah, I think it's an astronomy thing. I think um planetarium? No, that's not anything. Back then, I would say conservative.
SPEAKER_02Okay, sure. Um that's what I would say. A conservatory. Uh anyway, and he says, I do not wish to fight with you, and she says, I wish to fight with you, fight with me. And I loved that because I thought I liked like I liked her backstory so much better than I like her, because she's kind of painted as a farce, right? Like in her later years and as we were introduced to her. But her strength and what she had to go through and is just it was really well done, and and uh I guess the word I'm looking for was surprising. You know what I mean? Like I was not prepared for all of that, and then of course the Lady Danbury stuff woven through was really cool. And Violet, for that matter, by the way. And again, to your point, the madness in the spells was a problem, but boy, he was charming and he was to your point protective and very, you know. Handsome. Of course. Hello. Yeah. Okay. Um good looking. Speaking of handsome, I think it's only fair, since we are of a certain age, that we give our favorite spicy scene out of the series because that's what this is all about. So what, Amber, is your favorite spicy scene of the Bridgerton series? And just know I have two. Thank you so much.
SPEAKER_01Okay, great. I was like, can I only pick one? Okay, there's contenders and whatnot, but I think if I have to narrow it down, it is one from season two and one from season four. Um season two, when Anthony and Kate are in that freaking gazebo. I can't. I can't. I I want to say, and I I'll I apologize if my memory is is not serving me correctly for this, but I think that's the first time that they finally get like physical with each other. And so I think you're right. You have waited for so many episodes and you've been pining along with them where you're like, When are they gonna get together? And then when it finally happens, you're like, oh my god, get my popcorn. Like at one point, he's like holding himself back, right? And it goes to that thing that you were talking about with Anthony, like having like needing to have control, and he's like, I will stop. I think that's what he says. And he says, I will stop. Like he's like holding himself back, but like, bro, you gotta, you gotta give into this, and like then when he finally like just lets go, it's uh, it is such a hot scene, it is so so sexy, and I love it. So that was the first one, and then the second one, yes, when Sophie and Benedict finally get together, like in his room, that's nice, and when the bathtub, of course, that's great, but it's gotta be the stairs. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's the stairwell, and I know that there is a lot of very nice moments in that scene, and I know that you and I have a slightly different opinion on like what our favorite part of that scene is, but my favorite part is his sideways smirk because he's so proud of himself that he's like, yeah, she is enjoying this, and that's because of me. Also, Luke Thompson's sideways smirk in general, I think is the most beautiful thing. So those are the two that I'm going to submit. God, I love him so much. I want to be best friends with him and then also like other things. Sure, absolutely 100%.
SPEAKER_02Remember, fangirls fangirls of a certain age, we live in a fantasy world. Uh, disclaimer, we love our husbands, all is well. However, this media is made for us, and here it comes, people. I apologize. I will try to be as diplomatic as I can with what I'm about to say.
SPEAKER_01Oh boy.
SPEAKER_02Uh there's something great in every season, by the way. The sex scenes are great, they just are. They do a really good job of portraying them in as you would read them in a romance novel, and they don't hold back. And so I appreciate all of the actors forgiving of themselves to do that because again, that's not easy. Uh, six hours in a bath, we're making fun and jokes, but like that ain't easy. You know what I mean? It isn't sexy, I'm sure of it. And um, shouts out to the intimacy coordinators that we have in Hollywood that I'm sure are doing the Lord's work.
SPEAKER_01Well, the cast in Bridgerton sings their praises all the time about how important they are and how great they are, and how every sex scene is like choreographed to the second, and that they go over like, okay, what part of your body do you want shown? What part of your body do you want touched? What part is off limits? Like, they really go through that. So it it is truly something they take very seriously, which they should, they should.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah. So jumping back into the fantasy world, the first scene that did me in uh was uh that carriage scene, that carriage scene, that carriage scene, yeah. And again, it was not sex, yep. And that's why it's so hot to me because it is so forbidden, you have to figure something else out to do as they had to do in that time period. Uh and Nicola Coughlin, you know what? She looks so hot, and she portrayed that so well, and really felt like she had agency over herself and her body for the first time as Penelope, but also you could feel the actress really was like into it, and I was so appreciative of that, and so I love that scene because I love Penelope in that scene and Nicola for that matter. That's a great one. The second scene, that stairwell scene. I'm telling you, it's stairwell scene, it's so good. Friends, friends and family. If you're listening and you know me, I'm so sorry for what I'm about to say. But I'm gonna say because I did send a voice memo, I do believe, to you.
SPEAKER_01You told me, because you watched that before me, you said there's something that happens coming up with an intimate scene that is very, very sexy to me, and I'm curious if you pick up on it. And I was like, all right, challenge accepted. So then I was like, is it this? And she said, no, it's this, and that's when the voice the voice memo came.
