Bridgerton

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4.5 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The Netflix series Bridgerton is back for a second season. And now, Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) is having his story told with the addition of a new love interest, played by Simone Ashley. Based on a series of Regency romance novels by Julia Quinn, there's still high drama, scandalous gossip and elaborate period costumes that sometimes take over entire scenes. So what's different, what's the same and how do Daphne and her duke figure into this season?

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0:00.0	Bridgerton is back.
0:05.9	The first season of the Netflix romance series became a hit at the end of 2020, and now
0:11.7	another sibling from the Bridgerton family is having their story told.
0:15.8	There's still high drama.
0:17.2	There's still scandalous gossip, and there are still elaborate period costumes that sometimes
0:22.0	take over entire scenes.
0:24.6	What's different?
0:25.6	What's the same and how do Daphne and her duke figure into this season?
0:29.0	I'm Linda Holmes, and today we're catching up with Bridgerton on Pop Culture Happy Hour
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