SPEAKER_02Okay, how can I say this diplomatically? When he takes his fingers and puts them in his mouth and stares her dead in the eyes as he's doing it. Oh my word, that was so hot. I can't. This is the most diplomatic I've ever heard you. Listen, again, come back for Fangirls After Dark and I'll and I'll elaborate.
SPEAKER_01Oh my god, that's making my face hurt. I'm laughing. Oh my god.
SPEAKER_02But yeah, no. When a show can simulate intimacy and sexiness and a sexual act, but it isn't happening, and they are able to convey that hot, sexy feeling, it is so impressive to me. And that is what that scene says to me is that, like, of course, they're doing the things they're doing, but that very moment is not sexual. But it is. Yes, but it is, and you feel immensely right then, like, oh, oh, you know, it's just chef's kiss to me.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's it that was a great scene, and then of course the whole thing blows up. When he says, Will you be my mistress? I literally fell right out of it. I was like, Yep, damn it, Benedict! Like I wanted to. I was so mad. Yeah. Like her daddy.
SPEAKER_00I didn't understand it. Like that was the best she could have hoped for in her station and blah blah blah blah, whatever. But still, I was like, You ruined it!
SPEAKER_02Run it ruined it. That's exactly what I said. You ruined that. Yeah, I was so bad. Alright, so we know which Bridgerton we enjoy, and we know how we would like to enjoy them.
SPEAKER_01What's next? I just want to play a quick little game that I'm calling Regency Red Flag or Romantic. So I'm gonna I'm gonna give you, yes, please play along. I want to know if this would do you in if you were like, oh no, I would be okay with that, or if you're like, uh, I pass, okay? And we all know that me and Becky have very different thoughts of what could be considered a red flag or romantic. So um I have a couple of examples. So the first one is he burns for you, but refuses to marry you for honorable reasons.
SPEAKER_02When he tells me I burn for you, I'm done. I'm done. You're like, you don't gotta marry me, it's okay. There's there's no red flags. That's it. We're good. If a man said he burns for you, come on, Amber.
SPEAKER_01But okay, but here's the thing. You know exactly what I'm gonna say. Well, it kind of depends, and I'm gonna completely like give circumstances to it where I'm like, you'll never marry me. Like it's a it's a hard no. Like, do I wanna be married to you? If somebody says that they burn for me and then can show it and prove it and I believe it, it might be enough.
SPEAKER_02Not I like you, not I love you, not I want to be with you, not you're hot, I burn for you. Shut your mouth.
SPEAKER_01That burn for you. Will you be my mistress?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, fine.
SPEAKER_01Fine! Okay, okay, next one. Regency red flag or romantic. He watches you from across every ballroom, but has never introduced himself. Red flag. Shoot your shot, bro. I agree. I agree. Especially if I notice that you're looking at me every time. Like, yeah. Shit or get off the pot, you creep. Yeah. Okay. I already know the answer to this one. I already know the answer. Okay, okay. I know it. He challenges another man to a duel over you. I think we established what would happen.
SPEAKER_02Panties on the floor. It would take me a minute because I'd have 17 layers on, of course, and the like. But I'll get I'll get there. Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it.
SPEAKER_01Pantaloons down. Yep.
SPEAKER_00I can't believe that came out of my mouth.
SPEAKER_01Pantaloons.
SPEAKER_03Stupid. Oh my god.
SPEAKER_02Uh, what about you? I I would find it very hot. Wait, but it had to be hot, though, by the way. It can't be some stupid, like, I challenge you to a duel and hit you with the glove. Like, I need you to I need you to throw down for me.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, go get the muskets. Let's go. Is it muskets? I don't know.
SPEAKER_02Pantaloons and muskets.
SPEAKER_01Told you, this time period is not my forte, you guys. It's just not. Oh my god. Okay, okay. Here's here's the the last one. He reads poetry, but only when he's emotionally devastated.
SPEAKER_02Is he meeting me in the stairwell later? Maybe.
SPEAKER_01If uh he could be. It's not a red flag for me. I'm like, you know what? I'm happy that you have an outlet that when you are emotionally devastated, you read poetry.
SPEAKER_00Good. That's a form of therapy. Good on you. It's not a red flag for me.
SPEAKER_02It's not masculine enough for me. I I need and again, to your point, I this that's fine. But I like I like the guy who's gonna, you know, beat up the other guy for me. And not go back to the house and read poetry about it. Well excuse me, sir. I know you just besmirched the name of my woman, but I am in my fields about it. And I'm gonna go back to my house. And I'm gonna go balloons back to my house and be smirched.
SPEAKER_00Yep. And read poetry about it.
SPEAKER_02No.
SPEAKER_00No. She said no. It's a red flag. Regency red flag 101.
SPEAKER_01I'd be the one beating up the guy, probably. And then my last question is if you had to marry one of them at 22, okay, you're 22 years old, and you have to marry one of the Bridgerton boys. Who are you marrying at 22?
SPEAKER_02I'm marrying Anthony out of the lake, and I'm being Benedict's mistress in the stairwell. Okay.
SPEAKER_01Okay. At 22, I fear, because I know who I was at 22, at 22 I fear that I would have been in love with Colin Bridgerton. Oh, that's unfortunate for you. I know. So now the question is at 32, age 32, does the Bridgerton change? Who would you marry at 32?
SPEAKER_02Okay, so obviously I made a joke before. But young me would have wanted Anthony because he was, you know, got the bravado and while uh and he would be a protector just in general, and I would have liked that, and I would have played into that, right? At 32 again, I think it would be Benedict. Because I think I'd want Yep.
SPEAKER_01Yep. I think by 32 on, it would be Benedict for me.
SPEAKER_02You want an equal when you know you kind of come into yourself, right? So and he kind of seems like he's the one who's gonna allow that.
SPEAKER_01That's a very good point. I think that that is that's part of uh what was appealing about him in season four is even though he was very clearly a higher status and all of that, he never like looked down at on Sophie or made her feel less than. He definitely saw her as an equal because he saw her as a person. Um, I just remembered something that I wanted to make sure we mentioned some all-stars that I think I want their story. I don't even want the Bridgertons. I don't want the Bridgertons next season. I want the Mondriches. I want the boxer. Oh my god, I love them. And I love that they got like more of a story this time. Obviously, she's the new whistle down, right? That's what we think. That's what it must be. That's what I was gonna say before we wrap up. That's got that's the implication, right? I think so. I I mean for me. That's who I'm guessing, is it's gotta be her, and it should be. I think it should be. I love Alice and talk about couple goals. They are the most healthy couple in the entire show, entire series. Thousand percent. I they are so healthy, they talk to each other, they lean on each other, they're sexy. Like, I love the Mondriches, so I would love to see a whole spin-off on them and their family and their journey. Her as like the Queen's Lady in waiting, especially now that Danbury's gone, like, what does that look like? I would be so down for that. Okay, so we've gone into a lot on Bridgerton, and I think that we need to wrap it up, and so we have come to Fangirl Blessed, Fangirl Manifest. And Becky, I have no idea what I'm gonna say for this. So I'm gonna let you go first.
SPEAKER_02I mean, let's keep it clean since I went down a road. Down a down a road, lest we all forget. Uh I this maybe is like a funny manifest, but I would absolutely love to have a Bridgerton makeover. I would love a beautiful dress like that, and my makeup and my hair, and just to like sort of feel all of that, and then I would want someone to teach me how to do the dances, and then I would want to the dances is part of it. And then I want to be an extra, of course. Oh, okay. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01I think that's a fair manifest.
SPEAKER_02I mean, I might be a spinster, but not on the marriage mark or anything, but not you.
SPEAKER_01No, because once you're in like that corset with the dress, your boobs are gonna be up to your neck, like they're gonna choke. They're gonna choke. Yeah, that's true. So you'll look good. I'll look good. Yeah. That's right. That's right. Um, okay, you can make fun of me, but I don't care. I just want to have like a coffee date with Luke Thompson. I think that's great. I will chaperone. Like, I know that's a chaperone. I do. I know that that's so silly, but like I just find him so charming. Yeah. And I think he's just innocent and just kind, and I'm like, I just want to have a coffee date. I just want to chat for a little bit. I'll have tea. It's fine. We'll have tea together. Like, I love that. You know, Yaron can come too because I think she's hilarious. I think that she's so funny. I love how I do. I do. I just want to have just a little coffee date with Luke Thompson, my benedict.
SPEAKER_02Why don't you be an extra with me? And then you can go to Crafty with him. Okay.
SPEAKER_01And surely they serve coffee. You're so smart.
SPEAKER_02Surely. Surely. Two birds, one stone. I know you do it. That's it. Wouldn't that be fun if we were extras? Remember the one about where we found ourselves at the school spirits premiere? What if we found ourselves as an extra in Bridgerton?
SPEAKER_01You know, I don't think that that's out of the question. Well, I think it's about that time. I had a lovely time talking Bridgerton and the spicy scenes.
SPEAKER_02Listen, y'all, but listen, that's basically why we watch Bridgerton. Yes, it's a romance.
SPEAKER_01Why anybody watches Bridgerton? Nobody's watching Bridgerton because of the, you know the poetry that they're reading when they're emotionally distressed.
SPEAKER_02No. In their pantaloons with muskets.
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